The Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS) is a group of experienced health outcomes researchers based at St. Paul’s Hospital. Our investigators evaluate the effectiveness of health interventions in populations to understand how to improve health and transform health systems for the future.

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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs

Name Role Research Interests
Anis, Aslam Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) cost effectiveness of AIDS treatments; drug assessments – pharmacoeconomics; health care economics; health regulations, Health economics, rhematoid arthritis, biologic therapies
Ayas, Najib Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) public health and safety consequences of sleep apnea and sleep deprivation; public health and safety consequences of sleep apnea and sleep deprivation
Bansback, Nick Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) inform policies and practices in health through the application of
Conklin, Annalijn Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; women's health; Health Equity; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Obesity; CVD risk factors; healthy ageing; food and nutrition policy; Indigenous health; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; healthcare quality improvement; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders, Social nutritional epidemiology, Women's Health, Health equity, Chronic Diseases in Elderly, Obesity, CVD risk factors, Healthy ageing, Food and nutrition policy, Indigenous health, Community Health / Public Health, Disease management evaluation, Healthcare quality improvement
Cundiff, Geoffrey Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgery, urogynaecology, pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, fecal incontinence, sexual dysfunction, obstetrical injury, quality assurance, Epidemiology of pelvic floor disorders, to anatomy, to education, to the prevention of maternal obstetrical trauma
Geller, Josie Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Eating Disorders
Geoffrion, Roxana Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) patient education, surgical outcomes after various pelvic reconstructive surgeries and surgical skill development through simulation and standardized training; pelvic floor reconstruction procedures such as vaginal prolapse or urinary incontinence surgery
Gill, Jagbir Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Kidney transplantation; Organ donation; Clinical epidemiology
Gill, John Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Clinical outcomes in kidney transplant patients; Access to kidney transplantation; Living donor transplantation; Cardiovascular risk in transplant patients
Grunau, Brian Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Medical, health and life sciences; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest; Resuscitation; Extracorporeal-CPR
Harrison, Mark Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) measurement and valuation of health, health technology and policy assessment, and preferences for healthcare interventions; evaluation/re-evaluation of the type of health care that is provided, the point in the treatment pathway, and the way in which it is delivered
Karim, Ehsan Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Causal inference; Biostatistics; Statistics; Machine Learning; data science; Survey data analysis; multiple sclerosis; Causal Inference, Biostatistics, Statistics, Machine Learning, Data science, Survey data analysis, Multiple sclerosis
Khan, Nadia Ahmed Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Ethnic and gender differences in chronic disease incidence and outcomes; Chronic disease prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascular disease; Hypertension outcomes research
Koehoorn, Mieke Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Occupational health, injury, compensation policies, Worksafe BC, Gender Work and Health
Levin, Adeera Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Hypertension/Renal Transplantation; Medical Education; Outcome/Evaluation Method Applied to Renal Patients
Lynd, Larry Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) health economics, orphan drugs, pharmaceutical policy, respiratory medicine, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, rare diseases
McCracken, Rita Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Audit and feedback to improve primary care prescribing; Health human resources; Polypharmacy and deprescribing; Frailty, aging; Patient-oriented research outcomes; Primary care research; Health services evaluation
Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) substance use ; person-centered care in addiction; opioid use; Harm reduction; injectable opioid agonist treatment; substance use , person-centered care in addiction, injectable opioid agonist treatment, harm reduction
Palepu, Anita Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) homeless; Addiction; housing; Epidemiology; health care utilization; safe medication prescribing; homeless, addiction, housing, epidemiology, health care utilization, safe medication prescribing
Puyat, Joseph Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Epidemiology; Biostatistics and Public Health Practice; Psychopharmacoepidemiology; mental health; Mental Health Services; Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Public Health Practice, Psychopharmacoepidemiology, Mental Health, Mental Health Services
Schechter, Martin Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) HIV/AIDS
Slaunwhite, Amanda Faculty (non-G+PS member) Public and population health; illicit drug poisoning (overdose); Substance Use; mental health; prison health; health inequities; health geography
Spittal, Patricia Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Indigenous/Aboriginal Health, HIV work in Uganda,
Sutherland, Jason Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Access to care; Healthcare costs; Health systems; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Quality; Surgery; Regional variations in healthcare access, cost and quality; Access to care, Healthcare costs, Health systems, Patient-reported outcomes, Quality, Surgery
Zhang, Wei Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) Health Policies; Pharmacoeconomics; Economic evaluation; Health economics; Health Policies, Pharmacoeconomics, Economic Evaluation, Health Economics