2018 CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award Recipient

Recognizing ground-breaking health services and policy research

The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Helen-Maria Vasiliadis has received the 2018 CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award. This award recognizes published research that has significantly contributed to the advancement of the field of health services and policy research in Canada.

The CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Review Committee selected the article, entitled “Assessing the Costs and Benefits of Insuring Psychological Services as Part of Medicare for Depression in Canada”, for its relevance to health services and policy research, as well as for the extent to which the article shows a clear impact (or potential impact) on policy, practice, or health outcomes.

In addition to receiving an award of $10,000, Helen-Maria Vasiliadis was honoured at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference, held in Montreal on May 28-30, 2018.

Helen-Maria Vasiliadis

Senior Research Scholar
Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé
Professor and Researcher
Université de Sherbrooke

Dr. Vasiliadis is a Senior Research Scholar of the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé and Professor and Researcher at the Université de Sherbrooke in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences and at the Research Centre of the Charles Lemoyne Hospital.

She holds a doctorate degree in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University and a master's degree in Pharmacology from the Université de Montréal. Her post-doctorate at the Harvard School of Public Health focused on psychiatric epidemiology.

Her program of research aims to estimate a balanced mental health care system by evaluating mental health performance indicators at the population and individual levels for an efficient mental health system to adequately meet the mental health needs of populations. She is currently leading a large population-based cohort study of community living older adults on issues regarding chronic physical and mental illnesses and ethics in research for vulnerable populations, as well as the economic aspects of healthcare funding and inequality surrounding the receipt of appropriate mental health care in Canada.

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Date modified:

2018-06-22