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Chris Tait Wins CIHR Silver Award of Excellence
Congratulations to PhD Epidemiology candidate Chris Tait on receiving the 2017 CIHR Silver Award of Excellence! Chris presented his study concerning “Diet Quality and Mortality Risk in Canada” on June 7th at the University of Manitoba. His study is the first of...
Frankly Speaking: Epidemiologist John Frank Searches Upstream and Downstream for Chronic Disease Prevention
Event: John Frank @ U of T – May 4th, 2017, 12:00pm Written by: Nicholas Fazio Room HS106’s full house on Thursday demonstrated the strength of epidemiologist John Frank’s reputation in Toronto’s health-science circles. Over the next hour, he reminded attendees...
New Zealand Epidemiologist Asks “Where Have All The Heart Attacks Gone?”
Event: Rod Jackson @ U of T – May 3rd, 2017, 11:00am Written by: Nicholas Fazio Shortly after graduating from medical school, University of Auckland’s Professor Rod Jackson leapt fully into the arena of cardiovascular epidemiology. Over 265 peer-reviewed papers later,...
Top users consume half of health budget
Treating the top 5% of users of Ontario’s health system — 662 248 patients in 2011 — accounted for more than half the provincial health budget, say a team of Toronto-based researchers who are probing data on so-called high-cost users. Publication date: 2014 May 20....
Poverty linked to future high health-care costs: Health effects of poverty far reaching, Canadian researchers find
People living in poverty are more likely to place a high burden on the health-care system but addressing the inequity could prevent both medical complications and health expenditures, Canadian doctors and public health experts say. Publication date: 2015 May 8....
Health-care costs more than double for Canadians with diabetes: study
A new study has determined that the average cost of health care for Canadians with diabetes is $16,000 over eight years, compared to $6,000 for those without the disease. Publication date: 2015 August 19. Available from:...