A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants?
Guo M, Mourad N, Karimuddin A, Sutherland JM. A population-based exploration of immigrants undergoing general surgery procedures in British Columbia: Do immigrants present for emergency surgeries more than non-immigrants? Health Policy. 2025 Aug 5;161:105410. doi: 10.1016/j.healthpol.2025.105410. Online ahead of print.
Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings
Hosseini B, Condon A, da Costa BR, Daley P, Greiver M, Jüni P, Lee TC, McBrien K, McDonald EG, Murthy S, et al. Canadian Adaptive Platform Trial of Treatments for COVID in Community Settings (CanTreatCOVID): protocol for a randomised controlled adaptive platform trial of treatments for acute SARS-CoV-2 infection in community settings. BMJ Open. 2025 Aug 3;15(8):e097134. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2024-097134.
Unlocking mobile health adoption: A qualitative exploration of user experiences, barriers, and facilitators within integrated youth services in British Columbia, Canada
Ding X, Marchand K, Holsti L, Schmidt J, Parde N, Sakakibara B, Barbic S. Unlocking mobile health adoption: A qualitative exploration of user experiences, barriers, and facilitators within integrated youth services in British Columbia, Canada. Digit Health. 2025 Aug 3;11:20552076251365073. doi: 10.1177/20552076251365073. eCollection 2025 Jan-Dec.
Effect of universal no-cost coverage on use of long-acting reversible contraception and all prescription contraception: population based, controlled, interrupted time series analysis
Schummers L, Cheng L, Odendaal M, Rodriguez-Llorian E, Kuo IF, Norman WV, Black A, Stucchi A, Helmer-Smith M, Nethery E, Downey A, Guindon GE, McGrail K, Brennand EA, Lee S, Metcalfe A, Bryan S, Darling EK, Bertazzon S, Poliquin V, Nickel NC, Clement F, Law MR. Effect of universal no-cost coverage on use of long-acting reversible contraception and all prescription contraception: population based, controlled, interrupted time series analysis. BMJ. 2025 Jul 28;390:e083874. doi: 10.1136/bmj-2024-083874.
A scoping review of the cost-effectiveness of precision treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia.
Punian J, Ehman M, Weymann D, Regier DA. A scoping review of the cost-effectiveness of precision treatment in chronic lymphocytic leukemia. Per Med. 2025 Jul 23:1-11. doi: 10.1080/17410541.2025.2535276. Online ahead of print.
CIHR Project Grant Success: The Impact of Integrated Youth Services on Youth Outcomes and Experiences in BC
July 2025: CHSPR faculty members Kirsten Marchand and Jason Sutherland are co-principal investigators on a successful 4-year $1.73M CIHR Project Grant for a study of integrated youth services. The grant will build on the collection and implementation of data at Foundry, a network of centres that provide youth services in BC. Drs Marchand and Sutherland are part of a large, interdisciplinary team of researchers interviewed here:
Can patient-reported data improve predictions about who will be a high-need, high-cost patient in British Columbia?
Trenaman L, Guh D, Bryan S, McGrail K, Karim ME, Sawatzky R, Yu M, Parker M, Wheeler K, Harrison M. Can patient-reported data improve predictions about who will be a high-need, high-cost patient in British Columbia? Qual Life Res. 2025 Jul 9. doi: 10.1007/s11136-025-04008-8. Online ahead of print.
Welcome to New Faculty Members Dean Regier and Kirsten Marchand
July 2025: CHSPR is please to announce that Drs. Dean Regier and Kirsten Marchand are joining CHSPR as core faculty members, as of July 2025. Dr. Regier is joining the School of Population and Public Health (SPPH) as a tenured Associate Professor, and Dr. Marchand is joining SPPH as an Assistant Professor (Partner).
A patient co-led project to set care and research priorities for older adults with cancer
Dhillon S, Leung B, Sanghera D, Sattar S, Culbertson S, Hedges P, Renouf DJ, Wong ST, Newton L, Mariano C, Haase KR. A patient co-led project to set care and research priorities for older adults with cancer. J Geriatr Oncol. 2025 Jun 28;16(7):102300. doi: 10.1016/j.jgo.2025.102300. Online ahead of print.
Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis
Nisingizwe MP, Tadrous M, Janjua NZ, Bansback N, Hedt-Gauthier B, Suda KJ, Law MR. Global disparities in access to hepatitis C medicines before and during the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic: an ARIMA-based interrupted time series analysis. BMJ Public Health. 2025 Jun 25;3(1):e001340. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001340. eCollection 2025.