Michael Law, University of British Columbia

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Assistant Professor Population and Public Health Vancouver, British Columbia mlaw@chspr.ubc.ca Office: (604) 822-3514

Bio/Research

Dr. Michael Law is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Health Services

and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia. He completed a PhD

in Health policy at Harvard University and a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard

Medical School, where he trained in...


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Bio/Research

Dr. Michael Law is an Assistant Professor in the Centre for Health Services

and Policy Research at the University of British Columbia. He completed a PhD

in Health policy at Harvard University and a post-doctoral fellowship at Harvard

Medical School, where he trained in research methods and statistics. His research

focuses on pharmaceutical policy and has included studies on drug coverage changes,

direct-to-consumer advertising, generic drug prices and the affordability of prescription

drugs.

He has been published in leading medical journals, has received both national

and international awards and has been featured in news media such as New Scientist,

Forbes, the Globe & Mail, The Vancouver Sun and USA Today. Since his appointment

at UBC he has received several notable awards, including the Labelle Lectureship

at McMaster University, the 2011 Paper of the Year Award from the CIHR Institute

for Health Services and Policy Research, a CIHR New Investigator Award, and a

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar Award.



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