Primary Care & Population Health Research Program

Program Lead: Rick Glazier
Program Coordinator: PCPHadmin@ices.on.ca

The Primary Care and Population Health Research Program researches the accessibility and effectiveness of primary health care, and issues in population health. Researchers are currently examining the performance of primary care reform models, the use of electronic medical records for research and quality improvement. We have developed methods to examine the burden of chronic conditions, infectious diseases, and injury; the causes of ill health, the effectiveness of public health interventions, and indigenous health.

Announcements & Events

4/18/2017 ICES Central

ICES scientist Dr. Mona Loutfy awarded for excellence in HIV/AIDS research

4/2/2017 ICES UofT

ICES scientist Dr. Laura Rosella recipient of Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award

3/30/2017 ICES Queen's

ICES scientist Dr. Richard Birtwhistle appointed Walter Rosser Chair in Family Medicine Research

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Recent Publications

6/18/2017

Applying a general measure of frailty to assess the aging related needs of adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities

McKenzie K, Ouellette-Kuntz H, Martin L. J Policy Pract Intellect Disabil. 2017; Jun 18 [Epub ahead of print].

6/16/2017

Pregabalin and heart failure: a population-based study

Ho JM, Macdonald EM, Luo J, Gomes T, Antoniou T, Mamdani MM, Juurlink DN. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2017; Jun 16 [Epub ahead of print].

6/16/2017

The impact of a population-based screening program on income and immigration-related disparities in colorectal cancer screening

Kiran T, Glazier RH, Moineddin R, Gu S, Wilton AS, Paszat L. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2017; Jun 16 [Epub ahead of print].

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Recent ICES Grants

Assessing the health and economic burden of Lyme disease

Principal investigator: Sander B
Co-investigators: Evans G, Tu K
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2016-2017; $100,000
Do cardiovascular medications mitigate the adverse effects of air pollution on increasing cardiovascular morbidity and mortality?

Principal investigators: Chen H, Kwong J
Co-investigator: Tu J
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Project Scheme Grant
2016-2017; $100,000
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

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collaborations and partnerships

Health Quality Ontario (HQO)

Public Health Ontario (PHO)

College of Physician and Surgeons of Ontario (CPSO)

Ontario College of Family Physicians (OCFP)

Ontario Medical Association (OMA)

Ontario HIV Treatment Network

Association of Ontario Health Centres

Local Health Integration Networks (LHINs)

Toronto Community Health Profiles Partnership (TCHPP)

Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC)

Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)

Recent Awards & Recognition

Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award

2017: Awarded to Dr. Laura Rosella by the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER). This annual award acknowledges early career epidemiologists who have made significant contributions to epidemiology through research, teaching, mentoring or service.
4/2/2017
Walter Rosser Chair in Family Medicine Research

2017: Dr. Richard Birtwhistle was named to the Chair by Queen's University. The Chair is for a five-year appointment beginning January 1, 2017.
3/30/2017
Slaight Family Foundation Grant

2017: $1 million grant awarded to Dr. Janet Smylie to train health care personnel to overcome racial biases which can lead to health care delivery inequities. Read more about the grant.
3/8/2017