Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

Faculty Affiliation

Public Health

Degree Programs

Health Policy, Management and Evaluation

MSc

Concentrations:
- Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research;
- Health Services Research
  - Emphases:
    - Health Economics;
    - Health Informatics Research;
    - Health Policy;
    - Health Services Organization and Management Studies
    - Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation;
    - Health Systems Artificial Intelligence;
    - Health Technology Assessment;
- Quality Improvement and Patient Safety;
- System Leadership and Innovation

PhD

Concentrations:
- Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research;
- Health Professions Education Research;
- Health Services Research

Health Administration

MHSc

Health Informatics

MHI

Combined Degree Programs

STG, Health Administration, MHSc / MSW (admissions have closed)

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Aging, Palliative and Supportive Care Across the Life Course
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Bioethics
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Global Health (U of T Global Scholar)
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc (thesis only), PhD
Health Care, Technology, and Place (admissions have closed)
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, PhD
Health Services and Policy Research
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Public Health Policy
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Resuscitation Sciences
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Women and Gender Studies
- Health Administration, MHSc
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD
Women's Health
- Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, MSc, PhD

Overview

The Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME) brings together researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. Broad research themes include Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Services Research including Health Informatics Research, Health Economics, Health Policy, Health Services Organization and Management Studies, Health Services Outcomes and Evaluation, Health Technology Assessment, and Knowledge Translation; Health Administration; System Leadership and Innovation; and Quality Improvement and Patient Safety.

More than 200 faculty members from a variety of disciplines are represented in IHPME. At least 130 senior health care executives serve as adjunct faculty.

Please note the application deadlines.

November 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Services Research; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety
PhD in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentrations: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research; Health Professions Education Research; Health Services Research

January 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentration: System Leadership and Innovation (Undergraduate Medical Education applicants)

February 1

Master of Health Informatics
MHSc in Health Administration
MHSc in Health Administration / MSW combined degree program
MHSc in Health Administration / MN combined degree program

March 1

Master of Health Informatics (executive option)

March 15

MSc in Health Policy, Management and Evaluation concentration: System Leadership and Innovation (Postgraduate Medical Education applicants)

Contact and Address

Web: ihpme.utoronto.ca/community/connect
Email: ihpme@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4326
Fax: (416) 978-7350

Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
4th Floor, 155 College Street
Toronto, Ontario M5T 3M6
Canada

Full Members

Aleman, Dionne - BSc, MSc, PhD

Alibhai, Shabbir - MD

Alter, David - MD

Anderson, Geoff - MD

Austin, Peter - PhD

Austin, Zubin - BA, BScPhm, MBA, MISt, MEd, PhD

Baker, G. Ross - AB, MA, PhD

Barrett, Jon - MBChB, MD

Barwick, Melanie - BA, MA, PhD

Baxter, Nancy - DrMed, PhD

Berta, Whitney - BS, MBA, PhD (Graduate Coordinator until Dec. 2020)

Bhattacharyya, Onil - BSc, MD

Booth, Gillian - MD

Bronskill, Susan - MSc

Brown, Adalsteinn - AB, PhD

Brydges, Ryan - BSc, MSc, PhD

Cafazzo, Joseph - DPhil

Carroll, June - MD

Carter, Michael - BM, MMath, PhD

Coburn, Natalie Suzanne - BSc, MSc, DrMed

Cockerill, Rhonda W - BA, MA, PhD

Cohen, Eyal - MSc, MD

Colantonio, Angela - BA, BSc(OT), MHSc, PhD

Côté, Pierre - MSc, PhD

Coyte, Peter C. - BA, MA, PhD

Cuthbertson, Brian - MBChB, PhD

Davis, Aileen - BSc(PT), MSc, PhD

Deber, Raisa - BS, MS, PhD

Detsky, Allan - BS, MD, PhD

Etchells, Edward - MSc, MD

Fan, Eddy - BSc, MD, PhD

Feldman, Brian - MD

Ferguson, Niall - MSc, MD

Fisman, David - MPH, MD

Fowler, Robert - MDCM

Gagliardi, Anna - BSc, BE, MSc, MLS, PhD

Gershon, Andrea - MSc, MD

Griffiths, Anne - MD

Gupta, Sumit - MD

Guttmann, Astrid - BA, AB, MSc, MSc, MDCM

Hoch, Jeffrey - BA, MA, PhD

Hogg-Johnson, Sheilah - BMath, MMath, PhD

Howell, Doris - BNSc, MSN, PhD

Ivers, Noah - MD

Karkouti, Keyvan - MD

Krings, Timo - MSc, MD, PhD

Kulkarni, Abhaya - BSc, MD, PhD

Kuper, Ayelet - AB, MEd, MD, PhD

Laporte, Audrey - BA, MA, PhD (Director)

Laupacis, Andreas - MD

Law, Calvin - CPSO, LMCC, MPH, MD

Lee, Douglas - DrMed, PhD

Lin, Elizabeth - PhD

Lipscombe, Lorraine - MSc, MD

Loutfy, Mona - MPH, MD

Lunsky, Yona - PhD

Mamdani, Muhammad - DP

Marchildon, Gregory - PhD

Martimianakis, Tina - MA, MEd, PhD

McCrindle, Brian - MD

McGahan, Anita - BA, MA, MBA, PhD

McGeer, Allison - BSc, MSc, MD

Miller, Fiona - BIS, MA, DPhil

Morrison, Laurie - BSc

Mylopoulos, Maria - BS, MA, PhD

Naimark, David - MD

Nam, Robert - MSc, MD

Nathan, Paul - BA, MSc, MD

Nathens, Avery - MPH, MD, PhD

Nauenberg, Eric - AB, MPH, PhD

Naylor, C. David - MD, PhD

Nguyen, Geoffrey - MD

Parekh, Rulan - MD

Parshuram, Christopher - MBChB

Pullenayegum, Eleanor - BM, PhD

Ray, Joel - MSc, MD

Redelmeier, Donald - MS, MD

Rehm, Jurgen - PhD

Robinson, Lawrence - BA, MD

Rochon, Paula - MD

Ross, Lori Elizabeth - BSc, PhD, DPhil

Rubenfeld, Gordon - MSc, MD

Sander, Beate - PhD

Schwartz, Robert - BA, PhD

Seto, Emily - PhD

Shachak, Aviv - DPhil (Graduate Coordinator)

Shah, Vibhuti - MD

Stabile, Mark - BA, MA, PhD, PhD

Straus, Sharon Elizabeth - MSc, MD

Stukel, Therese - BS, PhD

Sung, Lillian - MD

Sutradhar, Rinku - BSc, MMath, PhD

To, Teresa - BSc, MSc, PhD

Tomlinson, George - BSc, MSc, PhD

Trbovich, Patricia L - BA, MA, PhD, PhD

Tu, Karen - BSc, MD

Ungar, Wendy - BA, MSc, PhD

Urbach, David - MSc, MD

Vigod, Simone - MD

Wales, Paul - BSc, MSc, MD

Webster, Fiona - BA, MA, PhD

Whitehead, Cynthia - AB, MHSc, MD, PhD

Wijeysundera, Duminda - MSc, MD

Wijeysundera, Harindra - BSc, MD, PhD

Wiljer, David - PhD

Wodchis, Walter - MA, PhD

Woods, Nicole - BA, PhD

Wright, James - BA, LMCC, MPH, MD

Members Emeriti

Barnsley, Jan - BSc, MSc, PhD

Henry, David - MD

Lemieux-Charles, Louise - PhD

Williams, Paul - PhD

Associate Members

Abbasi, Nimrah - MSc, MD

Abrahamyan, Lusine - MPH, MD, PhD

Albert, Mathieu - PhD

Amin, Reshma - MD

Amir, Eitan - MBChB

Ammendolia, Carlo - MedScD

Anderson, James - BA, MA, MHSA, PhD

Andiappan, Meena - PhD

Ardal, Sten - BA, MA

Asztalos, Elizabeth - BScN

Atzema, Clare - BA, MSc, MD

Baigrie, Brian - BA, MA, PhD

Barnett Tapia, Carolina - DrMed

Benassi, Paul - BSc, MD

Berger, Howard - BSc, MD

Berger, Ken - MD, JD

Berinstein, Corrine - BHSc(PT), MBA, MHSc

Birken, Catherine - MSc, MD

Blackstien-Hirsch, Paula - MHSc, MHSA, MHSA

Bombard, Yvonne - PhD

Borkhoff, Cornelia - BSc, MSc, PhD

Born, Karen - BA, MSc, PhD

Brar, Mantaj - BS, MS, MD

Brezden-Masley, Christine - MD, PhD

Buchan, Sarah AW - MSc, PhD

Bunger, Alicia - PhD

Cammisa, Giuseppe - MBA

Chahal, Jaskarndip - BSc, MSc, MD

Chakraborty, Pranesh - MD

Chan, An-Wen - BSc, MD, DPhil

Chan, Ben - BSc, MPH, MPA, MD

Charach, Alice - MD

Chatwood, Susan - BScN, MSc, MSc

Chiu, Maria - BE, BA, MSc, PhD

Clarke, Hance - MSc, MD

Cram, Peter - BA, MBA, MD

Craven, Beverley Catharine - MD

Darling, Gail - BSc, MD

De Mestral, Charles - MDCM, PhD

Dhalla, Irfan - BAA, MSc, MD

Dolatabadi, Elham - BScEE, MEng, PhD

Drucker, Aaron - MS, MD

Dubinsky, Isser - BSc, MD, MD

Durbin, Janet - MSc

Esensoy, Ali - PhD

Fam, Mark - MHSA

Feeny, David - PhD

Fehlings, Darcy - MD

Gall, Carie - BA, BSc(OT)

Gamble, Brenda - BA, MS, PhD

Gien, Lilian - BSc, MHPE, MD

Gill, Peter - MS, MD, DPhil

Ginsburg, Shiphra - MEd, MD

Ginzburg, Amir - BSc, MD

Girard-Pearlman, Jeannine - BScN, BHA, DHA

Gomes, Tara - BSc, MHSc

Gotlib Conn, Lesley - BA, MA, PhD

Guerriere, Denise - PhD

Guilcher, Sara - BSc, MSc, MSc(PT), PhD

Gupta, Samir - MSc, MDCM

Hall, Ruth - BASc, MSc

Hancock Howard, Rebecca - PhD

Hassan, Hazim - MBA

Hendrick-Hallet, Julie - MSc, MD

Herridge, Margaret - MD

Hirschfield, Gideon - MA, PhD

Howard, Andrew William - BA, CPSO, MSc, LMCC, MD

Huszti, Ella - MSc, PhD

Isaranuwatchai, Wanrudee - BSc, PhD

Jaakkimainen, Liisa - BSc, MSc, MD

Jackevicius, Cynthia - BS, MSc

Karanicolas, Paul - BSc, DrMed, PhD

Kastner, Monika - BSc, MSc, PhD

Kim, Joseph - MHSc, MD, PhD

Kiran, Tara - BSc, MPH, MD

Kiss, Alexander - PhD

Ko, Dennis - MD

Koyle, Martin - DrMed

Kreder, Hans-Juergen - MPH, MD

Kulasegaram, Kulamakan - BSc, PhD

Kumbhare, Dinesh - BSc, MHSc, MD

Ladha, Karim - AB, MSc, MD

Levitt, Kevin Samuel - BSc, MSc, MD

Levy, Charissa - MHSc

Lexchin, Joel - BSc, MSc, MD

Lin, Steve - MSc, MD

Lix, Lisa - PhD

Loblaw, Andrew - MD

Look Hong, Nicole - BSc, MSc, MD

Lotfollahi Shabestari, Omid - MD, PhD

Luo, Zhong-Cheng - MMed, BM, PhD

Maetzel, Andreas - MSc, PhD

Maguire, Jonathon - BSc, MSc, MSc, MD

Maham, Nava - MSc, MD

Mahar, Alyson - PhD

Mandigo, Margaux - MSc

Marrie, Ruth Ann - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD

Martin, Danielle - BSc, DrMed

Martin, Taylor - MHSA

Mashford-Pringle, Angela - BS, MA, DPhil

Maurer, Daphne - PhD

McNaughton, Nancy - BA, MEd, PhD

Mishra, Sharmistha - BSc, MD

Mittmann, Nicole - PhD

Moffat, Malcolm - BS, BSc, MHSc

Moore, Lynn - MHSA

Muller, Matthew - MD

Munce, Sarah - BSc, MSc, PhD

O'Brien, Kelly - BSc(PT), BS, PhD

Pace, Kenneth - BSc, MSc, LRCP, MD

Papadakos, Janet - BA, MEd, PhD

Paszat, Lawrence - MS, MD

Paul, Robert - PhD

Penner, Melanie - MD

Perruccio, Anthony - BSc, MHSc, PhD

Persaud, Navindra - BSc, BA, MSc, MD

Petch, Jeremy - BA, MA, PhD

Pitzul, Kristen - PhD

Prokopy, Melissa - LLB

Puchalski-Ritchie, Lisa - MA, MD

Rac, Valeria - MD, PhD

Rackow, Valerie - BS, MHSc

Ringash, Jolie - MSc, MD

Roifman, Idan - DrMed

Rossos, Peter - MD

Rowland, Paula - BS, BS

Rudoler, David - BA, MA, PhD

Scheer, Adena - BSc, MSc, MD

Schull, Michael - MD

Shah, Baiju - MD

Shah, Prakeshkumar - MD

Shaw, James - MSc(PT), PhD

Shehata, Nadine - MEd, MD

Shelton, Dominick - BSc, MD

Sholzberg, Michelle - BSc, DrMed

Silver, Frank - MD

Silver, Michelle - BA, BS, MA, PhD

Smith, Tina - BSc, MHSc

Spalding, Karen - MSc, PhD

Sridharan, Sanjeev - BTech, MS, PhD

Sriharan, Abi - BSc, MSc, PhD, PhD

Stanbrook, Matthew - MSc, MD

Stuart, Neil - BA, MSW, PhD

Sulkers, Paul - MSc

Szatmari, Peter - MSc, BScMed, MD

Tavares, Walter - MS, PhD

Teare, Gary - MSc, DrMedVet, PhD

Touma, Zahi - BSc, MD, PhD

Udell, Jacob - BSc, MPH, MD

Urowitz, Sara - PhD

Urquhart, Robin - PhD

Verma, Amol A. - MPH, MD

Wahi, Gita - MD

Walker, Neil - BBA, MHSc

Walsh, Catharine - MEd, MD

Walters, Thomas - MBBS

Wong, Karen - BSc, MSc, MD

Yeh, Ann - MD

Yu, Amy - MSc, MD

Zarb, Julia - PhD

Zhang, Cynthia - BS, MHSc

Zubairi, Mohammad Samad Yaseen - MD

Zywiel, Michael - BS, MS, MD

Master of Science

Program Description

The HPME graduate program offers the following concentrations leading to the MSc degree:

Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research;
Health Services Research;
Quality Improvement and Patient Safety; and
System Leadership and Innovation.

The MSc program can be taken on a full-time or part-time basis.

Concentration: Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. For applicants to this concentration, a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN) from a recognized university with a B+ average in the final two years is required.

Program Requirements

Two options are available:

Thesis option comprising 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) and a thesis.
Coursework-only option comprising 5.0 FCEs, including completion of at least one research practicum.

Thesis MSc

Completion of 3.0 FCEs as follows:
- 1.5 FCEs required: HAD 5301H, HAD 5307H, and one of HAD 5303H, HAD 5304H, HAD 5306H, or HAD 5309H
- 1.5 FCEs in electives.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee (supervisor and at least one, and preferably two, additional graduate faculty members) and its defence before an examination committee.

Coursework-Only MSc

Completion of 5.0 FCEs as follows:
- 2.0 FCEs required: HAD 5301H, HAD 5307H, HAD 6360H, and one of HAD 5303H, HAD 5304H, or HAD 5309H
- 3.0 FCEs in electives.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Concentration: Health Services Research

Minimum Admission Requirements

Applicants are admitted under the General Regulations of the School of Graduate Studies. Applicants must also satisfy IHPME's additional admission requirements stated below.
Applicants require an overall B+ average or higher in the last two years of an appropriate bachelor's degree from a recognized university. For applicants to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research, a degree in a health profession (e.g., MD, BScN, BScOT, BScPT, DDM, MScN) from a recognized university with a B+ average in the final two years is required.

Program Requirements

Two options are available:

Thesis option comprising 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) and a thesis.
Coursework-only option comprising 5.0 FCEs.

Thesis MSc

See amendment made on January 4, 2021.

Completion of 3.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- 1.0 FCE in research methodology courses
- 1.0 FCE in health services research courses:
  - HAD 5011H Canada's Health System and Health Policy
  - 0.5 FCE from other health services research courses
- 1.0 FCE in electives.
A thesis written under the supervision of a thesis committee and its defence before an examination committee.

Coursework-Only MSc

Completion of 5.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) as follows:
- 1.0 FCE in health services research courses, normally HAD 5011H, HAD 5022H, HAD 5727H, HAD 5756H, and HAD 5773H
- 1.0 FCE in research methodology courses, normally HSR 1001H, HAD 5765H, HAD 5772H, HAD 5740H, HAD 5742H, HAD 5744H, HAD 5746H, HAD 5779H, and HAD 5781H
- 3.0 FCEs in electives from HAD 5726H, HAD 5728H, HAD 5730H, HAD 5737H, HAD 5738H, HAD 5743H, HAD 5744H, HAD 5760H, HAD 5763H, HAD 5771H, HAD 5778H, HAD 5780H, and HAD 6750H.

Program Length

3 sessions full-time (typical registration sequence: F/W/S);
6 sessions part-time

Time Limit

3 years full-time;
6 years part-time

Students in the thesis option of the Health Services Research concentration have the option to complete an emphasis by completing 2.0 full-course equivalents (FCEs) in a given area. The emphasis requirements will also count toward their 3.0 FCE concentration requirements.

Students in the Vector pathway within the Health Services Research concentration must complete the emphasis in Health Systems Artificial Intelligence and complete their remaining 1.0 FCE concentration requirements by taking HAD 5011H and HAD 5772H.