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Stirling Bryan
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Professor, UBC
CSO, Health Research BC
Senior Scientist, C2E2, VCH Research Institute
President, CAHSPR
Co-editor, Health Economics

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FACETS Journal @facetsjournal.bsky.social · Oct 9
New 📰| The BC SUPPORT Unit: bringing patient-oriented research to bridge research and practice in health care 🫶 buff.ly/uvg88Hn

📷 facets-2025-0085 Figure 2 @lli-1.bsky.social @stirlingbryan.bsky.social

Part of the Advancing Patient-oriented Research: Experiences of the BC SUPPORT Unit collection.

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Health Economics @hec-wiley.bsky.social · Jul 21
Members of the Editorial Board for Health Economics gathered in Bali during #IHEA2025 to enjoy social time, discuss ways to expand our journal reach, and soak in the tropical air. Summer conference season is the best!

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Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦 @ritamc.bsky.social · Dec 18
I turned my rant

(about being offered a super large amt of money to go work in a “boutique clinic” and how such clinics are making the family doctor shortage worse)

into an oped at Healthy Debate

healthydebate.ca/2024/12/topi...

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Dr. Rita McCracken, MD PhD🇨🇦 @ritamc.bsky.social · Dec 6
Let us remember:

December 6, 1989
14 women were murdered
at Ecole Polytechnique, Montreal
just because they were women
studying science and engineering.

www.canada.ca/en/women-gen...
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ALT: a close up of a lit candle with a flame coming out of it
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Lawrence (Larry) Mróz @drmroz.bsky.social · Nov 27
Welcome Michael Smith Health Research BC! @healthresearchbc.bsky.social

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David Bradford @bradfowd1.bsky.social · Nov 14
Health Economics (Early View): New study by David Johnston et al finds that lower education is a barrier to mental health care access. University graduates are 50% more likely to seek out and receive MH resources than those with high school education or less.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Horizontal inequity in the use of mental healthcare in Australia
For people experiencing mental health problems, timely access to high-quality healthcare is imperative for improving outcomes. However, limited availability of services, high out-of-pocket costs, ins....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David Bradford @bradfowd1.bsky.social · Nov 12
Health Economics (Early View): Isabel Musse finds opioid use declines while OTC pain med use increases during economic expansions. This association is stronger in high injury industries. This suggests separate pathways for physical vs. mental health Tx.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Employment shocks and demand for pain medication: Understanding the channels that drive opioid use
Higher employment ratios can affect opioid use through two main channels: by increasing physical pain from working or by reducing mental distress that may contribute to substance misuse. To separate ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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David Bradford @bradfowd1.bsky.social · Jul 1
I am pleased to introduce myself as the new Editor-in-Chief for Health Economics. I am succeeding Sally Stearns, who has provided outstanding leadership to the journal and is retiring this year. The Board and I wish Sally great happiness for the future as we take up the baton.