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RESEARCH HIGHLIGHTS

Health Policy and Translation Group

The Health Policy and Translation (HP&T)        Several studies within the HP&T group are ongoing, including an
Group hosts a cluster of independent            anthropological analysis of the Meningitis A Vaccine implementation in
university based research faculty and trainees  Burkina Faso, a survey study following pain mitigation in schools, and an
with expertise in economics, epidemiology,      evaluation project looking at pharmacists as immunizers.
ethics, law, medical anthropology, philosophy,
political science and sociology.                This past year, Dr. Janice Graham, Director of the HP&T group, was
                                                awarded the 2016 Weaver-Tremblay Award in Applied Anthropology and
                                                secured a CIHR grant to study Global Vaccine Logics in African countries.

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