Y.Y. Brandon Chen
SJD, JD, MSW
Health & Migration Law Scholar
Academic Appointment
July 2016 - present Assistant Professor
Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa
Education
2011 - 2020 Doctor of Juridical Science
University of Toronto
2007 - 2010 Juris Doctor
University of Toronto
2003 - 2005 Master of Social Work
University of Toronto
1998 - 2002 Bachelor of Science
Emory University
Selected Awards & Honours
uOttawa L'AÉCLSS Teaching Award (2021)
Ian Kerr Award for Excellence in Teaching (2020)
Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (2012-15)
CIHR Frederick Banting & Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral Research Award) (2012-15)
CIHR Fellowship in Health Law, Ethics & Policy (2011-15)
Lupina Senior Doctoral Fellowship in the Comparative Program on Health and Society (2012-13)
Selected Research Grants
Co-Applicant, "Mapping the Discursive and Institutional Landscape of 'Birth Tourism' and Its Perceived Attack on Canadian Birthright Citizenship," SSHRC Insight Grant (2021)
Co-Principal Investigator, "Acceptance and Commitment Empowerment (ACE) Intervention: Reducing HIV Stigma and Promoting Community Resilience Through Capacity Building," CIHR Project Grant (2020)
Principal Investigator, "Protecting Refugees' Health: How is the Reinstated Interim Federal Health Program Working?" University of Ottawa Seed Funding Opportunity (2018)
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with complimentary funding from Pathway-to-Prosperity 2018 Project Grant
Principal Investigator, "Non-citizens' National Belonging & Health," CIHR Planning & Dissemination Grant (2017)
Selected Community Services
2021 - present Board Member
2014 - 2016; 2022 - present Co-Chair | Member of Steering Committee
Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment
2016 - 2020 Board Member
Canadian Centre on Statelessness
2009 - 2011 Member
Ontario Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS, Ontario Ministry of Health & Long-Term Care