Mary De Vera is a Canadian pharmacoepidemiologist, health services researcher, and academic.
Mary De Vera | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | University of British Columbia |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Pharmacolog Epidemiology |
| Institutions | University of British Columbia |
De Vera is an assistant professor in the Pharmaceutical Sciences Department at the University of British Columbia (UBC) and is the Canada Research Chair in medication adherence, utilization, and outcomes.[1][2]
Education
editDe Vera earned a BSc degree in biochemistry at UBC and a MSc and PhD degrees in Health Care and Epidemiology from the UBC School of Population and Public Health. De Vera completed a post-doctoral fellowship in perinatal pharmacoepidemiology at the University of Montreal's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and pharmaceutical outcomes research at UBC's Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences.[1][3]
Cancer diagnosis and effects on her research
editOn March 29, 2016, De Vera was diagnosed with stage 3 colorectal cancer. According to researchers, it is an unusual diagnosis for women and for people her age (she was 36 when diagnosed and most people at diagnosis are in their 50s).[4][3][5]
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research awarded De Vera a $458,000 grant to “(assess) statistics and other “big data” information to see when colorectal cancer patients are diagnosed, gender distribution, types of treatment and outcomes and costs to the health-care system, as well as follow-up encounters with the health-care system.” The study was expected to last four years.[4]
De Vera's second research project is an international online survey funded by the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control “to better understand the information needs of patients and survivors of colorectal cancer.”[4][6]
References
edit- ^ a b "Mary De Vera". Arthritis Research Canada. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "MARY DE VERA, FACULTY OF PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES PROFILED AS A WOMAN LEADER IN STEM". University of British Columbia. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ a b "UBC researcher Mary De Vera tackles cancer that caused her grief". Canadian Filipino Net. January 16, 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ a b c Bailey, Ian (January 6, 2019). "B.C. researcher Mary De Vera takes on the cancer she was treated for". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ "The patient researcher: a scientist's cancer diagnosis changes her life's work". CBC. October 25, 2019. Retrieved 30 April 2020.
- ^ Fletcher, Tom (March 15, 2019). "Colorectal cancer researcher needs more B.C. survivors". The Chilliwack Progress. Retrieved 30 April 2020.