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Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics

The Labelle Lectureship Series

Roberta Labelle was an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences, at McMaster University. She was a member of the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis. She was a "rising star" in her field, who died suddenly in July of 1991 at the age of 33.

Purpose

The Labelle Lectureship Series in Health Services Research has been established by Roberta's colleagues to provide an opportunity to renew ourselves in the spirit of resilient optimism that was hers, and to remind ourselves of her message that good research really can make a difference.

Mandate

Each year, the lectureship is awarded to a young investigator from any country who is engaged in multi-disciplinary health services research; is challenging existing methods or accepted ideas in health services and who will deliver a high-quality lecture that will appeal to an audience of broad interests.

Spirit

The organization of the lectureship and the selection of the Lecturer is under the governance of a Secretariat, consisting of representatives from the Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the Graduate Education Committee, and the Faculty of Health Sciences of McMaster University. The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis Working Paper Series produces a text of each year's lecture which is available for a nominal fee. Donations to the Labelle Lectureship Endowment are gratefully accepted.

The 2011 Labelle Lecture

A prescription for drug affordability in Canada