Dr. Gillian Currie

Biography

Dr. Gillian Currie is a health economist at the University of Calgary. Her PhD in Economics from Yale University was funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. She was recruited as a Postdoctoral Fellow in Health Economics to the University of Calgary in 1999 by the inaugural Svare Chair in Health Economics (Dr. Cam Donaldson).

Gillian was the Section Lead for the Research Methods Team, an academic section within the Department of Paediatrics, from 2006-2016. She is a member of Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health (ACHRI). She served on the Graduate Education Committee in the Department of Community Health Sciences as the Health Services Research representative and Health Economics specialization representative between 2009-2016.

Research Interests and Expertise

Dr. Currie’s research interests are in economic evaluation, particularly of interventions and treatments that impact the health of children. Specifically, she is interested in methods to understand how we value the benefits of those interventions via stated preference elicitation methods. Dr. Currie is a member of International Academy of Health Preferences Research (IAHPR) and a member of the Editorial board of the society journal for IAHPR “The Patient”.

Contact

currie@ucalgary.ca

Key Publications

2022

Kennedy, B. L., Currie, G. R., Kania-Richmond, A., Emery, C. A., MacKean, G., & Marshall, D. A. (2022). Patient beliefs about who and what influences their hip and knee osteoarthritis symptoms and progression. Musculoskeletal Care, 1– 11. https://doi.org/10.1002/msc.1620

Kennedy, B.L., Currie, G.R., Kania-Richmond, A., Emery C.A., Marshall D.A. Factors That Patients Consider in Their Choice of Non-Surgical Management for Hip and Knee Osteoarthritis: Formative Qualitative Research for a Discrete Choice Experiment. Patient (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-022-00577-9

Grazziotin LR, Currie G, Twilt M, IJzerman MJ, Kip MMA, Koffijberg H, Benseler SM, Swart JF, Vastert SJ, Wulffraat NM, Yeung RSM, Marshall DA. Real-world data reveals the complexity of disease modifying anti-rheumatic drug treatment patterns in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: an observational study. Pediatric Rheumatology, 20, 25 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12969-022-00682-x

Currie GR, Pham T, Twilt M, Ijzerman MJ, Hull PJ, Kip MMA, Benseler S, Hazlewood GS, Yeung R, Wulffraat N, Swart JF, Vastert SJ, Marshall DA Perspectives of Pediatric Rheumatologists on Initiating and Tapering Biologics in Patients with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Formative Qualitative Study. Patient (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-022-00575-x

2021

Grazziotin LR, Currie G, Twilt M, IJzerman MJ, Kip MMA, Koffijberg E, Benseler SM, Swart JF, Bastert SJ, Wulffraat NM, Yeung RSM, Johnson N, Luca NJ, Miettunen PM, Schmeling H, Marshall DA. Evaluation of Real-World Healthcare Resource Utilization and Associated Costs in Children with Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Canadian Retrospective Cohort Study. Rheumatol Ther (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40744-021-00331-x

Kip MMA, de Roock S, van den Berg I, Currie G, Marshall DA, Grazziotin LR, Twilt M, Yeung RSM, Benseler SM, Vastert SJ, Wulffraat N, Swart JF, IJzerman MJ. Costs of hospital-associated care for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Dutch healthcare system. Arthritis Care and Research. 2021 May 02. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr.24621. E-pub ahead of print.

Currie GR, Lee R, Black AM, Palacios-Deflingher L, Hagel BE, Emery CE, Marshall DA. An Economic Evaluation of Disallowing Body Checking in 11- to 12-Year-Old Ice Hockey Leagues. Sports Health. June 2021. doi:10.1177/19417381211021551

Michaels-Igbokwe, C., Currie, G.R., Kennedy, B.L., MacDonald, K.V, Marshall D. A . Methods for Conducting Stated Preference Research with Children and Adolescents in Health: A Scoping Review of the Application of Discrete Choice Experiments. Patient 14, 741–758 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-021-00519-x

Currie, G.R.; Lee, R.; Palacios-Derflingher, L.; Hagel, B.; Black, A.M.; Babul, S.; Mrazik, M.; Marshall, D.A.; Emery, C.A. Reality Check 2: The Cost-Effectiveness of Policy Disallowing Body Checking in Non-Elite 13- to 14-Year-Old Ice Hockey Players. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2021, 18, 6322. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18126322

2020

Kip MMA, de Roock S, Currie G, Marshall DA, Grazziotin LR, Twilt M, Yeung RSM, Benseler SM, Schreijer MA, Vastert SJ, Wulffraat N, van Royen-Kerkhof A, Swart JF, IJzerman MJ. Costs of medication use among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in the Dutch healthcare system. Expert Rev Pharmacoecon Outcomes Res. 2020 Dec 29:1-10. doi: 10.1080/14737167.2021.1857241. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 33243033.

Kip MMA, Currie G, Marshall DA, Grazziotin Lago L, Twilt M, Vastert SJ, Sward JF, Wulffraat N, Yeung RSM, Benseler SM, Ijzerman M. Seeking the state of the art in standardized measurement of health care resource use and costs in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: A scoping review. Pediatric Rheumatology. May 2019;17:20

Barber CE, Twilt M, Pham T, Currie GR, Benseler S, Yeung RSM, Batthish M, Blanchette N, Guzman J, Lang B, LeBlanc C, Levy DM, O’Brin C, Schmeling H, Soon G, Spiegel L, Whitney K, Marshall DA. A Canadian evaluation framework for quality improvement in childhood arthritis: key performance indicators of the process of care. Arthritis Research and Therapy, March 2020;22(1):53

Grazziotin LR, Currie G, Kipp MMA, Ijzerman MJ, Twilt M, Lee R, Marshall DA. Health State Utility Values in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: What is the Evidence? Pharmacoeconomics. May 2020; 28:913-926.

Michaels-Igbokwe C*, McInnes B, MacDonald KV, Currie GR, Omar F, Shewchuk B, Bernier FP, Marshall DA. (Un)standardized testing: the diagnostic odyssey of children with rare genetic disorders in Alberta, Canada. Genet Med (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41436-020-00975-0

Lin Y, Hecker K, Cheng A, et al Cost-effectiveness analysis of workplace-based distributed cardiopulmonary resuscitation training versus conventional annual basic life support training BMJ Simulation and Technology Enhanced Learning Published Online First: 29 September 2020. doi: 10.1136/bmjstel-2020-000709