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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Doubling of new prescriptions for ADHD medications among adults since start of COVID-19 pandemic, shows research at St. Michael’s
New research shows prescriptions for ADHD medications among adults have doubled since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Professor (Status) Tara Gomes and Associate Professor Mina Tadrous explore the trend in a new paper in CMAJ.
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Toronto Centre for Real-World Evidence launches at Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
New university-based centre, led by director Mina Tadrous, set to build capacity in real-world evidence for drugs and health technologies.
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Pharmacists play key role in HIV prevention care
Canadian HIV experts, including pharmacist Jaris Swidrovich, release new guidelines for HIV prevention medication on World AIDS Day.
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