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.

Effects of socioeconomic status on esophageal adenocarcinoma stage at diagnosis, receipt of treatment, and survival: a population-based cohort study

Thein HH, Anyiwe K, Jembere N, Yu B, De P, Earle CC. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0186350.

10/10/2017

Cost-effectiveness analysis of treatment with non-curative or palliative intent for hepatocellular carcinoma in the real-world setting

Thien HH, Qiao Y, Zaheen A, Jembere N, Sapisochin G, Chan KKW, Yoshida EM, Earle CC. PLoS One. 2017; 12(10):e0185198.

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Recent ICES Grants

The Ontario Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis (OPPsA) cohort study: development of an information system from electronic medical record and health administrative data for assessment of surveillance of psoriatic disease in Ontario

Principal investigator: Eder L
Co-investigators: Alhusayen R, Bernastsky, Campbell I, Cook, R, Gladman D, Paterson M, Rosen C, Tu K, Widdifield J
CIORA - Canadian Initiative for Outcomes in Rheumatology Care, Operating Grant
2017-2019; $59,512
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

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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

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
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