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This section describes the Public Health Sudbury & Districts’ organizational structure.

Acting Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer

Headshot of Dr. Mustafa Hirji

Dr. Mustafa Hirji

In March 2024, Mustafa Hirji (MD MPH FRCPC) started his leadership role as the Acting Medical Officer of Health and Chief Executive Officer with Public Health Sudbury & Districts.
Dr. Hirji received a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Calgary in 2010, a Master of Public Health (Epidemiology) from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health (University of Toronto) in 2013, and completed specialty training in Public Health and Preventive Medicine Residency Program at McMaster University from 2010–2015.

Dr. Mustafa Hirji previously served as the Associate Medical Officer of Health for Niagara Region Public Health (between 2015 and 2024) including serving in an acting capacity as the Medical Officer of Health & Commissioner of Public Health & Emergency Services for Niagara Region (from 2018 to 2023). During his time in Niagara, Dr. Hirji led the region’s public health response to the COVID-19 pandemic. He worked with municipalities to embed health impact assessments into their budget decisions, strengthened healthy public policies around smoking and vaping, improved the organization’s capacity to address social determinants of health through developing and implementing a health equity strategic plan, and enhanced the agency’s communications and data analytics capabilities. Dr. Hirji also led an effort to refocus health promotion work to maximize its impact.

Dr. Hirji is honoured to have the opportunity to contribute to Public Health’s efforts to improve health throughout Sudbury and Manitoulin districts, striving to address social determinants of health and building capacity to reduce health inequities. By working alongside Indigenous people and nurturing strong partnerships with communities and partner agencies, Dr. Hirji fosters the agency’s values of humility, trust, and respect.

Dr. Hirji’s experience demonstrates his foundational commitment to health equity and a focus on effective public health practice. He is dedicated to ensuring Public Health programming—work protecting and promoting health—remains locally responsive and contributes to building healthy communities for all.

Executive Assistant and Secretary to the Board of Health

Rachel Quesnel

Corporate Services Division

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Health Promotion and Vaccine and Preventable Diseases

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Health Protection Division

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Indigenous Public Health

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Indigenous Public Health is based in the Knowledge and Strategic Services Division and is responsible for implementing the agency’s Indigenous Engagement Strategy by engaging respectfully with key partners; assessing strengths, needs, and gaps; exchanging knowledge; and engaging in evaluation and research.

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Knowledge and Strategic Services

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Knowledge and Strategic Services plays both a key leadership and support role in the implementation of the Foundational Standard of the Ontario Public Health Standards (OPHS), and in the areas of professional practice and development. Our core function is to provide reliable information, share knowledge, and build capacity to support excellence in public health practice within the agency.

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This item was last modified on November 1, 2024