Population Data BC is partnering with the Canadian Population Health Initiative of CIHI to deliver a conference focusing on Population Health Data Analysis: From Infrastructure to Innovation. The conference will take place from February 8th to 10th at the Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, downtown Vancouver.

The conference will be designed to meet the interests of researchers, faculty members, graduate students and representatives from government and health related organizations who work in the area of Population and Public Health.

February 8th will include plenary presentations that focus on data linkage infrastructure, researcher case studies in different forms of data analysis, and innovation in presentation and knowledge translation.

The key objectives for day one plenary sessions include:

• Providing an overview of the benefits and limitations of specific kinds of population health-related data


• Providing examples of innovative data infrastructure and state-of-the-art research in population health data analysis and methods


• Discussing effective ways to present research findings and support knowledge translation


• Discussing challenges and opportunities for future research in population health

February 9th and 10th will feature one- and two-day hands-on workshops that will align with key presentations from day one.

These workshops will be designed to:

• Enhance understanding of when different analytical methods can be used and with what purpose


• Develop theoretical knowledge and understanding in statistical analysis of administrative and other health data


• Expand data analysis skills in specific areas and methods relevant to population health, such as:


• Longitudinal analysis and multilevel modeling


• Population Health and GIS


• Innovative presentation methods and formats


• Best practices in knowledge translation

Dr. Benjamin C. Amick III
Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist,
Institute for Work & Health
Professor, Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences
University of Texas – Houston, School of Public Health

Seminar Title: Population health interventions in the labour market: a view from Texas

Dr. Benjamin C. Amick III is associate scientific director and senior scientist at the Institute for Work & Health.
He is also a professor of behavioral sciences and epidemiology in the School of Public Health at the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Amick completed his doctoral training at the Department of Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, The Johns Hopkins University, School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland in 1986.

Amick’s current research interests include the social epidemiology of work and health; labour markets and worksite intervention research; occupational health services; outcomes assessment and the measurement of work disability and productivity; ergonomics and musculoskeletal disorders; the prevention of work-related illness and injury; and social inequalities and social change.

UBC is internationally recognized for its contributions to the creation of “Population Health” as an interdisciplinary field concerned with the powerful role of a host of non-medical determinants of health, development, and well-being across the life course, particularly social and economic factors. The Population Health Speakers Series aims to bring together faculty, students, practitioners and policymakers interested in these issues. The series will have a particular focus on the social sciences and their intersections with other disciplines within population health. Each monthly meeting will feature an invited scholar who is conducting cutting-edge research integrating innovative theoretical perspectives and/or developing novel methods for use in advancing population health science and improving practice and policy. The speaker's presentation and subsequent "brainstorming" dialogue with the audience will be aimed to appeal to a broad range of interests and have great potential for informing the ideas, research, and practices of faculty, students, and local agency representatives.