CHSPR Seminar | Assessment of comorbidities in the population with cancer using big data

Huah Shin Ng, University of South Australia and BC Cancer

Tuesday, June 5, 2018
12–1pm
219 (within 201), 2206 East Mall
School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia

Huah Shin Ng will present her research examining comorbidities in the Australian population with cancer using data from the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) and the Australian National Health Surveys. She will also talk about her research at BC Cancer on the assessment of comorbidities in women with breast cancer using different comorbidity indices.

Huah Shin is a PhD candidate from the University of South Australia, Adelaide and a practising pharmacist. She is a recipient of an Australian Government Endeavour Research Fellowship to conduct six months of research at BC Cancer, under the supervision of Mary McBride.

A light lunch is included in this seminar. Please contact Joyce (joyce.huang@ubc.ca) to RSVP for lunch by Friday, June 1. You may also join remotely via GoToMeeting: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/297740069. Please let Joyce know if you would like to join this way.