Medical Collaborator
Dr Durand is an Associate Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University Of Toronto in Canada. She received her medical degree from McGill University in Montreal, Canada and completed her residency in Obstetrics and Gynaecology at McGill University. For more than 30 years, she has worked at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto, Canada in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Her clinical practice has focused on HPV and colposcopy.
She is an educator for both undergraduate and graduate trainees at the University of Toronto and is an examiner for the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada. She has worked on advisory boards with the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada and with Cancer Care Ontario. She continues to be an international thought leader in preventive health and vaccines and has presented numerous times at international meetings such as the International Papillomavirus Society Conferences and Eurogin. She has contributed regularly to educational webinars with the Consortium for Infectious Disease Control, an active leader in HPV prevention and control of HPV-related diseases.
As Medical Collaborator with HPV Global Action, Dr Durand is committed to advancing HPV knowledge translation and exchange with key stakeholders, including healthcare providers, the general public and policy makers . Her goal is to help to accelerate the path to elimination of HPV-related diseases and cancers.
Publications
A National Survey of Canadian Adults on HPV: Knowledge, Attitudes, and Barriers to the HPV Vaccine
Steben M, Durand N, Blake J, Guichon J, Greenwald Z, McFaul S, Ogilvie G. A national survey of Canadian adults on HPV. Submitted to J Ob Gynaecol Can, J Ob Gynaecol Can Aug 2019
A National Survey of Canadian Physicians on HPV: Knowledge, Barriers, and Preventive Practices
Steben M, Durand N, Blake J, Guichon J, Greenwald Z, McFaul S, Ogilvie G. A national survey of Canadian physicians on HPV: knowledge, barriers and preventive practices. J Ob Gynaecol Can Jan 2019
Betwixt and between well and sick in cervical pre-cancer: Canadian women’s experiences of recurring HPV Infections and HPV vaccination
Wyndham-West, M, Durand N, Santoro A. Betwixt and between well and sick in cervical pre-cancer: Canadian women’s experiences of recurring HPV Infections and HPV vaccination. Can J Nurs Res. 2018 May14; 50(3):120-132.
Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees
Pottie K, Greenaway C, Feightner J, Welch V, Swinkels H, Rashid M, Narasiah L, Kirmayer LJ, Ueffing E, MacDonald NE, Hassan G, McNally M, Khan K, Buhrmann R, Dunn S, Dominic A, McCarthy AE, Gagnon AJ, Rousseau C, Tugwell P; Assayag D, Barnett E, Blake J, Brockest B, Burgos G, Campbell G, Chambers A, Chan A, Cheetham M, Delpero W, Deschenes M, Dharamsi S, Duggan A, Durand N, Eyre A, Grant J, Gruner D, Harris S, Harris SB, Harvey E, Heathcote J, Heidebrecht C, Hodge W, Hone D, Hui C, Hum S, Janakiram P, Jivani K, Jurcik T, Keystone J, Kitai I, Krishnamurthy S, Kuhn S, Kutcher S, Laroche R, Logie C, Martin M, Massenat DE, Matthews D, Maze B, Menzies D, Munoz M, Murangira F, Nolen A, Plourde P, Rousseau H, Ryder AG, Sandoe A, Schwartzman K, Sears J, Stauffer W, Thombs BD, Topp P, Toren A, Torres S, Ullah A, Varghese S, Vissandjee B, Welt M, Wobeser W, Wong D, Zelkowitz P, Zhong J, Zlotkin S. Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. CMAJ 2011 Sep 6; 183(12):E824-925. CA (122 citations)