Regulatory Science: Accelerating Health, Economic, and Policy Innovation
You are invited to Dr. Dean Regier’s public seminar as part of the recruitment process for the position of Professor (tenure) in Translational Medicine at the UBC School of Population and Public Health. This is a formal presentation to the faculty, staff and students highlighting Dr. Regier’s expertise and qualifications.
Presentation: Regulatory Science: Accelerating Health, Economic, and Policy Innovation
Date & Time:
11:30AM-12:30PM PT, Tuesday, May 21, 2024
Location:
In-person: Room B104, School of Population and Public Health, 2206 East Mall, Vancouver, BC Canada V6T 1Z3
Online: Zoom
If attending on Zoom, please register using the link below to receive the Zoom details.
https://ubc.zoom.us/meeting/register/u5wucuGtqzopHdXcXcuOYuQEL-adHz3yelFA
About the presenter
Dean Regier is Senior Scientist at the BC Cancer Research Institute, Associate Professor (Partner) at the School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia (UBC), and Associate Director of UBC’s Academy of Translational Medicine. Over the past 15 years, Dr. Regier’s research has focused on regulatory science and the economics of precision medicine, generating patient-oriented and real-world evidence for regulatory, clinical, and payer decisions. Dr. Regier holds multiple large-scale research grants nationally (Genome Canada, Canadian Institutes of Health Research), garnering over $19 million in funding as principal investigator. His work has been presented at leading institutions, with invitations from the US National Academies of Sciences, Australian Genomics, Harvard University, Health Canada, and l’Institut national d’excellence en santé et services sociaux. He regularly engages patients and communities, including through talks, interviews, media, and workshops (National Terry Fox Run, BC Cancer Foundation, CBC News), and through his patient-oriented research.
Embedded in British Columbia’s population-based cancer control system, Dr. Regier’s lab supports 14 early career researchers, staff, and trainees. At UBC, he teaches a graduate course in health economics and is faculty lead for Canada’s only academic course in regulatory affairs and regulatory science. Dr. Regier is an Associate Editor at Value in Health and a long-standing member of BC’s Drug Benefit Council, making evidence-informed recommendations to the Ministry of Health for therapeutics included on BC’s PharmaCare formulary.