Dr. Gillian Hawker featured as ‘all-star Canadian health researcher’
by Chatelaine
In the January, 2001 issue of Chatelaine magazine several Canadian researchers
in the area of women’s health were highlighted. Among them was Dr. Gillian Hawker, Director of the
Program in Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research in the
Department. Gillian is also
the Director of the Osteoporosis Research Program at Sunnybrook and
Women’s College Health Sciences Centre. The program conducts multidisciplinary research on the
causes, prevention and treatment of osteoporosis.
Dialog on Health Reform, led by Dr. Terry Sullivan featured in
the Toronto Star
The Dialog on Health Reform, supported by the Atkinson Charitable
Foundation and co-sponsored by the Department of Health Administration
and the Canadian Health Care Association was highlighted in a December
29, 2000 article in the Toronto Star. Dr. Terry Sullivan, Associate Professor in the
Department and President and CEO of the Institute for Work and Health,
was the Principal Investigator.
The project received a grant of $122,000 from the Atkinson
Foundation.
The Dialog commissioned background papers on topics of relevance to
the sustainability of publicly funded health services. Among the topics addressed were:
waiting lists, public-private financing of health services, and home
care. In June 2000 a
round-table was held at the University of Toronto that brought together
leaders from the health sector, consumers, the private sector, and the
public sector to discuss the possible reforms required to sustain the
health system. The
Round-table report, as well as the background papers are available on the
Dialog website at: http://www.utoronto.ca/hpme/dhr/.
Breast Cancer Study Draws Media Attention
A study by Ms Ruhee Chaudhry, a MSc student in Epidemiology supervised
by Drs Vivek Goel (Chair, Department of Health Administration) and Carol
Sawka (Associate Professor of Medicine and Health Administration and CEO
of the Toronto-Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre) comparing outcomes
after initial treatment for breast cancer between community and teaching
hospitals was released recently in the CMAJ [http://www.cma.ca/cmaj/vol-164/issue-2/0183.htm]. The study received broad media
publicity among the major networks and print media.
Faculty Comment on Private International Referral Service
Drs. Goel and Raisa Deber (Professor of Health Administration)
provided media commentary on the proposal by Private Care International
to refer patients needing surgery abroad.
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