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Stephanie Garies

PhD
Pronouns: she/her

Positions

Adjunct Assistant Professor

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Primary Care Scientist

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Co-Director, Southern Alberta Primary Care Research Network (SAPCReN)

Cumming School of Medicine, Department of Family Medicine

Contact information

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Location

Office: HSCG012

Background

Educational Background

PhD Epidemiology, University of Calgary, 2020

MPH Public Health & Epidemiology, University of Warwick, 2010

BSc Nutrition & Food Science, University of Alberta, 2007

Research

Areas of Research

Electronic medical record (EMR) data science, disease/diagnostic classification systems, chronic disease epidemiology, social determinants of health & health equity

Projects

Updating the Disease Classification System Used by Physicians in Canada

Funded by a CIHR Project Grant.


Implementation of the SPARK Tool in Alberta to Capture Social Determinants of Health in Primary Care

Exploring new coding systems for outpatient medical procedures

Funded by a CIHR Project Grant.


Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN)

Co-Director of the southern Alberta node of CPCSSN; projects include:

  • Case definition development & validation
  • Epidemiology
  • EMR data quality
  • EMR & administrative data linkage

Awards

  • Reviewers' Choice Research Award (First Place) - Oral Presentations, Alberta College of Family Physicians. 2024
  • Research Excellence Award, Unity Health Toronto. 2023
  • Health System Impact Postdoctoral Fellowship Award, CIHR. 2021

Publications