Nadine Chami

Biography

Nadine Chami is a Senior Economist with the Economics, Policy, & Research department at the Ontario Medical Association (OMA). She is part of the Healthcare Evaluative Research team, producing scientific publications and conducting health systems research.

Nadine has over 7 years of experience in health economics research, particularly research pertaining to primary care payment models and inappropriate laboratory testing in Ontario. She also has extensive knowledge of Ontario healthcare administrative datasets. Her current work involves examining the gender pay gap in medicine among Ontario physicians. Before joining the OMA, Nadine worked as a methodologist at Cancer Care Ontario and completed research internships at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France and the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia in Beirut, Lebanon.

Nadine received her Ph.D. in Economics from McMaster University in 2019 with a specialization in health economics and econometrics.