Scott Daniel Emerson
University of British Columbia
Research areas: Medicine · Epidemiology · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions · Migration, Health and Trauma
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About
Scott Emerson is Senior Epidemiologist within the Epidemiology and Population Program of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, Providence Health Care – St Paul's Hospital (Vancouver, Canada). His role supports capacity-building, educational, and quality assurance initiatives - providing guidance to scientists, technical staff, and students on meaningfully leveraging administrative record linkages; he leads an internal monthly seminar series on associated methodologic, conceptual, and technical issues.
He is also a consultant with the University of British Columbia (UBC), providing writing and analytic support for administrative record linkage projects. He has held healthcare and analytic related roles for over 10 years. Previously, Scott was an Epidemiologist at ICES (the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences) in Toronto, within the Populations & Public Health and Primary Care & Health Systems Programs.
He holds an MSc in epidemiology (population and public health) from UBC, funded by a Tri-Agency Canada Graduate Scholarship. His thesis examined validity of a quality of life measure; an associated publication received an 'Articles of the Year' award by the International Society for Quality of Life Research.
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Education
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University of British Columbia MSc - Epidemiology2015 - 2017
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Publications (38)
- Leaving the emergency department before treatment completion among people with and without HIV with a suspected overdose in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Incidence and trends of non-fatal overdoses among people with and without HIV: a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada (2012–2020) Save
- Development and Validation of a Mortality Risk Prediction Index Score for Adults Living with HIV and Multiple Chronic Comorbidities Save
- Effect of single-entry referral models and team-based care on wait times for hip and knee joint replacement in Ontario: a simulation study Save
- Cohort Profile Update: Reflecting back and looking ahead: Updating the Comparative Outcomes and Service Utilization Trends (COAST) Study to include 28 years of linked data from people with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Experiences of violence and hospitalization rates among people living with HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Housing matters: The long-term impact of stable housing on mortality among people with HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Data Resource Profile: Pharmanet, The Database for Prescription Drug Dispensing in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Enhancing identification of suspected unregulated drug toxicity deaths in administrative health records: A case study among people with HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Referral patterns for common surgical procedures in Ontario: a cross-sectional population-level study Save
- Secondary use of routinely collected administrative health data for epidemiologic research: Answering research questions using data collected for a different purpose Save
- Identifying hospitalization episodes of care among people with and without HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Long-term trends in co-occurring medical and psychiatric hospitalizations among children and adolescents in Ontario, Canada. Save
- Methodological Challenges when Using Routinely Collected Health Data for Research: A scoping review. Save
- Surgeon- and hospital-level variation in wait times for scheduled non-urgent surgery in Ontario, Canada: A cross-sectional population-based study Save
- Social determinants of access to timely elective surgery in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional population level study Save
- Characterizing opioid agonist therapy uptake and factors associated with treatment retention among people with HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Population-Based Repeated Cross-Sectional Study of Hospitalizations for Comorbid Physical and Psychiatric Disorders in Young Adults in Ontario, Canada Save
- Identification of people with low prevalence diseases in administrative healthcare records: A case study of HIV in British Columbia, Canada Save
- Neighbourhood context and diagnosed mental health conditions among immigrant and non-immigrant youth: a population-based cohort study in British Columbia, Canada Save