Health Economics and Technology Assessment Rounds IV
-The NOAHE Health Economics and Technology Assessment Rounds are presented by the Institute of Health Economics, the University of Calgary Health Economics Group and HTA Unit, and the University of Alberta Health Economics Unit. Their aim is to advance health economics research and support evidence-based health policy, to improve the health outcomes of Canadians.
Health Economics and Technology Assessment Rounds IV
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The NOAHE Health Economics and Technology Assessment Rounds are presented by the Institute of Health Economics, the University of Calgary Health Economics Group and HTA Unit, and the University of Alberta Health Economics Unit. Their aim is to advance health economics research and support evidence-based health policy, to improve the health outcomes of Canadians.
Round Objectives
- To present research on topics of relevance to Health Economists, trainees, and policy makers across Alberta.
- To bring experts in Health Economics to Alberta to present on cutting edge research.
- To encourage collaboration and discourse between Alberta health economists, and with policy makers.
Please note that the views expressed in this series and other deliverables associated with NOAHE are not necessarily representative of any particular organization involved.
2020 - 2021 Dates
NOTE: All NOAHE Rounds IV Sessions will be online-only.
- Sept 16, 2020 - Click here for more information
- Oct 21, 2020 - Click here for more information
- Nov 18, 2020 - Click here for more information
- Dec 2, 2020 - Click here for more information
- Jan 20, 2021 - Click here for more information
- Feb 17, 2021 - Click here for more information
- Mar 17, 2021 - Click here for more information
- Apr 21, 2021 - Click here for more information
- May 19, 2021 - Click here for more information
Upcoming Session Information
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*Individual session information will be updated as available*
November 18, 2020 - Session 3
Topic: Race or racism: unpicking racial inequalities in the COVID-19 pandemic through a social determinants of health framework
Presenter Name: Dr Miqdad Asaria, Assistant Professorial Research Fellow, Department of Health Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science
Abstract: In post-colonial contexts such as the UK, the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and the policy response to it has been remarkably racially patterned. Clinicians, academics and policy makers have tried to explain the observed outcomes by reviving ideas of racial hierarchies underpinned by biological and cultural superiority – the same ideas that were instrumental in justifying colonialism. In this presentation a social determinants of health framework will be used to argue for an alternative more plausible explanation for the observed racial patterning of impacts of the pandemic. The presentation will explore how and why various social determinants of health are racially patterned and the links between particular social determinants of health and aspects of the pandemic.
Presenter Biography: Miqdad is a health economist with extensive experience in both academic and policy making settings. His research focusses on health inequalities, health financing and healthcare prioritisation with a particular focus on the health systems in India and the UK.
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December 2, 2020 - Session 4
Topic: 23 and (not just) Me: Incorporating Family Members in Health Technology Assessment of Genetic Testing
Presenter Name: Wendy Ungar, Senior Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, and Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
Abstract: There is a disconnect between the theoretical foundations of economic evaluation that espouse welfarist and extra-welfarist principles and the practice guidelines that focus solely on benefits to patients. This disconnect is underscored by economic evaluations of genome sequencing technologies where measuring the costs and health consequences in family members are integral to understanding the value of the technology.
The learning objectives of this seminar are to:
- Contrast economic theory with guideline recommendations
- Examine how family members’ costs and health consequences are currently considered
- Define genome sequencing and explain how family members are integrated in testing
- Present examples in studies of autism and pediatric cardiomyopathy
- Suggest how family members can be incorporated in health technology assessment
Presenter Biography: Wendy Ungar is a Senior Scientist, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute, and Professor, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto. She holds a BA cum laude from Brandeis University, a Masters degree in Pharmacology and Therapeutics from McGill University, and a PhD in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation from the University of Toronto Dr. Ungar holds a tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Economic Evaluation and Technology Assessment in Child Health. She founded TASK (Technology Assessment at Sick Kids) in 2007 where her team conducts research applying health economic methods to child health with a focus on genomics and neurodevelopmental disorders. Dr. Ungar and her team maintain the PEDE database, a user-friendly searchable online database of pediatric economic evaluations published since 1980 used by HTA agencies around the world. In 2017 Dr. Ungar was appointed Chair of the Ontario Genetic Testing Advisory Committee which makes funding recommendations on emerging genetic testing technologies for Ontario and in 2020 she was awarded the Dr. Jill M. Sanders Award of Excellence in Health Technology Assessment from the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health. Her book, Economic Evaluation in Child Health was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.
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January 20, 2021 - Session 5
Topic: TBD
Presenter Name: Ian Cromwell
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February 17, 2021 - Session 6
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March 17, 2021 - Session 7
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April 21, 2021 - Session 8
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May 19, 2021 - Session 9
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