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Dr. Gabriel Fabreau is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. He also holds an appointment as a Child Health and Wellness Researcher with the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute. Dr. Fabreau earned a B.S. from the University of Calgary in 2004, a Doctor of Medicine from the University of Calgary in 2008, and a Master of Public Health from Harvard University in 2014. He completed an academic fellowship in General Internal Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston. Clinically, Dr. Fabreau serves as an embedded Internal Medicine specialist at the Mosaic Refugee Health Clinic since 2014 and as an inpatient physician at the Peter Lougheed Centre. He is certified as FRCPC in General Internal Medicine.
Dr. Fabreau co-founded and co-directs Refugee Health YYC, a research, education, and innovation platform at the O’Brien Institute for Public Health focused on the health of recently arrived refugees, migrants, and other socially vulnerable populations. His research interests center on refugee and migrant health, global public health, and health systems, with emphasis on health services research, clinical outcomes, and public health approaches to complex chronic disease in these groups. He has contributed to collaborative efforts addressing healthcare access and delivery for newcomer communities, including during the COVID-19 pandemic. In 2023, Dr. Fabreau received the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal from the Government of Alberta for his service. He maintains active involvement in university strategic initiatives related to child health and wellness and participates in broader academic and clinical networks advancing migration and humanitarian health research.
Explore UCalgary-led research unveiling Canada's largest refugee health dataset, insights on care resilience amid shocks, and implications for policy.
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