In Our VoICES Podcast
Why should healthcare research be “by us,” and not just “for us”? This episode of In Our VoICES explores the power of public and patient involvement in shaping healthcare research with guest host Laura Ferreira-Legere and ICES Public Advisory Council members Jenny Kirk and Jemal Demeke.
Research Programs at ICES
ICES combines world-class research teams with health data to create objective, powerful insight on health service research topics.
Data services
Data Privacy at ICES
Every time someone in Ontario makes use of the health system, new data is added to the overall picture of that system. Since 1992, much of this data has been entrusted to ICES. We use data to help the government evaluate and plan for the health system through analytics.
We also use your data for research purposes. We ensure that your data is protected at every point of its lifecycle through strong privacy and security safeguards.
Access ICES Data
There are several ways that researchers and scientists can access ICES data.
ICES uOttawa
Tzu-Fei Wang
Adjunct Scientist
Dr. Tzu-Fei Wang is a hematologist and an associate professor in the Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital and an associate scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Her main areas of clinical and research interest include clinical research for the optimal prevention of and treatment strategies for patients with cancer-associated thrombosis, drug-drug interactions with anticoagulants, and obesity-related thromboembolism.
ICES Central
Xiaolin Wei
Adjunct Scientist
Xiaolin Wei is a medical doctor, public health specialist, tenured full professor and the Dalla Lana Chair of Global Health Policy at the University of Toronto, Canada. He was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2022. Dr. Wei has led research using implementation science frameworks to change clinical practice and make health policy impacts in areas of antimicrobial resistance, tuberculosis control and diabetes/hypertension care.
ICES Central
Tatyana Mollayeva
Adjunct Scientist
Tatyana Mollayeva, PhD, MD is a scientist at the KITE Research Institute University Health Network and an assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health with cross appointments at the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and the Occupational Science & Therapy of the Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
ICES Central
Tyler Kaster
Adjunct Scientist
Dr. Tyler Kaster is a scientist and the medical head of the Temerty Centre for Therapeutic Brain Intervention at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, and a staff psychiatrist in the General & Health Systems Psychiatry Division. He is also an assistant professor in the Department of Psychiatry and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto.
ICES McMaster
Giulia Muraca
Adjunct Scientist
Giulia Muraca, PhD is a perinatal epidemiologist and an assistant professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Health Research Methods, Evidence & Impact at McMaster University. Dr. Muraca is an early-career investigator specializing in the use of quantitative research methods to carry out maternal, fetal, and neonatal health and health services research, with emphasis on care quality, accessibility, and equity.
ICES Central
Jennifer Rayner
Adjunct Scientist
Jennifer Rayner is the director of research and policy at the Alliance for Healthier Communities and supports 100+ community based primary care organizations in Ontario. She is an applied health services researcher with interests in primary healthcare, interprofessional teams, health equity and learning health systems.
A growing network across Ontario
ICES is located on the campus of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in Toronto and has sites at Queen’s University in Kingston (ICES Queen’s), the University of Ottawa (ICES uOttawa), the University of Toronto (ICES UofT), Western University in London (ICES Western), McMaster University in Hamilton (ICES McMaster) and the Health Sciences North Research Institute in Sudbury, in partnership with Laurentian University and NOSM University (ICES North).