Lisa Lix, BSHEc, MSc, PhD, PStat

Dr. Lisa Lix is a professor in community health sciences at the University of Manitoba and currently serves on the board of directors of the Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute.

Dr. Lix is an internationally recognized expert in the development and application of statistical models to improve chronic disease research and surveillance using population-based electronic health data.

Her research has advanced scientific knowledge about bias in disease diagnoses, methods to improve validity of chronic disease case ascertainment methods, and chronic disease risk prediction.

Her research has contributed to the scientific rigour of the Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System (CCDSS) developed by the Public Health Agency of Canada; she currently serves as co-chair of the data quality working group for the CCDSS and was formerly co-chair of the scientific committee.

As director of the data science team in the George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, she oversees skilled biostatisticians, bioinformaticians, analysts and database developers who link and analyze clinical, administrative, and biological databases to strategically enhance the provincial and national environments for patient-focused research using electronic health data.

She also leads nationally funded training initiatives on big data analytics and artificial intelligence in public/population health. Dr. Lix chairs the algorithms and harmonized data working group for Health Data Research Network Canada, which supports multi-jurisdiction research using electronic health databases.

Dr. Lix has served the Statistical Society of Canada since 2005 in various capacities and was president of the biostatistics section in 2010. She is the 2023 chair of the Health Policy Statistics Section of the American Statistical Association and previously served as program chair for the section.

She has published more than 541 peer-reviewed articles and 14 book chapters.

Education

PhD, Interdisciplinary Program: Statistics, Psychology, Human Ecology, University of Manitoba (1995)

MSc, University of Manitoba (1991)

BSHEc, University of Saskatchewan (1988)

Awards

Award of Recognition for Outstanding Contributions to the Peer Review Process in Three Consecutive Project Grant Competitions, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2024

Lifetime Achievement Award, Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2023

University of Manitoba Resident Research Day Award, Best Presentation, First Place (with S. Quan), “Urbanicity and influenza vaccinations rates and perceptions among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease”, University of Manitoba, 2022

Student Oral Presentation Award, Finalist (with O.F. Ayilara), “Impact of Item Non-Response on the Detection of Differential Item Functioning in Multi-Item Patient-Reported Outcome Measures”, International Society for Quality of Life Research, 2021

Fellow, American Statistical Association (2020)

Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Methods for Electronic Health Data Quality, 
Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2018 – 2025)

Ed Kroeger Mentorship Award, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences Graduate Students, University of Manitoba (2018)

Award of Recognition for Service, Public Health Agency of Canada (2017)

Manitoba Research Chair, Manitoba Health Research Council (2012 – 2017)

Top New Socio-Health Investigator, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation (2009)

Centennial Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan (2008 – 2012)

New Investigator Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (2006 – 2011)