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LISA M. LIX 

Curriculum Vitae 

Contact Information 

School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan 

107 Wiggins Road, Saskatoon, SK S7N 5E5 

Phone: (306) 966-1617 Fax: (306) 966-7920 

E-mail: lisa.lix@usask.ca 

Education 

1995 PhD University of Manitoba Interdisciplinary Program: Statistics, 

Psychology, Human Ecology 

1991 MSc University of Manitoba Human Ecology 

1988 BSHEc University of Saskatchewan Home Economics, With Great Distinction 

Research Interests 

Health services research methodology 

Quality of administrative health databases 

Multivariate and longitudinal analyses of patient-reported outcome measures 

Robust statistical methods 

Faculty Appointments 

2008 – Present Associate Professor 

School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan 

2008 – Present Associate Professor (Part-time Nil-Salary Appointment) 

Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba 

2008 – Present Associate Faculty 

Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan 

2008 – Present Associate Faculty 

Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, University of 

Saskatchewan 

2002 – 2008 Assistant Professor 

Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba 

2002 – 2005 Adjunct Professor 

Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Regina 

Other Appointments 

2010 – Present Adjunct Scientist 

Health Quality Council, Saskatoon 

2009 – Present Site Director 

Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research (WRTC), 

University of Saskatchewan 

2006 – Present Senior Researcher 

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba

Lisa M. Lix / Page 2 

2006 – 2008 Associate Director, Repository 

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba 

2005 – 2008 Director 

Biostatistics Consulting Unit, University of Manitoba 

2005 – 2006 Research Affiliate 

Institute of Industrial Mathematical Sciences, University of Manitoba 

2001 – 2005 Researcher 

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba 

Recent Awards and Distinctions (last 5 years) 

Co-recipient (with SR Majumdar and others), Most Outstanding Clinical Abstract Award, 

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 2011 

Top New Socio-Health Investigator, Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, 2009 

Co-recipient (with L Targownick and others), Bruce Squires Award, Canadian Medical 

Association Journal, 2009 

Co-recipient (with J Bolton and others), Mitchell B. Balter Award, Journal of Clinical 

PsychoPharmacology, 2008 

Centennial Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan, 2008 – 2013 

New Investigator Career Award, Canadian Institutes of Health Research, 2006 – 2011 

Professional Designations 

Professional Statistician, Statistical Society of Canada, 2005 – Present 

Memberships 

American Statistical Association 

Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics 

Statistical Society of Canada 

Editorial Appointments 

Associate Editor, Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement (2009 – Present) 

Editorial Board, Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods (2002 – Present) 

Editorial Board, Canadian Psychology (2003 – 2006) 

Current Elected Positions 

Past President, Biostatistics Section, Statistical Society of Canada, 2011 – 2012 

Accreditation Committee, Statistical Society of Canada, 2009 – 2012 

Current Research Support 

Office of the Vice President Research, University of Saskatchewan, 

Matching Funds Program 

Completeness of physician billing claims databases in Canada 

Role: Principal Applicant 

Amount: $20,000 Term: 11/2011 – 10/2012 

L ast updated: December 21, 2011


Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation 

Validation of administrative data diagnoses of chronic childhood arthritis in Saskatchewan 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Natalie Shiff, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $100,000 Term: 10/2011 – 09/2013 

Canadian Institutes of Health Research 

Developing advanced methods for population-based comparative effectiveness studies 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Michal Abrahamowicz, McGill University 

Amount: $950,000 Term: 09/2011 – 08/2014 


Postdoctoral Research Fellowship 

Novel statistical methods for costing episodes of care 

Role: Supervisor Principal Applicant: Vickneswary Tagore, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $100,000 Term: 07-2011 – 06/2013 


PATHS equity for children: A program of research into what works to reduce the gap for 

Manitoba’s children 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant Principal Applicant: Patricia Martens, University of 

Manitoba 

Amount: $1,900,000 Term: 06/2011 – 06/2016 


Canadian network for observational and drug effect studies (CNODES) 

Role: Co-Applicant Co-Principal Applicant: Gary Teare, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $1,600,000 (U of SK Allocation) Term: 04/2011 – 03/2016 

Saskatchewan Ministry of Health 

Contract 

Saskatchewan drug utilization and outcomes research team 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant Principal Applicant: David Blackburn, University of 

Saskatchewan 

Amount: $250,000 Term: 03/2011 – 03/2012 

Canadian Arthritis Network 

Rapid Impact Platform Program 

Administrative database research in rheumatic diseases research and surveillance 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant Principal Applicant: Sasha Bernatsky, McGill University 

Amount: $60,090 Term: 04/2010 – 03/2012 

Amount: $57, 205 Term: 04/2011 – 03/2013 


The analysis of longitudinal health-related quality of life data: statistical methods for response 

shift 




Amount: $200,000 Term: 04/2010 – 03/2012 


Evaluation of drug exposure and infectious, malignant and health care utilization outcomes in 

patients with IBD through the establishment of the Saskatchewan provincial IBD cohort 

Role: Co-applicant Principal Applicant: Jennifer Jones, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $80,000 Term: 08/2009 – 06/2012 


Ascertaining cases of chronic disease in Saskatchewan administrative data 


Amount: $86,120 Term: 08/2009 – 03/2012 


Assessment of hypertension occurrence, management and outcomes in Canada 

Role: Co-applicant Principal Applicant: Hude Quan, University of Calgary 

Amount: $640,962 Term: 06/2009 – 05/2013 


Vanier Doctoral Scholarship 

Statistical procedures to assess longitudinal change in health-related quality of life 

Role: Supervisor Principal Applicant: Tolulope Sajobi, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $150,000 Term: 05/2009 – 03/2012 

Canada Foundation for Innovation 

Leader’s Opportunity Fund 

Development of a data laboratory for methodological research about the quality of 

administrative health data with applications to chronic disease 


Amount: $62,742 Term: 04/2009 – 03/2014 

Office of the Vice President Research, University of Saskatchewan 

Matching Funds Program 

Enhancing existing capacity in applied health services and policy research: The Western 

Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research (WRTC) 


Amount: $65,100 Term: 04/2009 – 03/2014 


Strategic Training in Health Research (STIHR) 

Enhancing existing capacity in applied health services and policy research: The Western 

Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research (WRTC) 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant Principal Applicant: Sam Sheps, University of British 

Columbia 

Amount: $1,790,000 Term: 04/2009 – 03/2014 




Structures and processes of care in colorectal cancer surgery (SPoCCS) study 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: David Urbach, University of Toronto 

Amount: $1,047,225 Term: 08/2008 – 07/2013 


Understanding the biological, clinical, and psychosocial determinants of health outcomes in 

inflammatory bowel disease: A research program 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Charles N. Bernstein, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $1,764,583 Term: 05/2008 – 04/2013 


Research and community alliance for quality of life in long term care (The QOL Team) 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Thomas Hadjistavropoulos, University of 

Regina 

Amount: $2,408,500 Term: 01/2008 – 01/2013 

Previous Research Support 


New Investigator Award 

Multivariate techniques applied to longitudinal health-related quality of life 


Amount: $250,000 Term: 09/2006 – 08/2011 

University of Saskatchewan 

Visiting lecturer fund for Claudia Sanmartin 


Amount: $1,500 Term: 07/2010 – 05/2011 


Classification algorithms to distinguish chronic disease cases from non-cases in administrative 

data 


Amount: $240,421 Term: 05/2008 – 04/2011 


CIHR Team in circumpolar health research: averting emerging chronic diseases in northern 

populations 

Role: Co-Applicant Team Leader: T. Kue Young, University of Toronto 

Amount: $370,000 (U of MB allocation); $1,542,593 (Total allocation) 

Term: 05/2006 – 04/2011 


Administrative database research in rheumatic diseases: novel techniques 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Sasha Bernatsky, McGill University 

Amount: $227,600 Term: 05/2007 – 04/2010 



Lupina Foundation 

Maintaining and enhancing tools for administrative databases 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant with Leslie L. Roos & Patricia Martens, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $625,000 Term: 07/2005 – 06/2010 

Saskatchewan Royal University Hospital 

Foundation Research Fund 

Endoscopic and biomarker predictors of disease course and response to medical therapy in 

inflammatory bowel disease: establishment of prospective, IBD inception cohort 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Jennifer Jones, University of Saskatchewan 

Amount: $25,000 Term: 05/2009 – 04/2010 


First Nations Bone Health Study (FNBHS II): longitudinal measurements and outcomes 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: William D. Leslie, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $759,724 Term: 07/2004 – 09/2009 

Manitoba Health Research Council 

Variable importance and multiple testing for multivariate longitudinal data with applications to 

health-related quality of life 


Amount: $42,733 Term: 07/2007 – 06/2009 

National Parkinson Foundation 

Who isn’t receiving care in Manitoba? A study of the changing geographic distribution of people 

with Parkinson’s disease and patterns of medical care in Manitoba from 1984 – 2006. 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Douglas Hobson, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $46,720 Term: 06/2007 – 07/2008 


The Manitoba inflammatory bowel disease cohort study 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Charles N. Bernstein, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $1,282,000 Term: 06/2002 – 05/2007 


Methods for estimating chronic disease prevalence and incidence from administrative health 

data 

Role: Co-Principal Applicant with Christopher Bowman, National Research Council 

Amount: $77,400 Term: 04/2006 – 04/2007 

Public Health Agency of Canada 

Contract 

Arthritis validation working group: Cross-provincial comparison on the use of administrative 

data for arthritis surveillance 




Amount: $9,945 Term: 12/2006 – 03/2007 


Exploring alternative funding models for Canadian health care 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: Leslie L. Roos, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $219,710 Term: 09/2004 – 09/2006 


Mental health service utilization and population mobility in Manitoba: a longitudinal analysis 


Amount: $214,000 Term: 10/2002 – 09/2004 

Office of the Vice President Research, University of Manitoba 

Research Grants Program 

Testing covariance structures in multivariate repeated measures designs 


Amount: $7,100 Term: 12/2003 – 03/2005 


Clinical determinants and fracture outcomes in Manitoba First Nations 

Role: Co-Applicant Principal Applicant: William D. Leslie, University of Manitoba 

Amount: $43,768 Term: 10/2003 – 10/2004 


Social Science and Humanities Research Council Provincial Funding Program 

The analysis of multivariate repeated measures designs 


Amount: $3,912 Term: 05/2002 – 03/2003 


Research Grants Program 

Interactions in multivariate repeated measures designs 


Amount: $5,500 Term: 12/2002 – 12/2003 

Manuscripts Submitted for Peer Review 

1. Hudson, M., Avina-Zubieta, A., Lacaille, D., Bernatsky, S., Lix, L. M., Jean, S. (2011). 

Validity of diagnoses of osteoporosis and fractures in administrative data-A systematic 

review. Submitted to Osteoporosis International. 

2. Hobson, D. E., Lix, L. M. Azimaee, M., Leslie, W. D. Burchill, C., Hobson, S. (2011). 

Healthcare utilization in patients with Parkinson’s disease: A population-based analysis. 

Submitted to Movement Disorders 

3. Lix, L. M., Acan, B., Adachi, J. D., Towheed, T., Davison, S., Hopman, W., & Leslie, W.D. 

(2011). Measurement equivalence of the SF-36 in the Canadian multicentre osteoporosis 

study. Submitted to Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. Status: revise/resubmit 



4. Lix, L. M., Azimaee, M., Acan, B., Caetano, P., Morin, S., Metge, C. Goltzman, D., Kreiger, 

N., Prior, J., & Leslie, W. D. (2011). Osteoporosis-related fracture case definitions for 

administrative data. Submitted to BMC Public Health Research. Status: revise/resubmit 

5. Lix, L. M., Bowman, C., Quan, H., & Wang, L. (2011). Estimating the size of chronic 

disease populations using capture-recapture techniques applied to administrative health 

databases. Submitted to Health Services and Outcomes Research Methodology. Status: 

revise/resubmit 

6. Lix, L. M., Quail, J., Fadahunsi, O., & Teare, G. (2011). Predictive performance of 

comorbidity measures from ICD-9 and ICD-10-CA in population-based diabetes cohorts. 

Submitted to BMC Health Services Research. 

7. Lix, L. M., Walker R., Quan, H., Nesdole, R., Yang, J., Chen, G. & CHEP ORTF 

Hypertension Outcomes and Surveillance Team. (2011). Features of physician services 

databases in Canada. Submitted to Chronic Diseases in Canada. Status: revise/resubmit 

8. Majumdar, S. R., Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M., Morin, S. N., Metge, C. J., Leslie, W. D. 

Population-based trends in osteoporosis management after new initiations of long-term 

systemic glucocorticoids (1999-2008). Submitted to Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and 

Metabolism. 

9. Metge, C., Prior, H., Lix, L. M., & Leslie, W. D. (2011). Fracture risk from cardiovascular 

medications: A population-based analysis. Submitted to Osteoporosis International. 

10. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., Dansu, B. M., Laverty, W., & Li, L. (2011). Robust descriptive 

discriminant analysis for repeated measures data. Submitted to Journal of Computational 

Statistics and Data Analysis. Status: revise/resubmit 

11. Sareen, J., Henriksen, C., Stein, M., Afifi, T., Lix, L., Enns, M. (2011) Mental Disorder 

Diagnosis and Need for Treatment Are Not the Same: Findings from a Population-Based 

Longitudinal Survey. Submitted to Archives of General Psychiatry. 

12. Walker, R. L., Hennessy, D. A., Johansen, H., Sambell, C., Lix, L. M., & Quan, H. (2011). 

Implementation of the ICD-10 in Canada: How has it affected coded hospital discharge data? 

Submitted to BMC Health Services Research. Status: revise/resubmit 

13. Etminan, M., Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Metge, C., & Prior, H. J. (2010). Use of nonsteroidal 

anti-inflammatory drugs and risk of osteoporotic fractures: A population-based 

analysis. Submitted to Pharmacotherapy. 

15. Lix, L. M., Acan, B., Adachi, J. D., Towheed, T., Davison, S., Hopman, W., & Leslie, W.D. 

(2009). Measurement equivalence of the SF-36 in the Canadian multicentre osteoporosis 

study. Submitted to Health and Quality of Life Outcomes. 

Peer-Reviewed Manuscripts, In Press 

1. Leslie, W. D., Brennan, S. L., Prior, H. J., Lix, L. M., Metge, C., & Elias, B. (in press). The 

post-fracture care gap among Canadian First Nations peoples: A retrospective cohort study. 

Osteoporosis International. 

2. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., Li, L., & Laverty, W. (in press). Discriminant analysis for repeated 

measures data: effects of mean and covariance misspecification on bias and error in 

discriminant function coefficients. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods. 



3. Majumdar, S. R., Ezekowitz, J. A., Lix, L. M, Leslie, W. D. (in press). Heart failure is a 

clinically and densitometrically independent risk factor for osteoporotic fractures: 

population-based cohort study of 45,509 subjects. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and 

Metabolism. 

Peer-Reviewed Publications 

1. Barclay-Goddard, R., Lix, L. M., Tate, R., Weinberg, L., & Mayo, N. E. (2011). Health 

related quality of life after stroke: Does response shift occur in self perceived physical 

function? Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 92, 1762-1769. 

2. Giangregorio, L., Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E., Kanis, 

J. A. (2011). FRAX Underestimates fracture risk in patients with diabetes. Submitted to 

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. November 2 2011. [Epub ahead of print.] 

3. Jetté, N., Lix, L. M., Metge, C., Prior, H. J., McChesney, J., & Leslie, W. D. (2011). 

Antiepileptic drugs are associated with non-traumatic fractures: a population-based analysis. 

The Lancet Neurology, 68, 107-112. 

4. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Morin, S., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E., & Kanis, J. A. 

(2011). Fracture risk assessment without bone density measurement in routine clinical 

practice. Osteoporosis International. August 18, 2011 [Epub ahead of print.] 

5. Leslie, W. D., Metge, C. J., Azimee, M., Lix, L. M., Finlayson, G. S., Morin, S. N., & 

Caetano, P. (2011). Direct costs of fractures in Canada and trends 1996-2006: a populationbased 

cost-of-illness analysis. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26(10), 2419-2429. 

6. Leslie, W. D., Giangregorio, L., Yogendran, M., Azimaee, M., Morin, S. N., Metge, C., 

Caetano, P., & Lix, L. M. (2011). A population-based analysis of the post-fracture care gap 

1996-2008: the situation is not improving. Osteoporosis International. April 11 2011 [Epub 

ahead of print.] 

7. Leslie, W. D., Majumdar, S. R., Lix, L. M., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E., & 

Kanis, J. A. (2011). High fracture probability with FRAX ® usually indicates densitometric 

osteoporosis: implications for clinical practice. Osteoporosis International. March 11 2011 

[Epub ahead of print.] 

8. Lints-Martindale, A. C., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Lix, L. M. & Thorpe, L. (2011). A 

comparative investigation of observational pain assessment tools for older adults with 

dementia. Clinical Journal of Pain. September 7, 2011 [Epub ahead of print.] 

9. Lix, L. M., Quail, J., Teare, G., & Acan, B. (2011). Performance of comorbidity measures 

for predicting outcomes in a population-based osteoporosis cohort. Osteoporosis 

International, 22(10), 2633-2643. 

10. Morin, S., Lix, L. M., Azimaee, M., Metge, C., Majumdar, S. R., and Leslie, W. D. (2011). 

Institutionalization following incident non-traumatic fractures in community dwelling men 

and women. Osteoporosis International. October 19 2011 [Epub ahead of print.] 

11. Pretorius, T., Lix, L. M., & Giesbrecht, G. (2011). Shivering heat production and body fat 

protect the core from cooling during body immersion, but not during head submersion. A 

structural equation model. Computers in Biology and Medicine, 41(3), 154-158. 

12. Quail, J. M., Lix, L. M., Acan, B. A., & Teare, G. F. (2011). Comparing comorbidity 

measures for predicting mortality and hospitalization in three population-based cohorts. BMC 

Health Services Research, 11, 146. 



13. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., Clara, I., Walker, J., Graff, L. L., Rawsthorne, P., Miller, N., 

Rogala, L., Carr, R., Bernstein, C. N. (2011). Measures of relative importance for healthrelated 

quality of life. Quality of Life Research. April 24 2011 [Epub ahead of print.] 

14. Bernatsky, S, Lix, L. M., Hanly J. G., Hudson, M., Badley, E., Peschken, C., Pineau, C. A., 

Clarke, A. E., Fortin, P. R., Smith, M., Bélisle, P., Lagace, C., Bergeron, L., & Joseph, L. 

(2010). Surveillance of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases using administrative data. 

Rheumatology International, 31(4), 549-554. 

15. Graff, L.A., Vincent, N., Walker, J. R., Clara, I., Carr, R., Ediger, J. P., Miller, N., Rogala, 

L., Rawsthorne, P., Lix, L. M., & Bernstein, C. N. (2010). A population-based study of 

fatigue and sleep difficulties in inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 

17(9), 1882-1889. 

16. Grenier, D., Cooke, A., Lix, L. M., Metge, C., Lu, H., & Leslie, W. (2010). Bone mineral 

density and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 

126(3), 679-686. 

17. Leslie, W. D., Berger, C., & Lix, L. M. (2010). Construction and validation of a simplified 

fracture risk assessment tool for Canadian women and men: results from the CaMos and 

Manitoba cohorts. Osteoporosis International, 22, 1873-1883. 

18. Leslie, W. D., Langsetmo, L., Lix, L. M., Goltzman, D., Adachi, J. D., Hanley, D., Berger, 

C., Johansson, H., Anders, O., McCloskey, E., & Pontefract, W. J. (2010). Construction of a 

FRAX(r) Model for the assessment of fracture probability in Canada and implications for 

treatment. Osteoporosis International, 22(3), 817-827. 

19. Leslie, W. D. & Lix, L. M. (2010). Absolute fracture risk assessment using lumbar spine and 

femoral neck bone density measurements: derivation and validation of a hybrid system. 

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26(3), 460-467. 

20. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E., & Kanis, J. (2010). 

Spine-hip discordance and fracture risk assessment: A physician-friendly FRAX 

enhancement. Osteoporosis International, 22(3), 839-847. 

21. Leslie, W. D., Sadatsafavi, M., Lix, L. M., Azimaee, M., Morin, S., Metge, C., & Caetano, P. 

(2010). Secular decreases in fracture rates 1986-2006 for Manitoba, Canada: A populationbased 

analysis. Osteoporosis International, 22(7), 2137-2143 

22. Leslie, W. D. & Lix, L. M. (2010). Imputation of ten year osteoporotic fracture rates from 

hip fractures: A clinical validation study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25(2), 388- 

392. 

23. Leslie, W. D. & Lix, L. M. (2010). Simplified ten year absolute fracture risk assessment: A 

comparison of men and women. Journal of Clinical Densitometry, 13(2), 141-146. 

24. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E., & Kanis, J. A. (2010). 

Independent clinical validation of a Canadian Frax tool: Fracture prediction and model 

calibration. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 25(11), 2350-2358. 

25. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L.M., & Yogendran, M.S. (2010). Validation of a case definition for 

osteoporosis disease surveillance. Osteoporosis International, 22(1), 37-46. 

26. Leslie, W. D., Morin, S., & Lix, L. M. (2010). A before-and-after study of fracture risk 

reporting and osteoporosis treatment initiation. Annals of Internal Medicine, 153(9), 580-586. 

27. Lix., L. M. (2010). Brier score summarizes model calibration and discrimination – Reply. 

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 63, 939. 

28. Lix, L. M., Hobson, D., Azimaee, M., Leslie, W. D., Burchill, C., & Hobson, S. (2010). 

Socioeconomic variations in the prevalence and incidence of Parkinson’s disease: a 



population-based analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 64(4), 335-340. 

29. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Shaw, S. Y., Targownick, L., Jones, J., & Bataineh, O. (2010). 

Comparing administrative and survey data for ascertaining cases of irritable bowel 

syndrome: A population-based investigation. BMC Health Services Research, 10, 31. 

30. Lix, L. M. & Sajobi, T. T. (2010). Discriminant analysis for repeated measures data: A 

review. Frontiers in Quantitative Psychology and Measurement, 1, 1-9. 

31. Lix, L. M. & Sajobi, T. T. (2010). Testing multiple outcomes in repeated measures designs. 

Psychological Methods, 15(3), 268-280. 

32. Morin, S., Lix, L. M., Azimaee, M., Metge, C., Caetano, P., & Leslie, W. D. (2010). 

Mortality rates after incident non-traumatic fractures in older men and women. Osteoporosis 

International, 22(9), 2439-2448. 

33. Sarkar, J., Lix, L. M., Bruce, S. G., & Young, T. K. (2010). Ethnic and regional differences 

in prevalence and correlates of chronic diseases and risk factors in northern Canada. 

Preventing Chronic Disease 7(1), A13. 

34. Targownick, L. E., Lix, L. M., Leung, S., & Leslie, W. D. (2010). Proton-pump inhibitor use 

is not associated with osteoporosis or accelerated bone mineral density loss. 

Gastroenterology, 138(3), 896-904. 

35. Barclay-Goddard, R., Lix, L. M., Tate, R., Weinberg, L., & Mayo, N. (2009). Response shift 

was identified in health related quality of life using a framework developed for multiple time 

points: a demonstration with individuals post stroke. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 62, 

1181-1188. 

36. Bernatsky, S. Joseph, L. Pineau, C., Belisle, P., Lix, L. M., Banerjee, D., Clarke, A. (2009). 

Polymyalgia rheumatica prevalence in a population-based sample. Arthritis Care & 

Research, 61, 1264-1267. 

37. Clara, I., Lix, L. M., Walker, J. R., Graff, L. A., Miller, N., Rogala, L., Rawsthorne, P. & 

Bernstein, C. N. (2009). The Manitoba IBD index: Evidence for a new and simple indicator 

of IBD activity over time. Gastroenterology, 104, 1754-1763. 

38. Deering, K. N., Lix, L. M., Bruce, S., & Young, T. K. (2009). Chronic diseases and risk 

factors in Canada’s northern populations: Longitudinal and geographic comparisons. 

Canadian Journal of Public Health, 100, 14-17. 

39. Graff, L. L., Walker, J. R., Lix, L. M., Miller, N., Rogala, L., Rawsthorne, P., Bernstein, C. 

N. (2009). Stress coping, distress, and health perceptions in inflammatory bowel disease and 

community controls. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 104(12), 2959-2969. 

40. Lau, Y. K., Lee, E., Prior, H. J., Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., & Leslie, W. D. (2009). Fracture 

risk in androgen deprivation therapy: A Canadian population based analysis. The Canadian 

Journal of Urology , 16, 4908-4914. 

41. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J.F., & Lix, L.M. (2009) Simplified system for absolute fracture risk 

assessment: clinical validation in Canadian women. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 

24, 353-360. 

42. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J., Pahlavan, P., Lix, L. M. (2009) Prediction of hip and other 

osteoporotic fractures from hip geometry in a large clinical cohort. Osteoporosis 

International, 20, 1767 – 1774. 

43. Lix, L. M., Bruce, S., Sarkar, J., Young, T. K. (2009). Risk factors and chronic diseases 

among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations. Health Reports, 20(4), 21-29. 

44. Lix, L. M., Deering, K., Fouladi, R. T., & Manivong, P. (2009). Comparing treatment and 

control groups on multiple outcomes: Robust tests of a directional alternative hypothesis. 



Educational and Psychological Measurement, 69, 198-215. 

45. Lix, L. M., Metge, C. M., & Leslie, W. D. (2009). Measurement equivalence of 

osteoporosis-specific and general quality-of-life instruments in Aboriginal and non- 

Aboriginal women. Quality of Life Research, 18, 619-627. 

46. Bolton, J. M., Metge, C., Lix, L., Prior, H., Sareen, J., & Leslie, W. D. (2008). Fracture risk 

from psychotropic medications. A population-based analysis. Journal of Clinical 

Psychopharmacology, 28, 384-391. 

47. Cook, A. L., Metge, C. M., Lix, L. M., Prior, H., & Leslie, W. D. (2008). Tamoxifen use and 

osteoporotic fracture risk: A population-based analysis. Journal of Clinical Oncology, 

26(32), 5227-5232. 

48. Fisher, S., Kells, L., Picard, J. P., Gelskey, S. C., Singer, D. L., Lix, L. M., & Scott, D. A. 

(2008). Progression of periodontal disease in a maintenance population of smokers and nonsmokers: 

A three-year longitudinal study. Journal of Periodontology, 79,461-468. 

49. Fuches-Lacelle, S., Hadjistavropoulos, T., & Lix, L. M. (2008). Pain assessment as 

intervention: A study of older adults with severe dementia. Clinical Journal of Pain, 24(8), 

697-707. 

50. Keselman, H. J., Algina, J., Lix, L. M., Wilcox, R. R., Deering, K. N. (2008). A generally 

robust approach for testing hypotheses and setting confidence intervals for effect sizes. 

Psychological Methods, 13, 110-129. 

51. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J. F., & Lix, L. M. (2008). The effect of total hip bone area on 

osteoporosis diagnosis and fractures. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 42, 990-995. 

52. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J. F., & Lix, L. M. (2008). Validation of ten-year fracture risk 

prediction: A clinical cohort study from the Manitoba bone density program. Bone, 43, 667- 

671. 

53. Leslie, W. D., Weiler, H. A., Lix, L. M., & Nyomba, B. L. (2008). Body composition and 

bone density in Canadian White and Aboriginal Women: The First Nations Bone Health 

Study. Bone, 42, 990-995. 

54. Lix, L. M., Graff, L. A., Walker, J. R., Clara, I., Rawsthorne, P., Rogala, L., Miller, N., 

Ediger, J., Pretorius, T., Bernstein, C. N. (2008). Longitudinal study of quality of life and 

psychological functioning for active, fluctuating, and inactive disease patterns in 

inflammatory bowel disease. Inflammatory Bowel Disease, 14(11),1575-1584. 

55. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Leslie, W. D., Shaw, S. Y., Baumgartner, R., Bowman, C., & 

Metge, C. (2008). Using multiple data features improved the validity of osteoporosis case 

ascertainment from administrative data. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 61(12),1250- 

1260. 

56. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Shaw, S. Y., Burchill, C., Metge, C., Bond, R. (2008). 

Population-based data sources for chronic disease surveillance. Chronic Diseases in Canada, 

29(1), 31-38. 

57. McDonald, K. L., Huq, S. I., Lix, L. M., Becker, A. B., & Kozyrskyj, A. L. (2008). Delay in 

diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus vaccination is associated with a reduced risk of childhood 

asthma. Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 121, 626-631. 

58. Moore, D. F., Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Martens, P., Tamayo, A. (2008). Stroke 

surveillance in Manitoba, Canada: Estimates from administrative databases. Chronic 

Diseases in Canada, 29(1), 22-30. 

59. Rogala, L., Miller, N., Graff, L. A., Rawsthorne, P., Clara, I., Walker, J. R., Lix, L., Ediger, 

J. P., McPhail, C., & Bernstein, C. N. (2008). Population-based controlled study of social 



support, self perceived stress, activity, and work issues and access to health care in IBD. 

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, 14, 526-535. 

60. Roos, L. L., Brownell, M., Lix, L., Roos, N. P., Forget, E., Walld, R., MacWilliam, L. 

(2008). From health research to social research: Privacy, methods, approaches. Social 

Science and Medicine, 66, 117-129. 

61. Targownick, L. E., Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., Prior, H. J., Leung, S., & Leslie, W. D. (2008). 

Proton pump inhibitors and the risk of osteoporosis related fractures. Canadian Medical 

Association Journal, 179, 319-326. 

62. Walker, J. R., Ediger, J. P., Graff, L. A., Greenfeld, J. M., Clara, I., Lix, L. M., Rawsthorne, 

P., Miller, N., Rogala, L., McPhail, C. M., Bernstein, C. N. (2008). The Manitoba IBD cohort 

study: A population-based study of the prevalence of lifetime and twelve-month anxiety and 

mood disorders. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 103(8), 1989-97. 

63. Demeter, S., Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., MacWilliam, L., Finlayson, G. S., & Reed, M. 

(2007). The effect of socioeconomic status on bone density testing in a public health-care 

system. Osteoporosis International, 18, 153-158. 

64. DeVerteuil, G., Hinds, A., Lix, L., Walker, J., Robinson, R., & Roos, L. L. (2007). Mental 

health and the city: Intra-urban mobility among individuals with schizophrenia. Health and 

Place, 13, 310-323. 

65. Ediger, J., Walker, J.R., Graff, L.A., Lix, L., Clara, I., Rawsthorne, P., Rogala, L., Miller, N., 

McPhail, C., Deering, K., Bernstein, C.N. (2007). Predictors of medication adherence in 

inflammatory bowel disease. American Journal of Gastroenterology, 102, 1417-1426. 

66. Keselman, H. J., Wilcox, R. R., Lix, L. M., Algina, J., & Fradette, K. (2007). Adaptive 

robust estimation and testing. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 

60, 267-293. 

67. Latosinsky, S., Fradette, K., Lix, L. M., Hildebrand, K. J., & Turner, D. (2007) Canadian 

breast cancer guidelines: Have they made a difference? Canadian Medical Association 

Journal, 176, 771-776. 

68. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Prior, H. S., Derksen, S., Metge, C., & O’Neil, J. (2007) Biphasic 

fracture risk in diabetes: A population-based study. Bone, 40, 1595-1601. 

69. Lix, L. M., DeVerteuil, G., Walker, J., Robinson, J. R., Hinds, A., & Roos, L. L. (2007). 

Residential mobility of individuals with diagnosed schizophrenia. A comparison of single 

and multiple movers. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 42, 221-228. 

70. Lix, L. M., & Fouladi, R. T. (2007). Robust step-down tests for multivariate independent 

groups designs. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 60, 245-265. 

71. Lix, L. M. & Lloyd, A. M. (2007). A comparison of procedures for the analysis of 

multivariate longitudinal data. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 6, 380-398. 

72. Menec, V. H., Lix, L. M., Ekuma, O., & Nowicki, S. (2007). Health care use at the end of 

life among older adults: Does it vary by age? Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences, 

62A, 400-407. 

73. Moore, D. F. Gelderman, M. P., Fuhrmann, S. R. , Elkahloun, A. Lix, L. M. Brady, R. O., 

Schiffmann, R., Goldin, E. (2007). Genomic abnormalities of the knock-out murine model of 

Fabry disease following disease specific perturbation: A systems biology approach. 

Proceedings of the National Academy of Science, 104, 8065-70. 

74. Beaumont, J. L., Lix, L. M., Yost, K. J., & Hahn, E. A. (2006). Application of robust 

statistical methods for analysis of health-related quality of life outcomes. Quality of Life 

Research, 15, 349-356. 



75. Burgmann, T., Clara, I., Graff, L., Walker, J, Lix, L., Rawsthorne, P., McPhail, C . , Rogala, 

L . , Miller, N., & Bernstein, C.N. (2006). The Manitoba IBD cohort study: Prolonged 

symptoms before diagnosis – how much is IBS? Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, 

4, 614-620. 

76. DeCoster, C. Quan, H., Finlayson, A., Gao, M., Halfon, P., Humphries, K., Johansen, H., 

Lix, L., Luthi, J-C., Ma, J., Romano, P. S., Roos, L. L., Sundararajan, V., Tu, J. V. (2006). 

Identifying priorities in methodological research using health administrative data: Report 

from an international consortium. BMC Health Services Research, 6, 77. 

77. Graff, L. A., Walker, J., Lix, L. M., Clara, I., Rawsthorne, P., Rogala, L., Miller, N., 

McPhail, C., Jakul, L., Ediger, J., & Bernstein, C. N. (2006). The relationship of disease type 

and activity to psychological functioning and quality of life. Clinical Gastroenterology and 

Hepatology, 4, 1491-1501. 

78. Leslie, W. D., Derksen, S., Prior, H. S., Lix, L. M., Metge, C., O’Neil, J. (2006). The 

interaction of ethnicity and chronic disease as risk factors for osteoporotic fractures: A 

comparison in Canadian Aboriginals and non-Aboriginals. Osteoporosis International, 17, 

1358-1368. 

79. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J., Caetano, P. A., Lix, L. M. (2006). Effectiveness of bone mineral 

density measurement for predicting osteoporotic fractures in clinical practice. Journal of 

Clinical Endocrinology Metabolism, 92, 77-81. 

80. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J., Caetano, P. A., Lix, L. M. (2006). Number of osteoporotic sites and 

fracture risk assessment: A cohort study from the Manitoba bone density program. Journal of 

Bone and Mineral Research, 22, 476-483. 

81. Lix, L. M., Hinds, A. M., DeVerteuil, G., Robinson, J. R., Walker, J., & Roos, L. L. (2006). 

Residential mobility and severe mental illness: a population-based analysis. Administration 

and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 33, 160-171. 

82. Demeter, S., Reed, M., Lix, L. M., MacWilliam, L., & Leslie, W. D. (2005). The association 

between socio-economic status and the utilization of diagnostic imaging in an urban 

Canadian setting. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 173, 1173-1177. 

83. Finlayson, M., Lix, L. M., Finlayson, G., & Fong, T. (2005). Trends in the utilization of 

specific health care services among older Manitobans: 1985 to 2000. Canadian Journal on 

Aging, 24(Suppl 1), 15-28. 

84. Leslie, W. D., Derksen, S., Metge, C., Lix, L. M., Steiman, P. W., & Roos, L. L. (2005). 

Demographic risk factors for fracture in First Nations people. Canadian Journal of Public 

Health, 96 (Supp), S45-S50. 

85. Lix, L. M., Keselman, H. J., & Hinds, A. (2005). Robust tests for the multivariate Behrens- 

Fisher problem. Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 77, 129-139. 

86. Menec, V. H., Lix, L. M., MacWilliam, L., & Soodeen, R. A. (2005). Trends in the health 

status of older Manitobans, 1985 to 1999. Canadian Journal on Aging, 24(Suppl 1), 5-14. 

87. Morris, E., Rosenbluth, D., Scott, D., Livingstone, T., Lix, L. M., McNutt, M., & Watson, F. 

(2005). To what extent does poor health precede welfare? Canadian Journal of Public 

Health, 96, 201-205. 

88. Kozyrskyj, A., Carrie, A. G., Mazowita, G., Lix, L., Klassen, T., Law, B. (2004). Decrease in 

antibiotic use in children in the 1990s: Not all antibiotics, not all children. Canadian Medical 

Association Journal, 171, 133-138. 

89. Leslie, W. D., Derksen, S., Metge, C., Lix, L. M., Salamon, E. A., Steiman, P. W., Roos, L. 

L. (2004). Fracture risk among First Nations people determined from a retrospective matched 



cohort study. Canadian Medical Association Journal, 171, 869-873. 

90. Leslie, W. D., MacWilliam, L., Lix, L. M., Caetano, P., Finlayson, G. S. (2004). A 

population-based study of osteoporosis testing and treatment following introduction of a new 

bone densitometry service. Osteoporosis International, 16, 773-782. 

91. Livingstone, T., Lix, L. M., McNutt, M., Morris, E., Rosenbluth, D., Scott, D., & Watson, F. 

(2004). An investigation of the impact of supplementary health benefits for low-income 

families in Saskatchewan. Canadian Journal of Public Health, 95, 74-78. 

92. Lix, L. M., & Hinds, A. (2004). Multivariate contrasts for repeated measures designs under 

assumption violations. Journal of Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 3, 333-344. 

93. Lix, L. M., Ekuma, O., Brownell, M., & Roos, L. L. (2004). A framework for modelling 

differences in regional mortality over time. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 

58, 420-425. 

94. Lix, L. M. & Keselman, H. J. (2004). Multivariate tests of means in independent groups 

designs: Effects of covariance heterogeneity and non-normality. Evaluation and the Health 

Professions, 26, 1-25. 

95. Fradette, K., Keselman, H. J., Lix, L. M. Algina, J., & Wilcox, R. R. (2003). Conventional 

and robust paired and independent samples t tests: Type I error and power rates. Journal of 

Modern Applied Statistical Methods, 2, 481-496. 

96. Keselman, H. J., Wilcox, R. R., & Lix, L. M. (2003). A generally robust approach to 

hypothesis testing in independent and correlated groups designs. Psychophysiology, 40, 586- 

596. 

97. Lix, L. M., Algina, J., & Keselman, H. J. (2003). Analyzing multivariate repeated measures 

designs: A comparison of two approximate degrees of freedom procedures. Multivariate 

Behavioral Research, 38, 403-431. 

98. Lix, L. M., Newburn-Cook, C., Roos, N. P., & Derksen, S. (2002). Trends in health and 

health care utilization in Manitoba. Healthcare Management Forum, Supplement, 35-38. 

99. Keselman, H. J., Kowalchuk, R. K., Algina, J., Lix, L. M., & Wilcox, R. R. (2000). Testing 

treatment effects in repeated measures designs: Trimmed means and bootstrapping. British 

Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 53, 175-191. 

100. Keselman, H. J., Huberty, C. J., Lix, L. M., Olejnik, S., Cribbie, R. A., Donahue, B. 

Kowalchuk, R. K., Lowman, L. L., Petoskey, M. D., Keselman, J. C., & Levin, J. R. (1998). 

Statistical practises of educational researchers: An analysis of their ANOVA, MANOVA, 

and ANCOVA analyses. Review of Educational Research, 68, 350-386. 

101. Keselman, H. J., Kowalchuk, R. K., & Lix, L. M. (1998). Robust nonorthogonal analyses 

revisited: An update based on trimmed means. Psychometrika, 63, 145-163. 

102. Keselman, H. J., Lix, L. M., & Kowalchuk, R. K. (1998). Multiple comparison procedures 

for trimmed means. Psychological Methods, 3, 123-141. 

103. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. (1998). To trim or not to trim: Tests of location equality 

under heteroscedasticity and nonnormality. Educational and Psychological Measurement, 

58, 409-429. 

104. Keselman, H. J., & Lix, L. M. (1997). Analyzing multivariate repeated measures designs 

when covariance matrices are heterogeneous. British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical 

Psychology, 50, 319-338. 

105. Keselman, H. J., Carriere, K. C., & Lix, L. M. (1996). Errata to “Robust and powerful 

nonorthogonal analyses. Psychometrika, 61, 191. 

106. Keselman, J. C., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. (1996). The analysis of repeated 



measurements: A quantitative research synthesis. British Journal of Mathematical and 

Statistical Psychology, 49, 275-298. 

107. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. (1996). Interaction contrasts in repeated measures designs. 

British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology, 49, 147-162. 

108. Lix, L. M., Keselman, J. C., & Keselman, H. J. (1996). Consequences of assumption 

violations revisited: A quantitative review of alternatives to the one-way analysis of variance 

F test. Review of Educational Research, 66, 579-620. 

109. Keselman, H. J., Carriere, K. C., & Lix, L. M. (1995). Robust and powerful nonorthogonal 

analyses. Psychometrika, 60, 395-418. 

110. Keselman, H. J., Keselman, J. C., & Lix, L. M. (1995). Analysis of repeated 

measurements: Univariate tests, multivariate tests, or both? British Journal of Mathematical 

and Statistical Psychology, 48, 319-338. 

111. Keselman, H. J., & Lix, L. M. (1995). Improved repeated measures stepwise multiple 

comparison procedures. Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics, 20, 83-99. 

112. Lix, L. M. (1995). Pairwise comparisons of means in clothing and textiles research. 

Clothing and Textiles Research Journal, 13(2), 102-110. 

113. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. (1995). Approximate degrees of freedom tests: A unified 

perspective on testing for mean equality. Psychological Bulletin, 117, 547-560. 

114. Keselman, H. J., Carriere, K. C., & Lix, L. M. (1993). Testing repeated measures 

hypotheses when covariance matrices are heterogeneous. Journal of Educational Statistics, 

18, 305-319. 

Non-Peer Reviewed Papers, In Press or Published 

1. Roos, L. L., Lix, L., Bond, R., & Smith, S. (2006). Untangling the web: Organization and 

dissemination of working knowledge. Healthcare Policy, 1, 46-51. 

Book Chapters, In Press or Published 

1. Keselman, H. J. & Lix, L. M. (in press). Analysis of variance. In L. V. Hedges (Ed). 

Handbook of research methods. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. 

2. Lix, L. M. (2011). Methods for ascertaining chronic disease cases from administrative data. 

In C. Flood (Ed). Data data everywhere: Access and accountability? McGill-Queen’s 

University Press: Montreal & Kingston, pp. 173-186. 

3. Lix, L. M. & Keselman, H. J. (2010). Analysis of variance: Repeated measures designs. In 

G. R. Hancock & R. O. Mueller (Eds.). The reviewer’s guide to quantitative methods in the 

social sciences. Routledge: New York, pp.15-28. 

4. Lix, L. M. & Keselman, H. J. (2009). Analysis of variance: In M. Kattan & M. E. Cowen 

(Eds.) Encyclopedia of medical decision making. Sage: Thousand Oaks, CA. 

5. Lix, L. M., Clara, I., Hinds, A., & Bernstein, C. N. (2007). Robust step-down tests for 

multivariate group differences. In S. Sawilowsky (Ed.) Real data analysis. American 

Educational Research Association/Educational Statisticians: Washington, pp. 139-147. 

6. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. (2005). Within-case designs: Distribution-free methods. In B. 

S. Everitt & D. C. Howell (Eds.) Encyclopedia of behavioral statistics. Wiley: New York, 

pp. 2122-2126. 



Abstracts, In Press or Published 

1. Robitaille, C., Dai, S., Waters, C., Lix, L. M., (2011). Monitoring Ischemic Heart Disease 

Prevalence and Mortality in Canada. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 27(5) (Supp 1), S141. 

2. Giangregorio, L., Leslie, W. D., Lix, L., Johansson, H., Oden, A., McCloskey, E. V. and 

Kanis, J. A. (2011). FRAX underestimates fracture risk in patients with diabetes. Journal of 

Bone and Mineral Research, 26 (Supp 1), S31. 

3. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L., Morin, S. (2011). Fracture prediction from repeat BMD measurements 

in routine clinical practice for the Manitoba BMD cohort. Journal of Bone and Mineral 

Research, 26 (Supp 1), S78. 

4. Leslie, W., Lix, L., Morin, S. (2011). Osteoporosis treatment initiation and withdrawal: 

evidence of therapeutic hysteresis in clinical practice. Journal of Bone and Mineral 

Research, 26 (Supp 1), S508. 

5. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L., Morin, S. (2011). Rate of BMD change does not enhance fracture 

prediction: the Manitoba BMD cohort. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26 (Supp 1), 

S131. 

6. Leslie, W. D, Lix, L., Morin, S., Majumdar, S. (2011). Recency and duration of 

glucocorticoid use and fracture prediction: the Manitoba BMD cohort. Journal of Bone and 

Mineral Research, 26 (Supp 1), S18. 

7. Majumdar S.R., Ezekowitz, J.A., Lix, L.M., Leslie, W. D. (2011). Heart failure is a clinically 

and densitometrically independent and novel risk factor for major osteoporotic fractures: 

population-based cohort study of 45,509 subjects. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26 

(Supp 1), S10. 

8. Majumdar, S.R., Lix, L.M., Metge, C., Morin, S.N., Yogendran, M., Leslie, W. D. (2011). 

Population-based trends in BMD testing and osteoporosis treatment for new initiations of 

long-term systemic glucocorticoids (1998-2008). Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 26 

(Supp 1), S146. 

9. Lix, L. M., Fadahunsi O., Bruce, S., Leamon, A., Tribes, M., & Young, T.K. (2011). Chronic 

disease in Canada's north: ethnic comparisons. American Journal of Epidemiology,173(Suppl 

11):1-331. 

10. Ediger, J. P., Walker, J. R., Graff, L. A., Carr, R., Rawsthorne, P., Rogala, L., Miller, N., Lix, 

L. M., Clara, I., Bernstein, C. N. (2009). The Manitoba IBD cohort project: assessing 

changes in reported medication adherence over a three year period. Gastroentrology, 136, 

A-679. 

11. Jette, N., Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., Leslie, W. D. (2009) Antiepileptic drugs are associated 

with osteoporotic fractures—A population-based analysis. Neurology, 72(11; Suppl. 3), 

A119. 

12. Targownick, L. E., Lix, L. M., Leung, S., Leslie, W. D. (2009). Chronic proton pump 

inhibitor use is not associated with an increased risk of osteoporosis. Gastroenterology, 

136(5; Supp 1), A70. 

13. Targownick, L. E., Lix, L. M., Leung, S., Leslie, W. D. (2009). The use of proton pump 

inhibitors is not associated with accelerated bone mineral loss. Gastroenterology, 136(5; 

Supp 1), A70-A71. 

14. Clara, I., Lix, L. M., Walker, J., Graff, L. A., Miller, N., Rogala, L., Rawsthorne, P., 

Bernstein, C. N. (2008). The Manitoba Index: psychometric evidence for a new and simple 

indicator of IBD activity. Gastroenterology, 134(4; Supp 1), A196. 



15. Targownick, L. E., Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., Prior, H. J., Leung, S., Leslie, W. D. (2008). 

The long-term (>=5 years) use of proton pump inhibitors is associated with an increased risk 

of osteoporosis-related fracture. Gastroenterology, 134(4; Supp 1), A112. 

16. Barclay-Goddard, R., Lix, L. M., Wood-Dauphinee, S., Mayo, N. (2007) A structural 

equation model of physical function post stroke. Physiotherapy, 93(S1), S542. 

17. Hinds, A., DeVerteuil, G., & Lix, L. M. (2005). Schizophrenia and the city: Intra-urban 

residential mobility of individuals with severe mental illness. American Journal of 

Epidemiology, 161, S49. 

18. Kozyrskyj, A. L., Dahl, M. E., Soodeen, R. A., & Lix, L. M. (2005). High cost users of 

pharmaceuticals: Who are they? Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 12, e77. 

19. Lix, L. M., Fouladi, R., & Beaumont, J. (2005). A robust step-down procedure for multidimensional 

health-related quality of life data. American Journal of Epidemiology, 161, 

S147. 

20. Lix, L. M., Kozyrskyj, A. L., Dahl, M. E., & Soodeen, R. A. (2005). Predictors of transition 

to high cost use of pharmaceuticals. Canadian Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, 12, e78. 

21. Kells, L. Picard, J-P., Gelskey, S. C., Lix, L. M., Singer, D. L., & Scott, D. A. (2004). 

Tobacco compromises periodontal health in a maintenance population. Tobacco Induced 

Diseases, 2(4), 47. 

22. Leslie W. D., Krahn J., Weiler H. A., Metge C. J., Yuen C. K., Doupe M. , Salamon E. 

A.,Wood Steiman P., O'Neil J. D., Greenberg C. R., Lix L. M., Roos L. L., Tenenhouse A. 

(2004). Vitamin D insufficiency in Canadian Aboriginal women: the First Nations bone 

health study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 19(Suppl 1): S423. 

23. Leslie WD, Metge CJ, Weiler HA, Yuen CK, Krahn J, Doupe M, Salamon EA, Wood 

Steiman P, O'Neil JD, Greenberg CR, Lix LM, Roos LL, Tenenhouse A. (2004). Site 

specific reductions in bone density in Canadian Aboriginal women: The First Nations bone 

health study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 19(Suppl 1), S288. 

24. Metge C. J., Leslie W. D., Weiler H. A., Yuen C. K., Doupe M., Salamon E. A., Wood 

Steiman P., O'Neil J. D., Greenberg C. R., Lix L. M., Roos L. L., Tenenhouse A. (2004). 

Quality of life measures in Canadian Aboriginal women: the First Nations bone health study. 

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 19(Suppl 1), S180. 

25. Weiler H. A., Leslie W. D., Salamon E. A., Wood Steiman P., Metge C. J., Yuen C. K., 

Doupe M., O'Neil J. D., Greenberg C. R., Lix L. M., Roos L. L., Tenenhouse A. (2004). 

Assessment of calcium and vitamin D intake using a modified food frequency questionnaire 

in Aboriginal and White women residing in Manitoba: The First Nations bone health study. 

Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 19(Suppl 1), S290. 

26. Lix, L. M. (1991). [Review of Focus on home economics/human ecology]. Canadian Home 

Economics Journal, 41, 140. 

Published Reports 

1. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M., Burchill, C., McKeen, N., Metge, C., Moore, D., & Bond, R. 

(2006). Defining and validating chronic diseases: An administrative data approach. 

University of Manitoba: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. 

2. Kozyrskyj, A., Lix, L. M., Dahl, Mathew, & Soodeen, R.-A. (2005). High-cost users of 

pharmaceuticals: Who are they? University of Manitoba: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. 

3. Lix, L., Finlayson, G., Yogendran, M., Bond, R., Bodnarchuk, J., Soodeen, R. A. (2005). 

Primary prevention: An examination of data capabilities in Manitoba. University of 



Manitoba: Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. 

4. Menec, V., Lix, L., Steinbach, C., Ekuma, O., Sirski, M., Dahl, M., & Soodeen, R.-A. 

(2004). Patterns of health care use and cost at the end of life. University of Manitoba: 

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. 

5. Brownell, M., Lix, L. M., Ekuma, O., Derksen, S., DeHaney, S., Bond, R., Fransoo, R., 

MacWilliam, L., & Bodnarchuk, J. (2003). Why is the health status of some Manitobans not 

improving? The widening gap in the health status of Manitobans? University of Manitoba: 

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. 

6. Livingstone, T., Lix, L., McNutt, M., Morris, E., Osei, W., Rosenbluth, D., Scott, D., Watson 

F. (2001). Monitoring the effects of family health benefits for low-income families in 

Saskatchewan. Regina: Saskatchewan Health. 

7. Health Services Advisory Committee Information Needs Working Group. (2001). Health 

service and outcome indicators by population group: Children and youth. Regina: 

Saskatchewan Health. 

8. Advisory Panel for Health Canada CAPC/CPNP Project. (2000). Working together in 

partnerships: What do CAPC and CPNP in Alberta and Saskatchewan say is important. 

[Web site: http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/hppb/childhood-youth/cbp/npf/index.html]. 

9. Lix, L. M., Watson, F., Osei, W., Miller, S., & Macfarlane, T. (2000). The epidemiology of 

infant mortality in Saskatchewan, 1982-1996. Regina: Saskatchewan Health. 


service and outcome indicators by population group: Mothers and infants. Regina: 

Saskatchewan Health. 


service and outcome indicators by population group: Overview. Regina: Saskatchewan 

Health. 

Conference Presentations 

1. Lix, L. M., Lacaille, D., O’Donnell, S., Bernatsky, S., Bombardier, C., and the 

Administrative Data Rheumatology Research and Surveillance Group. (Submitted). Best 

Practices for the Use of Administrative Data in Rheumatology Research and Surveillance. 

International Data Linkage Conference, Perth, Australia, May 1-4, 2012. 

2. Lix, L. M., Wu, X., Jones, J. (Submitted). Identifying Irritable Bowel Syndrome in 

Administrative Health Databases with Latent Class Analysis. International Data Linkage 

Conference, Perth, Australia, May 1-4, 2012. 

3. Lix, L. M., Tagore, V., Quail, J., Teare, G. F., Osman, M., Wang, E. (Submitted). Costs of 

Episodes of Care for Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. International Data Linkage 

Conference, Perth, Australia, May 1-4, 2012. 

4. Metcalfe, A., Lyon, A., Johnson, J., Bernier, F., Currie, G., Lix, L. M., Tough, S. 

(Submitted). Creation of a Conception Cohort Using Linked Clinical and Administrative 

Data. Western Perinatal Research Meeting, Banff, Alberta, February 16-19, 2012. 

5. Ghandehari, O. O., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Williams, J., Thorpe, L., Alfano, D. P., Bello- 

Haas, V. D., Malloy, D. C., Martin, R. R., Carleton, R. N., Zwakhlan, S. M.G., Rahaman, 

O., Hunter, P. V., Lix, L. M. (Submitted). Implementation and Evaluation of a Pain 

Management Continuing Education Program on Long-Term Care Staff Knowledge, Beliefs 

and Attitudes about Pain: The Quantitative Results. Canadian Psychological Association 

Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, June 14-16, 2012. 



6. Ghandehari, O. O., Viklund, A. L., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Williams, J., Thorpe, L., Alfano, 

D. P., Bello-Haas, V. D., Malloy, D. C., Martin, D. R., Carleton, R. N., Zwakhlan, S. M.G., 

Rahaman, O., Hunter, P. V., Lix, L. M. (Submitted). Implementation and Controlled 

Evaluation of a Pain Education Program for Long-Term Care Staff: Focus Group Results. 

Canadian Psychological Association Annual Conference, Halifax, NS, June 14-16, 2012. 

7. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Wu, X. (Submitted). The Effect of Competing Mortality on 

Fracture Risk Assessment. International Society of Clinical Densitometry Meeting, Los 

Angeles, CA, March 7-10, 2012. 

8. Hudson, M., Bernatsky, S., Lacaille, D., Lix, L. M., Jean, S. A systematic review to 

determine the validity of diagnoses of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in administrative 

data (submitted). Canadian Rheumatology Association Annual Meeting, Victoria, BC, 

March 28-31, 2012. 

9. Hudson, M., Bernatsky, S., Lacaille, D., Lix, L. M., Jean, S. A systematic review to 

determine the validity of diagnoses of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in administrative 

data. Canadian Arthritis Network Annual Scientific Meeting, Quebec City, QC, October 27- 

29, 2011. 

10. Robitaille, C., Dai, S., Waters, C., & CCDSS Heart Disease Working Group. Monitoring 

ischemic heart disease prevalence and mortality in Canada. Annual Meeting of the 

Canadian Cardiovascular Congress, Vancouver, BC, October 22-26, 2011. 

11. Metcalfe, A., Lyon, A., Johnson, J., Bernier, F., Currie, G., Lix, L., & Tough, S. Linkage of 

clinical and administrative data to identify a conception cohort. WHO-FIC Network Annual 

Meeting, Cape Town, South Africa, October 29-November 4, 2011. 

12. Lacaille, D., Hanly, J., Lix, L. M., Stringer, E., Bernatsky, S. Rheumatology billing 

practices in Canada: a survey. Canadian Arthritis Network Annual Scientific Conference, 

Quebec City, QC, October 27-29, 2011. 

13. Quail, J. M., Lix, L. M., Tagore, V., & Teare, G. F. Episodes of care for chronic obstructive 

pulmonary disease. Health Data Users Conference, Ottawa, Ontario, September 2011. 

14. Bernatsky, S., Lix, L. M., Lacaille, D., O'Donnell, S., & Bombardier, C. Consensus 

statements concerning the use of administrative data in rheumatology research and 

surveillance. Annual Meeting of the American College of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, 

November 4-9 2011. 

15. Lix, L. M., Huang, Y., Sajobi, T. T., Sawatzky, R., Liu, J., & Mayo, N. Detecting different 

forms of response shift with structural equation modeling: an application to inflammatory 

bowel disease. International Society for Quality of Life Research Annual Conference, 

Denver, CO, October 26-29 2011. 

16. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., Huang, Y., Sawatzky, R., Liu, J., & Mayo, N. E. Relative 

importance measures to detect reprioritization response shift. International Society for 

Quality of Life Research Annual Conference, Denver, CO, October 26-29 2011. 

17. Lix, L. M., & Wu, X. Capture-recapture techniques to evaluate completeness of 

administrative health databases for chronic disease research: Effects of misclassification. 

International Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Cleveland, OH, October 2011. 

18. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., & Dansu, B. M. Robust descriptive discriminant analysis for 

repeated measures data. Annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, Wolfville, 

Nova Scotia, June 2011. 



19. Lix, L. M., Quail, J., Teare, G. F., & Nesdole, R. Evaluation of administrative databases for 

studying episodes of care in Saskatchewan, Canada. Annual meeting of the Canadian 

Association for Health Services and Policy Research. Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2011. 

20. Walker, R., Lix, L., Quan, H., Nesdole, R., Yang, J., Chen, G. Features of physician billing 

claims data in Canada. Annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Health Services 

and Policy Research. Halifax, Nova Scotia, May 2011. 

21. Widdifield, J., Lix, L. M., Labrecque, J., Bernatsky, S., Paterson, M., Bombardier, C. & 

members of the Rheumatic Disease Administrative data Case Status Definition Working 

Group. A systematic review to evaluate the quality and reporting of administrative database 

validation studies for rheumatic diseases. Canadian Rheumatology Association & Mexican- 

Canadian Congress of Rheumatology (CRA-MCR) meeting, Cancun, Mexico, February 11- 

15, 2011. 

22. Sajobi T. T., & Lix, L. M. Longitudinal health-related quality of life: new statistical 

methods to study change in domain importance. Saskatchewan Epidemiology Symposium, 

Saskatoon, SK, October, 2010. 

23. Lee, C.H., & Lix, L. M. Effect of assumption violations on capture-recapture models for 

chronic disease surveillance. Saskatchewan Epidemiology Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, 

October 2010. 

24. Nesdole, R., & Lix, L. M. Physician remuneration methods in Canada, 1999-2006. 

Saskatchewan Epidemiology Symposium, Saskatoon, SK, October, 2010. 

25. Nesdole, R., & Lix, L. M. Physician remuneration methods in Canada, 1999-2006. Western 

Regional Training Center for Health Services Research Fall Symposium, Regina, SK, 

October, 2010. 

26. Leslie, W. D., Azimaee, M., Morin, S. N., Metge, C., Caetano, P., & Lix, L. M. Is screening 

BMD testing in older women effective for fracture prevention in routine clinical practice? A 

matched case-control study. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research 

(ASBMR) Annual Meeting, Toronto, ON, October 15-19, 2010. 

27. Leslie, W. D., Yogendran, M., Azimaee, M., Morin, S. N., Metge, C., Caetano, P., & Lix, L. 

M. A population-based analysis of the post-fracture care gap 1996-2008: the situation is 

not improving. The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual 

Meeting, Toronto, ON, October 15-19, 2010. 

28. Metge, C., Azimaee, M., Lix, L. M., Morin, S., Caetano, P., & Leslie, W. D. Has the cost 

burden of incident fractures changed over time? A longitudinal analysis from 1996-2008. 

The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR) Annual Meeting, Toronto, 

ON, October 15-19, 2010. 

29. Lix, L. M., Prior, H. M., Yogendran, M., & Lee, C. H. A multiple imputation model for 

ascertaining chronic disease cases in administrative data: Application to osteoporosis. 

Paper presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Vancouver, BC, August 2010. 

30. Gezer, R, Lix, LM, Teare, G. Patient safety in Saskatchewan: Adverse event rates and their 

cost to healthcare system. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian 

Association of Health Services and Policy Research, Toronto, ON, May 2010. 

31. Lee, CH, Lix, LM. Heterogeneity and source-dependency in capture-recapture models. 

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, Quebec City, 

QC, May 2010. 

32. Lix, LM. Measuring comorbidity with administrative data in chronic disease populations. 

Canadian Chronic Disease Surveillance System Scientific Committee, Quebec City, QC, 



2010. 

33. Lix, LM. Multiple imputation for measurement error correction in administrative data. 

Seminar series, University of Calgary, Department of Community Health Sciences, Calgary, 

AB, 2010. 

34. Lix, LM. Testing multiple outcomes in the presence of non-normality and variance 

heterogeneity. Seminar series, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial 

University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF, 2010. 

35. Lix, LM. Current advances in the use of administrative data in chronic disease research: A 

methodological perspective. Seminar series, Division of Community Health and 

Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF, 

2010. 

36. Lix, LM. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts: Using data linkage and cohort 

designs to create synergy at Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health 

Policy 20th Anniversary Conference, Winnipeg, MB, 2010. 

37. Lix, LM. Chronic disease case ascertainment methods: A model-based approach. Using 

Data to Predict the Future. Workshop organized by the Calgary Institute of Population and 

Public Health, Banff, AB, 2010. 

38. Lix, LM. Testing many outcomes: Multiple-testing strategies and global procedures. 

Seminar series, Department of Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of 

Maryland, College Park, MD, 2010. 

39. Lix, LM, Sajobi, TT. Testing multiple outcomes with a priori weights in the presence of 

assumption violations. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of 

Canada, Quebec City, QC, May 2010. 

40. Sajobi, T. T., Lix, L. M., Laverty, W. H., Li, L. Discriminant analysis for repeated 

measures data: Effects of covariance structure on bias and error in discriminant function 

coefficients. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, 

Quebec City, QC, May 2010. 

41. Metge, C., Leslie, W. D., Azimaee, M., Lix, L. M., Morin, S., & Caetano, P. Using cost-ofillness 

analysis to determine the direct burden of fracture: Estimates of potential savings 

from prevention. Poster presentation at the Canadian Association for Population 

Therapeutics Annual Conference, Toronto, Ontario, March 28-30, 2010. 

42. Leslie W. D., Morin S., Azimaee M., Lix L., Metge C., & Caetano P. Secular decreases in 

osteoporotic fracture rates 1986-2006: A population-based analysis. Presented at the 

meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research, Paris, 

France, October 24-27, 2009. 

43. Morin S., Azimaee M., Lix L., Metge C., Caetano P., & Leslie W. D. Long-term mortality 

rates after incident fractures in a population-based cohort of men and women. Presented at 

the meeting of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Research, Paris, 

France, October 24-27, 2009. 

44. McChesney J., Jette N., Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., Prior, H. J., & Leslie, W. D. Antiepileptic 

drugs are associated with osteoporotic fractures – A population-based analysis. Presented 

at the meeting of the Canadian League Against Epilepsy. Saskatoon, SK, October 3-4, 2009. 

45. Quail, J., Lix, L. M., Gezer, R., & Teare, G. A population-based comparison of comorbidity 

risk-adjustment methods in a population of diabetics. Statistics Canada Health Data User’s 

Conference. Ottawa, ON, September 21-22, 2009. 

46. Bernatsky, S., Lix, L. M., Hanly, J., Hudson, M., Peschken, C., Clarke, A., Pineau, C., 



Belisle, C., & Joseph, L. Prevalence of systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases (SARDs): 

Regional comparisons. Abstract submitted for presentation—Joint Meeting of the Bone 

Research Society and the British Society of Matrix Biology, London, UK, June 14-16, 2009. 

47. Etminan, M, Lix, L. M., Metge, C. J., Prior, H. J., & Leslie, W. D. Non-steroidal antiinflammatory 

drugs are associated with osteoporotic fractures: A population-based 

analysis. Abstract submitted for presentation—Joint Meeting of the Bone Research Society 

and the British Society of Matrix Biology, London, UK, June 14-16, 2009. 

48. Sajobi T. T., Lix L. M., Clara I., Walker J., Graff L. A. , Rawsthorne P., Ediger J., Miller 

N., Rogala L., Carr R., & Bernstein C.N. Evaluating the importance of quality of life 

domains: A review of literature and numeric example from the Manitoba Inflammatory 

Bowel Disease (IBD) Cohort Study. Paper presented at the Eastern Canadian Health 

Outcomes Meeting, Montreal, QC, June 2009. 

49. Sajobi, T., & Lix, L. M. Testing multiple outcomes in the presence of non-normality and 

covariance heterogeneity. Presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of 

Canada, Vancouver, BC, May 31 – June 3, 2009. 

50. Bataineh, O., & Lix, L. M. Ascertainment of osteoporosis cases using administrative 

databases and capture-recapture method. Presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical 

Society of Canada, Vancouver, BC, May 31-June 3, 2009. 

51. Lix, L. M., Azimaee, M., Leslie, W. D., Burchill, C., Hobson, S., & Hobson, D. E. 

Socioeconomic and geographic differences in health services utilization for Parkinson’s 

disease. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Health 

Services and Policy Research, Calgary, AB, May 2009. 

52. Shaw, S. Lix, L. M., Elliott, L., & Huynh, C.-L. A latent variable investigation of 

emergency room use. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for 

Health Services and Policy Research, Calgary, AB, May 2009. 

53. Sarkar, J., Lix, L. M., Bruce, S., & Young, T. K. Prevalence of chronic diseases and risk 

factors in northern and southern Canadian aboriginal and non-aboriginal populations. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy 

Research, Calgary, AB, May 2009. 

54. Heron, D., MacNeil, B. J., HayGlass, K. T., Lix, L. M., Becker, A. B., & Kozyrskyj, A. L. 

Atopic dermatitis, asthma and stress markers at age 7-10. Presented at the annual meeting 

of the American Thoracic Society, San Diego, CA, May 2009. 

55. Metge, C. J., Prior, H., Lix, L. M., & Leslie, W. D. Fracture risk from cardiovascular 

medications: A population-based analysis. Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian 

Association for Population Therapeutics, Montreal, QC, April 19-21, 2009. 

56. D’Arcy, C., Meng, X. F., & Lix, L. M. A structural equation model for psychological wellbeing, 

distress and coping in the Canadian population. Oral presentation at the XII 

International Congress of the International Federation of Psychiatric Epidemiology, Vienna, 

Austria, April 16-19, 2009. Abstract published in Book of Abstracts, S-12-2, 35. 

57. Lix, L. M. Quality of administrative data: a statistical perspective. Paper presented at the 

annual meeting of Prairie Network for Research in Mathematical Sciences, Saskatoon, SK, 

April 2009. 

58. Lix, L. M. Testing multiple outcomes in repeated measures designs. Paper presented at the 

annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 

2009. 

59. Heron, D., MacNeil, B. J., HayGlass, K. T., Lix, L. M., Becker, A. B., & Kozyrskyj, A. L. 



Maternal distress, atopic dermatitis and skin infections in early life. Presented at the annual 

meeting of AllerGen: Allergy, Genes and Environment Network, Ottawa, ON, February 

2009. 

60. Sarkar, J., Lix, L. M., Bruce, S., & Young, T. K. Prevalence of chronic diseases and risk 

factors in northern Canadian populations. Presented at the Fall Institute of the Western 

Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research, October 2008, Edmonton, Alberta. 

61. Lix, L. M., Metge, C. M., & Leslie, W. D. Measurement equivalence of osteoporosisspecific 

and general quality of life instruments in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal women. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, 

Montreal, QC, September 2008. 

62. Lau, Y., Lee, C. E., Prior, H. J., Lix, L., Metge, C. J., & Leslie, W. D. Fracture risks of 

prostate cancer and androgen-deprivation therapy in Manitoba: A Canadian provincial 

population-based analysis. Presented at the American Society of Clinical Oncology 2008 

Annual Meeting, Chicago, Illinois, May 2008. 

63. Hunter, P., Hadjistavropoulos, T., Sharpe, D., Lix, L. M., & Cheang, M. The effects of a 

multidimensional psychological intervention on the behaviour of patients with dementia. 

Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Halifax, 

NS, May 2008. 

64. Lix, L. M., & Manivong, P. Testing multiple correlated outcomes in clinical trials with 

repeated measurements. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of 

Canada, Ottawa, ON, May 2008. 

65. Lix, L. M., Bowman, C., Leslie, W., Azimaee, M., Hux, J., Gumel, A., & Yogendran, M. A 

comparison of methods for estimating chronic disease incidence from linked administrative 

health data. Paper presented at the International Health Policy Statistics Conference, 

Philadelphia, PA, January 2008. 

66. Barclay-Goddard, R., Lix, L. M., Mayo, N. E., Wood-Dauphinee, S., Tate, R. A framework 

for assessing response shift in post-stroke health-related quality of life over multiple time 

points. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the International Society for Quality of Life 

Research, Toronto, ON, October 2007. 

67. Lix, L.M., Roos, L. L., Martens, P. M., & Katz, A. Web-based tools to facilitate the use of 

administrative data in population-based research. Paper presented at the international 

conference Exploiting Existing Data for Health Research hosted by the Social Dimensions 

of Health Institute, Universities of St. Andrews & Dundee. St. Andrews, Scotland, 

September 2007. 

68. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Leslie, W. D., Shaw, S. Y., Baumgartner, R., & Bowman, C. 

A comparison of classification models for identifying chronic disease cases and non-cases 

in administrative claims data. Presented at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Salt Lake City, 

Utah, July 2007. 

69. Lix, L. M., Deering, K., & Bruce, S. G., CIHR team in circumpolar chronic disease 

prevention: Building a chronic disease data observatory. Presented at the Circumpolar 

Health Research Conference, Banff, AB, May 2007. 

70. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Leslie, W. D., Shaw, S. Y., Baumgartner, R., & Bowman, C. 

Classification algorithms to distinguish osteoporosis cases and non-cases in administrative 

data. Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 

Calgary, May 2007. 

71. Lloyd, A. M., & Lix, L. M. Analysis of multivariate repeated measurements in the presence 



of missing observations and covariance misspecification: Considerations for the analysis of 

quality of life data. Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics, Calgary, May 2007. 

72. Shaw, S. Y., Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M. S., Metge, C., Burchill, C., & Bond, R. Diabetes 

case definitions from administrative data: What are the benefits of an expanded set of 

databases? Presented at the meeting of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics, Calgary, May 2007. 

73. Xiang, G., Lix, L. M., Bond, R., Roos, L. L., Turner, K., & Burchill, C. Integration of webbased 

resources to facilitate the use of administrative data in research. Presented at the 

meeting of the Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Calgary, May 2007. 

74. Walker, J. R., Clara, I., Graff, L. A., Ediger, J., Lix, L., Rawsthorne, P., Rogala, L., Miller, 

N., McPhail, C., & Bernstein, C.N. Positive psychological factors as predictors of quality 

of life in individuals with inflammatory bowel disease. Presented at the annual convention 

of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Toronto, November 2006. 

75. Hinds, A. M., Lix, L. M., DeVerteuil, G., & Tate, R. Relationship between residential 

mobility and health among individuals with mental illness. Presented at the annual meeting 

of the Canadian Association of Health Services and Policy Research, Vancouver, BC, 


76. Leslie, W. D., Caetano, P., Lix, L. M., Tsang, J. F. Greater number of osteoporotic sites 

and fracture risk: Regression to the minimum. Presented at the annual meeting of the 

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. 

77. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Prior, H. J., Derksen, S., Metge, C., O’Neil, J. Biphasic fracture 

risk in adult diabetes: A population-based study. Presented at the annual meeting of the 

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. 

78. Leslie, W. D., Lix, L. M., Tsang, J. F., Caetano, P. A. Fracture risk and site-discordance: 

The total hip dominates other sites. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Society 

for Bone and Mineral Research, Philadelphia, PA, September 2006. 

79. Leslie, W. D., Tsang, J. F., Caetano, P. A., Lix, L. M. Effectiveness of bone mineral density 

for predicting osteoporotic fractures in a large clinical population. Presented at the annual 

meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Philadelphia, PA. 


80. Graff, L. A., Walker, J. R., Lix, L. M., Clara, I., McPhail, C. M., Ediger, J. P., Jakul, L., 

Rogala, L., & Bernstein, C. N. Psychometric properties of Canadian Community Health 

Survey psychological functioning scales evaluated in a population-based clinical cohort. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Psychological Association, Montreal, QC, 

June 2006. 

81. Lix, L. M., & Deering, K. A robust two-group step-down test for multiple outcomes. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada. London, ON, May 

2006. 

82. Lix, L. M., & Lloyd, A. A comparison of methods for the analysis of doubly multivariate 

data. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, 

San Francisco, CA, April 2006. 

83. Leslie, W. D., Prior, H. J., Derksen, S., Metge, C. J., & Lix, L. M. Medical risk factors 

contribute to the high fracture risk in Canadian Aboriginal peoples. Presented at the annual 

meeting of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research, Nashville, TN, September 

2005. 



84. Roos, L. L., Lix, L. M., & Roos, N. P. The future of information-rich environments. 

Presented in the Department of Community Health Sciences Colloquium Series, University 

of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, September 2005. 

85. Hinds, A., DeVerteuil, G., & Lix, L. M. Schizophrenia and the city: Intra-urban residential 

mobility of individuals with severe mental illness. Presented at the joint meeting of the 

Society for Epidemiological Research and the Canadian Society of Epidemiology and 

Biostatistics. Toronto, ON, June 2005. 

86. Lix, L. M. The analysis of multivariate repeated measures data with structured 

covariances. Presented at the annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, 

Saskatoon, SK. June 2005. 

87. Lix, L. M., Fouladi, R., & Beaumont, J. A robust step-down procedure for multidimensional 

health-related quality of life data. Presented at the joint meeting of the Society 

for Epidemiological Research and the Canadian Society of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. 

Toronto, ON, June 2005. 

88. Roos, L. L., & Lix, L. M. The future of information-rich environments. Presented to the 

International Symposium on Administrative Data in Health Research, University of Calgary, 

Calgary, AB, June 2005. 

89. Lix, L. M., & Fouladi, R. Robust step-down tests for multivariate independent groups 

designs. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research 

Association, Montreal, QC, April 2005. 

90. Lix, L. M., Yogendran, M., McKeen, N., Bond, R., & Metge, C. Defining and validating 

chronic disease: An administrative data approach. Presented at the inaugural conference on 

Chronic Disease Prevention, Ottawa, ON, November 2004. 

91. Beaumont, J. L., Lix, L. M., Yost, K., & Hahn, E. A. Application of methods for analysis of 

non-normally distributed patient-reported data. Presented at the annual Joint Statistical 

Meetings, Toronto, ON, August 2004. 

92. Lix, L. M. Robust step-down tests for independent groups designs. Presented at the 

University of Manitoba Statistics Workshop, University of Manitoba, August 2004. 

93. Lix, L. M., & DeVerteuil, G. Modeling small-area variations in mental health service use 

with geographically weighted regression. Presented at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings, 

Toronto, ON, August 2004. 

94. Menec, V. H., Lix, L. M., Steinbach, C., Ekuma, O., Sirski, M., & Soodeen, R. A. An 

examination of factors related to location of death. Presented at the annual meeting of the 

Canadian Population Society, Winnipeg, MB, June 2004. 

95. Roos, L. L., & Lix, L. M. The future of information-rich environments. Presented at the 

annual meeting of the Canadian Population Society, Winnipeg, MB, June 2004. 

96. Keselman, H. J., Wilcox, R. R., Lix, L. M., Algina, J., & Fradette, K. Adaptive robust 

estimation and testing. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational 

Research Association, San Diego, CA, April 2004. 

97. Lix, L. M., Ekuma, O., Menec, V., Sirski, M., Steinbach, C., Soodeen, R., Dahl, M. 

Modeling health care use and cost in the last six months of life. Presented at the bi-annual 

meeting of the American Statistical Association’s International Conference on Health Policy 

Statistics, Chicago, IL, October 2003. 

98. Lix, L. M., Keselman, H. J., Hinds, A. Two-group multivariate tests for non-normal data. 

Presented at the bi-annual meeting of the American Statistical Association’s International 

Conference on Health Policy Statistics, Chicago, IL, October 2003. 



99. Lix, L.M., Algina, J., & Keselman, H. J. A comparison of procedures for the analysis of 

multivariate longitudinal data. Presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Canadian Society 

for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Halifax, NS, June 2003. 

100. Lix, L. M., Ekuma, O., Brownell, M., & Roos, L. L. A framework for modelling regional 

differences in mortality over time. Presented at the bi-annual meeting of the Canadian 

Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Halifax, NS, June 2003. 

101. Lix, L. M., Algina, J., & Keselman, H. J. Analyzing multivariate repeated measures 

designs: A comparison of two approximate degrees of freedom procedures. Presented at the 

annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Vancouver, May 2003. 

102. Lix, L. M., Brownell, M. Ekuma, O., Derksen, S., Dehaney, S., Bond, R., Fransoo, R., 

MacWilliam, L., Bodnarchuk, J. A longitudinal analysis of regional disparities in health 

status in Manitoba, Canada. Presented at the meeting of the International Society for Equity 

in Health, Toronto, June 2002. 

103. Livingstone, T., Lix, L., McNutt, M., Morris, E., Osei, W., Rosenbluth, D., Scott, D., 

Watson, F. Economic benefits of the Family Health Benefits program for rural children and 

families. Presented at the US Rural Health Conference, University of Alabama, April 2002. 

104. Lix, L. M., Roos, L. L., Ekuma, O., & Newburn-Cook, C. Modeling premature mortality in 

one Canadian province: The longitudinal analysis of rare events. Presented at the 

International Conference on Health Policy Research, Boston, MA, December 2001. 

105. Beck, P., Lix, L. M., Macfarlane, T., McNutt, M., Miller, S., Osei, W., Safnuk, T., Watson, 

F., & Weiman, L. Fall-related injuries among seniors in Saskatchewan, 1992/93-1997/98: 

Implications for prevention. Presented at the Canadian Conference for Injury Prevention and 

Control, Kananaskis, AB, October 2001. 

106. Cooper, K., & Lix, L. M. Working Together in Partnerships: What do CAPC and CPNP in 

Alberta and Saskatchewan say is important? Presented at the annual meeting of the 

Canadian Public Health Association, Saskatoon, SK, October 2001. 

107. Livingstone, T., Lix, L., McNutt, M., Morris, E., Osei, W., Rosenbluth, D., Scott, D., & 

Watson, F. Monitoring the effects of family health benefits for rural children in low-income 

families. Presented at the Canadian Rural Revitalization Foundation Conference, Muenster, 

SK, October 2001. 

108. Keselman, H. J., Wilcox, R., & Lix, L. M. A robust approach to hypothesis testing. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological Association, Maui, HI, May 

2001. 

109. Beck, P., Lix, L. M., Macfarlane, T., McNutt, M., Miller, S., Osei, W., Safnuk, T., Watson, 

F., & Weiman, L. Partnering for prevention: The Saskatchewan coalition for fall prevention 

among seniors. Presented at the Canadian Conference for Injury Prevention and Control, 

Kananaskis, AB, October 2000. 

110. Kowalchuk, R. K., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. Robust nonorthogonal analyses based on 

trimmed means and Winsorized variances. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, Chicago, March 1997. 

111. Lix, L. M., Keselman, H. J., & Algina, J. Trimmed means in split-plot repeated 

measurement designs. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational 

Research Association, Chicago, March 1997. 

112. Kowalchuk, R. K., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. The analysis of repeated measures 

designs in education research. Presented at the annual meeting of the Psychometric Society, 

Banff, AB, July 1996. 



113. Lix, L. M., Cribbie, R., & Keselman, H. J. The analysis of completely randomized 

univariate designs in education research. Presented at the annual meeting of the 

Psychometric Society, Banff, AB, July 1996. 

114. Kowalchuk, R. K., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. Robust and powerful multiple comparison 

procedures for the one-way layout. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, New York, NY April 1996. 

115. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. To trim or not to trim: Tests of location equality under 

heteroscedasticity and nonnormality. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA, April 1995. 

116. Lix, L. M., Lin, Y. H., & Keselman, H. J. Analyzing multivariate repeated measures 

designs when covariance matrices are heterogeneous. Presented at the annual meeting of 

the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA: April 1995. 

117. Keselman, H. J., Carriere, K. C., & Lix, L. M. Robust nonorthogonal analyses when 

variances are heterogeneous. Presented at the annual meeting of the Western Psychological 

Association, Kona, HI, April 1994. 

118. Keselman, H. J., Keselman, J. C., & Lix, L. M. Analysis of repeated measurements: 

Univariate tests, multivariate tests, or both? Presented at the annual meeting of the Western 

Psychological Association, Kona, HI, April 1994. 

119. Keselman, J. C., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. The analysis of repeated measures power: A 

quantitative research synthesis. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April 1994. 

120. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. Repeated measures stepwise multiple comparison procedures 

incorporating an omnibus test. Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational 

Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1994. 

121. Lix, L. M., Keselman, J. C., & Keselman, H. J. Analysis of single-group repeated measures 

designs: A quantitative review. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, New Orleans, LA, April 1994. 

122. Keselman, J. C., Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. The analysis of repeated measurements: A 

quantitative research synthesis. Presented at the annual meeting of the American 

Educational Research Association, Atlanta, GA, April 1993. 

123. Lix, L. M., & Keselman, H. J. Interaction contrasts in repeated measures designs. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Atlanta, 

GA, April 1993. 

124. Turnbull, S. G., & Lix, L. M. Canadian university home economics: The early years. 

Presented at the annual meeting of the Canadian Association for Research in Home 

Economics, Kingston, ON, June 1991. 

Invited Presentations 

1. Chronic disease research and surveillance in Canada’s north: The power of linked 

administrative health databases. Circumpolar Health Metrics Conference, Yellowknife, 

NWT, October 2011. 

2. Health disparities and chronic disease: some examples using population-based 

administrative health databases. Workshop on Dynamic Modeling for Health Policy, 

Saskatoon, SK, July 2011. 

3. Capture-recapture techniques to estimate chronic disease prevalence in the presence of 

misclassification errors in administrative health databases. International Chinese Statistical 



Association, New York, NY, June 2011. 

4. Quality of administrative data for chronic disease research and surveillance. Health Data 

Forum, Regina, SK, November 2010. 

5. Measuring comorbidity with administrative data in chronic disease populations. Canadian 

Chronic Disease Surveillance System Scientific Committee, Quebec City, QC, 2010. 

6. Multiple imputation for measurement error correction in administrative data. Seminar series, 

University of Calgary, Department of Community Health Sciences, Calgary, AB, 2010. 

7. Testing multiple outcomes in the presence of non-normality and variance heterogeneity. 

Seminar series, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of 

Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF, 2010. 

8. Current advances in the use of administrative data in chronic disease research: A 

methodological perspective. Seminar series, Division of Community Health and Humanities, 

Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John’s, NF, 2010. 

9. An overview of methods to estimate disease incidence from administrative data. Seminar 

series, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, Department of Community Health Sciences, 

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, 2010. 

10. The whole is greater than the sum of the parts: Using data linkage and cohort designs to 

create synergy at Manitoba Centre for Health Policy. Manitoba Centre for Health Policy 20 th 

Anniversary Conference, Winnipeg, MB, 2010. 

11. Chronic disease case ascertainment methods: A model-based approach. Using Data to 

Predict the Future. Workshop organized by the Calgary Institute of Population and Public 

Health, Banff, AB, 2010. 

12. Testing many outcomes: Multiple-testing strategies and global procedures. Seminar series, 

Department of Educational Measurement and Statistics, University of Maryland, College 

Park, MD, 2010. 

13. Testing multiple outcome variables in the presence of correlation, non-normality, and 

variance heterogeneity. Seminar series, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, 

Winnipeg, MB, 2010. 

14. Using cost-of-illness analysis to describe the direct cost burden of fracture: Estimates of 

potential savings from prevention. Canadian Association of Population Therapeutics, 

Toronto, ON, March 2010. 

15. Risk factors and chronic conditions among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal populations. 

Statistics Canada Health Data User’s Conference, Ottawa, ON, September 2009. 

16. Administrative data: A valuable tool for modeling health service utilization and outcomes for 

chronic disease. Lupina workshop on dynamic modeling for health policy. University of 

Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, July 2009. 

17. National standards/guidelines for the use of administrative data in research and 

surveillance. PHAC-CIHR Post Health Information Summit Workshop, Toronto, ON, March 

2009. 

18. Chronic disease case definitions: How do we choose? Invited presentation for the Public 

Health Agency of Canada workshop, Working with Provincial/Territorial Administrative 

Data for Surveillance and Research: Methodological Challenges, Ottawa, ON, February 

2009. 

19. Methods for ascertaining chronic disease cases from administrative data. Invited 

presentation for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Health Information Summit, 

“Data, data everywhere: Access and accountability”. Toronto, October 2008. 



20. Some problems (and solutions) in the analysis of multivariate repeated measurements. 

Invited session for the American Psychological Association, San Francisco, August 2007. 

21. A comparison of classification models for identifying chronic disease cases and non-cases in 

administrative claims data. Invited presentation for the Statistical Society of Ottawa, March 

2007. 

22. Statistical solutions for problems in health research: The benefits of collaboration. Invited 

presentation for the Research CAP series, University of Manitoba, February 2007. 

23. Chronic disease prevalence estimation with administrative data: The view from Manitoba. 

Invited presentation for the annual symposium hosted by Institute for Clinical Evaluative 

Sciences, Toronto, January 2007. 

24. Defining and validating chronic disease: An administrative data approach. Presented at the 

Public Health Agency of Canada, Arthritis Surveillance Working Group Meeting, Toronto, 

ON, March 2006. 

25. Primary prevention: An examination of data capabilities in Manitoba. Presented at the 

Alliance for the Prevention of Chronic Disease Indicator Development Workshop, Winnipeg, 

MB, November 2004. 

26. Mobility and mental health services: A geographic analysis. Invited session for Manitoba 

Centre for Health Policy Rural and Northern Health Care Days, October 2004. 

Colloquia/Seminars 

1. Osteoporosis-related fracture case definitions for administrative databases. Department of 

Community Health Sciences Seminar Series, Winnipeg, MB, November 2011. 

2. Frontline epidemiology and … the Saskatchewan Epidemiology Association and…other 

agencies you should know about. Seminar series, University of Saskatchewan, School of 

Public Health, Saskatoon, SK, October, 2010. With Josh Marko and Terry Gibson, Saskatoon 

Health Region. 

3. Estimating the size of chronic disease populations with administrative data using capturerecapture 

techniques. Seminar series, University of Saskatchewan, School of Public Health, 

Saskatoon, SK, September, 2010. With Chel Hee Lee, University of Saskatchewan. 

4. Testing multiple outcomes in the presence of correlation, non-normality, and variance 

heterogeneity. Department of Statistics Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, November 

2009. 

5. A population-based comparison of comorbidity risk-adjustment methods in a population of 

diabetics. School of Public Health Seminar Series, University of Saskatchewan, October 

2009. With Jacqueline Quail, Health Quality Council. 

6. Changes of residence and mental illness: A population-based investigation. Department of 

Psychiatry Grand Rounds, University of Saskatchewan, March 2009. 

7. Methods to identify chronic disease cases and non-cases in administrative data. School of 

Public Health Seminar Series, University of Saskatchewan, October 2008. 

8. Procedures for analyzing multivariate repeated measurements when covariances are 

heterogeneous. Department of Statistics Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, November 

2006. 

9. Agreement between administrative and survey data for identifying chronic disease cases: A 

population-based analysis. Department of Community Health Sciences Colloquium Series, 

University of Manitoba, September 2006. 

10. Estimating chronic disease prevalence from administrative health data. Institute of Industrial 



Mathematical Sciences Seminar Series, University of Manitoba. March 2005. 

11. Current developments in the analysis of longitudinal data. Department of Immunology 

Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, September 2004. 

12. Understanding small-area variations in health service use: Can we do better with spatial 

models? Department of Community Health Sciences Colloquium Series, University of 

Manitoba, May 2004. 

13. A framework for modeling regional differences in mortality over time. Visiting Speaker 

Series, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, April 2003. 

14. Models here, models there: A comparison of approaches for the analysis of longitudinal 

data. Department of Psychology Seminar Series, University of Manitoba, October 2002. 

15. Models for health services research: Examining the impact of time and space. Department of 

Statistics Seminars Series, University of Manitoba, July 2002. 

16. Monitoring the impact of Family Health Benefits for low-income families in Saskatchewan. 

Department of Community Health Sciences Colloquium Series, University of Manitoba, 

February 2002. 

17. A robust approach to hypothesis testing in ANOVA. Department of Mathematics and 

Statistics Seminar Series, University of Regina, March 2001. 

18. Robust statistical tests for analysis of variance models. Department of Psychology Seminar 

Series, University of Regina, March 2000. 

19. The Saskatchewan framework for performance indicators. Health Evaluation Network, 

Saskatoon, SK, October 1998. 

Workshops/Short Courses Taught 

1. Statistical methods for longitudinal data. Workshop taught for the Research and Education 

for Solutions to Violence and Abuse (RESOLVE) Network, Saskatoon, June 6 – 7, 2011. 

2. What is biostatistics? An overview of the biostatistics graduate program at the University of 

Saskatchewan. Presented at the annual meeting of the Prairie Network for Research in 

Mathematical Sciences, Saskatoon, SK, April 2009. 

3. Introduction to structural equation modeling. One-day workshop for Faculty of Nursing, 

University of Manitoba, November 2007. 

4. The analysis of repeated measurements: Progress … but still room for improvement. 

Presented at a one-day pre-conference workshop on “Common Methodological Errors in the 

Analysis of Multivariate Data” conducted for the American Educational Research 

Association, Chicago, IL, April 2007. 

5. Introduction to structural equation modeling. One-day workshop for Brandon University, 

January 2007. Organized by Vice-President (Research), Brandon University. 

6. Think critically!: What to look for in the research you read. Half-day workshop for the 

Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists annual conference. 

Winnipeg, MB, May 2006. 

7. Statistical methods for longitudinal database studies. Pre-conference workshop for the 

Canadian Association for Population Therapeutics, Winnipeg, MB, June 2004. 

8. Using SAS for longitudinal data analysis. Half-day workshop for the Canadian Population 

Society, Winnipeg, MB, June 2004. 

9. Random effects models for health services data. Half-day workshop for Manitoba Centre for 

Health Policy, University of Manitoba, April 2004. 



10. Understanding and evaluating evidence: Skills for critical appraisal of research. Half-day 

workshop for Saskatchewan Public Health Nurse Managers and Public Health Inspectors, 

Regina, September 1999. 

11. A hands-on approach to health indicators. One-day workshop for Saskatchewan Association 

of Health Services Executives Annual Conference, Melfort, SK, May 1999. 

Invited Conference Sessions, Chair & Organizer 

1. Imperfect administrative health data: Can we do better? Chair and session organizer. Invited 

session at the Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting, Wolfville, NS, June 2011. 

2. Funding opportunities from MITACS. Chair and session organizer. Invited session at the 

Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting, Wolfville, NS, June 2011. 

3. Methods for human and animal health surveillance. Session co-organizer. Invited session at 

the Statistical Society of Canada Annual Meeting, Wolfville, NS, June 2011. 

4. Population needs-based funding models. Chair and session co-organizer. Invited session at 

the International Conference on Health Policy Research, Boston, MA, October 2005. 

Graduate Teaching 

• GSR 981 Canadian Academic Acculturation and Literacy for International Graduate 

Students, University of Saskatchewan, Invited sessions: 4 hours, August 2011 

• PUBH 842 Current Biostatistical Methods and Computer Applications, University of 

Saskatchewan, 2009/10 - Present 

• CHSC 7400 Directed Readings in Community Health Sciences: Structural Equation 

Modeling, University of Manitoba, 2005/06, 2006/07, 2007/08 

• CHSC 7550 Observational Epidemiology: Design and Analysis of Longitudinal Data, 

University of Manitoba, 2003/04, 2004/05, 2005/06, 2007/08 

• Guest lectures; CHSC 7400 Directed Readings: Topics in Health Services Research, 

Instructor: Dr. Anita Kozyrskyj, Director, Western Regional Training Centre in Health 

Services Research, University of Manitoba, 2004/05, 2005/06 

• Laboratory Instructor, Research Methods, Department of Educational Psychology, University 

of Manitoba, 1990/91 

Undergraduate Teaching 

• Multiple Speciality Rotation in Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

2003/04 – 2007/08, Supervision of undergraduate medical student research projects 

• Medicine I Tutorial Leader, University of Manitoba, 2002/03 – 2007/08, Tutorial topics: 

Causation and risk factors; Introduction to statistics, Research methods, Health policy 

Former Teaching & Research Positions 

1997 – 2001 Researcher, Saskatchewan Health, Regina, SK 

1996 – 1997 Lecturer, Faculty of Human Ecology, University of Manitoba 

1995 – 1996 Research Associate, Department of Educational Psychology, University of 

Manitoba, Supervisor: Dr. Joanne C. Keselman 



Postdoctoral Fellow Supervision 

Advisor - Completed 

• V. Tagore, University of Saskatchewan, Entered January 2011-December 2011 

o Awards: Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, 2011-2013, $100,000. 

Visiting Faculty Supervision 


• B. Dansu, Visiting Scholar, University of Agriculture, Abeokuta, Nigeria, September 2010 – 

March 2011 

o Research topic: Modeling longitudinal multivariate binary response data 

o Awards: Nigerian Education Trust Fund, 2010, $8,000 

Graduate Student Supervision 

Advisor - In Progress 

• C. Kendal, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, MSc 

(entered September 2011). Co-Supervised with Dr. Juxin Liu 

o Thesis topic: Testing longitudinal change in relative variable importance. 

• X. Wu, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, MPH (entered May 2011) 

o Practicum topic: Capture-recapture methods for administrative health databases. 

• S. Zahir, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, MPH (entered May 2011) 

o Practicum topic: A comparison of methods for testing group differences on multiple 

outcomes over time: application to the study of falls in older adults. 

• X. Yao, Collaborative Biostatistics Program, University of Saskatchewan, MSc (entered 

September 2010) 

o Thesis topic: Measurement error multiple imputation methods for ascertaining 

chronic disease in administrative data. 

o Awards: Beijing Institute of Technology Graduate Student Awards, 2010-2012, 

$16,000 

• T. Sajobi, Collaborative Biostatistics Program, University of Saskatchewan, PhD (entered 


o Thesis topic: Discriminant analysis for repeated measures data 

o Awards: CIHR Vanier Scholarship, 2009 – 2012, $150,000 


• C. H. Lee, Collaborative Biostatistics Program, University of Saskatchewan, PhD 

(September 2009-March 2011) 

o Thesis topic: Capture-recapture models and assumption violations. 

o Awards: Graduate Student Fellowship, Collaborative Graduate Program in 

Biostatistics, 2009-2010 

• J. Sarkar, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(September 2007-August 2010) 

o Measurement equivalence of health related quality of life measures using complex 

survey data: Assessment in northern Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal 

o Awards: Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC) Fellowship, 2008-2010; 



Statistics Canada Research Data Centre Fellowship, 2009-2010 

• K. Ye, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, MPH (September 2008-May 

2010) 

o Practicum topic: West Nile virus surveillance in Saskatchewan 

• S. Shaw, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(completed April 2009) 

o A latent variable investigation of emergency room use 

o Awards: Evelyn Shapiro Award for Health Services Research, University of 

Manitoba, 2008 - 2009 

• A. Hinds, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(completed August 2006) 

o Individual and contextual determinants of geographic mobility among individuals 

with diagnosed mental illness in Manitoba 

o Awards: Canada Graduate Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research 

Council, 2004 - 2005; Manitoba Health Research Council Studentship, Manitoba, 

2005 - 2006 

Advisory Committee - In Progress 

• J. Boyko, College of Pharmacy and Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, MSc (entered 


o Thesis topic: Warfarin adherence 

• W. Alsabbagh, College of Pharmacy & Nutrition, University of Saskatchewan, PhD (entered 


o Thesis topic: Cardiovascular health & medication adherence 

• J. Pena-Sanchez, Interdisciplinary PhD Program, University of Saskatchewan, PhD (entered 


o Thesis topic: Career satisfaction of physicians 

o Awards: Western Regional Training Centre (WRTC) Studentship, 2010-2012, 

$17,850 

• Y. Liu, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Saskatchewan, MSc 

(entered January 2010) 

o Thesis topic: Measurement error in covariates 

• A. Metcalf, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, PhD (entered 


o Thesis topic: The impact of prenatal screening on future resource utilization in 

pregnancy 

• M. Sirski, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, PhD (entered September 2004) 

o Sensitivity analysis in industrial applications 

Advisory Committee - Completed 

• N. Turner, Faculty of Kinesiology and Health Studies, University of Regina, MSc (completed 

April 2003) 

o Back injury reports in nurses working 8 and 12 hour shifts 

• J.-P. Picard, Department of Dental Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of 

Manitoba, MSc (completed June 2003) 



o Profiling of tobacco use among maintenance patients attending a dental faculty 

periodontics clinic 

• H. Prior, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, MSc (completed June 2003) 

o The randomized play the winner rule in adaptive clinical trials 

• L. Kells, Department of Dental Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

MSc (completed June 2004) 

o A cross-sectional examination of the relationship between cigarette smoking and 

periodontal attachment levels in a periodontal maintenance population 

• D. Tolusso, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, MSc (completed July 2004) 

o Statistical inference for the randomized play the winner design 

• C. Lwanga, Department of Family Social Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc (completed 

May 2005) 

o Determinants of adolescent reproductive risk behaviour in Zambia 

• K. McDonald, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(completed June 2005) 

o Is there an association between childhood immunizations and childhood asthma? 

• R. McMaster, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(completed August 2005) 

o Characterizing repeat users of emergency departments in Winnipeg 

• S. Fisher, Department of Dental Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

MSc (completed August 2006) 

o Comparison of self-report smoking, expired carbon monoxide and salivary cotinine 

with clinical attachment level: A longitudinal study 

• L. Yallop, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, MSc (completed December 

2007) 

o Rates of diagnosis and treatment of attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder in 

Manitoba children: Considering the socioeconomic gradient across age groups 

• Y. Yi, Department of Statistics, University of Manitoba, PhD (completed April 2008) 

o Inference for adaptive clinical trials 

• R. Barclay-Goddard, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

PhD (completed August 2008) 

o Health related quality of life over one year post stroke: Identifying response shift 

susceptible concepts 

• T. Pretorius, Interdisciplinary Program, University of Manitoba, PhD (completed June 2009) 

o Mechanisms involved in the effect of head cooling on the rate of decrease in core 

temperature 

• I. Clara, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, PhD (completed January 2010) 

o Structural equation modeling of interaction effects in repeated measures designs 

• D. Heron, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, MSc 

(completed July 2011) 

o Infection in early life, stress response and asthma development in children 

Community and Professional Service 

Department/School/University 

• Collaborative Graduate Program in Biostatistics, Program Committee, College of Graduate 

Studies, University of Saskatchewan, 2009 – Present 



• Merit Review Committee, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, 2010 – 

Present 

• Research Committee, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, 2011 – Present 

• Graduate Program Chairs Committee, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan, 

2011 - Present 

• Chair, Biostatistics Faculty Search Committee, School of Public Health, University of 

Saskatchewan, 2009 – 2011 

• Biostatistics Program Development Committee, School of Public Health, University of 

Saskatchewan, 2008 – 2009 

• Executive Committee, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

2005 – 2008 

• Graduate Committee, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, 

2002 – 2007 

• Coordinator, Colloquium Series, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of 

Manitoba, 2002 – 2004 

• Director, Biostatistical Consulting Unit, Department of Community Health Sciences, 

University of Manitoba, 2005 – 2008t 

• Search Committee for Tenure-Track Position, Department of Sociology, University of 

Manitoba, 2007 - 2008 

• Search Committee for Tenure-Track Position, Department of Sociology, University of 

Manitoba, 2004 – 2005 

• Search Committee for Tenure-Track Position, Department of Community Health Sciences, 

University of Manitoba, 2007 

• Search Committee for Tenure Track Position, Department of Statistics, University of 

Manitoba, 2007 - 2008 

• Judge, CIHR National Health Research Poster Competition, University of Manitoba, 2006 - 

2008 

• Judge, Manitoba Poster Competition, Canadian Student Health Research Forum, University 

of Manitoba, 2004 

• Organizer, University of Manitoba Statistics Research Workshop, August 2004 

Provincial 

• Planning Committee, Health Data Forum, Saskatchewan Academic Health Sciences 

Network, November 2010 

• Planning Committee, Surveillance of Metis Chronic Disease, Metis Nation Saskatchewan, 

2010 

• Saskatchewan Academic Health Sciences Network, Health Data Access Working Group, 

2009 – Present 

• Advisory Committee, Saskatoon Health Region Public Health Observatory, 2008 – Present 

• Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Winnipeg, Grants Review Committee, 2005 

• Health Sciences Centre Foundation, Winnipeg, External Reviewer, 2006 

• Manitoba Health Information Privacy Committee, 2002 – 2008 

• Manitoba Health Information Standards Council, 2003 – 2005 

• Manitoba Longitudinal Study of Young Adults, Expert Advisor, 2006 – Present 

National 



• Past-President, Biostatistics Section, Statistical Society of Canada, 2011 – present 

• Program Committee, Annual meeting of the Statistical Society of Canada, 2010 - 2011 

• President, Biostatistics Section, Statistical Society of Canada, 2010 – 2011 

• President Elect, Biostatistics Section, Statistical Society of Canada, 2009 – 2010 

• Accreditation Committee, Statistical Society of Canada, 2008 – Present 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Health Services Evaluation and Interventions 

Research – A, Grants Review Committee, 2002 – 2006, 2009, 2011 - present 

• MITACS, Ad hoc Grants Reviewer, 2009 

• Canadian Foundation for Innovation, Ad hoc Grants Reviewer, 2009 

• Regional Representative & Board Member, Statistical Society of Canada, 2005 –2009 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Access to Quality Cancer Care, Grants Review 

Committee, 2007 

• Canadian Institutes of Health Research, External Ad Hoc Reviewer, Virology and Viral 

Pathogenesis Committee, 2006 

• Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research Conference, Abstract 

Reviewer, 2006 – 2009 

• Socio-Health Grants Review Committee, Health Services Utilization and Research 

Commission, Saskatchewan, 2001 – 2003 

• Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation, External Grant Reviewer, 2007 

• P/T Administrative Data Cardiovascular Working Group, Public Health Agency of Canada, 

Chronic Disease Surveillance, 2008 – Present 

• Founding member, P/T Administrative Data Arthritis Working Group, Public Health Agency 

of Canada, Chronic Disease Surveillance, 2006 – Present 

International 

• Scientific Committee, American Statistical Association’s International Conference on Health 

Policy Statistics, 2010 – 2011 

• Scientific Committee, American Statistical Association’s International Conference on Health 

Policy Research, 2004 – 2005 

• American Educational Research Association Educational Statisticians Special Interest Group, 

Abstract Reviewer, 2005 – 2006 

• American Educational Research Association Hierarchical Linear Modeling Special Interest 

Group, Abstract Reviewer, 2006 

Past Awards and Distinctions (prior to last 5 years) 

• Conference Travel Awards, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba, 2002 – 2006 

• Workshop Travel Award, Center for Spatially Integrated Social Sciences, University of Santa 

Barbara, CA, August 2003 

• Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Doctoral Fellowship, 1992 - 

1994 

• Vineberg Graduate Research Prize, Department of Psychology, University of Manitoba, 1994 

• Student Conference Travel Awards, University of Manitoba: 1994, 1995 

• Canadian Home Economics Association Fiftieth Anniversary Scholarship, 1992 

• University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship, 1988 - 1989 

• Special Scholarship in Human Ecology, University of Manitoba, 1988 

• Ethel Rutter Graduate Medal in Home Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1988 



• Hannon Scholarship, College of Home Economics, University of Saskatchewan, 1984 - 1986

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