Dr. Mark Tyndall is a Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health and the former Executive Director of the BC Centre for Disease Control. He is an infectious diseases specialist and epidemiologist with a focus on urban health and addiction. He is an author on over 250 peer-reviewed publications, with a focus on HIV and Hepatitis C care and prevention, harm reduction, and community-based interventions. He was co-lead investigator on the evaluation of Insite, North America’s first supervised injection site and his TED talk on harm reduction has generated over 1.25 million views. Dr. Tyndall has taken a leading role in responding to the overdose crisis in Canada with a focus on harm reduction interventions, providing a safer supply of drugs and the decriminalization of all drug use.
