Dr. Kim McGrail
Professor
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health
Scientific Director, SPOR Canadian Data Platform
Scientific Director, Population Data BC
Data Director, BC Academic Health Sciences Network
Kimberlyn McGrail, PhD, is Faculty with the UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, Scientific Director of the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Canadian Data Platform, Scientific Director of Population Data BC, Data Director of the BC Academic Health Sciences Network, Professor at the UBC School of Population and Public Health, and an associate with the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation. Kim’s current research interests are in evaluation of health system policy interventions, aging and the use and cost of health care services, and governance of access to data for research purposes. Her research is conducted in collaboration with policy and decision makers, including the BC Ministry of Health, BC’s health authorities, Canada Health Infoway, the Institute for Health System Transformation and Sustainability, and the Canadian Institute for Health Information; clinicians; and the public. Kim 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 a 2017 recipient of a UBC award for Excellence in Clinical or Applied Research. She holds a PhD in Health Care and Epidemiology from UBC, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Michigan.
Research Interests
- 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
