Roos, Leslie - Medical Sciences - University of Manitoba
Leslie Roos pioneered the use of routinely collected administrative data for health research purposes, an approach now used internationally. More recently, he has applied new types of administrative data to the interdisciplinary study of human development.

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Roos, Leslie - Medical Sciences - University of Manitoba
Leslie Roos has been a founder of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP) and Director of the Population Health Research Data Repository. He pioneered the use of routinely collected administrative data (hospital and medical health insurance claims) for research purposes, an approach now used internationally. His work was influential in the MCHP’s receipt of two rounds of major CFI funding, a CIHR Knowledge Translation award and a CHSRF Health Services Research Advancement Award. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers, book chapters and three books which have been cited over 7,000 times, amoug the highest numbers noted for any Canadian social scientist.