University of Manitoba, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Research team at MCHP evaluated linkages of national immigration data to provincial repositories. Learn more about how they did it: https://ijpds.org/article/view/1412 And what this could mean for better understanding the health and well-being of immigrants and interprovincial migrants.

Did you know that MCHP's Concept Dictionary and Glossary for Population Based Research has over 500,000 visits since January 1, 2021? https://umanitoba.ca//mc/resources/concept_dictionary.html

Thank you to the family physicians for all the amazing work you do to help Manitobans stay healthy every day. #FamilyDoctorDay

MCHP’s Program and Analysis Systems Team is growing. Could you be the newest Data Analyst to join the team? Apply to position #15534 by May 25. https://viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.aspx

Congratulations to MCHP students Sarah Filiatreault and Morgan Stirling or both receiving CIHR Doctoral Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships! Learn more about Sarah Filiatreault’s project Developing a comprehensive set of quality measures for the prevention and management of delirium in older adults in the emergency department and Morgan Stirling’s project Beyond the binary: Measuring gender diversity in cancer research using the link below: https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/main.html

Congratulations to MCHP students Sarah Filiatreault and Morgan Stirling or both receiving CIHR Doctoral Award: Frederick Banting and Charles Best Canada Graduate Scholarships! Learn more about Sarah Filiatreault’s project Developing a comprehensive set of quality measures for the prevention and management of delirium in older adults in the emergency department and Morgan Stirling’s project Beyond the binary: Measuring gender diversity in cancer research using the link below: https://webapps.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/decisions/p/main.html

The Mental Health of Manitoba’s Children study found that 14% of children in Manitoba are living with at least one mental disorder. This study was published in 2016. #childandyouthmentalhealthday

2016 MCHP study found that 14% of children in Manitoba are living with at least one mental disorder. These are the study recommendations. #ChildAndYouthMentalHealthDay

Join Leona Star & Dr. Mariette Chartier for today’s Virtual Learning for Life Program session Our Children, Our Future: The Health and Well-Being of First Nations Children in Manitoba. 1-2 pm CT https://umanitoba.ca/commun//virtual-learning-life-program

MCHP study released in 2018 found that 28% of adults in Manitoba were living with at least one mental illness. These are the recommendations from that study. #mentalhealth

#MCHPResearch @CMAJ_Open http://cmajopen.ca/content/8/4/E762.full

Congratulations to founding Director Dr. Noralou Roos on receiving the Institute of Public Administration of Canada’s Vanier Medal https://youtu.be/BX35C21Vt3s

MCHP is looking for a Data Repository Access and Research Support Office Assistant. If you want to join a great team of people who are focused on the question What makes people health? apply to posting #13103 https://viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/default.aspx

Learn more about type 2 diabetes in Manitoba this Diabetes Awareness month by checking out Type 2 Diabetes in Manitoba report released earlier this year. #MCHPResearch @DiabetesCanada http://umanitoba.ca//departmental_u/mchp/Landing_T2DM.html

http://cmajopen.ca/content/8/4/E762.full @CMAJ_Open #MCHPResearch

Applied Biostatistician/Quantitative Epidemiologist looking to bring your expertise in statistical methods for error-prone data to an amazing team? Wanting to work in one of the world’s most comprehensive data repositories? Join the MCHP & @CHImbca team https://viprecprod.ad.umanitoba.ca/DEFAULT.ASPX?REQ_ID=13093

A person will often use more health services in the year before an alcohol use disorder diagnosis. @CMAJ_Open #MCHPResearch Paper avalible here: http://cmajopen.ca/content/8/4/E762.full

Latest MCHP study found that meth use is increasing in both urban and rural Manitoba. http://umanitoba.ca//departmental_u/mchp/Landing_METH.html

Congratulations Dr. Randy Fransoo on your retirement. We will miss you at the Centre.

Big thanks to everyone who made it out for our first virtual student open house last night. #MCHPStudents

Last chance to RSVP for MCHP's virtual open house. Please email [email protected] to RSVP and receive call in information.

Big congratulations to one of our amazing students Janelle Boram Lee, MSc!

Don't miss out on our virtual open house 5 pm on October 29. Space is limited. Please RSVP by October 26 to [email protected] to receive call in information.

Check out the latest research coming from MCHP in MCHP Quarterly Highlights. icont.ac/4wrqJ

Have a passion for health policy and data? Considering grad studies? Join us for our virtual open house on October 29. Meet potential supervisors and committee members. Learn more about the data available at MCHP. Talk with other students currently working on graduate projects about their experience. RSVP to [email protected] by October 26 for login info.

Congratulations to MCHP student Sarah Filiatreault on receiving the Dean of RFHS Graduate Student Achievement Prize

Immigrants were less likely to be hospitalized than people born in Manitoba and other parts of Canada of the same age and sex. #MCHPResearch http://umanitoba.ca//departmental_u/mchp/Landing_IRCC.html

Over 80% of people who come to Manitoba from another country choose to live in Winnipeg. #MCHPResearch http://umanitoba.ca//departmental_u/mchp/Landing_IRCC.html

Latest #MCHPResearch study found that over the last decade more than 80% of immigrants continue to live in Manitoba after five years, compared to about 55% of Canadians that came to Manitoba from other provinces. http://umanitoba.ca//departmental_u/mchp/Landing_IRCC.html