Research Interests

Research areas:

• Population health - health inequality and inequity, summary measures of population health, social determinants of health
• Health services research and policy – resource allocation, access to health care
• Ethics - population-level bioethics, ethical issues in the development and application of quantitative methods used in population health and health services research

Current research program:

• Equity in health systems and health outcomes (founded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research New Investigator Award and Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Scholar Award)

Links to research websites:

• Network for End of Life Studies (NELS)
• Access to Colorectal Cancer Services in Nova Scotia (ACCESS)

Teaching

Graduate courses in the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology

• CH&E 5040 (CRN 13736) – Introduction to Health Services Research and Policy (the course is featured as a Sample Mythbusters Curriculum Module http://www.chsrf.ca/ mythbusters/teaching-resource-sample.php)

Undergraduate Medical Education

• Professional Competencies Unit

Selected Publications

Current Research Activities