CCHE Seminar: Lusine Abrahamyan, THETA & University of Toronto

Survey Methods for Health Systems Research: Theory and Application Part II

This will be the 2nd workshop on survey methods, following a highly informative one in the Fall.

The first workshop covered the most important areas of health survey methods including sampling strategy and sampling frame, survey errors, and different survey modes with their advantages and disadvantages. This follow-up workshop will discuss how to design survey tools, the operational aspects of survey planning and monitoring, analysis of data, and some specifics of Internet surveys. National and international examples of large health-related surveys will be presented. All are welcome.

Lusine Abrahamyan, MD, MPH, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto and a Clinical Epidemiologist at the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment Collaborative (THETA). She obtained her medical degree from the Yerevan State Medical University (Armenia), Master in Public Health degree from the American University of Armenia, and PhD from the University of Toronto. Her past work was focused on evaluating methodological challenges in conducting randomized clinical trials in rare diseases and methods for developing quality indicators. Her current research interests are in health technology assessment and complex interventions. Lusine is teaching graduate courses in applied research methods, clinical epidemiology, systematic reviews, and health survey research methods.

CCHE Seminar Series 2017/18 – Full Schedule

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