Fall Seminars
Location note: All seminars will take place in Health Sciences Building (HS) Rm. 412, except for Sept. 15, Dec. 1, and Jan. 12. Alternate locations are provided for these weeks. Attendees may also join by Zoom. The Zoom registration link is provided through the mailing list; if you are not on the mailing list, please email cche@utoronto.ca to receive the link. NEW: April 19 will be an entirely virtual session.
Friday, September 15: 10 AM – 12 PM, Earth Sciences Centre, 5 Bancroft Ave., Room B142 & Zoom (*Please note location change for this week*)
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to R Part 1
Friday, September 22: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to STATA® Part 1
Friday, September 30: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 108 & Zoom
Speaker: Paul Arora (University of Toronto)
Title: Transportability of Overall Survival Estimates From US to Canadian Patients With Advanced Non–Small Cell Lung Cancer With Implications for Regulatory and Health Technology Assessment
Friday, October 6: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Narek Mirzoyan (Karlsruher Institut für Technologie [KIT])
Title: The German Diesel Ban Policy and its Impact on 𝑁𝑂2 Emissions
Friday, October 13: No seminar this week (IHPME reading week)
Friday, October 20: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Cal Shephard (AstraZeneca)
Title: How industry supports innovation in drug reimbursement decision-making in Canada
Friday, October 27: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Stefanie Tan (University of Toronto)
Title: Impact of Incentive Contracts on Non-profits Delivering Homelessness Interventions Through Social Impact Bonds
Friday, November 3: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Nor Binti Azizam (University of Toronto)
Title: Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of Biologic Sequential Treatments for Moderate to Severe Psoriasis: A Malaysian Healthcare System Perspective
Friday, November 10: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Margaret Jamieson (University of Toronto)
Title: Primary Mental Health and Substance Use Service Provision in British Columbia: Exploring Age, Period, and Cohort Trends in Family Physicians from 1996-2017
Friday, November 17: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: David Jones (University of Toronto)
Title: Healthcare Workforce: Issues and Potential Solutions
Friday, November 24: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Carolina Arteaga Cabrales (University of Toronto)
Title: Democracy and the Opioid Epidemic
Friday, December 1: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 740 & Zoom (*Please note location change for this week*)
Speaker: Casey Chu (University of Toronto)
Title: Family Physician Entry and Healthcare Services Foot Traffic in Ontario
Winter Seminars
Friday, January 12: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 790 & Zoom (*Please note location change for this week*)
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to R Part 2
Friday, January 19: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Adrian Rohit Dass (University of Toronto)
Student Workshop: Introduction to STATA® Part 2
Friday, January 26: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Mina Tadrous (University of Toronto)
Title: The Emergence of RWE – Future Directions in Decision-making and Why it Matters to Pharmaceutical Policy
Friday, February 2: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Rebecca Hancock-Howard (University of Toronto)
Title: Health Financing and Access to Medicines in the Caribbean
Friday, February 9: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Lisa Barkova (Office of the Parliamentary Budget Officer)
Title: Cost Estimate of a Single-payer Universal Drug Plan
Friday, February 16: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Sujata Mishra (University of Toronto)
Title: Association Between the Use of Accredited Social Health Activist (ASHA) Services and Uptake of Institutional Deliveries in India
Friday, February 23: No seminar this week (IHPME reading week)
Friday, March 1: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Lauren Cipriano (Ivey Business School)
Title: Coordinating Multi-Payer Health Care Systems
Friday, March 8: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Saul Melamed (Canadian Institute for Health Information)
Title: Introduction to the Canadian Institute for Health Information
Friday, March 15: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Michael J. Armstrong (Brock Univesity)
Title: Legal Recreational Cannabis Sales in Canada
Friday, March 22: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Tianyi Wang (University of Toronto)
Title: Does Physicians’ Female Socialization Influence Female Patients’ Health?
Friday, March 29: No seminar this week (Easter Friday)
Friday, April 5: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Jennifer Lake (University of Toronto)
Title: Pharmacist’s Role Negotiation – Value as a Concept
Friday, April 12: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Étienne Gaudette (University of Toronto)
Title: New Insights on Canada’s Pharmaceutical System: Cost-effectiveness, Generic Competition, and Drug Shortages
Friday, April 19: 10 AM – 12 PM, Zoom **Please note this week’s session will be entirely virtual**
Speaker: Beate Sander and Ashleigh Tuite
Title: Guidelines for the Economic Evaluation of Vaccination Programs in Canada
Friday, April 26: 10 AM – 12 PM, HS Rm. 412 & Zoom
Speaker: Natasha Layton (Monash University)
Title: ‘Holding Up a Mirror to Public Policy’ The Role Economic Modelling and Equity Benchmarking Can Play in Influencing Systemic Change in Australian Assistive Technology Policy and Implications for Canada