2020
Celebrating the achievements of our hardworking colleagues.
Erin Brennand successfully defended her thesis!
January 3, 2020
One in 20 women undergo revision surgery within 10 years after midurethral sling placement. Erin's thesis dove into identifying health system factors affect the risk of revision using hospital admin data.This information is of timely importance because it can be used for the development of policies and procedures aimed at improving post surgical outcomes. The thesis was published in Obstetrics & Gynaecology, which is the top journal in the specialty.
Frank Lee was awarded the 2019 Alberta Innovates Graduate Studentship
January 10, 2020
Alberta Innovates’ Graduate Studentships combine research training stipends with mentorship
and career development allowances to better position emerging talent, like Frank, for high-impact careers in Alberta’s health research and innovation environment. Frank plans to use this to further his research into how natural language processing and machine learning can better assist the healthcare system.
Hude Quan was awarded the Killam Annual Professorship
February 12, 2020
Dr. Hude Quan, the Director of CHI and a professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Cumming School of Medicine (CSM), was awarded this honour at the 12th Annual Celebration of Excellence. Dr. Quan has published more than 300 peer-reviewed papers and was named a Thomson-Reuters highly cited researcher in 2014, 2015 and 2016.
Guosong Wu successfully defended his thesis!
May 15, 2020
Guosong passed his PhD defence and is now doing some revisions. His PhD project focussed on the development of Patient Safety Indicators for critically ill patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit. His co-supervisors are Dr. Hude Quan and Dr. Thomas Stelfox.
Stephanie Garies successfully defended her thesis!
June 4, 2020
Stephanie Garies passed her defence thesis, co-supervised by Dr. Tyler Williamson and Dr. Hude Quan. Her thesis focused on enhancing primary care electronic medical record (EMR) data in Alberta by quality assessment, data processing, and linkage to administrative data. She has two thesis papers that have been published to BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making, as well as the International Journal of Population Data Science (IJPDS).
Elvira received the Mitacs Research Training Award
August 31, 2020
Mitacs award will provide Elvira the opportunity to undertake a short-term, paid research training internship under the supervision of Dr. Hude Quan. Her research project involves using EMR-based algorithms to detect hospital acquired infections.
Tyler Williamson named one of Avenue Magazine's Top 40 under 40 in Calgary
October 28, 2020
Over half of this year's Top 40 winners are a part of the University of Calgary community. Among them is CHI's Associate Director, Dr. Tyler Williamson! In the article written by Avenue Magazine, Dr. Williamson is recognized for his dedication to improving the health of Calgarian's through harnessing the power of health data.