A message from Robert McMaster, Vice Dean, Research.
I am pleased to announce that Dr. Jason Sutherland has been appointed Director, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research (CHSPR), effective to October 31, 2029.
Dr. Sutherland is a professor and Division Head of Health Services and Policy in the School of Population & Public Health, and has served as interim Director of CHSPR since 2021. He is also Program Head of Health Services and Outcomes in the Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes (formerly the Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences).
Dr. Sutherland’s research focuses on funding policy, methods for improving cross-continuum care and variations in the efficiency, effectiveness and quality of care across health systems. He has advised a number of governments on healthcare funding policy across Canada and has an active program of research measuring patients’ outcomes from healthcare. He also serves as editor-in-chief of Healthcare Policy and associate editor of Health Policy.
As Director, CHSPR, Dr. Sutherland will continue to develop and lead the research priorities of the Centre, develop educational pathways for health services and health policy students, encouraging interdisciplinary research and multi-disciplinary activities with groups at UBC and beyond. Dr. Sutherland will also continue to promote the visibility, maintenance and growth of CHSPR, including promoting and facilitating research-enhancing activities for CHSPR faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows, as well as graduate and undergraduate students.
Please join me in congratulating Dr. Jason Sutherland on his appointment.