Affiliate Faculty

Affiliates are individuals who maintain an ongoing relationship with CHSPR through their roles in the health care sector or health services and policy research community.

Shazhan Amed
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of BC

Michael Brauer
Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of BC

J. Ross Graham
Leader, Physician Performance Enhancement, Island Health

Julia Langton
Provincial Director, Research, Evaluation & Data, Foundry BC

Jean-Frédéric Levesque
Chief Executive, NSW Agency for Clinical Innovation, New South Wales, Australia

Marc Pelletier
CEO, Institute for Health System Transformation and Sustainability

Robert Reid
Professor, Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto

Victoria Schuckel
Executive Director, Research & Technology Branch, Strategy and Innovation Division, BC Ministry of Health

Marko Vujicic
Chief Economist and Vice President, Health Policy Institute, American Dental Association

Selected Articles by Associate and Affiliate Faculty

Rudoler D, Peterson S, Stock D, Taylor C, Wilton D, Blackie D, Burge F, Glazier RH, Goldsmith L, Grudniewicz A, Hedden L, Jamieson M, Katz A, MacKenzie A, Marshall E, McCracken R, McGrail K, Scott I, Wong ST, Lavergne MR. Changes over time in patient visits and continuity of care among graduating cohorts of family physicians in 4 Canadian provinces. CMAJ. 2022 Dec 12;194(48):E1639-E1646. doi: 10.1503/cmaj.220439. Read more
Loyal JP, Lavergne MR, Shirmaleki M, Fischer B, Kaoser R, Makolewksi J, Small W. Trends in Involuntary Psychiatric Hospitalization in British Columbia: Descriptive Analysis of Population-Based Linked Administrative Data from 2008 to 2018. Can J Psychiatry. 2022 Oct 6:7067437221128477. doi: 10.1177/07067437221128477. Online ahead of print. Read more
Lavergne MR, Bodner A, Peterson S, Wiedmeyer M, Rudoler D, Spencer S, Marshall EG. Do changes in primary care service use over time differ by neighbourhood income? Population-based longitudinal study in British Columbia, Canada. Int J Equity Health. 2022 Jun 7;21(1):80. doi: 10.1186/s12939-022-01679-4. Read more
Moe J, Wang EY, McGregor MJ, Schull MJ, Dong K, Holroyd BR, Hohl CM, Grafstein E, O'Sullivan F, Trimble J, McGrail KM. Subgroups of people who make frequent emergency department visits in Ontario and Alberta: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Mar 15;10(1):E232-E246. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210132. Read more
Moe J, Wang EY, McGregor MJ, Schull MJ, Dong K, Holroyd BR, Hohl CM, Grafstein E, O'Sullivan F, Trimble J, McGrail KM. People who make frequent emergency department visits based on persistence of frequent use in Ontario and Alberta: a retrospective cohort study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Mar 15;10(1):E220-E231. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210131. Read more
Sharpe K, McGrail K, Mustard C, McLeod C. A Framework for Understanding How Variation in Health Care Service Delivery Affects Work Disability Management. Jour Occ Rehab. 2022 Feb 10. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10926-021-10016-5. Read more
Lavergne MR, King C, Peterson S, Simon L, Hudon C, Loignon C, McCracken RK, Brackett A, McGrail K, Strumpf E; QC-BC Patient Enrolment Project Team. Patient characteristics associated with enrolment under voluntary programs implemented within fee-for-service systems in British Columbia and Quebec: a cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open. 2022 Feb 1;10(1):E64-E73. doi: 10.9778/cmajo.20210043. Read more
Saffari N, Senthanar S, Koehoorn M, McGrail K, McLeod C. Immigrant status, gender and work disability duration: findings from a linked, retrospective cohort of workers’ compensation and immigration data from British Columbia, Canada. Occup Environ Med. 2021 Dec;11(12). Read more