Assistant Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Member, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis

Jean-Eric Tarride is an assistant professor in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and a member of the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. He is also an associate member in the Department of Economics, an investigator with the Program for Assessment of Technology in Health and a member of both the Centre for Evaluation of Medicines and the Father Sean O’Sullivan Research Centre at St. Joseph’s Healthcare. He obtained both his BA and MA degrees at Université des Sciences Sociales de Toulouse in France, and his PhD in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal. His primary research interests are in methods for the economic evaluation of health technologies, and treatment of uncertainty in health technology assessments (HTAs) and the decision-making process. Other areas of research include the longitudinal analysis of healthcare utilization data and the valuation of indirect costs in HTAs. Before coming to McMaster University, he was a consultant and manager of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research for 10 years. During this time, he acquired vast experience in designing and conducting pharmacoeconomic studies (e.g., cost-effectiveness and cost-utility), budget impact analyses and outcomes research studies (e.g., Phase IV observational and burden of illness studies, development and validation of Quality of Life instruments) in a variety of therapeutic areas and health care settings.

RESEARCH INTERESTS

• health technology assessment
• applied econometrics 
• applied economic evaluation
• outcome measurement and valuation for private/public decision-making
• development of new methods and techniques for economic appraisal

REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS

Casciano R, Arikian S, Tarride JE, Casciano J, Doyle J. Antidepressant Selection for Major Depressive Disorder: the Budgetary Impact to Managed Care.  Drug Benefit Trends, 2000;12(5):6-17.

Casciano R, Tarride JE, Breton MC, Langer A. A Pharmacoeconomic Evaluation of the Myocardial Ischemia Reduction with Aggressive Cholesterol Lowering (MIRACL) Study in Canada. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 2004;11(1):e170-190.

Casey R, Tarride JE, Keresteci MA, Breton MC, Torrance GW. The Erectile Function Visual Analog Scale (EF-VAS): A Disease Specific Utility Instrument for the Assessment of Erectile Function. Canadian Journal of Urology, 2006;13(2):3016-25;discussion 3026.

Tarride JE, Collet JP, Choinière M, Rousseau C, Gordon A. The Economic Burden of Neuropathic Pain in Canada. Journal of Medical Economics, 2006; 9:55-68.

Tarride JE, Gordon A, Vera-Llonch M, Dukes E, Rousseau C. Cost-Effectiveness of Pregabalin for the Management of Neuropathic Pain Associated with Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy and Postherpetic Neuralgia: a Canadian perspective. Clinical Therapeutics, 2006; vol. 28, number 11, 1922-1934.

TEACHING ACTIVITIES

• Principles and Components of Contemporary Health Technology Assessment
• Costing Methodology for Economic Evaluations
• Techniques of Decision Analytic Modelling (Introduction to Advanced)