Lianping Ti recipient of the 2014-15 CIHR-IHSPR Rising Star of the Year Award

Lianping Ti, PhD candidate in the School of Population and Public Health is the 2014-15 recipient of the CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) Rising Star of the Year Award. The Rising Star Award Review committee selected this year’s winners for their excellence in research and/or knowledge translation (KT), the innovation of their work and the potential impact of their work within the field of health services and policy research.

Lianping is also currently working as a Research Associate with the Urban Health Research Initiative of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS on projects based in Vancouver and Bangkok. She completed a master’s degree in Public Health from Simon Fraser University.

Lianping’s research focuses on the delivery and efficacy of healthcare systems for people who use illicit drugs, as well as examining the natural history of injection drug use and infectious diseases among this population, having authored over 30 articles on these topics. Her PhD research is supported by a CIHR Doctoral Research Award and focuses on examining factors associated with leaving hospital against medical advice and identifying novel methods for improving hospital care for patients who use illicit drugs in Vancouver.

In addition to receiving an award of $1,000 and a certificate of excellence, Lianping will be honoured at the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) conference, held in Montreal in May 2015.