Dr. Melissa Brouwers is the Director of the School of Epidemiology and Public Health (SEPH) at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa.

Prior to joining the University of Ottawa, Dr. Brouwers was a Professor in the Departments of Oncology (primary) and Health Research Methodology, Evidence and Impact (affiliate) at McMaster University where she also served as the Director of the Program in Evidence-based Care, the guidelines program for Cancer Care Ontario; the Director of the Centre for Evidence-based Implementation at Hamilton Health Sciences; and the Deputy Director of the Escarpment Cancer Research Institute.

Dr. Brouwers holds a wealth of experience as a health services researcher with special interest in knowledge translation, implementation science and evaluation. Furthermore, she has a passion for graduate school education and international research collaborations. She obtained her PhD in Social Psychology from Western University.