Nick Bansback
Academic Rank(s)
Professor, MSc, PhD
Director, Master of Health Administration
Phone
604–827–5453
nick.bansback@ubc.ca
Location
2206 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z3
My research focuses on maximizing the value we obtain from health care. Not only the value that patients derive from their own care and treatment options, but the value the whole population derives from the public investment in healthcare.
To this end, I study and apply a field called decision science. Where most fields of health research focus on producing new knowledge – through better evidence and new treatments and technologies – decision science studies how people (patients, clinicians, policy makers…) make choices and how they can make better choices with current knowledge recognizing the presence of uncertainty, complexity, cognitive biases and competing values.
I have previously completed a Postdoc at UBC, and a PhD at the University of Sheffield in Health Economics and Decision Sciences.
UBC Killam Research Fellowships (2020)
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) New Investigator (2014)
Maurice McGregor Award (2016)
Scientist and Program Lead, Centre for Advancing Health Research
Scientist, Arthritis Research Canada
Honorary Visiting Associate Professor, Saw Swee Hock School of Public Health, National University of Singapore
Honorary Professor, University of Manchester, UK
My publications can be found at here (pubmed) or here (google scholar)
I am particularly interested in: Economic evaluation, Valuation of health, Network meta-analysis, Shared decision-making and Work productivity
SPPH 514 – Decision Analysis in Health Care
SPHA 542 – Operations and Logistics