Sarah Viehbeck

Dr. Viehbeck is the former Chief Science Officer and Vice-President, Science and Policy Integration Branch for the Public Health Agency of Canada. In this role, Dr. Viehbeck is responsible for providing strategic leadership to oversee and support science excellence, science-policy integration and science promotion, as well as re-energizing the scientific vision and capacity across the Agency, as well as strengthening the Agency’s surveillance and data systems, including those that guide public health risk assessment activities. Prior to this role, Sarah worked for 12 years at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, most recently as an Associate Vice-President. She holds a Ph.D. in health studies from the University of Waterloo focusing on science and policy integration in public health.