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First Endowed Chair to Examine Health Management Strategies

On April 17th, 2001 Deans Naylor and Daniels of the Faculties of Medicine and Law were joined by representatives of Liberty Health, friends and colleagues at a reception to celebrate the naming of Dr. Peggy Leatt, Professor, Department of Health Administration as the inaugural holder of Canada’s first endowed chair in health management strategies.

The Liberty Health Chair in Health Management Strategies will study alternative approaches to managing Canada’s health care system. The goal is to determine how to meet the ever-growing public demand for health care and health promotion services in a financially sustainable, clinically effective manner. It will examine the potential trade-offs offered by a variety of possible healthcare system changes, such as better integration of health care delivery, patient conditions for accessing specific medical services, and alternative sources of funding. It is hoped that this body of work will be used to help determine the future of health care policy in Canada.

“I am thrilled that the work produced by this chair will influence how we determine what needs to be done to improve our healthcare system in Canada,” says Leatt. “As the baby boom generation moves into old age, and the echo generation makes it impact, we will be forced to reckon with new challenges, both from a delivery and finance point of view. We need to ensure that the Canadian health care system is in a position to deliver the best possible care to all of its users, especially focusing on aspects of disease prevention.”

The full text of Professor Leatt’s comments can be found here.

The chair is located in both the faculties of medicine and law and will be based in the Department of Health Administration in the first instance.

“Professor Leatt is a marvelous choice as the inaugural holder of the chair,” says Gery Barry, President and CEO of Liberty Health. “Her expertise and reputation in the field of healthcare administration gives her a very unique qualification. There is potential for long-tem impact on the study of how health care is delivered in this country.”

Peggy was Chair of the Department of Health Administration and the principal investigator for the Hospital Management Research Unit from 1987 to 1998. In 1997, she was awarded the Gary Filerman Prize by the Association of University Programs in Health Administration, for outstanding leadership in health services administration. From 1998 to 2000 she was chief Executive Officer of the Health Services Restructuring Commission, and is the founding editor of two leading academic health journals - Hospital Quarterly and Healthcare Papers.

New Business Manager Appointed

Please welcome our new business manager, Robin Hurst. Robin joins us from the Faculty of Music where she was Assistant Dean, Administration. She has extensive experience in the University, having worked in Internal Audit and the Department of Nutritional Services.

She can be reached via e-mail: robin.hurst@utoronto.ca, and telephone: (416) 978-8374.

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