Robert Schwartz

SchwartzRobert Schwartz is Executive Director of the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit and Associate Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and Senior Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. Dr. Schwartz is Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation and Principal Investigator of the CIHR Strategic Training Program in Public Health Policy. At OTRU, Dr. Schwartz directs research, evaluation, knowledge exchange and capacity building programs. His research interests include (1) Tobacco Control Policy, (2) Evaluation of Complex Strategy Initiatives, (3) Evaluation of Tobacco Control Programs and Policies, (4) Public Health Policy (5) Accountability (6) The Politics and Quality of Evaluation, (7) Performance Measurement and Performance Auditing, He has published widely about tobacco control, accountability, public health policy, policy change, program evaluation and government – third sector relations.