Dr. Alex Singer is an associate professor in the department of family medicine at the University of Manitoba where he serves as the director of research and quality improvement.
As the network director of the Manitoba Primary Care Research Network, he leads and collaborates on several practice-based research studies. Dr. Singer is the measurement and evaluation lead for eConsult Manitoba and a family physician clinician-teacher in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Dr. Singer’s research focuses on using EMR data for secondary use, specifically in the areas of disease surveillance, natural language processing and pragmatic clinical trials based in primary care settings.
He has published and presented on several topics including: quality improvement in primary care settings, EMR data quality, chronic disease surveillance, antibiotic stewardship, medication prescribing patterns and Choosing Wisely recommendation adherence in primary care.
Education
- Bachelor of science (microbiology and immunology), McGill University (2002)
- Bachelor of medicine, surgery and obstetrics, University College Dublin (2007)
- Post-graduate certification in family medicine, University of Manitoba (2009)
Awards
- Manitoba Psychiatric Association Award for Best Resident Paper (2020)
- Child Health Research Days Best Presentation (2020)
- First prize for poster presentation at Pharmacists Manitoba Conference (2018)
- David Lanier prize for top poster presentation at North American Primary Care Research Group; Practice Based Research Network Conference (2017)
- Herndon Award for Outstanding IJMSC Article (2016)
- Best Poster Presentation at the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Conference (2014)
- Best Poster Presentation at the Association of Faculties of Pharmacy of Canada Conference (2014)
- One of top 4 Canadian family medicine research projects at Manitoba eHealth Conference (2013)
- Best Poster Presentation at the Department of Family Medicine, University of Manitoba Research Day (2008)
- Best Research Presentation at University College Dublin, Summer Student Research Presentations (2005)