Health Services and Policy Research
The Health Services and Policy Research group at the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy explores diverse meanings of health and health care as well as their implications on structure, function and delivery of care for individuals, communities and populations.
Specific areas of expertise include:
- Pharmacy practice
- Health human resources
- Medication therapy management services
- Quality improvement and program evaluation
- Community engagement
- Social, historical and economic aspects of health, healthcare, and the professions
- Health technology assessment
- Ethics
- Epidemiology
- Health and pharmacoeconomics
- Knowledge translation and education.
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I'm Pharmacy Podcast
S4.E6: Consider This - Part One
In this episode, we delve into the ethics of access, probing into who truly owns innovation and
whether there are alternative ways to incentivize groundbreaking advancements.
Research News
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Rates of opioid toxicity deaths highest among construction and trades workers, study finds
New report led by Professor (status) Tara Gomes highlights opioid toxicity deaths among Ontario workers, identifying specific sectors suffering the most.
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Pharmacy-developed software gave early warning of critical cancer drug shortage
MaaTRx, developed by Mina Tadrous and Shanzeh Chaudhry, showcases importance of dynamic prediction tools that detect changing real-world conditions.
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Professor Muhammad Mamdani receives joint tenure appointment
Muhammad Mamdani has been appointed a joint tenure position as Professor within the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, Temerty Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.
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