Brian Chan

Brian is an Affiliate Scientist with the Neural Engineering and Therapeutics Team at KITE - Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and an Assistant Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. His research focuses on economic analyses and health technology assessment for individuals requiring rehabilitation including spinal cord injury and dementia.  The goal is to provide evidence that will inform the development of technologies that can improve health.  Current projects include evaluating the evidence for the cost effectiveness of telerehabilitation technologies, developing a framework for evaluating assistive technologies for dementia and understanding the economics of activity based therapies.

Recent Publications

1. Chan B. The challenges in conducting economic evaluations for rehabilitation technologies. Topics in Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation (accepted)
2. Du H, Wang J, Livingston J, Alrajhi Z, Kirby-Allen, Chan B, Hancock-Howard R, Coyte PC. A cost-utility analysis of thrombopoietin receptor agonists (TPO-RAs) for treating pediatric immune thrombocytopenia purpura (ITP) after failure of first-line therapies. Pediatric Blood and Cancer 70 (9):e30523
3. Selby R, Kaus L, Sealey F, Koo M, Parpia S, Chan B, Seung SJ, Bradley C, Strauss R, Mittmann N. Quality of anticoagulant control and patient experience associated with long-term warfarin in Canadian patients with non-valvular atrial Fibrillation: A multicenter, prospective study. PLoS One 18(4): e0284425
4. Iragorri N, Toccalino D, Mishra S, Chan BCF, Dilliott AA, Robinson JF, Hegele RA, Hancock-Howard R. Cost-effectiveness of a gene sequencing test for Alzheimer’s disease in Ontario. Journal of Community Genetics 14: 135-147
5. Miranda RN, Bhuiya AR, Thraya Z, Hancock-Howard R, Chan B, Steele Gray C, Wodchis WP, Thavorn K. Cost-utility analysis of the electronic patient reported outcomes tool for older adults with complex chronic conditions. JMIR Aging 5(2):e35075
6. Grigorovich A, Xi M, Lam N, Pakosh M, Chan BCF. A systematic review of economic analyses of home-based telerehabilitation. Disability and Rehabilitation 44(26):8188-8200
7. Kokorelias KM, Cronin SM, Munce SEP, Eftekhar P…Chan B, Cameron JI. Conceptualization of frailty in rehabilitation interventions with adults: a scoping review. Disability and Rehabilitation 45 (1): 117-153
8. Xi M, Shen X, Guliyeva K, Hancock-Howard R, Coyte PC, Chan BCF. Cost-utility analysis of transcranial direct current stimulation therapy with and without virtual illusion for neuropathic pain for adults with spinal cord injury in Canada. Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine 44 (sup1) S159-S172
9. Musselman KE, Walden K Noonan VK, Jervis-Rademeyer H, Thorogood N, Bouyer L, Chan B, et al. Development of priorities for a Canadian strategy to advance activity-based therapies after spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord 59 874-884
10. Reid JN, Ethans KD, Chan BCF. Remote Physiatry outreach clinics in Manitoba: an economic cost analysis. CMAJ Open 9(3)E818-E825
     

Honours & Awards

• Jan 2022 | Eugenie Stuart Teaching Award – Health Administration, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
• Jan 2021 | Eugenie Stuart Reaching Award – Health Services Research, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
• Jan 2019 | Best Post-Doctoral Fellow Poster Award – Toronto Rehab Institute Research Day 2019