Population Health Impact of Disease in Canada (PHI)

Collaborators

• Coordinating centres
• Research collaborators
• Advisory committees

Coordinating centres

The PHI is co-ordinated by the Health Analysis and Measurement Group (HAMG) of Statistics Canada and the Policy Research Unit (PRU) of the Public Health Agency of Canada. The coordinating centres oversee the day-to-day activities of the PHI through four working groups: Health State Preferences Working Group, Data Management Working Group, Microsimulation Working Group, and Dissemination Working Group.

The Health Analysis and Measurement Group of Statistics Canada provides overall management of the PHI to ensure that all activities and products are consistent with the objectives of the research program. HAMG team leaders and analysts assume responsibility for most of the methodologic aspects of the PHI, in particular, microsimulation modeling.

The Policy Research Division of the Public Health Agency of Canada ensures the policy relevance of the PHI and encourages communication both within the Public Health Agency of Canada and with the Policy Advisory Committee. PRU team leaders and policy analysts contribute data management and subject matter support.

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Research collaborators

The PHI appreciates the collaboration of the following researchers:

Les Roos, University of Manitoba
Les Roos is Director of the Manitoba Health Research Data Base and Professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba. The Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba is a leading centre in Canada on the use of health-related administrative databases.

Robert Spasoff, formerly of University of Ottawa
Robert Spasoff is a physician, epidemiologist and specialist in community medicine. He recently retired from the Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa.

Denis Roy, Agence de développement de réseaux locaux de services de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie
Denis Roy is an associate professor at the Social and Preventive Medicine and at the Family Medicine Departments, University of Montréal and at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University. He is Director of Planning and Public Affairs at the Agence de développement de réseaux locaux de services de santé et de services sociaux de la Montérégie.

Doug Manuel, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Doug Manuel is a scientist at ICES, an assistant professor at the Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto and a clinician in rural areas of Ontario. He is actively involved in a number of hospital, provincial and university working groups and other health care organizations.

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Advisory committees

Three groups are consulted to ensure the policy relevance and appropriateness of the methodology used for this research program.

Scientific Advisory Committee

The Scientific Advisory Committee reviews all aspects of the PHI, including study design and data analysis.

Member	Organization	Area of expertise
Colin Mathers	World Health Organization	global and national burden of disease studies
David Feeny	University of Alberta	health economics, preference measurement
André-Pierre Contandriopoulos	Université de Montréal	health economics, population health
Michael Wolfson	Statistics Canada	microsimulation, health economics, population health
Paul Gully	Public Health Agency of Canada	infectious diseases, public health, policy development

Policy Advisory Committee

The Policy Advisory Committee consists of individuals identified by the Advisory Committee on Population Health of the Conference of Deputy Ministers of Health and by the Strategic Policy Directorate of Health Canada. The Policy Advisory Committee reviews methodologic issues; provides guidance on the policy relevance of the program; and promotes the effective dissemination of the results.

Kelly Barnard	Ministry of Health Planning British Columbia
William Osei	Saskatchewan Health Saskatchewan
Joel Kettner	Manitoba Health Manitoba
Madeleine Rochon	Ministère de la Santé et des Services sociaux Québec
W. Joy Maddigan	Department of Health and Community Services Newfoundland and Labrador
Janet Braunstein Moody	Department of Health Nova Scotia
Robin Phillips	PEI Department of Health and Social Services Prince Edward Island
John Boyne	Department of Health and Wellness New Brunswick
Yang Mao	Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada
Dena Schanzer	Centre for Infectious Disease Prevention and Control Public Health Agency of Canada
Sheryl Bartlett	Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch Health Canada
William Ross	Health Products and Food Branch Health Canada

Medical Review Panel

The Medical Review Panel, chaired by Denis Roy and Robert Spasoff, reviews and provides guidance on disease definitions. The members of the medical panel are Doug Manuel, Marie-Dominique Beaulieu, Charles Pless, and Alan Forster.