PPRC Membership

Anne Holbrook

Professor

Department of Medicine

McMaster University

Director

Division of Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics

McMaster University

Senior Scientist

Senior Scientist

McMaster University

Team Role: 
Team Member

Bio

  • one of the most experienced drug policy advisors in Canada
  • federal, provincial and regional committees
  • member of Ontario Drug Policy Research Network
  • main expertise is in the evidence-public policy-clinical practice overlap
  • run active teaching clinical practice in internal medicine and clinical pharmacology & therapeutics

Research Interests

Impact of drug reimbursement policy on clinical practice and drug utilization
Methods of rigorously studying policy initiatives
Interventions to reinforce cost-effective prescribing (i.e., prescribing in line with aims of policy)

Awards/Recognition

Inaugural fellow, International Society for Pharmacoepidemiology
CIHR Investigator career award – completed
OHA National Best Practices award

Recent Publications

The Impact of Reference Pricing of Nonsteroidal Anti-Inflammatory Agents on the Use and Costs of Analgesic Drugs

Source:
Health Services Research, October, 2005
Authors:
Paul V. Grootendorst, John K. Marshall, Anne M. Holbrook, Lisa R. Dolovich, Bernie J. O'Brien, Adrian R. Levy

Public Perceptions of Physician-Pharmaceutical Industry Interactions: A systematic review

Source:
Healthcare Policy, May, 2010
Authors:
Janine Arkinson, Anne Holbrook, Wojciech Wiercioch

Individual Electronic Decision Support and Reminders to Improve Diabetes Care in the Community: COMPLETE II randomized trial

Source:
Canadian Medical Association Journal, July, 2009
Authors:
Anne Holbrook, Lehana Thabane, Karim Keshavjee, Lisa Dolovich, Bob Bernstein, David Chan, Sue Troyan, Gary Foster, Hertzel Gerstein
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