Dr. Laura Targownik is currently a Clinician Researcher in the Mount Sinai Hospital Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic and is a member of the Zane Cohen Centre for Gastrointestinal Research. She is also the Director for the University of Toronto Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology and is a faculty member of the University of Toronto School of Public Health Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Prior to joining the Department of Medicine as Division Director for Gastroenterology, she was the Chief of the Section of Gastroenterology at University of Manitoba.

She has authored or co-authored over 220 articles in peer-reviewed publications. Her current focus of research is in using secondarily collected data sources to evaluate the costs and benefits of medications used in IBD, assessing how to optimize delivery of mental health care for persons with IBD in diverse practice settings, and on assessing the impact of patient and physician gender on the patient journey and associated outcomes.

Title & Affiliations:

• Professor of Medicine, Departmental Division Director (Gastroenterology and Hepatology), University of Toronto
• Ontario Medical Association Tariff Lead, Section of Gastroenterology
• Member of Ontario Medical Association Compensation Panel
• Past Chair, Diversity and Equity, Canadian Association of Gastroenterology
• Staff Gastroenterologist, Mount Sinai Hospital (Toronto)