Dr. Arlinda Ruco is a public health scientist and health services researcher with interests in cancer screening and prevention, program evaluation, occupational health and safety and leadership capacity development. Specific research interests include the use of social media interventions for cancer screening. Most recently, Dr. Ruco is exploring the use of primary care provider interventions for addressing cancer screening with patients experiencing marginalization. Other research interests include maximizing health and safety for home care workers and evaluation of leadership capacity building and training programs.
PhD, Health Services Research (Outcomes & Evaluation), University of Toronto, 2022
Master of Public Health (MPH), Queen’s University, 2013
BScH, Kinesiology, Queen’s University, 2011
- CIHR Health System Impact Fellowship (Post-Doctoral) (2022)
- CIHR Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (2018-2021)
- Peterborough K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation Award (2021)
- University of Toronto Student Leadership Award (2021)
- Ted Goldberg Award, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto (2020)
- Cancer screening
- Health services research
- Program evaluation
- Occupational health