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Better data. Better decisions. Healthier Canadians.

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Brent Diverty, Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI) This seminar will introduce the important and rich information available at CIHI, share progress being made in Canada towards better health data, and discuss working with CIHI as a researcher or partner. CIHI maintains 30 critical databases that contribute, along with other data suppliers such as Statistics […]

Informing ethical lung cancer screening policies through inquiries of key informant perspectives and public values

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Manisha Pahwa, McGill University Lung cancer screening policies and programs are evolving in Canadian jurisdictions with the goal of reducing lung cancer mortality. Potential ethical issues range from promoting autonomy and minimizing harm, to group-level justice considerations related screening access and the use of lung cancer risk factor information to determine individual screening eligibility. […]

Is big pharma guiding federal drug policy? Impact of proposed regulations on prices & access to new medicines

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

In February 2023, Dr. Matthew Herder resigned from the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (PMPRB), citing the government’s failure to implement critical reforms to lower medicine costs. Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos has denied any interference, stressing that the PMPRB is politically independent. Dr. Aslam Anis (Professor and Director Pro Tem, School of Population and Public Health) will explore […]

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Finding Meaning in the Margins: Survey Marginalia and Thinking Outside the Box in Health Services Research

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Jeffrey Morgan, UBC Register to attend this seminar in-person (SPPH) or virtually (via Zoom). Jeffrey Morgan will present in-person. Survey “marginalia” are the spontaneous notes, doodles, comments, and written addenda offered by participants in the margins of a survey. They exist outside the bounds of what was asked, and transgress the conventions of a […]

Film Screening | Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Falling Through the Cracks: Greg’s Story is a short film on Greg Price’s journey through the healthcare system. The film gives a glimpse of who Greg was and focuses on the events of his healthcare journey that ended in his unexpected and tragic death. In spite of the sadness of Greg’s Story, the message of the film […]

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Critical Data Studies Meets Data Governance

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research and the W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics are pleased to co-sponsor a lecture by Dr. Tracey Lauriault, Associate Professor of Critical Media and Big Data at Carleton University School of Journalism and Communication. The lecture will be in-person and virtual attendance is supported. The […]

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Book launch: Live Like Nobody Is Watching with Author Dr. Anita Ho

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

UBC School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes are pleased to invite you to our next book launch event! From convenience to privacy implications, join us for a thought-provoking conversation into the complexities of AI health monitoring and its potential effects on your autonomy. Hear from Clinical Associate Professor and […]

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CHSPR Seminar | Introducing Indigenist Critical Policy Analysis

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Natalie Bryant, Australian National University Register for in-person or virtual attendance: https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5UudeiprTwqG9YbIVs8shquvZzGlRVSLJ6W The question of how public policies are assessed in relation to the needs of Australian Indigenous people is a challenging one. How should success or failure be judged? Indigenist Critical Policy Analysis (ICPA) is a possible solution to this challenge. Grounded in the […]

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Global Health Lunch and Learn: Global Health and Decolonization

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About the presentation: In this presentation, Dr. Sewankambo will speak about his longstanding career in global health and decolonization efforts within the field. About the presenter: Prof. Nelson K. Sewankambo MBChB, MSc, M.MED, FRCP, LLD (HC), a Professor of Medicine is the Principal (Head) of Makerere University College of Health Sciences and previously Dean of […]

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Population Effects of Implementing Multi-gene Panel Sequencing for Advanced Cancers in BC: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Speaker: Deirdre Weymann, BC Cancer Register to attend in-person in SPPH (room B104) or virtually (via Zoom). In September 2016, British Columbia became the first Canadian province to publicly reimburse multi-gene panel sequencing for informing advanced cancer care. The impacts of Oncopanel sequencing on population health and health system expenditures remain unknown. We draw on […]

Global Health Lunch and Learn: The Neglected Tropical Diseases

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

About the presentation: The presentation will discuss the conception and evolution of the Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTD) ecosystem now leading to the mass treatment of more than one billion people annually with low cost or donated essential medicines. The concept of “blue marble health” the hidden burden of neglected diseases or poverty in wealthy nations […]

Global Health Lunch and Learn Seminar Series – An Update of Global Health Initiatives in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems

School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Global Health Lunch & Learn Seminar Series:  An Update of Global Health Initiatives in the Faculty of Land and Food Systems Presenter: Dr. Rickey Yada, Professor and Dean, Faculty of Land and Food Systems This will be a hybrid event, both on-line and in-person. Please register HERE: About the presenter: In 2014, Professor Rickey Yada was appointed Dean of […]

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