Dr. Craig Earle
Program Leader, Health Services Research
Platform Description
The purpose of the OICR Health Services Research Program is to enhance Ontario’s capacity to study the organization and delivery of cancer services across the province. The program aims to improve the quality of new data about Ontario's health care system, to attract qualified researchers to Ontario, and to facilitate new studies addressing access, quality, cost, and outcomes of cancer care. The Health Services Research Program aims to inform health policies, optimize the delivery of cancer care and maximize the benefits of the province's cancer research for those currently living with the disease.
Contact Information
Telephone
416-480-6047
Mailing Address
Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
2075 Bayview Avenue, G-Wing, Room 106
Toronto, Ontario
Canada M4N 3M5
Current
| 2008 - | Program Leader, Health Services Research, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research and Cancer Care Ontario. |
Background
| 2007 - 2008 | Director, Perini Adult Survivorship Program, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. |
| 2005 - 2008 | Associate Professor, Department of Health Policy and Management, Harvard School of Public Health. |
| 2005 - 2008 | Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School. |
| 2004 - 2008 | Founding Medical Director, Lance Armstrong Foundation Adult Survivorship Clinic, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. |
| 1998 - 2008 | Active staff, Department of Medical Oncology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. |
| 1998 - 2000 | Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School. |
| 1998 | Research Fellow in Medicine, Center for Outcomes and Policy Research, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School. |
| 1998 | M.Sc., Epidemiology, University of Ottawa. |
| 1996 | Fellow of The Royal College of Physicians of Canada (FRCPC), Medical Oncology, University of Ottawa. |
| 1990 | MD, University of Ottawa. |
Selected Publications
- Earle CC, Schrag D, Neville BA, Yabroff KR, Topor M, Fahey A, Trimble EL, Bodurka DC, Bristow RE, Carney M, and Warren JL. Effect of surgeon specialty on processes and outcomes for ovarian cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2006;98(3):172-80.
- Earle CC, Neville BA. Underuse of necessary care among cancer survivors. Cancer. 2004;101(8):1712-9.
- Earle CC, Neville BA, Landrum ME, Ayanian JZ, Block SD, Weeks JC. Trends in the aggressiveness of cancer care near the end of life. J Clin Oncol. 2004;22(2):315-21.
- Earle CC, Nattinger AB, Potosky AL, Lang K, Mallick R, Berger M, Warren JL. Identifying cancer relapse using SEER-Medicare data. Medical Care. 2002; 40(8s):75-82.
- Earle CC, Tsai JS, Gelber RD, Neumann PJ, Weinstein MC, Weeks JC. Effectiveness of chemotherapy for advanced lung cancer in the elderly: Instrumental variable and propensity analysis J Clin Oncol. 2000;19:1064-70.