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Role of practice guidelines in policymaking subject of CHEPA February seminar
03 Feb 2012
The role of practice guidelines in policymaking will be the subject of the CHEPA monthly seminar to be presented by Melissa Brouwers of McMaster University on Feb. 15.
Practice guidelines have a history of promoting evidence-informed decision-making by clinicians and patients. However, they have increasingly become a more common knowledge product used by policymakers. In this seminar entitled Practice Guidelines and Policy: Oil and Vinegar or Two Peas in a Pod?, Brouwers, an associate professor in the Department of Oncology, will discuss the pros and cons of using practice guidelines to guide policy, and some of the methodological challenges. The cancer control context will be used for illustrative purposes.
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International doctoral students to enhance their training through Health Policy PhD program
25 Jan 2012
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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Public health researcher from University of Edinburgh visits CHEPA in January
23 Dec 2011
Katherine Smith, a lecturer with the Global Public Health Unit at the University of Edinburgh, will be a visiting scholar with CHEPA in January 2012, and will give the CHEPA monthly seminar on Jan. 18.
Smith’s research interests include processes of knowledge transfer (particularly between research and policy), policies and interventions to tackle health inequalities, and the influence of corporations and advocacy organizations on public health and policies affecting public health.
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Role of data centre in McMaster-based research subject of CHEPA seminar
02 Dec 2011
Recent health-related research conducted in the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at McMaster – which provides researchers with access to a wealth of survey and administrative data – will be the subject of the CHEPA monthly seminar on Dec. 14.
Byron Spencer, academic director of the centre that provides researchers with access to master files of all the major household surveys conducted by Statistics Canada, will lead the seminar to take place from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. in CRL-119.
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Faculty members Birch, Gafni ranked among world's top economists
16 Nov 2011
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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