20th Anniversary Conference Overview

Thank you to those who came to the MCHP 20th Anniversary Conference - Going for the Gold. Feedback from the two days tells us that the event was a "smashing success." Of course, we couldn't have done it without the engaging speakers everyone else in attendance. Below you'll find a list of the presentations from the conference sessions. To view the files, click on the links - if you wish to download any of the presentation to your computer, "right-cick and save target as..."

Monday, March 8 - Plenary Sessons

Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), University of British Columbia

• "The Role of Administrative Record Linkage in Creating Trajectories of Early Human Development"

Dr. Fiona Stanley, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Western Australia

• "The Developmental Pathways Project: Can Joined-Up Data Lead to Joined-Up Thinking?"

Monday, March 8 - Breakout Sessons

"Taking it to the Streets: Figuring Out and Communicating What's Really Important in Children's Health & Wellbeing Research"

• Dr. Noralou Roos - Taking it to the Streets
• Dr. Gerald Farthing - Using Research
• Dr. Jane Freemantle - Taking it to the Streets

"Panning for Population Gold: 20 Years of Research at MCHP"

• Dr. Gail Marchessault - MCHP's Story
• Dr. Charlyn Black - Panning for Population Gold
• Dr. Carolyn De Coster - Panning for Population Gold

"The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts: Using Data Linkage, and Cohort Designs to Create Data Synergy at MCHP"

• Mr. Greg Finlayson - The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 1)
• Mr. Greg Finlayson - The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts (Part 2)
• Dr. Les Roos - New Possibilities, Ongoing Issues
• Dr. Lisa Lix - The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts

"Clinical Research at MCHP Over the Next 20 Years: Past Successes and Future Challenges"

• Dr. Allan Garland - Using MCHP's Data for Research: One Clinician's Viewpoint
• Dr. Bill Leslie - Physician Behaviour and Bone Health: The Final Frontier
• Dr. Mike Moffat - Clinical Research and the MCHP Data Repository

"International Health Data Linkage Network"

• Dr. D'Arcy Holman - IHDLN Title Slides
• Dr. Merran Smith, Mr. Diana Rosman, Dr. James Semmens - Population Health Research Network: Collaboration to Establish Data Linkage Infastructure Across Austrailia
• Dr. JB Ford, Dr. CL Roberts, Dr. KS Joseph, Dr. WM Callaghan - Using International Population Health Data to Explore Excessive Bleeding Post-Childbirth
• Dr. Catherine Storey - Using Linked Health Survey and Hospital Data to Examine the Risk Factors Associated with Alcohol-Related Morbidity and Mortality

"Dancing with the Media - Be Careful Not to Step on Your Partner's Toes: The Challenge of Working with the Media to Share Research Findings with the Public"

• No presentations given - this session revolved around open discussion.

"Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health"

• Dr. Marni Brownell - Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health
• Dr. Rob Santos - Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health
• Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj - Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health
• Dr. Don Fuchs - Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health

"Seeking the Balance Between Harm and Benefit: The Role of Pharmacosurveillance in Choosing What Drugs We Should Take"

• Dr. Colleen Metge - Seeking the Balance Between Harm & Benefit
• Dr. Silvia Alessi-Severini - Utilization and Costs of Antipsychotic Agents in Manitoba
• Dr. Ingrid Sketris - Evaluating Drug Use Using Administrative Data and Clinical Registries

Tuesday, March 9 - Plenary Sessions

Mr. Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting Ltd., Saskatoon Saskatchewan

• "How Health Services Research has Made a Difference"

Dr. Patricia Martens, Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba

• "Going for Knowledge Translation Gold: Research with its Feet on the Ground...Walking and Talking"

Tuesday, March 9 - Breakout Sessions

"Beyond Administrative Data: A Vision for Health Information Systems for Canada"

• Mr. Louis Barre - A Vision for Health Information Systems in Canada
• Mr. Tom Fogg - Vision for Health Information Systems: The Manitoba Perspective

"The Inside Story: Knowledge Translation Lessons from The Need to Know Team"

• Dr. Patricia Martens, Dr. Randy Fransoo, Ms. Tannis Erickson, Ms. Suzanne Dick, Ms. Deborah Malazdrewicz, Ms. Elaine Burland, Ms. Pearl Soltys - The Inside Story: Knowledge Translation Lessons from The Need to Know Team

"Expanding the Data Repository: New Technology and Resources for the 21st Century"

• Mr. Charles Burchill - Expanding the Repository
• Dr. Les Roos - Using What's Available
• Mr. Mark Smith - Supporting Growth and Expansion

"Healthcare Services for an Aging Population: Using Administrative Data to Help Prepare for the Future"

• Dr. Malcolm Doupe, Mr. Real Cloutier, Dr. Evelyn Shapiro - Healthcare Services for an Aging Population

Going for the Gold
The list of achievements for the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and similar research units are seemingly endless, and like winning Olympic athletes, MCHP continues to strive for even greater success in the future. To do so, we must look to the past and the present of population-based health research in order to fill gaps in the holes of unanswered questions. MCHP’s 20th Anniversary Conference will act as a forum to dream about and discuss the future of population-based health research and the direction it will take in health policy development.

The full conference program can be downloaded here.

Conference Goals
To celebrate the past 20 years and all that MCHP has accomplished within that time.

• To nourish and develop collaborative health research environments by sharing successes and best practices in population health research, policies and practice.
• To explore the future of population-based health research, knowledge translation, and data linkage and how it will inform policy development.
• To provide a forum to showcase and learn from innovative research, policies and practices that address the determinants of health. 
• To profile strategies that build the capacity of population health research at local, regional, provincial/territorial, national and international levels. 
• To provide a meeting ground for knowledge exchange among citizens, public health practitioners, clinicians, program planners, policy makers, and researchers from a range of disciplines and sectors.

Conference Agenda
The agenda provides an outline view of the conference. For a complete list of speakers and the summaries of their topics, please visit the full agenda page.

Monday, March 8

7:45 – 8:45	Continental Breakfast and Mingling (included with registration)
8:45 – 9:15	Welcome and Introductions
9:15 – 10:15	First Plenary Session Dr. Clyde Hertzman, Director, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP), University of British Columbia (see speaker bio) "The Role of Administrative Record Linkage in Creating Trajectories of Early Human Development"
10:15 – 11:00	Poster Session & Coffee Break
11:00 – 12:15	Breakout Sessions
	"Panning for Population Gold: 20 Years of Research at MCHP" "The Whole is Greater than the Sum of the Parts: Using Data Linkage, and Cohort Designs to Create Data Synergy at MCHP” "Taking it to the Streets: Figuring Out and Communicating What's Really Important in Children's Health & Wellbeing Research" "Clinical Research at MCHP Over the Next 20 Years: Past Successes and Future Challenges"
12:15 – 1:15	Lunch (included with registration) Ms. Maureen O'Neil, CEO, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation "Promoting Canadian Healthcare Innovation: Let's Make the Most of the Manitoba Model"
1:15 – 2:15	Second Plenary Session Dr. Fiona Stanley, Director, Telethon Institute for Child Health Research, Western Australia (see speaker bio) "The Developmental Pathways Project: Can Joined-Up Data Lead to Joined-Up Thinking?"
2:15 – 3:00	Poster Session & Coffee Break
3:00 – 4:15	Breakout Sessions
	"Using Administrative Data to Study Child Health" "International Health Data Linkage Network" "Dancing with the Media - Be Careful Not to Step on Your Partner's Toes: The Challenge of Working with the Media to Share Research Findings with the Public" "Seeking the Balance Between Harm and Benefit: The Role of Pharmacosurveillance in Choosing What Drugs We Should Take"
4:15 – 6:00	Free Time
6:00 – 10:00	Dinner and Celebrations (included with registration)

Tuesday, March 9

7:45 – 8:30	Continental Breakfast and Mingling (included with registration)
8:30 – 9:30	Third Plenary Session Mr. Steven Lewis, President, Access Consulting Ltd, Saskatoon Saskatchewan (see speaker bio) "How Health Services Research has Made a Difference"
9:30 – 10:15	Poster Session & Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:30	Breakout Sessions
	"Expanding the Data Repository: New Technology and Resources for the 21st Century" "Beyond Administrative Data: A Vision for Health Information Systems for Canada" "The Inside Story: Knowledge Translation Lessons from The Need to Know Team" "Healthcare Services for an Aging Population: Using Administrative Data to Help Prepare for the Future"
11:30 – 12:30	Fourth Plenary Session Dr. Patricia Martens, Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba (see speaker bio) "Going for Knowledge Translation Gold: Research with its Feet on the Ground...Walking and Talking"
12:30 – 12:45	Closing Remarks
12:45 – 1:15	Lunch (included with registration)

For more information please contact the Conference Coordinator, Carole Ouelette.

Carole Ouelette
Conference Coordinator
Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Phone: 204-975-7734
E-mail: Carole_Ouelette@cpe.umanitoba.ca