Expert Advisory Body on the Economic Cost of Illness in Canada: Summary of affiliations and interests

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Dr. Claire de Oliveira, Chair

Claire de Oliveira
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Health data linkage and analytics experience
    • Economics
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: No.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. I am a board member, treasurer, and member of the executive committee of the International Health Economics Association; member of the international editorial board of the British Journal of Psychiatry.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Paul Grootendorst

Paul Grootendorst
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public policy
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
    • Health data linkage and analytics experience
    • Economics
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: Yes. MITACS post doc fellowship support, which is funded in part by Sanofi; Sanofi covered tuition and stipend for a PhD student; Sanofi covered part of the cost of academic conference I organized; consulting for two brand drug companies on IP-related damages; entered into consulting agreement for a generic drug company.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: Yes. Prepared a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) grant application to investigate the impact of vaccines uptake on mortality.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: Yes. A MSc student is conducting into the economic costs of influenza in Canada; policy analysis of pandemic vaccine supply resiliency (published by CD Howe).

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. Member of International Health Economics Association and Canadian Health Economics Association. I am unaware, but there is a possibility that association members may have published on cost of illness in academic literature.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Pierre Léveillé

Pierre Léveillé
Canadian Institute for Health Information
Quispamsis, New Brunswick

  • Experience:
    • Health professional
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: Yes. Health Canada funds my current employer (CIHI).

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: Yes. Media spokesperson for the release of the National expenditure trends; informal promotion of the Patient Cost Estimator and the Canadian Patient Cost Database.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. Member of the Canadian Society for Medical Laboratory Science and the New Brunswick Society of Medical Laboratory Technologists.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Deborah Marshall

Deborah Marshall
University of Calgary
Calgary, Alberta

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public health systems research
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: Yes. I am employed as a Professor and Research Chair by the University of Calgary.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: Yes. I report financial support from the consultancy paid to me directly: OHE – personal fees from OHE for expert advice on preferences research in advisory meetings.

        I report receiving research grants and a principal investigator or co-investigator from: CIHR; Genome Canada/Genome Alberta/Genome Ontario; The Arthritis Society; CIORA; Crohn's Colitis Canada; Canada First Research Excellence Fund; Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation; EuroQoL; European Joint Programme Rare Diseases (EJPRD); Alberta Health Services; Alberta Innovates; University of Calgary; Arthritis Alliance of Canada.

        I report financial support from consultancy paid to the University of Calgary into my research account for unrestricted use: Novartis – consultancy fees for expert advice on preferences research; Astellas – consultancy fees for expert advice on preferences research.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: Yes. I report non-financial support and honoraria for lectures, presentations and attendance at meetings from: ISPOR – honorarium and partial travel costs to teach a methods short course; Illumina – travel expenses to attend a meeting; ISPOR – travel expenses to attend a meeting; Ontario Molecular Pathology Research Network (OMPRN) and the Ontario Hereditary Cancer Research Network (OHCRN) – honorarium and travel costs to present at their meeting.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: Yes. I report financial support from the consultancy paid to me directly: OHE – personal fees from OHE for expert advice on preferences research in advisory meetings.

        I report receiving research grants and a principal investigator or co-investigator from: CIHR; Genome Canada/Genome Alberta/Genome Ontario; The Arthritis Society; CIORA; Crohn's Colitis Canada; Canada First Research Excellence Fund; Alberta Children's Hospital Foundation; EuroQoL; European Joint Programme Rare Diseases (EJPRD); Alberta Health Services; Alberta Innovates; University of Calgary; Arthritis Alliance of Canada.

        I report financial support from consultancy paid to the University of Calgary into my research account for unrestricted use: Novartis – consultancy fees for expert advice on preferences research; Astellas – consultancy fees for expert advice on preferences research.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. I am a member of the following organizations: Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS); International Academy for Health Preferences Research (IAHPR); International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR); Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi); Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR); I am the Deputy Editor for Health Affairs Scholar.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail

Kimberlyn McGrail
University of British Columbia / Health Data Research Network Canada
Vancouver, British Columbia

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public health systems research
    • Public policy
    • Health equity research
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
    • Health data linkage and analytics experience
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000)..

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: No.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: No.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Beate Sander

Beate Sander
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public health systems research
    • Public policy
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
    • Health data linkage and analytics experience
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: No.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: Yes. Co-chaired NACI's Economic Guidelines Task Group, which includes guidance on estimating costs; member of NACI; chaired and member of several COVID-19 advisory committees 2020-2022.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: Yes. Co-chaired NACI's Economic Guidelines Task Group, which includes guidance on estimating costs.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. Co-chaired NACI's Economic Guidelines Task Group, which includes guidance on estimating costs; member of NACI; member of Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies (CRPPHE) Steering Committee; member of Emerging and Pandemic Infections Consortium (EPIC) Steering Committee; member of Council of Canadian Academies (CCA) Expert Panel on health data sharing ("Connecting the Dots"); chaired and member of several COVID-19 advisory committees 2020-2022; President-Elect, President and past President (current) of international Society for Medical Decision Making.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Erin Strumpf

Erin Strumpf
McGill University
Montreal, Quebec

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public health systems research
    • Public policy
    • Health equity research
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
    • Economics
    • Health services research
    • Health policy
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: Yes. Small research contract (<$10K) from la Fondation cancer du sein du Québec; informal consulting to l'Association pour la santé publique du Québec.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: Yes. Member of the International Health Economics Association and the Canadian Health Economics Association.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

Dr. Walter Wodchis

Walter Wodchis
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario

  • Experience:
    • Research/Academia
  • Expertise:
    • Health economics
    • Public health systems research
    • Public policy
    • Health equity research
    • Health statistics in administrative databases
    • Health data linkage and analytics experience
    • Economics
  • Interests:
    • Direct financial interests
      1. Current employment, investments in companies, partnerships, equity, royalties, joint ventures, trusts, real property, stocks, shares, or bonds that relate to the mandate of the advisory body.

        Answer: No.

    • Indirect financial interests
      1. Within the past 5 years (other than from present employer), payment from the regulated industry for work done or being done, including past employment, contracts, or consulting; or financial support, including research support, personal education grants, contributions, fellowships, sponsorships, and honoraria.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the past 5 years, materials, discounted products, gifts, or other benefits, or attendance at meetings where all or part of the travel and accommodation costs were provided by a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body (other than from present employer, over $1,000).

        Answer: No.

      3. Within the last 3 years, grants or other funding from a party with an interest in the mandate of the advisory body to any of the organizations where you are currently employed or participate in internal decision making (participate in internal decision making as a board member or executive or non-executive director).

        Answer: No.

    • Intellectual interests:
      1. Within the last 5 years, any formal advice or opinion to industry, a government organization, or a non-government organization on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      2. Within the last 5 years, any published or publicly stated point of view or promotion of a product relevant to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

      3. Current professional or volunteer affiliations, such as membership of professional societies, lobbying, public interest, or advocacy groups.

        Answer: No.

    • Other
      1. Any other affiliations and interests or potential circumstances that might give a well-informed member of the public reasonable grounds for concern regarding the integrity and objectivity of your participation. For example, prior activity that may create a reasonable apprehension of bias, or access to confidential information on a matter of relevance to the Committee's mandate.

        Answer: No.

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