Interim Assistant Scientific Director

Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research

Dr. Ronald (Ron) Shore is the Interim Assistant Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute of Military and Veteran Health Research and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, at Queen’s University in Kingston.

A research scientist, Dr. Shore’s areas of research include learning and memory, addiction, mood disorders, end-of-life care, health policy, knowledge synthesis and novel therapeutics. Ron’s PhD and master’s in public administration (health policy), were both completed at Queen’s University. Dr. Shore has previously served as a Guest Co-Editor of a special edition of the Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health (December 2023).

Ron has thirty-five years of experience in health, health promotion and disease prevention, addictions treatment, community, and mental health. He is the founder of Kingston’s Street Health Centre, a community health centre for people facing multiple barriers to health, including homelessness, trauma, and addiction. Dr. Shore has significant expertise in leadership, partnership, executive management, and strategic planning with health and science-oriented organizations. He also has a decade of financial, project planning, and management experience in the private sector as a past local business owner.

A respected educator, Dr. Shore was previously a part-time Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Studies at Queen’s University, teaching the popular Introduction to the Study of Drug and Alcohol Problems for sixteen years. Ron has also taught drug studies and health policy at Ottawa University and is faculty of the Michener Institute in Toronto. He recently served as Assistant Scientific Director of the Centre for Psychedelics Health and Research at Providence Cares.

The son of a Veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces, Dr. Shore grew up on bases across Eastern Ontario. His brother, uncles and both grandfathers all served in the CAF.