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CHSPR Seminar | Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada: How is it relevant now?

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

Speaker: Gregory Marchildon, Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto Are there contemporary policy lessons which can be drawn from the history of Medicare? As the author of Tommy Douglas and the Quest for Medicare in Canada, Greg Marchildon will explore some of the answers to this question, especially concerning the single-payer and single-tier nature of the […]

CHSPR Seminar | Cardiovascular Disease in Postpartum Women: Understanding Risk to Optimize Prevention and Management

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

Speaker: Rubee Dev, University of BC Globally, the burden of cardiovascular disease (CVD) related morbidity and mortality in postpartum women has increased. Women who experience adverse pregnancy outcomes have an increased lifelong risk of developing CVD. Yet, CVD amongst postpartum women remains under-studied, under-screened, and under-diagnosed. Early diagnostic testing and risk-based recommendations are required to combat […]

CHSPR Seminar | Patient Perspectives on Routine Pregnancy Testing: An Ethical Inquiry

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

Speaker: Amanda Sears, PhD Student, UBC School of Population and Public Health This presentation will critically explore the ethical dimensions of routine pregnancy testing in acute clinical care through the framework of epistemic injustice. Using data from close- and open-ended survey questions, this talk will present the results of a thematic analysis to examine the […]

CHSPR Seminar | The Impact of BC’s Contraception Subsidy: An Interrupted Time Series Analysis

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speakers: Laura Schummers and Michael Law, University of BC BC introduced Canada’s first universal no-cost contraception subsidy in 2023. This study estimates the effect of this subsidy on contraception use and out-of-pocket costs for prescription contraception. We will demonstrate their application using real-world databases to address challenges such as residual confounding and model misspecification. Laura Schummers […]

CHSPR Seminar | Laying the Foundations for Developing a Disease-specific Comorbidity Index A Journey through Challenges, Decisions, and Next Steps

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada +1 more

Speaker: Hanna Frank, PhD Student, UBC School of Population and Public Health Comorbidity indices are integral to epidemiological research; however, existing tools — such as the widely used Charlson index — were originally developed for general in-hospital populations and focused on predicting outcomes relevant to those settings. These indices may lack relevance for specific disease […]

CHSPR Seminar | Missed Opportunities and Paths Forward for Health Services and Policy

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

Speaker: Jason Sutherland, Interim Director, UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) In this talk, Jason Sutherland will present his perspectives on the varied and bumpy road to policy-oriented health services research in Canada. Focusing on his past and future policy directions, research activities and student supervision, he will discuss his past missed […]