Chris Lovato, University of British Columbia
Associate Professor
Population & Public Health
Vancouver, British Columbia
chris.lovato@ubc.ca
Office:
(604) 822-9251
Bio/Research
I am a Professor in the School of Population & Public Health and Director of the Evaluation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine. My research interests focus on evaluation studies in public health, health services, and medical education contexts. My program of research in tobacco control has focused...
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Bio/Research
I am a Professor in the School of Population & Public Health and Director of the Evaluation Studies Unit, Faculty of Medicine. My research interests focus on evaluation studies in public health, health services, and medical education contexts. My program of research in tobacco control has focused on examining the ideal program/policy mix for school-based adolescent tobacco control. I am also conducting studies to evaluate the impact of medical school initiatives implemented in response to health care professional shortages in rural, remote, and northern regions of Canada.
I am an applied researcher. Through the course of my career, I have developed a strong belief that to address the complex health issues we face today requires as much of a focus on generalization and external validity, as internal validity.
Lawrence Green (2006) stated, “If we want more evidence-based practice, we need more practice-based evidence”. This philosophy has drawn me to focus my work in areas where I can apply the rigor of scientific methods to questions that are significant to policy and decision-makers. I use my training and skills as a behavioural scientist and evaluator to identify and systematically address questions that contribute to evidence-based decision making.
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I am an applied researcher. Through the course of my career, I have developed a strong belief that to address the complex health issues we face today requires as much of a focus on generalization and external validity, as internal validity.
Lawrence Green (2006) stated, “If we want more evidence-based practice, we need more practice-based evidence”. This philosophy has drawn me to focus my work in areas where I can apply the rigor of scientific methods to questions that are significant to policy and decision-makers. I use my training and skills as a behavioural scientist and evaluator to identify and systematically address questions that contribute to evidence-based decision making.
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