The shape of Canada’s future health-care system will be revealed
when the Romanow Commission on the Future of Health Care in
Canada tables its report on Thurs. Nov. 28.
Following is a list of UBC experts ready to comment on key
health-care issues. If you’re looking for an expert not listed,
please contact the Public Affairs office at 604.822.NEWS (6397).
Health-care economics
Steve Morgan
A health-care economist who can discuss the public/private
health care debate and is an expert in universal pharmacare.
What is the economic burden of universal health care? Morgan
is a post-doctoral fellow in UBC’s Centre for Health Services
and Policy Research.
Contact: 604.822.7012 (not available Nov. 25, 26.)
Arminee Kazanjian
A professor of Health Care and Epidemiology, Kazanjian presented
material to the Commission. An expert in the number of nurses
and doctors Canada needs, Kazanjian can also discuss health-care
technologies – are they really the answer to our health care
needs and if so, who should pay for these hi-tech treatments?
Contact: 604.822.4618
Morris Barer
A professor of Health Care and Epidemiology, Barer can talk
about doctor supply, access to care, wait lists, the effects
of an aging population, and health care financing.
Contact: 604.822.6875
Educating health-care professionals
John Cairns
UBC’s dean of Medicine, Cairns can discuss B.C.’s plan to
produce enough medical professionals to meet the demand through
a new expanded program that will double the number of graduates
by 2005.
Contact: 604.822.4303
Sally Thorne
The director of UBC’s School of Nursing, Thorne can discuss
nursing shortages that affect not only the practice of nursing
but Canada’s ability to train new nurses. How are we going
to educate all the nurses we need when thousands of ‘baby
boomer’ nurses retire.
Contact: 604.822.7482
John Gilbert
The principal of UBC’s College of Health Disciplines, Gilbert
can discuss what the health-care professional of the future
will need to know. He is an expert in the area of health-care
education and the need to train health sciences students to
work interprofessionally to make care more effective and safer.
Contact: 604.822.5662
Drug costs
James Wright
A professor in the departments of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
and Medicine, Wright is an expert in the costs of drugs. He
can talk about cost-effective drugs, doctors’ prescribing
patterns and how Canada can reduce costs associated with Pharmacare.
Contact: 604.822.7134
Barbara Mintzes
An expert in pharmaceuticals advertising, Mintzes can discuss
the effects of direct-to-consumer marketing and how this affects
drug sales and the costs of providing pharmaceuticals. She
is a researcher in the Centre for Health Studies and Policy
Research.
Contact: 604.822.0575
Social Policy
Graham Riches
Director of UBC’s School of Social Work, Riches is an expert
on social policy, the history of the welfare state and social
policy development in Canada and the impact of social policy
decisions.
Contact: 604.822.0782
Political implications
Allan Tupper
A professor of Political Science and UBC vice-president of
Government Relations, Tupper is an expert on public policy
and Canadian provincial politics. He can discuss the provincial
/ federal relations relative to the report.
Contact: 604.822.9711
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