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Krisztina Vasarhelyi

Adjunct Professor
Academic Appointment
Adjunct Professor
Contact Info
krisztina.vasarhelyi@vch.ca
778-951-9791
kriszti313.bsky.social
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Biography

Dr. Krisztina Vasarhelyi is the senior lead for Learning Health Systems at Vancouver Community and adjunct professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She is also a research associate at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation and scientific research staff at the Department of Family and Community Practice at Vancouver Coastal Health. 

Dr. Vasarhelyi leads embedded research and evaluation in the areas of community health services, public health and Indigenous health, supporting the design of responsive programs and policies through collaborative modelling, operations research, qualitative and mixed methods analysis. Her research and health system work focuses on advancing Learning Health Systems, with a strong emphasis on participatory approaches, equity and translating knowledge into health care practice.

Publications

  • BMC geriatrics -

    Barriers and facilitators to implementing strategies for reducing inappropriate antipsychotic use in long-term care: a scoping review.

    Wong KLY, Hung L, Wong JOY, Zhao Y, Adekoya A, Chan I, Wong J, Berndt A, Mann J, Yuen K, Fong A, Van M, Santaella P, Zhang E, Javanbakht S, Vasarhelyi K
  • Frontiers in health services -

    Engaging community to co-design learning health systems: lessons from storytelling and Design Jam, a community case study from British Columbia, Canada.

    Lin MC, Vasarhelyi K, Wong KLY, Furuichi H, Mann J, Berndt A, Lee K, Benning L, Hung L
  • CMAJ open -

    A qualitative exploration of Indigenous patients' experiences of racism and perspectives on improving cultural safety within health care.

    Pilarinos A, Field S, Vasarhelyi K, Hall D, Fox ED, Price ER, Bonshor L, Bingham B
  • JMIR mental health -

    Digital Health Interventions for Delivery of Mental Health Care: Systematic and Comprehensive Meta-Review.

    Philippe TJ, Sikder N, Jackson A, Koblanski ME, Liow E, Pilarinos A, Vasarhelyi K
  • Health care management science -

    Optimizing an HIV testing program using a system dynamics model of the continuum of care.

    Kok S, Rutherford AR, Gustafson R, Barrios R, Montaner JS, Vasarhelyi K,
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