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Biography

Dr. Sketris is a graduate of the University of Toronto (BSc(Phm), 1977), University of Minnesota (PharmD, 1979), University of Tennessee, Centre for Health Sciences (Residency in Clinical Toxicology/Pharmacy Practice, 1980) and Dalhousie University (MPA(HSA) 1989). She is a Professor of the College of Pharmacy, School of Health Administration and the Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University. She is a fellow of the Canadian Society of Hospital Pharmacists, the American College of Clinical Pharmacy, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and the American National Academies of Practice. Dr. Sketris was a member of the Scientific Advisory Panel of the Canadian Coordinating Office for Health Technology Assessment (1996-1998) and of the Patented Medicine Prices Review Board (1999-2004). She was a member of the CIHR Institute Advisory Board for Health Services and Policy Research (2003-2009 including Vice Chair), a nongovernmental councilor of the Health Council of Canada (2010-2013) and a board member of Research Canada. From 2000-2011 she held a chair in drug use management and policy funded by CIHR/CHSRF and cosponsored by the Nova Scotia Health Research Foundation and established the IMPART research unit http://www.dal.ca/faculty/healthprofessions/impart/research/drug-policy.html. From 2011 she has been the Knowledge Translation team lead for the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect Studies funded by CIHR http://www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca.