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Founded in 1987, CHEPA is a world-class interdisciplinary health research centre that is home to the largest concentration of health economists and health policy analysts in Canada.
CHEPA researchers bring together a rich set of intellectual resources to tackle complex health and health care problems from a variety of perspectives such as economics, political science, ethics and sociology.
It has earned international and national recognition for its significant contributions to research, education and policy, and is known for its work in the fields of knowledge transfer, economic evaluation, health technology assessment, health human resources, and needs-based and primary care funding models.
International doctoral students to enhance their training through Health Policy PhD program
The first of four students from Africa who are joining McMaster’s Health Policy PhD program (each for a one-year period) through the International Development Research Centre (IDRC) grant held by CHEPA Associate Director John Lavis has begun his studies here.
Pierre Ongolo-Zogo, from Cameroon, is a doctoral student at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda, and holds both an MD and a master’s of science degree. Through an exchange agreement between Makerere University and McMaster, he is enrolled as a doctoral student in the Health Policy PhD program from January through December 2012.
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Faculty members Birch, Gafni ranked among world's top health economists
Two current and three former CHEPA faculty members have been ranked among the most influential health economists in the world, in a report prepared for the World Bank.
Stephen Birch and Amiram Gafni, both long-time members of CHEPA, and Bernie O’Brien, a CHEPA faculty member who died in 2004, are included in the top 100 health economists in the world, based on a measure of health economics publications and the number of times they have been cited.
Birch and Gafni were tied for 35th on the list with several others, and O’Brien was tied for 44th.
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