Doug Manuel Lab

Dr. Manuel's lab performs several different types of studies, but they also are interested in supporting students and colloborators with other interests, particularly for studies that examine routinely-colllected health and health care data housed at the Institute for Clnical Ealuative Sciences or Statistics Canada.

Examples of the lab's research include:

Development of risk assessment tools that can be used at the level of populations, in the clinic setting or community setting

Population health impact assessment of health interventions

Assessment of population health status

Health services research  

Epidemiology

Manuel DG, Tuna M, Hennessy D, Bennett C, Okhmatovskaia A, Finès P, Tanuseputro P, Tu JV, Flanagan W. Projections of preventable risks for cardiovascular disease in Canada to 2021: a microsimulation modelling approach. Canadian Medical Association Open Access Journal. 2014;2(2):E94-E101. Link to paper

Manuel DG, Perez R, Bennett C, Rosella L, Choi B. 900,000 Days in Hospital: The Annual Impact of Smoking, Alcohol, Diet and Physical Activity on Hospital Use in Ontario. Toronto, ON: Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences; 2014. ISBN: 978-1-926850-47-4. Link to paper

Manuel DG, Rosella LC, Hennessy D, Sanmartin C, Wilson K. Predictive risk algorithms in a population setting: an overview. J Epidemiol Community Health 2012;66:859-65. PMID 22859516. Link to paper

Manuel DG, Rosella LC, Stukel T. The importance of accurately identifying people with chronic diseases using electronic health-record systems. British Medical Journal 2010; 341:c4226. Link to paper

Manuel DG, Lim J, Tanuseputro P, Anderson GM, Alter DA, Laupacis A, Mustard CA. Revisiting Rose: Strategies for Reducing Coronary Heart Disease, So Should Population Health Strategies. BMJ 2006;332(7542):659-662. Link to paper