In March 2021, Bethany Hedt-Gauthier, PhD + Mike Law led an intensive short course on modeling in #rstats for pandemic response with our colleagues at Partners In Health + various Ministry of Health partners.

⬇️ Here we share an overview of the course & our reflections

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#Pharmacare is in the news and #CHSPR2024 is only one week away! The 36th annual CHSPR health policy conference will explore the future of drug coverage in Canada at a time of significant policy development. Program, speakers, workshop & registration: chspr.ubc.ca/conference/

Two weeks from today! The 36th annual CHSPR health policy conference will explore the future of drug coverage in Canada at a time of significant policy development. Program, speakers, workshop and registration details are at chspr.ubc.ca/conference/ #CHSPR2024

Pharmacare is once again on the policy agenda in Canada: there is a window of opportunity to improve the current situation.

This new IRPP study by Fiona Clement and Michael Law “National Pharmacare: Laying the Groundwork,” demonstrates how to get there.

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With the plan for National Pharmacare slated to be introduced by March 1, please join us for the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research conference, PharmaWhere?, on March 5. The early-bird deadline is 2 weeks away! Details and registration at chspr.ubc.ca/conference/ #pharmacare

Registration is open for #CHSPR2024 University of British Columbia! Register early for the best rates. Poster abstracts due Jan 8, 2024. The organizing committee welcomes abstracts for posters on health services & policy research topics. chspr.ubc.ca/conference/reg…
UBC's School of Population and Public Health UBC Pharm Sci Therapeutics Initiative

Save the date for #CHSPR2024 ! We are pleased to announce our 36th annual health policy conference, March 5, 2024. PharmaWhere? will explore the future of drug coverage in Canada. In-person University of British Columbia or virtual. Learn more: chspr.ubc.ca/conference/

New paper from Seraphine Zeitouny PhD MPH et al linked @CPCSSN #EMR prescribing data to filled Rx in BC, finding prevalence of primary nonadherence to new prescriptions was 17%. Read more for suggested interventions: cmaj.ca/content/195/30…
Sabrina Wong Mina T. Kim McGrail Mike Law

Our group (CODE- cool acronym I know!) has just published our first annual update of our drug purchases forecast for Canada in CADTH journal.

Thank you to IQVIA Institute for the data partnership!

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So what did we find:

Please join us for our next research seminar, focusing on access to blood.

Two novel studies will be presented by Marie Paul Nisingizwe and Meghan Delaney, moderated by Nakul Raykar.

Register here: pgssc.org/researchseminar

HarvardGlobalSurgery Mike Law PIH_Rwanda Global Health Research Core

A few reflections on applied health services and policy research from @fionaHTA, Mike Law and me – published in @Longwoodsnotes.

These are reflections on the new @ihspr_cihr strategic plan, which overall we think has great potential.

We offer four provocations.

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In this week's FREE webinar in the Population Data BC ICES Advanced Methods series, UBC's School of Population and Public Health's Mike Law presents on Regression Discontinuity Design ow.ly/KzUM50IRR7u

I've read WIRED since I was a teenager, so it's pretty cool to have them cover our The Lancet Global Health analysis of drones. Kudos to Max G. Levy for a great piece, M. Paul Nisingizwe for leading this work, and Rwanda Biomedical Centre for the great collaboration.
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Our newest paper led by the awesome alison mcclean in CMAJ

Our original working title was 'Failure to Launch' which is a great way coined by Mike Law to describe Canada's experience with #biosimilars so far.

UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy

With #pharmacare back in the news, a reminder that every year, hundreds of thousands of Canadians can't afford/have trouble paying for their prescribed medications (which can cost the health system dearly in the long run). cmajopen.ca/content/6/1/E6…

Only two weeks until #CHSPR2022 Medicare at a Crossroads: Myths and Realities 50 Years In. See our speakers, program, & virtual & in-person registration options at chspr.ubc.ca/conference/. 1/6

Drones get blood to patients faster—and reduce waste: UBC's School of Population and Public Health researchers partner with researchers in Rwanda 🇷🇼 news.ubc.ca/2022/03/16/dro… #NewsTip

When Rwanda started using drones for blood delivery, it decreased delivery times and reduced product expiration. Great to be part of this study led by M. Paul Nisingizwe including our friends at Rwanda Biomedical Centre that was just published in The Lancet Global Health. Full article: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S22…

JUST OUT: How has the pandemic affected immunizations in Haiti, Lesotho, Liberia and Malawi? 1/4

Work led by Emi Connolly from Partners In Health Malawi (Abwenzi Pa Za Umoyo) and Dr. Emma Jean Boley formally PIH/Liberia and now @PIH, along with Donald Fejfar, Prince F. Varney, Izzie Fulcher, Melino Ndayizigiye Mike Law Mugunga, Jean Claude