Faculty & Student News
F A C U L T Y
Kathleen Pritchard Awarded O. Harold Warwick Prize
Kathleen Pritchard, Professor in the Department of Medicine and HPME has been selected as the 2005 laureate of the National Cancer Institute of Canada's O. Harold Warwick Prize. This award is given to a scientist whose research has had a major impact on cancer control in Canada. The award is named after Dr. Warwick, a pioneering researcher in cancer control and treatment, who became the first executive director of both the National Cancer Institute of Canada and the Canadian Cancer Society. Dr. Pritchard is a medical oncologist at Sunnybrook and Women's College Health Science Centre.
S T U D E N T S
Alexandra Mijailovic Attends Summer Institute in Tanzania
Dr. Alexandra Mijailovic, HPME PhD student in Clinical Epidemiology, and co-researcher Catherine Nansamba of Uganda, were selected to attend the 2 nd Annual Summer Institute for New Global Health Researchers. They were among 11 teams of researchers chosen out of 50 applicants. The event took place at the Ifakara Health Research and Development Centre in Tanzania in July 2005. The Summer Institute is an initiative of the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research .
A summary of Dr. Mijailovic's study is available here: Pedestrian injury and pediatric injury study: determinants of access to care after pediatric injury - factors that influence health care seeking behaviour in a low income country .
I N T H E N E W S
Major Media Report's on Goel's Study on Prostate Screening
Numerous newspapers across North America published the results of a study on prostate cancer screening published by Dr. Vivek Goel and colleagues in the August issue of the Journal of Urology . Using a case control research design, this study found that prostate cancer screening reduces the risk of fatal protate cancer by as much as 35%. The test, which screens for elevated levels of prostate-specific antigen (PSA), is not currently covered by OHIP.
Deber Cautions Against Use of Non-Approved Drugs in Toronto Star
In a Toronto Star article (August 23, 2005) about a new private cancer clinic in Toronto, Dr. Raisa Deber is quoted cautioning the public about using drugs that are not approved by the provincial insurance plan. The new clinic will provide high-cost cancer drugs to those able to pay. Desparation may drive people to spend large sums of money for drugs that turn out to be ineffective or even harmful.