# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/theresa-tam
# Generated: 2026-08-14T23:07:58.020Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/theresa-tam"
name: "Theresa Tam"
slug: "theresa-tam"
description: "Theresa Tam is a Canadian physician and public servant who served as the chief public health officer of Canada (CPHO), the second-in-command of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC). Tam initially took the role as acting CPHO following the retirement of her predecessor, Gregory Taylor, on December 16, 2016. She was formally appointed on June 26, 2017. She stepped down as CPHO on June 20, 2025."
tagline: "Chief Public Health Officer of Canada"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Theresa_Tam%2C_Promoting_Vaccine_Confidence.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "Canada"
  isoCode: "CA"
birthDate: "1965"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           44.5
  momentum:             0.07849293563579278
  historical:           5.712890666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     40
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/acsp_canada"
    handle:    "acsp_canada"
sources:
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Tam"
    title: "Theresa Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Tam"
    title: "Theresa Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Tam"
    title: "Theresa Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%AD%9A%E8%A9%A0%E8%A9%A9"
    title: "譚詠詩"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theresa_Tam"
    title: "Theresa Tam"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A2%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B5%D0%B7%D0%B0_%D0%A2%D0%B0%D0%BC"
    title: "Тереза Там"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33103785"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump