Epidemiology

BIOGRAPHY

ACADEMIC POSITIONS:
• Head, Division of Health Care & Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute
• Senior Scientist, Division of Health Care & Outcomes Research, Toronto Western Research Institute
• Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
• Director, Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit
• Member, UHN Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre
• Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

BACKGROUND:
Liz started her career in health research in Britain where she worked with Philip Wood, the prime author of the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health, at the ARC (Arthritis and Rheumatism Council) Epidemiology Research Unit in Manchester UK.

RESEARCH INTERESTS:
Major foci of Dr Badley's research are the epidemiology of chronic disabling conditions with particular attention to the personal and societal impacts of arthritis, health services and policy research relating to arthritis, and understanding processes which lead to disability.

She is the founder and director of the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit (ACREU: www.ACREU.ca), an inter-disciplinary research unit with a comprehensive program of applied research concerned with the impact of chronic conditions and delivery of care to people with chronic disabling disorders, using arthritis as a model.