Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research

IHPME has an international reputation for excellence in health services and decision sciences research. In the area of Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, the Institute's faculty includes leading researchers spanning multiple departments, disciplines and institutions and represents a wide range of methodological and clinical skills.

Faculty research interests include: clinical effectiveness, clinical economics, pharmacoeconomics, medical decision-making, health technology assessment, drug and health services utilization, health policy and global health. Research conducted by IHPME faculty spans various populations (e.g., geriatrics, pediatrics) and care settings (e.g., inner city, emergency, work place).

Affiliated Research Centres and Institutes

IHPME Faculty members are leaders in clinical and health services research in the following hospitals and research institutes across the Greater Toronto Area:

• Toronto General Research Institute, UHN
• Toronto Western Research Institute, UHN
• Ontario Cancer Institute, Princess Margaret Hospital, UHN
• Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
• Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Women's College Research Institute
• Toronto Sunnybrook Regional Cancer Centre
• Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital
• Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
• Kunin-Lunenfeld Applied and Evaluative Research Unit (KLARU), Baycrest
• Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
• Institute for Work and Health (IWH)
• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)