Dr. Kerry McBrien

Biography

Dr. Kerry McBrien is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family Medicine and Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary. She is a clinician scientist with an active practice in family medicine. Her research focuses in health services research and health economics, with a specific interest in models of care that can improve the quality and efficiency of chronic disease management in primary care.

Contact

kamcbrie@ucalgary.ca

Education and Training

B.A.Sc (mechanical engineering), MD, Family Medicine residency (all at U of T), MPH (Harvard School of Public Health), Clinical Research Fellowship in Applied Health Economics (U of C, funded by Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions).

Research Interests and Expertise

She has post-doctoral training in applied health economics and experience in health services research, including implementation studies, cost analysis, systematic review and meta- analysis, and use of administrative data for research. Dr. McBrien’s research interests lie primarily in the development and evaluation of innovative models of care that improve the quality and efficiency of primary care for complex patients by addressing social determinants of health and overcoming barriers to care.

Key Publications

Campbell DJT, Ghuttora H, Mladenovic A, Smith J, Leigh R, Desveaux L, Ivers N, Manns B, Tonelli M, Naugler C, Hemmelgarn B, McBrien KA. Variation in Patient-Described Barriers to and Facilitators of Diabetes Management by Individual-Level Characteristics: A Cross-Sectional, Open-Ended Survey. Clin Diabetes 2022:cd210060.

Webb J, Fabreau G, Spackman E, Vaughan S, McBrien KA. The cost-effectiveness of schistosomiasis screening and treatment among recently resettled refugees to Canada. CMAJ Open. 2021 Feb 23;9(1):E125-E133.

Tam-Tham H, Clement F, Hmmelgarn BR, Manns BJ, Klarenbach SW, Tonelli M, Tsuyuki RT, Al Hamarneh YN, Penko J, Weaver CGW, Au F, Weaver RG, Jones CA, McBrien KA. A Cost Analysis and Cost-utility Analysis of a Community Pharmacist-led Intervention on Reducing Cardiovascular Risk: The Alberta Vascular Risk Reduction Community Pharmacy Project (RxEACH). Value in Health. 2019.

Desveaux L, McBrien KA, Barnieh L, Ivers N. Mapping variation in intervention design: A systematic review to develop a program theory for patient navigator programs. Systematic Reviews. 2019 Jan 8;8(1):8.

McBrien KA, Ivers N, Barnieh L, Bailey JJ, Lorenzetti DL, Nicholas D, Tonelli M, Hemmelgarn H, Lewanczuk R, Edwards A, Braun T, Manns B. Patient navigators for people with chronic disease: A systematic review. PLoS One. 2018 Feb 20; 13(2).

McBrien KA, Naugler C, Ivers N, Weaver R, Campbell D, Desveaux L, Hemmelgarn H, Edwards A, Saad N, Nicholas D, Manns B. Barriers to care in patients with diabetes and poor glycemic control – a cross-sectional survey. PLoS One. 2017 May 1; 12(5): e0176135.

McBrien KA, Manns BJ, Hemmelgarn BR, Weaver RG, Edwards AL, Ivers N, Rabi D, Lewanczuk R, Braun T, Naugler C, Campbell D, Saad N, Tonelli M. The association between sociodemographic and clinical characteristics and poor glycemic control: a longitudinal cohort study. Diabetic Medicine. 2015 Nov 3.

Weaver CG, Clement F, Campbell N, James MT, Klarenbach S, Hemmelgarn BR, Tonelli M, McBrien KA. Health care costs attributable to hypertension: a Canadian population-based cohort study. Hypertension. 2015 Sep;66(3):502-508.

McBrien KA, Manns BJ. Approach to economic evaluation in primary care: a review of a useful tool for primary care reform. Canadian Family Physician. 2013 Jun;59(6):619-27.

McBrien KA, Manns BJ, Chui B, Klarenbach SW, Rabi D, Ravani, P, Hemmelgarn B, Wiebe N, Au F, Clement, F. Health Care Costs in People With Diabetes and Their Association With Glycemic Control and Kidney Function. Diabetes Care. 2013 May:36(5), 1172-1180.

McBrien KA, Rabi D, Campbell N, Barnieh L, Clement F, Hemmelgarn B, Tonelli M, Leiter L, Klarenbach S, Manns B. Intensive and Standard Blood Pressure Targets in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. Archives of Internal Medicine. Sept 2012:172(17), 1296-1303.