Lisa Lix BSHEC, MSc, PhD
Lisa Lix BSHEC, MSc, PhD
Director, WRTC University of Saskatchewan
Associate Professor, School of Public Health
Centennial Chair, School of Public Health
University of Saskatchewan
Email: Lisa.lix@usask.ca
Areas of Specialty
- Health services research methodology, focusing on statistical methods for ascertaining chronic disease using administrative data; and techniques for assessing data quality.
Current Research Projects
- Classification algorithms to distinguish chronic disease cases from non-cases in administrative data.
- Variable importance and multiple testing for multivariate longitudinal data with applications to health-related quality of life.
- Multivariate techniques applied to longitudinal health-related quality of life.
- Maintaining and enhancing tools for administrative databases.
- Structures and processes of care in colorectal cancer surgery (SPoCCS) study.
- Research and community alliance for quality of life in long term care (The QOL Team).
- Understanding the biological, clinical, and psychosocial determinants of health outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease.
- CIHR Team in circumpolar health research: Averting emerging chronic diseases in northern populations.
- Administrative database research in rheumatic diseases: Novel techniques.
Latest Updates
University of Regina WRTC: deadline extended
Applicants to the University of Regina WRTC now have until 30 April 2010 to submit their application.
For further information please contact Sarina Wowchuk, WRTC Coordinator, at Sarina.wowchuk@uregina.ca.
University of Manitoba Applicants
If you are applying to the University of Manitoba WRTC and are experiencing difficulties with the application form please contact me (Isabella Losinger) at isabella.losinger@ubc.ca.
Deadline is 05 March 2010 for all applicants applying for a full training studentship ($17,850) to the University of Manitoba.
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