David Henry

Senior Adjunct Scientist

ICES Affiliation

ICES Central
Chronic Disease & Pharmacotherapy Research Program

Assistant
Cecilia Barnes, Research Administrative Assistant, 416-480-4055 Ext. 6903

Other Affiliations

Professor Emeritus, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Executive Co-lead, Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (C-NODES)

Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute

Conjoint Professor, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Newcastle, Australia

Recent ICES Grants

Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies (CNODES)

Principal investigators: Henry D, Paterson M

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Team Grant
2016-2021; $17,500,000

Population health analytics in action: improving impact, sustainability and equity in the health care system

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Henry D, Stukel T, Walker J, Wodchis W

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Foundation Scheme Grant
2016-2021; $1,155,257

Using comprehensive multi-linked mortality files to evaluate health system functioning and inform health system planning in Ontario

Principal investigator: Rosella L
Co-investigators: Gershon A, Guttman A, Henry D, Jha P, Manuel D, Tu J

Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Operating Grant
2015-2017; $429,438

Recent Awards & Recognition

The Bill Silverman Prize

2017: Awarded to Drs. Laura Rosella and David Henry for the paper “Risk of bias in systematic reviews of non-randomized studies of adverse cardiovascular effects of thiazolidinediones and cyclooxygenase-2 inhibitors: application of a new Cochrane risk of bias tool” by Cochrane at its annual summit. The prize is offered annually and explicitly acknowledges Cochrane's value of criticism, with a view to helping to improve its work, and thus achieve its aim of helping people make well-informed decisions about health care by providing the best possible evidence on the effects of healthcare interventions.

9/15/2017

3/5/2018

Accumulation of chronic conditions at the time of death increased in Ontario from 1994 to 2013

Rosella L, Kornas K, Huang A, Bornbaum C, Henry D, Wodchis WP. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018; 37(3):464-72. Epub 2018 Mar 5.

12/4/2017

Association of overlapping surgery with increased risk for complications following hip surgery: a population-based, matched cohort study

Ravi B, Pincus D, Wasserstein D, Govindarajan A, Huang A, Austin PC, Jenkinson R, Henry PDG, Paterson JM, Kreder HJ. JAMA Intern Med. 2017; Dec 4 [Epub ahead of print].

11/22/2017

Changes in the dispensing of opioid medications in Canada following the introduction of a tamper-deterrent formulation of long-acting oxycodone: a time series analysis

Gomes T, Mastorakos A, Paterson JM, Sketris I, Caetano P, Greaves S, Henry D; the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies Investigators. CMAJ Open. 2017; 5(4):E800-7. Epub 2017 Nov 22.