Dr Jeffrey Hoch
Position:
- Co-Director, Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC), Cancer Care Ontario
- Director, Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit, Cancer Care Ontario
- Associate Professor, University of Toronto
- Research Scientist, St. Michael's Hospital
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Biography:
Jeffrey Hoch received his PhD in health economics from the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. He also holds a Masters in Economics from Johns Hopkins University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences from the University of California at San Diego. An award winning teacher, Dr Hoch has taught Health Economics and Economic Evaluation classes in Canada, the United States and internationally. In 2007, he was asked to develop and direct the Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit at Cancer Care Ontario. As Director of the unit, Dr Hoch has pursued research making health economics more useful to decision makers. Special interests include health services research related to cancer, mental health, and other health issues affecting poor and vulnerable populations.
Current areas of collaboration: Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC); Pharmacoeconomics Research Unit, Cancer Care Ontario.
Work Focus:
- Work Focus (Professional): health services/systems
cancer control, cost analysis, decision support interventions, education, healthcare delivery, model systems, survivorship, cost-effectiveness analysis, health technology assessment, applied health research methods.
