Jane Buxton
Academic Rank(s)
Professor Emeritus OBC, MBBS, MHSc, FRCPC
Public Health Physician
jane.buxton@ubc.ca
Location
2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
Dr. Jane Buxton was a family physician in the UK before moving to Canada and completing the public health residency at UBC and the federal field epidemiology program.
She was SPPH Masters of Public Health practicum director 2008-2020
Jane was medical lead for harm reduction at the BCCDC from 2003-2022, where she developed the drug overdose and alert partnership (DOAP) in 2011. In 2012 she introduced BC take-home naloxone program and the province wide harm reduction client survey.
Jane has published over 300 peer review manuscripts
· Doctor of Laws (h.c.), University of the Fraser Valley (2025)
· Order of British Columbia (2022)
· George Elliott Lifetime Achievement Award for contribution to Public Health (2021)
· BC Centre on Substance Use, Lifetime Achievement Award (2021)
· Public Health Physicians of Canada President’s Award (2019)
· Harm Reduction Hero. BC Yukon Association of Drug War Survivors (2017) for advocacy on behalf of people who use drugs and championship of their voices being included in decisions that affect their health
· Ron Draper Health Promotion Award (2014); Canadian Public Health Association
· UBC Distinguished Academic Achievement Award for Education (2013)
· UBC Killam Teaching Prize, Faculty of Medicine (2013)
· BC Provincial Health Officer’s award for Excellence in Public Health (2013)
· James M. Robinson Award for significant contribution to public health (2012)
Jane received her Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada (RCPSC) fellowship in Community Medicine (now Public Health and Preventive Medicine) in 1999.
She was program director for the UBC Community Medicine residency program 2001-2008.
She chaired the RCPSC specialty committee for Public Health and Preventive Medicine training across Canada from 2012 to 2019.
Jane engages in quantitative, qualitative and participatory research with marginalized populations ensuring people who use drugs are involved in developing priorities for research, policy and harm reduction program evaluation.
Jane was involved in the MD undergraduate public health curriculum 2008-2022. She enjoyed supervising students on placements at BCCDC including over 120 medical students, 62 residents, 21 PhD, 26 MSc and 38 MPH practicum students.
She currently supervises/co-supervises 3 PhD students and continues to give guest lectures.