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As a leader of independent, policy relevant research and graduate training, UBC’s Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR) is dedicated to fostering visionary research within a collaborative and innovative research environment. Our work engages and informs health policy on issues that matter to Canadians.


Recent Publications

Lukey A, Howard AF, Mei AJ, Law MR, Huntsman D, Pearce CL, Meza R, Hanley GE. Risk-reducing salpingectomy: considerations from an OBGYN perspective. BMC Cancer. 2025 Jun 6;25(1):1011. doi: 10.1186/s12885-025-14384-6. Read more

Beresford A, Dasgupta D, Jafari M, Kamihiro N, Ghirmay ET, Tolppa T, Valle L, Xie M, Elkes S, Wong ST. Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads: Conference Summary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Jun 2025. Read more

Farmer JR, Sutherland JM, Field TS, McIsaac DI, Gelb AW, Zhou LW, Sun T, Schwarz SKW, Flexman AM. Factors associated with adverse outcomes following perioperative stroke after noncardiac surgery. J Stroke Cerebrovasc Dis. 2025 Jun 5;34(8):108346. doi: 10.1016/j.jstrokecerebrovasdis.2025.108346. Online ahead of print. Read more

Yusuf FLA, Karim ME, Sutherland JM, Zhu F, Zhao Y, Marrie RA, Tremlett H. Informative patterns of health care utilization preceding the recognition of adult-onset multiple sclerosis: A population-based study. Mult Scler Relat Disord. 2025 Jun 1;101:106560. doi: 10.1016/j.msard.2025.106560. Online ahead of print. Read more

Garrison SR, Bakal JA, Kolber MR, Korownyk CS, Green LA, Kirkwood JEM, McAlister FA, Padwal RS, Lewanczuk R, Hill MD, Singer AG, Katz A, Kelmer MD, Gayayan A, Campbell FN, Vucenovic A, Archibald NR, Yeung JMS, Youngson ERE, McGrail K, O'Neill BG, Greiver M, Manca DP, Kraut RY, Wang T, Manns BJ, Mangin DA, MacLean C, McCormack J, Wong ST, Norris C, Allan GM. Antihypertensive Medication Timing and Cardiovascular Events and Death: The BedMed Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2025 May 12. doi: 10.1001/jama.2025.4390. Online ahead of print. Read more

Panagiotoglou D, Peterson S, Lavergne MR, Gomes T, Chadha R, Hawley P, McCracken R. The effects of a provincial opioid prescribing standard on prescribing for pain in adults: an interrupted time-series analysis. CMAJ. 2025 May 11;197(18):E497-E505. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.250167. Read more

Thandi M, Price M, Baumbusch J, Brown S, Wong S. Capturing factors associated with frailty using routinely collected electronic medical record data in British Columbia, Canada, primary care settings. Prim Health Care Res Dev. 2025 May 8;26:e41. doi: 10.1017/S1463423625000337. Read more

Sasseville M, Supper W, Gartner JB, Layani G, Amil S, Sheffield P, Gagnon MP, Hudon C, Lambert S, Attisso E, Ouellet S, Breton M, Poitras ME, Roux-Lévy PH, Plaisimond J, Bergeron F, Ashcroft R, Wong ST, Groulx A, Paquette JS, D'Anjou N, Langlois S, LeBlanc A. Electronic Implementation of Patient-Reported Outcome Measures in Primary Health Care: Mixed Methods Systematic Review. J Med Internet Res. 2025 May 5;27:e63639. doi: 10.2196/63639. Read more

Hoben M, Dampf H, Devkota R, Corbett K, Hogan DB, McGrail KM, Maxwell CJ. Facility-Level Variation of Resident Loneliness in Assisted Living and Associated Organizational Context Factors: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2025 May;40(5):e70093. doi: 10.1002/gps.70093. Read more

Crump T, Dehghani M, Sutherland JM, Mueller C, Ferri LE. Calculating the minimally important difference for the FACT-E from esophageal cancer surgery to recovery using distribution-based methods. Dis Esophagus. 2025 May 3;38(3):doaf042. doi: 10.1093/dote/doaf042. Read more

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Past Events

CHSPR Seminar | Evolving Strategies for Ovarian Cancer Prevention: Exploring the Acceptability and Feasibility of Risk-Reducing Salpingectomy

Alex Lukey, School of Population and Public Health
June 10, 12-1 pm PT
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CHSPR/CAE Seminar | Ethical Challenges and Opportunities of Palliative Psychiatry

Daniel Buchman, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
May 27, 12-1 pm PT

CHSPR Seminar | Creating an Enduring Primary Care Data Asset in BC

Sabrina Wong, University of BC
Apr 22, 2025, 12:00-12:45 pm PT

CHSPR Seminar | Reimagining Primary Care: A Learning Health System Approach

Kim Simmonds, Primary Care Alberta
Apr 8, 2025, 12-1 pm PST
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CHSPR Seminar | Traumatic Spinal Cord Injury in BC: Exploring 20 Years of Data

Michael Bond, University of BC
Mar 18, 2025, 12-1 pm PST
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Primary Care at A(nother) Crossroads

2025 CHSPR Health Policy Conference
March 3-4, 2025
Vancouver or Virtual


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