Kathy Moscou

Dr. Kathy Moscou is Associate Dean, Faculty of Design, OCAD University. Her background merges visual arts and health. She has a PhD in Pharmaceutical Sciences, Masters Public Health and is a Fellow at WHO Collaborating Centre for Governance, Accountability and Transparency in the Pharmaceutical Sector, Univ. of Toronto. She uses decolonized frameworks to examine governance, policy to foster wholistic health, inclusive neighbourhoods and equity. As a member of the Solid Black Collective she conducts research exploring the experience of Black creatives, led the Vaccin8 for the Culture campaign and mentors Black youth.

Dr Moscou is a mixed media artist & designer who’s visual storytelling celebrates Black culture and the Black family. Her background is eclectic and unique, merging visual arts and health. Her work has been exhibited at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon); the Royal Ontario Museum (Toronto); the M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery (Seattle) and the Bellevue Art Museum (Bellevue, WA) and Wheat City Nuit Blanche and Toronto Nuit Blanche.

Selected Exhibitions:

2024 Erasure!, Onsite Gallery, Toronto
2023 Residency 23°S, La Yareta Gallery, San Pedro de Atacama, Chile
2022 Hidden Spaces, Nuit Blanche, Toronto, ON
2021 Project 31, OCADU, Toronto, ON
2017 Planting Seeds of Change, Nuit Blanche, Brandon, MB
2017 Annual Members Show, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Brandon
2016 Annual Members Show, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Brandon
2015 Annual Members Show, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Brandon
2013 Works in Progress Cabaret, Art Gallery of Southwest Manitoba, Brandon
2013 Celebration of Black History, Centennial College, Toronto
2010 From the Soul, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2009 Beyond the Rhythm, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2008 Roots to Rhythm, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto
2004 Legacy, M. Rosetta Hunter Gallery, Seattle
2001 Walden’s Art Gallery, Seattle
2001 Community Art Exhibit, South Seattle Community College, Seattle
2001 24th Annual Minority Art Exhibition, The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle (1st Place Award winner)
2000 23rd Annual Minority Art Exhibition, The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
1999 22nd Annual Minority Art Exhibition, The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
1998 North Seattle Community College Gallery, Seattle
1998 21st Annual Minority Art Exhibition, The Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle
1997 Pacific Northwest Annual, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue, Washington
1996 Women and the Arts, Seattle

Selected Refereed Publications:
Moscou, K., Onilude, Y., Bhagaloo, A, Zaman, I., Said, A., (2023). Broken Promises: Racism and Access to Medicines. Journal of Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities DOI : 10.1007/s40615-023-01598-2

Moscou, K. (2021). Planting Seeds of Change: Voices of Indigenous Youth. International Indigenous Policy Journal, 12(4)

Wiktorowicz, M., Moscou, K., Lexchin, J. (2018). Transnational pharmacogovernance: the jazz of pharmaceutical policy convergence. Globalization and Health, 14:86

Moscou, K, (2018). Pharmacogovernance and Postmarket Drug Safety in Kenya. In Carine Baxerres, Charlie Marquis. Régulations, Marchés, Santé: interroger les enjeux actuels du médicament en Afrique Actes. Régulations, Marchés, Santé: interroger les enjeux actuels du médicament en Afrique / Regulations, Markets, Health: questioning current stakes of pharmaceuticals in Africa, Mar 2018, Ouidah, Bénin. 2018.

Moscou, K. & Kohler, J.C. (2017). Matching Safety to Access: Pharmacogovernance in Kenya. Globalization and Health, Mar 23;13(1):20. doi: 10.1186/s12992-017-0232-x.

Moscou, K. (2016). Pharmacogovernance in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: a case study of Brazil and Kenya. Dissertation

Moscou, K, Kohler, JC, McGahan, A. (2016) Governance and pharmacovigilance in Brazil: a scoping review, Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice, 9(3). doi: 10.1186/s40545-016-0053-y

Moscou, K., Kohler, JC, Lexchin, J. (2013) Drug Safety and Corporate Governance, Global Health Governance, Vol. VII, No.1:56-79

Lexchin, J., Wiktorowicz, M., Moscou, K, Eggertson, L. (2013) Provincial drug plan officials’ views of the Canadian drug safety system, Journal of Health Policy Politics and Law, 38(3): 545-571; doi:10.1215/03616878-2079514

Wiktorowicz, M., Lexchin, J., Moscou, K. (2012) Pharmacovigilance in Europe and North America: Divergent approaches, Soc Sci Med.;75(1):165-70.