Charlyn Black
 | Associate Director, Faculty
Phone: 604-822-6030 |
Dr. Black joined CHSPR as the Centre’s director from 2002 to 2007. As director, she brought clarity and focus to CHSPR’s strategic direction, and oversaw the integration of the Centre’s five research units into a single coordinated entity. Currently, she is CHSPR’s Director of Knowledge Translation and professor within the UBC School of Population and Public Health.
In addition to her leadership roles, Dr. Black is a nationally recognized health services researcher. Her work focuses on creating population-based information systems, using administrative data to monitor the quality and effectiveness of medical care, and developing data-driven tools to improve health care delivery.
Prior to joining CHSPR, Dr. Black was a founding member and co-director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy at the University of Manitoba. She serves on the board of directors of Saskatchewan’s pioneering Health Quality Council, and has consulted in the restructuring of the American system of health statistics.
Dr. Black obtained her medical degree from the University of Manitoba and her doctorate in health services and policy research from The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland.
Affiliations and Awards
- Health Services Advancement Award, Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (Manitoba Centre for Health Policy)
Current Graduate Students
- Lindsay Hedden, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Barbara Poole, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
- Caren Rose, PhD Student, School of Population and Public Health
Courses Currently Taught
- DPAS 420: Benefits, Costs and Allocating Resources to Fund Medical Treatment
- HCEP 548: Methods in Health Services Research
Publications
In Pursuit of Quality: Opportunities to Improve Patient Experiences in British Columbia Emergency Departments Watson D, Peterson S, Black C. Vancouver (BC): UBC Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 2009.Understanding British Columbians’ Experiences with Primary Health Care: Developing a Sector-Specific Survey. Wong ST, Peterson S, Regan S, Watson DE, Black C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; September 2007.
Measuring the Performance of Primary Health Care: Existing Capacity and Future Information Needs. Broemeling A-M, Watson DE, Black C, Reid RJ. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; October 2006.
Income-Based Drug Coverage in British Columbia: Lessons for BC and the Rest of Canada. Morgan S, Evans RG, Hanley GE, Caetano PA, Black C. Healthcare Policy. 2006 November;2(2):115-127.
Who are the Primary Health Care Physicians in British Columbia (1996/97 to 2004/05)? Watson DE, Black C, Peterson S, Mooney D, Reid RJ. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; August 2006.
The Research Collective: A Model for Developing Timely, Contextually Relevant and Dynamic Approaches to Research Synthesis? Black C. Healthcare Policy [Commentary]. 2006 May;1(4):76-81.
From Health Statistics to Health Information Systems: A New Path for the 21st Century. Black C, Roos LL, Roos N. In: Friedman DJ, Hunter EL, Parrish RG, editors. Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population's Health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press UK; 2005. pp. 443-461.
Linking and Combining Data to Develop Statistics for Understanding the Population’s Health. Black C, Roos LL. In: Friedman DJ, Hunter EL, Parrish RG, editors. Health Statistics: Shaping Policy and Practice to Improve the Population's Health. New York, NY: Oxford University Press UK; 2005. pp. 214-240.
Breakthrough Drugs and Growth in Expenditure on Prescription Drugs in Canada. Morgan S, Bassett KL, Wright JM, Evans R, Barer ML, Caetano P, Black C. British Medical Journal. 2005 October 8;331:815-816, doi:10.1136/bmj.38582.703866.AE (Epub 2005 September 2).
Access to Data in Health Information Systems. McGrail KM, Black C. Bulletin of the World Health Organization [Editorial]. 2005 August;83(8):563.
Data, Data, Everywhere: Improving Access to Population Health and Health Services Research Data in Canada. Final Report. Black C, McGrail K, Fooks C, Baranek P, Maslove L. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; April 2005.
Chronic Conditions and Co-morbidity Among Residents of British Columbia. Broemeling A-M, Watson DE, Black C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; February 2005. (46 pages)
Planning for Renewal: Mapping Primary Health Care in British Columbia. Watson DE, Kruegar H, Mooney D, Black C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; January 2005. (144 pages, 79 MB)
Results-Based Logic Model for Primary Health Care. Watson D, Broemeling A-M, Reid RJ, Black C. Laying an Evidence-Based Foundation to Guide Performance Measurement, Monitoring and Evaluation. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; September 2004. (34 pages)
The British Columbia Health Atlas. 2nd Edition. McGrail KM, Schaub P, Black C. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; May 2004. (147 pages)
Assessing Population Health Care Need Using a Claims-based ACG Morbidity Measure: A Validation Analysis in Manitoba. Reid RJ, Roos NP, MacWilliam L, Frohlich N, Black C. Health Services Research. 2002 October;37(5):1345-64.
Measuring Morbidity in Populations: Performance of the Johns Hopkins Adjusted Clinical Group (ACG) Case-mix Adjustment System. Reid RJ, MacWilliam L, Roos NP, Bogdanovich B, Black C. This discussion paper was simultaneously released by CHSPR and the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Evaluation. Vancouver (BC): Centre for Health Services and Policy Research; June 1999.
