The team
Prof Eric Bateman
Dr Lara Fairall (Head)
Dr Beverly Draper
Dr Ruth Cornick
Dr Naomi Folb
Gill Faris
Venessa Timmerman
Jani Brett Driskell
Deanna Carter
Daniella Georgeu-Pepper
Farieda Carter

COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH SCIENTISTS:
Prof Max Bachmann
Dr Merrick Zwarenstein
Dr Simon Lewin
Dr Christopher Colvin
Dr Pat Mayers

 

Dr Merrick Zwarenstein
MBBCh, MSc

Dr Merrick Zwarenstein is a senior scientist and founder member of the KTU at the Lung Institute, based here and also at the Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St Michaels Hospital in Toronto Canada, where he is also an Associate Professor in the Knowledge Translation Programme, Dept of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is the founding Director of the Health Systems Research Unit at the South African Medical Research Council in Cape Town. He has published widely in health services research, both here and abroad (100 publications), focussing on pragmatic randomized trials of complex health care interventions. Dr Zwarenstein's research interests are better and easier methods for doing randomized trials, ways to improve the quality, outcome and experience of health services for people who use them, and teamwork in health care between different professions and with lay health workers.

Contact details:
Tel: +91 416 4804055 x7439
Fax: +91 416 8643013
Email: merrick.zwarenstein@ices.on.ca

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