Health and Complexity Science: A Funder’s View

Dr. Peter WarrianThe Lupina FoundationNovember 18, 2015

The Lupina Foundation

Funder of the CPHS Co-Founded by Margret Hovanec and

Peter Warrian Objects:

Social Determinants of Health Women’s Health

Critical Question

At the very time that our understanding of the complexity of health issues is increasing.

Resources are becoming more constrained.

Question: How do we deepen our understanding of

SDOH? Can we model more effective policy

interventions?

Complexity Science in Health

Agent-Based Modelling Network Analysis System Dynamics

Agent-Based Modelling

Dominant methodology: NIH Domain: Infectious diseases Example: H1N1

Network Analysis

Gaining ground in Social Epidemiology

Domain: Social Networks Example: Framingham Diabetes

Study

System Dynamics

System Level Issues and Dynamics Domain: Social Determinants of

Health Examples: Dynamics of Healthcare

for the Homeless

Lupina SD Projects

WI Urban Health Model of SE Toronto Health outcomes as a Social Economic Gradient Model: Gender/Income/Homelessness/Immigrant▪ Policy Intervention Game

Saskatchewan: Obesity & Diabetes in Young Native Women Diabetes in entrenched culture of Smoking: TB▪ App: Microbehaviours

Health Care Reform in Chinese Cities Illegal Migrants: Transient population 291M ▪ Policy Simulations