Dr. Braden Manns

Dr. Braden Manns

MD, MSc

Positions

Senior Associate Dean

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Associate Vice President, Health Research

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Medicine

Kidney Specialist/Nephrologist

Cumming School of Medicine

Member

Libin Cardiovascular Institute

Contact information

Phone number

Office: +1 (403) 220-6499

Location

Office: HRIC2AC60

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Background

Educational Background

B.S. Biochemistry (Not Medicine), University of Saskatchewan, 1990

Doctor of Medicine Medicine, University of Toronto, 1994

M.S. Health Administration, York University, 2000

Biography

Braden Manns is the Senior Associate Dean, Health Research, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary and the Associate Vice President, Health Research, University of Calgary. He holds a CIHR Foundation award in health system funding and was the co-PI of a CIHR funded patient-oriented research network in chronic disease (www.Cansolveckd.ca ).

He has experience in health system administration, having recently served as Alberta Health Services (AHS) Associate Chief Medical Officer and lead for the Strategic Clinical networks for six years. He served as Interim AHS Vice President on two occasions - once as the Physician lead for Provincial Clinical Operations, and once as the Administrative and Physician lead for Provincial Clinical Programs (between 2021 and 2023).

Dr. Manns is the Past-President of the Canadian Society of Nephrology and has experience in pharmaceutical priority setting, having served on provincial and national committees for drug evaluation, including a term as Chair of Canadian Expert Drug Advisory Committee from 2006-2008.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Dr. Manns has a medical degree from the University of Toronto, and specialty training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology from the University of Calgary. He also has a Master’s in Health Economics from York University.

Research

Areas of Research

Nephrology, health economics and health care policies

Dr. Manns current research interests include examining the impact of healthcare system structure, examining the cost effectiveness of strategies and health care policies for managing patients with chronic disease, and assessing the implications of different ways to pay physicians, among other projects. He has expertise in Applied Health Economics.