Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail
Professor, School of Population and Public Health; Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; Scientific Director, Population Data BC, University of British Columbia
Evaluations of policy interventions in health care systems, aging and use and cost of health care services, health care financing and equity, governance of access to data for research purposes, emerging interests in big data, visual analytics
Media
Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail - SPPH Mackenzie Prize for Teaching Excellence
2015 Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Teaching Excellence - Elective Course goes to Dr. Kimberlyn (Kim) McGrail for SPPH 531 Health Care Systems Analysis
ELSI LHS 2017: Kimberlyn McGrail
What's driving up our health care costs? Featuring Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail
Higher utilization, not aging, driving up healthcare spending, says Dr. Kimberlyn McGrail. Here she speaks about the impact of utilization on Canadian healthcare expenditures.
Kimberlyn McGrail is an expert advisor with EvidenceNetwork.ca, assistant professor at the University of British Columbia and associate director of the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research.
Health data collected during the coronavirus pandemic needs to be managed responsibly
Plain language about health data is essential for transparency and trust
The public needs to know why health data are used without consent: U of T experts
UBC’s Kim McGrail is leading an $81M initiative to increase access to health research data
Biography
Kimberlyn McGrail is a Professor in the School of Population and Public Health and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. She is Scientific Director of Population Data BC and Data Director for the BC Academic Health Sciences Network. Her research interests are quantitative policy evaluation, aging and the use and cost of health services, and the ethical and technical aspects of the development and operation of large linked data systems. Her research is conducted in partnership with clinicians, policy-makers and the public.
McGrail is a founding member of the International Population Data Linkage Network and founding Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Population Data Science. She was the 2009-10 Commonwealth Fund Harkness Associate in Health Care Policy and Practice, a 2016 recipient of the Cortlandt JG Mackenzie Prize for Excellence in Teaching, and 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research.