Tewodros Eguale wins CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award

Tewodros Eguale, who recently earned his PhD from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, at McGill, was named one of two winners of the 2012-2013 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award.
May 22, 2013
Tewodros Eguale PhD work includes the development of post-marketing drug surveillance system using electronic health records, specifically measurement of off-label prescribing and its determinants and detection of adverse drug reactions in a primary care setting. / Photo courtesy of Tewodros Eguale.
Tewodros Eguale PhD work includes the development of post-marketing drug surveillance system using electronic health records, specifically measurement of off-label prescribing and its determinants and detection of adverse drug reactions in a primary care setting. / Photo courtesy of Tewodros Eguale.

Tewodros Eguale, who recently earned his PhD from the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill, was named one of two winners of the 2012-2013 CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research CIHR-IHSPR Article of the Year Award. Eguale’s article, “Drug, Patient, and Physician Characteristics Associated with Off-label Prescribing in Primary Care,” was written while he was at McGill.

Eguale’s PhD work includes the development of post-marketing drug surveillance system using electronic health records, specifically measurement of off-label prescribing and its determinants and detection of adverse drug reactions in a primary care setting.

In addition to receiving an award of $10,000, Eguale and co-winner Malcolm Doupe will be honoured at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference, to be held in Vancouver later this month.

To read the CIHR press release, click here.

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