Andreas Laupacis

Dr. Laupacis is a general internist and health services researcher.  In October 2006, he became Executive Director of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute at St. Michael's Hospital.  From 2000-2006, he was the President and CEO of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, one of Canada's largest health services research organizations, where he is currently an adjunct scientist.

Dr. Laupacis received his medical degree from Queen's University (1979), and his Masters in Design, Measurement and Evaluation from McMaster University (1986).  He undertook his post graduate medical training at Dalhousie University and the University of Western Ontario.  He has held faculty positions at the University of Western Ontario (1986-1991), the University of Ottawa (where he was the first Director of the clinical epidemiology unit at the Ottawa Hospital from 1991-2000) and the University of Toronto (Professor, 2000-present).

Dr. Laupacis' research interests over the last 20 years have been varied, including clinical trials, economic evaluations, the development and evaluation of decision aids, and drug policy.  Recently, he has become increasingly interested in knowledge translation - determining how best to increase the likelihood that high quality evidence is used in health care.  As part of this, he is exploring different ways to more fully involve the public in important health care and health policy decisions.  Dr. Laupacis has over 240 peer reviewed publications.

In addition to his academic activities, Dr. Laupacis has been a member of a number of committees that attempt to facilitate the use of scientific evidence in health policy making.  These include the Drug Quality and Therapeutics Committee of Ontario (1999-2004), the Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee (Chair, 2003-2006), Health Canada's Expert Advisory Panel on the Safety of Cox-2 Selective Non-steroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs (2005), the Health Advisory Committee of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (1999-present), the Advisory Committee of the Canadian Cochrane Centre and Network (Chair, 2003-present), and the Assessments Committee of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (Chair, 2007-present). He has served on many peer review committees and clinical trial Data Safety Monitoring Committees.

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