Dean Regier

I was so pleased to be part of a great team writing a commentary on the draft FDA guidelines on Bayesian clinical trial designs. Should have been done 30 years ago, but better late than never

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 25/02/26 Four publications since the last update. Link to blog: healtheconomicsandgenomics.com/2026/02/25/new… #healtheconomics [1/5]

🚨 Funding alert! 🚨 The Wall Fellowships & Research Awards are open to faculty members and graduate students at @UBC. Deadline info and details at the link below 👇 bit.ly/3MsUxmJ

A team led by @BCCHresearch's Dr. @Matthew_Wiens has been awarded €5 million in Horizon Europe funding to improve care for children after hospital discharge in Uganda & Kenya. The goal of reducing deaths from severe infections like #sepsis: bit.ly/4r1T31L

Congratulations to all Vancouver researchers who received funding through the Fall 2025 CIHR Project Grant competition! 🎉 Check out the @ubclifesciences awardees: bit.ly/4rzQVhs 🎊 See which @VCHResearch researchers won grants: bit.ly/45U9u7T

The time of day for cancer immunotherapy is associated with major outcomes. Early is better. Results from a randomized trial of lung cancer, backs up the importance of our circadian rhythm and immune system nature.com/articles/s4159…

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 07/01/26 Happy new year! Five publications since the last update. Link to blog: healtheconomicsandgenomics.com/2026/01/07/new… #healtheconomics [1/6]

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 16/12/25 Two publications since the last update. Link to blog: healtheconomicsandgenomics.com/2025/12/16/new… #healtheconomics [1/3]

Confirmed: * NICE will apply new thresholds of £25k-£35k/QALY asap * NICE will introduce the new value set for use alongside EQ-5D-5L following peer review and publication * NICE-hosted webinar on 3 Dec with more details nice.org.uk/news/articles/… #healtheconomics

Multiple large natural experiments have documented Shingles vaccine is linked with ~20-25% reduced risk of dementia and Alzheimer's disease. A new report today adds to that and extends the to slowing the progression of dementia @CellCellPress cell.com/cell/fulltext/…

The more exercise in mid- and late-life, the less Alzheimer's and all-cause dementia, adjusted for all known risk factors jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

[1] Clinical and economic impact of genome-wide non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) as a first-tier screening method compared to targeted NIPT and first-trimester combined testing: A modeling study | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41191637/ [2/4] #healtheconomics

[3] The cost and cost trajectory of genome sequencing and bioinformatics analysis for Indigenous children with suspected rare diseases | @DeirdreWeymann @DeanRegier | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40856105/ [4/4] #healtheconomics

[2] Patient and population impacts of multi-gene panel and pembrolizumab coverage in metastatic melanoma | @DeirdreWeymann @samTpollard @DeanRegier @emanuelkrebs | pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41206749/ [3/4] #healtheconomics

Of more than now >1,000 FDA-cleared medical A.I. algorithms, the vast majority are for radiology, 97% were cleared by 510(k) pathway (=not "approved"), and <10% were tested with any human operator jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

EuHEA ECC Online Workshop - Machine Learning in Health Policy Evaluation, 11th November 2025, 4:00-6:30 PM (CET) dlvr.it/TNp0Dw #healtheconomics

🪩 @UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers were awarded more than $1.3 million in federal funding to support innovative research infrastructure projects. Congratulations to all researchers! See the full list: bit.ly/3KWFUXx

A new world record for ultra rapid whole genome sequencing and interpretation for critically ill individuals @NEJM <4hrs nejm.org/doi/full/10.10…

A short-and-sweet guide to developing research questions published in @Nature. Lots of good advice here 👍

NEW PUBLICATIONS IN HEALTH ECONOMICS AND GENOMICS 07/10/25 Three publications since the last update. Link to blog: healtheconomicsandgenomics.com/2025/10/08/new… #healtheconomics [1/4]