Upcoming

Throughout the academic year, CHEPA recruits speakers to present seminars on selected health research topics. The series attracts attention from a large audience, which is drawn from the university and wider community interested in health and health care issues.

Presenter

Laura Anderson, Assistant Professor, HEI, McMaster University; Adjunct Scientist in the division of Child Health Evaluative Sciences at the SickKids Research Institute

Event Details

Date: December 19, 2018
Time: 12:30 – 1:30 pm
Location: McMaster University
Venue: CRL-B119

For more information about the CHEPA seminars, please visit the following webpage: http://www.chepa.org/seminars

Since 2008 THETA Collaborative has been hosting the lecture series THETA Rounds and inviting world experts to address various issues related to Health Technology Assessment, Clinical Research and Health Policy and Ethics fields. From January 2016 onwards THETA Rounds are available in the live webinar format.

Presenter

Holly Witteman, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family & Emergency Medicine, Université Laval (Laval University), Quebec City, Canada.

Event Details

Date: January 11, 2019
Venue: Toronto General Hospital, Eaton Building, 10th Floor, 200 Elizabeth St, Rm 10EB240
Location: Toronto, ON

For more information, please visit the following link http://theta.utoronto.ca/HomePage/Rounds

Presented by NOAHE and Alberta RWE. Dr. Scott Klarenbach will be speaking about the importance of Real World Evidence (RWE), how the province of Alberta has advantages with respect to utilizing Real World Evidence to facilitate cutting edge research and development, and how the Alberta RWE Consortium will help the province become a global leader in Real World Evidence generation.

Presenter

Dr. Scott Klarenbach is a nephrologist and Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta. He holds the Kidney Health Research Chair, and is the Chair of the Alberta Expert Committee on Drug Evaluation and Therapeutics, Chair of the Canadian Society of Nephrology Clinical Practice Guideline Committee, President of the Canadian Organ Replacement Registry Board, and serves on the Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care. He received his medical training at the University of Alberta, and completed his MSc in Health Economics at the University of York, United Kingdom. His research interests include health outcomes and health economics research; he has conducted numerous economic evaluations and health technology assessments for both chronic and acute conditions.

Event Details

Date: Thursday, January 17, 2019
Time: 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm MT
Location: Room 20D, ATB Place, 10020 - 100 St, Edmonton (Map link)

Note: This is a brown-bag event, please remember to bring your lunch as food will not be provided.

Registration

Please click the following link to register for this event:
https://www.eiseverywhere.com/rweab

Analytic work at Alberta Health can be stratified into three classes: Descriptive, Predictive, and Prescriptive. The Advanced Analytics team uses all analytic levels to best inform decision makers. This session will begin with an overview of Alberta Health data assets, discussing how these are leveraged through linkage and transformation. Next, examples of how administrative data can be used for predictive and prescriptive modelling will be introduced, with a focus on health economic evaluations. Finally, issues around performance of inputs and parameters from administrative data will be discussed, with implications for best practice.

Presenter

Erin Kirwin holds a Master of Arts in Economics from the University of Alberta, and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics and International Development Studies from McGill University. She leads the Advanced Analytics team at Alberta Health, and has held the position of Public Health Economist with Alberta Health since 2011.

At Alberta Health, key areas of work include cost effectiveness evaluations, policy impact and resource allocation simulations, and cost of illness. Erin is also a member of the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System Economic Working Group, Canadian Immunization Research Network, and sits on the Alberta PROMs and EQ-5D Research and Support Unit Scientific Advisory Committee.

Event Details

Date: Wednesday, January 23, 2019
Time: 2:00 pm MT
Location: 1200, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton (Map link)

Registration

Please click the following link to register for this event: https://www.etouches.com/noaheroundsii

Live Webcast

Please click the following link to register to view the live webcast:  https://goo.gl/1hsDPU

The NOAHE Health Economics and Outcomes Research Student Seminars are presented by the Network of Alberta Health Economists in collaboration with the University of Alberta School of Public Health Journal Club.

Seminar Objectives

The NOAHE Health Economics and Outcomes Research Student Seminar Series seeks to promote discourse related to health economics research, allowing participants to gain insight and consideration across a range of university departments, while encouraging collaboration and networking opportunities.

Event Details

Venue: All seminars will take place at the University of Alberta, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy (ECHA 1-447) (Map link).
Time: All seminars run from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm MT unless otherwise indicated.

Upcoming Seminars

• September 25, 2018 – ECHA Room 1-447 – Nathan McClure, facilitated by Dr. Mike Paulden
• October 23, 2018 – ECHA Room 1-447 – Carmel Montgomery, facilitated by Dr. Gareth Hopkin
• November 20, 2018 – ECHA Room 2-407 – Kai-Erh Kao, facilitated by Dr. Jeff Round
• January 29, 2019 – ECHA Room 1-447 – Nathan McClure, facilitated by Dr. Fatima Al Sayah
• February 26, 2019 – ECHA Room 1-447 – Mon Tun, facilitated by Dr. Negar Razavilar
• March 26, 2019 – ECHA Room 1-447 – Jiabi Wen, facilitated by Dr. Ellen Rafferty

Registration

Please register via the following link:  https://www.eiseverywhere.com/heor

The Network of Alberta Health Economists and the NOAHE Health Economics and Technology Assessment Rounds are supported financially and in-kind by Alberta Health, through the Health Funding and Economics Capacity (HFEC) Grant. Please note that the views expressed in this series and other deliverables associated with NOAHE are not necessarily representative of any particular organization involved.