Peter Jüni is a Swiss

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, general internist, and

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based in England. He was previously both a member of, and the scientific director of, the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, and also a director of a research centre at St Michael's Hospital in

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. He is a

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of the

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, and a Tier 1

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in Clinical Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases.

Early life and education

Jüni was born just outside of

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. He graduated from Bern University with a degree in medicine, specialised in

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, and was a Research Fellow at

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in the Department of Social Medicine.

Career

After his research, Jüni returned to the University Bern, where he founded their clinical trials unit in 2007 and became Director of the Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine in 2013. In 2016, e moved to

, and joined St Michael's Hospital and was appointed professor of medicine at the

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. Jüni was the director of the Applied Health Research Centre (AHRC) at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and the

in Clinical Epidemiology of Chronic Diseases. Jüni was part of the Ontario COVID-19 Science Advisory Table, sitting on the Drugs & Biologics Clinical Practice Guidelines Working Group, and serving as the Scientific Director from July 2020 to May 2022. During his time at the advisory table, he participated on the table's Modelling Consensus Table, and recommended better protections and paid sick days for the front-line workers who were disproportionately impacted by the disease. He also criticised of the Ontario provincial government's response to the pandemic and has stated that "the government continues to ignore the advice of experts." After leaving the advisory table, Jüni took a job at

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, in England. Jüni is a

of the

Research

Jüni has published over 300 scientific papers in the fields of

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and

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, for which he has been recognized as a Highly Cited Researcher by

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. He has previously performed cardiovascular research funded by

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, Biotronik, Biosensors International,

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, and The Medicines Company, and has acted as an advisor to

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, AVA Pharmaceuticals, and Fresenius. He has further acted as an unpaid member of steering groups or executive committees of clinical trials for Abbott Vascular, St. Jude Medical, and Terumo. Jüni was a principal investigator on a study called ''Coagulopathy of COVID-19: a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial of Therapeutic Anticoagulation versus Standard Care'' funded by a joint grant from

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, the

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, St. Michael's Hospital Foundation, St. Joseph's Health Centre Foundation, and the International Network of Venous Thromboembolism Clinical Research Networks (INVENT). He is an investigator for a study to evaluate favipiravir for potential

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against

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in long-term care facilities, sponsored by Appili Therapeutics. Jüni is a co-investigator in a research project titled ''From idea to reality: COVID-19 Vaccination for Children and Youth'', taking place between June 2021 and May 2022. Funded by the

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, the intended outcome of the study is to examine vaccine safety and

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in children and youth, to provide confidence to parents considering vaccinating their children, and increase vaccine uptake. A continuation of the study was funded in December 2021, with the expanded goal of applying previously gathered data to "enhance COVID-19 vaccine acceptability, curtail

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, and promote equitable vaccine distribution." He is also a co-investigator on a study titled ''Identifying strategies to (re)build trust in Canadian social institutions and increase public acceptance of COVID-19 countermeasures.''

Personal life

Jüni is married, and has four children.

References

External links

Profile page at St Michael's Hospital
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