Dr. Pam Orr
 
Professor,Departments of Medicine(Section of Infectious Diseases), Medical Microbiology and Community Health Sciences
 Degrees:  MD (Univ. of Toronto) 1974-79, FRCPC Internal Medicine (Univ. of Manitoba) 1984-88
Specialist Certification in Infectious Disease (RCPSC)(Univ. of Manitoba) 1987-89
Masterof Science, Department of Community Health Sciences (Univ. of Manitoba) 1989-94
Mailing Address: Health Sciences Centre
GC 443 -820 Sherbrook St.
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, R3A 1R9

Tel:  (204) 787-7029
Fax: (204) 787-4826
email: porr@hsc.mb.ca
Research Interests:
Research focuses on indigenous and circumpolar health with special interest in infectious diseases, the social determinants of health and health care delivery, health and justice

Recent Publications In Peer Reviewed Journals:

  1. Christianson S, Wolfe J, ORR P, Karlowsky J, Levett PN, Horsman GB, Thibert L, Tang P, Sharma MK.  Evaluation of 24 locus MIRU-VNTR genotyping of Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates in Canada.  Tuberculosis 2010:90(1):31-8.
  2. ORR P, Kozlov AI, Vitamin D level in th indigenous populations of Russia European North. Vopr Pitan 2010; 79(4):63-66.
  3. Larcombe L, Nickerson P, Singer M, Robson R, Dantouze J, ORR P.  “Housing conditions in two northern Canadian First Nations Communities”.  Int J Circ Health 2011;70.
  4. ORR P. Adherence to Tuberculosis Care in Canadian Aboriginal Populations.  Part 1:  Definition, Measurement, Responsibility, Barriers.  Int J Circ Health 2011;70.
  5. ORR P.  Adherence to Tuberculosis Care in Canadian Aboriginal Populations.  Part 2:  A Comprehensive Approach to Fostering Adherent Behaviour.  Int J Circ Health 2011;70.
  6. Potolitsyna NN, Boiko ER, ORR P., Lipids and their correlation with vitamin D in the indigenous populations of Russia European North. Fiziol Cheloveka 2011. 37(2):66-70.
  7. Blanchard AK, Wang X, El-Gabalawy H, Tan Q, ORR P, Elias B, Rawsthorne P, Hart D, Chubey S, Bernstein CN.  Oral health in a First Nations and a non-Aboriginal population in Manitoba.  Int J Circ Health 2012;71.
  8. Keynan Y, Cantor MJ, Grynspan D, Lategan B, ORR P. Diarrhea and colonic ulcers of unusual etiology. Mycobac Dis 2012. 2:112. doi.10.4172/2161-1068.1000
  9. Larcombe L, ORR P, Turner-Brannen E, Slivinski C, Nickerson P, Mookherjee N. Effect of vitamin D Supplementation on Mycobacterium tuberculosis-Induced Innate Immune Responses in a Canadian Dene First Nations Cohort. PLoS ONE 2012, 7(7): e40692. Doi:10.1371/journal.pone.004069.
  10. Larcombe L, Mookherjee N, Slater J, Slivinski C, Singer M, Whaley C, Matyas S, Turner-Brannen W, Nickerson P, ORR P. Vitamin D in a Northern Canadian First nation Population: Dietary Intake, Serum concentrations and Functional Gene Polymorphisms. PLoS ONE 2012. 7(11):e49872. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0049872
Activities
  • President-Elect, North American Region, International Union for Circumpolar Health.
  • Scientific Editor, International Union for Circumpolar Health.
  • Representative, University of Manitoba:  for the Circumpolar Health Research Network
  • Chairperson, Postgraduate Medical Education Committee, Department of Medicine, University of Manitoba.
  • Consultant, J.A. Hildes Northern Medical Unit, University of Manitoba.