Recent Posts
The relevance of case-control studies when working with cohort data
When a researcher has data from a defined cohort of individuals, such as data from an ongoing multi-centered study or a disease registry, when does it make sense to conduct a case-control study?
The least talked about study design - the ecological study
This week, I’ve been going over ecological studies in epidemiology. In my research area, ecological studies are rarely done – the prominent study designs are the usual suspects: retrospective, prospective, and case-control.
The Potential Impact of Canada’s Proposed National Pharmacare Program on Rare Diseases
I thought the first post on my blog be about a more relatable topic, particularly for Canadians – Universal Pharmacare! This was a piece I wrote for one of my courses that I feel adds to the conversation around pharmacare but often over-looked: how can pharmacare help people with rare diseases?
