Administrative Assistant: Toby Rodin
Phone: 416-480-4974
Email: toby.rodin@sunnybrook.ca

Education:

• B.Sc., 1991, University of Toronto, Canada
• MD, 1995, University of Ottawa, Canada
• MPA, 2002, Queen’s University, Canada

Appointments and Affiliations:

• Scientist, evaluative clinical sciences, Odette Cancer Research Program, Sunnybrook Research Institute
• Associate professor, department of radiation oncology and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
• Radiation oncologist, Odette Cancer Centre
• Adjunct scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Research Focus:

• Cancer health services research

Research Summary:

Dr. Barbera's main area of interest is health services research in cancer. While her primary expertise is in using large administrative health datasets to study health care service use, she has a secondary interest in patient reported outcomes. Her active projects include patterns of care for vulvar carcinoma, quality of end-of-life/palliative care in four Canadian provinces, provincial perspective on patient-reported outcomes (ESAS) and development of tools to assess sexual function after treatment of gynecologic cancers.

Selected Publications:

See current publications list at PubMed.

Related Links:

• Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences profile