Dr. Svetlana (Lana) Popova is a senior scientist with the Institute for Mental Health Policy Research at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). She is also a professor within the Epidemiology Division, Office of Global Public Health Education and Training at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work at the University of Toronto. She also has an appointment as a graduate faculty full member with the Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto.
Areas of Research
Dr. Popova’s research focuses on the epidemiology, economic cost, prevention, intervention strategies, and evidence-based policy development related to maternal substance use and child outcomes, including fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).
Dr. Popova is currently leading the study on developing and implementing curriculum on FASD prevention in urban, rural and First Nation schools in Ontario, Canada, funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada. Dr. Popova led one of the largest studies, guided by the World Health Organization and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), on determining the global prevalence of FASD among children in low- and middle-income countries of Eastern and Central Europe and Africa, as well as Canada. Dr. Popova led the study on developing Surveillance of FASD and prenatal alcohol exposure as well as on estimating the burden and economic cost associated with FASD in Canada.
Dr. Popova’s research has been published in high-impact journals such as The Lancet, The Lancet Global Health, Nature Reviews Disease Primers, JAMA Pediatrics, and is widely read and cited.
Publications
View Dr. Popova's publications on PubMed.