Dr. Deborah Marshall

Dr. Deborah Marshall is a health economist and health services researcher leading a programme of applied research using patient preferences, patient engagement and simulation modelling methods. Dr. Marshall is also the Svare Chair in Health Economics, Value and Impact, University of Calgary.

Deborah leads the health economics, socioeconomic benefits, patient preferences and patient engagement activities for several national and international research programmes (funded by CIHR and/or Genome Canada) in precision health and patient-oriented research to develop health economic tools and approaches to evaluate outcomes: 1) OCEC (One Child Every Child) –leading the Value, Impact, and Knowledge Mobilization Cross-cutting Accelerator of this national Canada Research Excellence First (CFREF) child health and wellness research initiative; 2) PAVE (Producing an Arthritis Value-framework with economic Evidence - Paving the Way for Rare Childhood Diseases); 3) IMAGINE Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Chronic Disease Network (Inflammation, Microbiome, and Alimentation: Gastro-Intestinal and Neuropsychiatric Effects, CIHR SPOR) on inflammatory bowel disease and the microbiome; 4) SOLVE Care4Rare Canada - harnessing multi-omics to deliver innovative diagnostic care for rare genetic diseases; 5) TIGeR (Translational Implementation of Genomics for Rare diseases), partnership with Medical Genetics and Alberta Provincial Laboratory for the clinical application of genome wide sequencing; 6) UCAN CAN-DU (Understanding Childhood Arthritis Network Canada-Netherlands); and 7) UCAN CURE (Precision Decisions for Childhood Arthritis personalized medicine networks in childhood arthritis combining genomic techniques, machine learning methods and simulation modelling to predict response to treatment and its associated health outcomes and economic impact.

Deborah was the Principal Applicant of the CIHR Health Systems Impact Fellowship National Training Program - "Enhancing a Community of Practice for the Health System Impact Fellowship Program: Advancing Capacity for Sustainable & Patient-Centered Learning Health Systems across Canada" to create a community of practice towards achieving high-performing, patient-centered learning health systems across Canada [2021-2025??dates]. In addition, she is the former chair of both the Arthur J.E. Child Chair of Rheumatology Outcomes Research; and Canada Research Chair, Health Services and Systems Research (2008 - 2018). Deborah also holds various memberships in University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services: 1) Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute (ACHRI) Member as well as Scientific Director; 2) O’Brien Institute of Public Health Member; 3) McCaig Institute of Bone and Joint Health Member; 4) Senior Scientist at Arthritis Research Canada.

Deborah is a founding co-investigator of both the innovative Patient and Community Engagement Research (PaCER) programme at the University of Calgary which trains patients to design and conduct health research, using specific adapted methods of qualitative inquiry; and the International Academy of Health Preference Research (IAHPR). She is an active member of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR) as the current chair of the Health Science Policy Council (HSPC), the Past President of the Board of Directors, the Chair of the Dynamic Simulation Modeling Applications in Health Care Delivery Research Task Force and as a member of the Patient Preferences Special Interest Group, the Optimization Methods Task Force and co-author of related ISPOR Task Force Reports. She has also served as a member of the Board of Directors for Health Technology Assessment International (HTAi) and is a member of the HTAi Patient Preferences Working Group. She was co-chair of the Scientific Research Committee and Board of Directors of the Arthritis Alliance of Canada (AAC), and the Scientific Advisory Committee of the Alberta PROMs & EQ-5D Research & Support Unit (APERSU). She is a founding member of the Global Economics and Evaluation of Clinical Genomics Sequencing Working Group (GEECS).

Research

Areas of Research

Health economics, Patient preferences, Health services research, Precision health, Patient-oriented research, Assessment of impact, Simulation Models, Cost Effectiveness, Personlized Medicine, Osteoarthritis, Discrete Choice Experiment, Child Health and Wellness

Participation in university strategic initiatives

Child Health and Wellness (2020-2025)

Courses

Course number	Course title	Semester
MDCH 662	Health Economics Evaluation	2011 to 2026
MDPR 601	Ethics & Law in Precision Health	2023
MDPR 641 W'23	Health Technology Assessment Course	2023 to 2026
MDPR 600	Foundations of Precision Health	2021 to 2022
MDCH 700	Community Health PROMs Directed Study	2020 to 2026
MDCH 663	Economic Evaluation	2020 to 2026

Awards

Arthritis Society Canada Top 10 Research Advances of 2025 Award “A window of opportunity in childhood arthritis” Benseler SB, Yeung RSM, on behalf of the UCAN CAN-DU and UCAN CURE Consortia, Arthritis Society Canada. 2026
Arthritis Society Canada Top 10 Research Advances of 2025 Award “Estimating the impact of investments in education and exercise for people living with osteoarthritis” Mazzei D, Marshall DA, Arthritis Society Canada. 2026
ISPOR Marilyn Dix Smith Leadership Award , International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research. 2024
Royal Society of Canada Fellow, Royal Society of Canada. 2024
Top 10 Articles of 2023: Currie GC, Harris M, McClinton L, Trehan N, Van Dusen A, Shariff M, Kuzmyn T, Marshall DA. Transitions from pediatric to adult rheumatology care for juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a patient led qualitative study, BMC Rheu Nov 2022, Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR); Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (IHSPR); and Canadian Association for Health Services and Health Policy Research (CAHSPR). 2023
Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Research, University of Calgary. 2021
Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) Fellowship Award, University of Calgary. 2020
Killam Annual Professorship Award, University of Calgary. 2019
Dr. Jill M, Sanders Award of Excellent in Health Technology Assessment, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH). 2019
O'Brien Institute Research Excellence Award, University of Calgary. 2017
Distinguished Achievement Cochrane Award for Research, Faculty of Medicine. 2013
Early Career Excellence in Graduate Education, Graduate Science Education Award, University of Calgary. 2012
Graduate Students' Association Supervisory Excellence Award, University of Calgary. 2012
President Board of Directors, International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research (ISPOR). 2012
CIHR Celebration of Excellence in Health Research Knowledge Translation Award, Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). 2011
Canada Research Chair, Health Systems and Services Research Salary Support Award, Canada Research Chair. 2008

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