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Number of Visitors
since May 31, 2007: 274359 |
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University Health Network
TGH - 13E222A
200 Elizabeth Street
Toronto ON M5G 2C4
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416-340-4800 ext. 3687 |
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416-340-4814 |
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rthein@uhnres.utoronto.ca |
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| Biography | |
Rosie Thein graduated from the Institute of Medicine (1), Yangon, Myanmar in 1980 and was trained in Obstetrics and Gynecology. She completed her Masters Degree in Public Health in Maternal and Child Health from the University of California, Berkeley, California, USA in 1997. Her MPH project focused on the syndromic approach to sexually transmissible infections in Malawi. She completed her PhD at the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia in 2006, and her thesis examined the effect of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection on health-related quality of life to define burden of disease at individual and population levels. She is currently undertaking a postdoctoral training in hepatitis C-related decision analytic modeling under the mentorship of Dr. Murray Krahn at the Toronto General Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, Canada .
The research program during her postdoctoral training currently involves a number of projects:
1. Utility of Nucleic Acid Amplification Testing (NAT) in the detection of acute HCV infection: Development of a Markov simulation model to determine the number of acute HCV infections identified by NAT and to compare the total cost with that of standard screening test only. This project is in collaboration with the BCCDC Hepatitis Services.
2. A systematic review and meta-analysis of published HCV natural history studies to obtain accurate estimates of progression of liver fibrosis in chronic HCV infection.
3. A systematic review and meta-analysis of the natural history of hepatitis C virus infection in HIV-infected individuals.
4. To develop a dynamic model of HCV natural history suitable for Canada and to estimate HCV-related disease and economic burden in Canada over the next 30 years, incorporating a wide range of prevention and treatment strategies.
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| Testimony | |
I find that the National Canadian Research Training Program in Hepatitis C (NCRTP-HepC) fosters a stimulating academic research environment. It has been a great experience for me as it provides an opportunity to meet established scientists and trainees in the field in a multidisciplinary environment. The journal club discussions are interesting, and provide an opportunity to keep up to date with hepatitis C-related literature as well as to talk about methodological issues. I also believe that NCRTP-HepC is an excellent program to build new scientists in an effort to control the hepatitis C epidemic in Canada. Finally it has been a great pleasure to get to know the program coordinators, Cathy Chau and Ken Chung ?who have been very helpful in many aspects. |
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| Mentor(s) | | Murray Krahn (primary)
Jenny Heathcote (secondary) | | |
| Disciplines | |
Epidemiology, Clinical Epidemiology, Public Health, Decision Analytic Modeling, Health Services Research |
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