Department of Community Health Sciences ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018
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MAX RADY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE Department of Community Health Sciences ANNUAL REPORT 2017-2018 1 I am pleased to present the Annual Report for the Department continues to evolve with innovations in teaching formats and of Community Health Sciences for the year April 2017 to March content. Community engagement, mandatory service learning 2018. Dr. Moses is on administrative leave during the 2018 and partnerships with community organizations in course content calendar year and I provide Department greetings as Acting Head. and delivery are particularly notable achievements. The Residency Program in Public Health and Preventive Medicine remains A major change in the department this year was the retirement of strong and has seven full-time residents. Ms Kathy Bell in January. Kathy has been with the Department since 1988 and was the Executive Assistant to five Department A Faculty Retreat was held on March 19 in response to Heads. A retirement reception was held on December 14 and recommendations arising from external reviews of CHS graduate department members, past and current, celebrated her many programs. The purpose of the Retreat was to provide direction and valuable contributions. We thank her for her leadership and in planning the future of the graduate programs, and to enhance steady presence over the years, and offer our best wishes on her the department’s community identity. The day was a great success retirement. We welcomed Ms Shannon Turczak as Executive with 45 faculty and 5 graduate students attending. Graduate Assistant to the Department Head in January, and the transition students subsequently held their own retreat to provide insight has been smooth and positive. The Department continued to into the Faculty Retreat recommendations. One of the first actions grow with the addition of two full-time faculty members. Dr. from the Retreat is establishment of two committees to examine Marissa Becker transferred from Medical Microbiology in August the future of the MPH and DipPH programs. The work of these 2017, and Dr. Alyson Mahar began in January 2018. Community sub-committees is ongoing. Health Sciences faculty members continued their strong record in grant funding this fiscal year, attracting 91 new research grants Finally, I want to acknowledge the work and contributions with total value over $33 million. of the administrative staff in the Department. I have always regarded Department support staff highly but the role of Acting Department faculty and staff continued their significant Head has provided me a closer view of their work, the demands contributions to undergraduate, graduate and post-graduate placed upon them, their commitment and talent. They are often education. Thirty-two students entered the CHS Graduate unheralded but are at the center of the Department’s success. Program in 2017/2018 and 35 graduate students held awards this past year, with eleven holding more than one award. The The details of the work and achievements of the Department are transition in our undergraduate programs on the Fort Garry included in this Annual Report. I congratulate faculty, staff nda campus continues. As part of the University’s Academic students on another successful year. Strategic Initiative, the Family Social Science program is in the process of closing, but CHS will continue to have a major role in undergraduate education related to Family Health via the Interdisciplinary Health Program (IHP), especially in the Bachelor of Health Studies program. In relation to undergraduate Sharon Bruce, PhD medical education, the Department’s Population Health course Professor and Acting Head 2 CHS Mission 4 CHS Goals 4 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT 5 a. Full Time Faculty 5 b. Part Time Faculty 7 c. Support Staff - Departmental 11 d. Financial Overview 11 e. Organisational Chart 12 f. Faculty and Staff waA rds 13 EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS 14 a. Undergraduate Studies Programs 14 b. Undergraduate Medical Education Program (UGME) 14 c. Graduate Program 16 d. Residency in Public Health and Preventive Medicine 19 e. Manitoba Training Program for Health Service Research 19 f. Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Network (PIKE-NET) 20 g. Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Program in Global and Indigenous Health 20 DEPARTMENTAL AWARDS 22 a. Jack A. Hildes Memorial Award 22 b. Dr. Christine Egan Memorial Scholarship 22 c. Evelyn Shapiro Award for Health Services Research 22 d. Roos Prize for Best Publication in Population Health 22 DEPARTMENTAL UNITS 23 a. Centre for Global Public Health (CGPH) 23 b. Community Engagement 24 i. Alan Klass Memorial Program for Health Equity 24 ii. Community Partnerships and Programs 24 iii. Opportunities for Bannatyne Students 25 iv. Biomedical Youth Program 25 v. WISH Clinic 26 vi. Community Engagement – Moving Forward 27 c. Data Science Platform, George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation 28 d. Health Economics 28 f. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) 29 g. Manitoba Follow-Up Study (MFUS) 33 h. Vaccine and Drug Evaluation Centre (VDEC) 34 FULL TIME ACADEMIC STAFF NOT ASSOCIATED WITH A UNIT 36 PUBLICATIONS 56 a. Books, Book Chapters and Book Reviews 56 b. Journal Articles 56 d. Presentations 73 e. Abstracts/Posters/Reports 85 f. CHS Colloquium – Bold Ideas Series 87 APPENDIX 1 – NEW RESEARCH FUNDS 88 APPENDIX 2 – ON-GOING RESEARCH FUNDS 92 3 DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES / ANNUAL REPORT MISSION To create, preserve, and communicate knowledge with respect to the health of populations and thereby contribute to the physical, psychological, cultural, social, and economic well– being of the people of Manitoba, Canada, and the world. GOALS To fulfill its mission, the Department of Community Health Sciences strives: • To provide the highest quality education, employing a population–based approach to health and health care. • To play a leadership role in ensuring that all undergraduate teaching in the Faculty has a population health and critical appraisal perspective and preventive focus where appropriate. • To enhance student success by fostering an environment conducive to intellectual growth. • To conduct original scholarship and applied research in the area of population health of the highest quality as judged by international standards. • To serve the community by making its expertise available and where appropriate by providing exemplary service models to individuals, communities, institutions and governments to the fullest extent. 4 ABOUT THE DEPARTMENT FULL–TIME FACULTY Tracie Afifi, BSc, MSc, PhD (Manitoba) Associate Professor | [email protected] Epidemiology of child maltreatment and intimate partner violence; problem Brenda Elias, MA, PhD (Manitoba) gambling; mental health; suicide Associate Professor | [email protected] Marcia Anderson, BSc (Winnipeg), MD (Manitoba), MPH (Johns Aboriginal health; mixed methods studies (qualitative/quantitative) Hopkins), FRCPC Lawrence J. Elliott, MD, MSc (Manitoba), CCFP (Dalhousie), FRCPC Assistant Professor | [email protected] Associate Professor | [email protected] Aboriginal health; health policy Epidemiology and control of infectious diseases; multiple sclerosis Lisa Avery, BSc (McGill), MD (Manitoba), MIH (University of Evelyn L. Forget, BA (Hons.) (Glendon College), MA, PhD (Toronto) Copenhagen), FRCSC Professor | [email protected] Assistant Professor | [email protected] Cost effectiveness analysis; healthcare financing; health economics; health Sexual and reproductive health; maternal, neonatal and child health; health effects of public policy inequities and social determinants of health; global health; quality of health care Marissa Becker, MD, FRCPC, MPH Melinda Fowler, BSc, MD (McMaster University) Assistant Professor | [email protected] Assistant Professor | [email protected] Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, global public health, vulnerable populations Increasing Indigenous students in healthcare; addictions/chronic pain; Social determinants of health and how they impact Indigenous patients (Global Jamie F. Blanchard, BSc (Med), MD (Manitoba), MPH, Health Issues within our own country) PhD (Johns Hopkins) Professor | Director, Centre for Global Public Health (CGPH) Shiva Halli, BSc, MSc (India), PhD (Western Ontario) [email protected] Professor | [email protected] Epidemiology of diabetes; HIV/AIDS prevention in developing countries; International health especially migration as a risk factor in the spread of International health HIV/STDs infection; immigrants’ health in Canada; violence against women; international demography Ties Boerma, PhD, (University of Amsterdam) MD (Netherlands) Professor | [email protected] Andrew Hatala, PhD (University of Saskatchewan) HIV/AIDS, and maternal and child health in epidemiological, demographic Assistant Professor | [email protected] Douglas A. Brownridge, BA (Brandon), MA, PhD (Manitoba) Indigenous or traditional forms of medicine and healing; youth resilience and Professor | [email protected] well–being; culture and spirituality; qualitative health research; community– Epidemiology of family violence based research Sharon Bruce, BN, MA, PhD (Manitoba) Depeng Jiang, MSc, PhD (Southeast University) Professor | [email protected] Associate Professor Medical anthropology; diabetes epidemiology; health of Indigenous peoples Director, Biostatistical Consulting Unit | [email protected] Person–centered statistical approach in health science; clinical trial design Robert M. Chase,