Research Programs

Biostatistics involves the development and application of statistical principles to the design, analysis, and execution of health research.

Cardiovascular health outcomes research seeks to understand the impact of health care practices and interventions on patient outcomes.

Advancing Health has a long history of implementing and supporting clinical trials across a range of disciplines.

Decision science studies how people make choices and how they can make better choices using current knowledge, recognizing the presence of uncertainty, complexity, and competing values and trade-offs.

Emergency medicine research involves the study of services, innovations, and clinical management to prevent emergencies, optimize emergency care, and result in safe transitions to the community.

Evaluation is the systematic investigation of the quality or usefulness of a program, project, system, or organization to ensure accountability and/or learning and improvement.

Health economics is an integration of economic theories and methods with health policies, services, and practices.

Health Services and Outcomes research is the study of the relationships between people and their health care systems and health care providers, and the consequences of those interactions on their health.

Knowledge translation facilitates the diffusion of evidence-based innovations into policy and practice.

Patient-reported outcomes provide health care providers and researchers with important information about patients’ perspectives on the effectiveness of health care interventions and services.

Psychiatric research is focused on examining diagnoses, treatment, and prevention of mental, emotional, and behavioural disorder to advance the understanding of mental illness and influence best clinical practices.

The Psychosocial Epidemiology Program considers the complex ways in which social factors interact with the psychological and biological determinants of health, particularly in the areas of mental health and substance use.