Kirsten Marchand is Recipient of a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Award
September 2025: Congratulations to CHSPR Faculty Member and Foundry BC Research Scientist Kirsten Marchand, recipient of a 2025 Scholar Award for her research examining the individual, community, and system-level impacts of innovative mental health and substance use services for youth in BC.
Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) framework: Eight legs of success for running projects in primary care practices
Greiver M, Dahrouge S, Manca DP, Singer AG, Jean-Xavier C, Kosowan L, Pathiraja H, Grandy M, Lussier MT, Aubrey-Bassler K, O’Brien T, Authier M, Dev R, Garies S. Structured Process Informed by Data, Evidence and Research (SPIDER) framework: Eight legs of success for running projects in primary care practices. Can Fam Physician. 2025 Sep;71(9):572-573. doi: 10.46747/cfp.7109572.
CHSPR Seminar | Boosting Real-World Evidence in Health Services
Ehsan Karim, UBC School of Population and Public Health
Sept 25, 2025, 12-1 pm PT
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How life-cycle real-world evidence can bridge evidentiary gaps in precision oncology
Krebs E, Weymann D, Bubela T, Regier DA. How life-cycle real-world evidence can bridge evidentiary gaps in precision oncology. Front Med (Lausanne). 2025 Sep 2;12:1563950. doi: 10.3389/fmed.2025.1563950. eCollection 2025.
The Opportunity for Canada and Australia to Learn From One Another’s Health Systems
Pervan M, Sutherland JM. The Opportunity for Canada and Australia to Learn From One Another’s Health Systems. Healthc Policy. 2025 Aug;20(4):6-20. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27667.
Canadian Family Physician Preferences on Updating the Classification System for Health Conditions and Related Issues
Garies S, Pathiraja DH, Mcbrien KA, Dickinson JA, Crampton N, Eastwood CA, Southern DA, Van Boven K, Napel HT, O’beirne M, Singer A, Olagundoye O, Denny K, Campbell DJT, Mcdonald T, Drummond N, Quan H, Lee A, Smekal M, Ghali WA, Dev R, Williamson T. Canadian Family Physician Preferences on Updating the Classification System for Health Conditions and Related Issues. Healthc Policy. 2025 Aug;20(4):57-69. doi: 10.12927/hcpol.2025.27663.
CHSPR Seminar | Examining the Individual, Community, and System-level Impacts of Innovative Mental Health and Substance Use Services for Youth in BC
Kirsten Marchand, University of BC and Foundry BC
Oct 28, 2025, 12-1 pm PT
CHSPR Seminar | Linking Primary Care Records to Improve Early Cancer Diagnosis
Meena Rafiq, University College London
Oct 15, 2025, 12:30-1:30 pm PT
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The cost and cost trajectory of genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis for Indigenous children with suspected rare diseases
Ehman M, Sharma K, Weymann D, Maroilley T, Mohajeri A, Lehman A, Tarailo-Graovac M, Jones SJM, Marra MA, Wasserman WW, Caron NR, Arbour L, Regier DA. The cost and cost trajectory of genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis for Indigenous children with suspected rare diseases. Genet Med. 2025 Aug 23:101568. doi: 10.1016/j.gim.2025.101568. Online ahead of print.
Private Surgical Centres: An Outlet for Hospitals Bursting at the Seams?
Sutherland JS, Crump T. Private Surgical Centres: An Outlet for Hospitals Bursting at the Seams? Commentary. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Aug 2025. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.14288/1.0449917.