Faculty profile
Barbara Mintzes
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Research
Latest papers
Use of feminist empowerment messages to sell tests and treatments.
Drug and therapeutics bulletin · 2025 · first author
Does menopause hormone therapy prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia?
Drug and therapeutics bulletin · 2024 · first author
Do regulatory safety warnings on medicines miss the mark?
Drug and therapeutics bulletin · 2024 · first author
Latest funding
- $753,524
Safety Advisories Framework for Effective Risk communication - Phase 2 (SAFER-2)
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
- $1,158,976
What works best to protect public health? An international comparison of post-market regulatory risk communication on prescription drugs
CIHR · 2016 · Principal investigator
- $100,000
Postpartum domperidone use to stimulate breast milk supply: do maternal and infant health benefits outweigh potential harm? A systematic review
CIHR · 2014 · Principal investigator
29 publications.
Use of feminist empowerment messages to sell tests and treatments.
Mintzes B
Does menopause hormone therapy prevent Alzheimer's disease and dementia?
Mintzes B, Fugh-Berman A
Do regulatory safety warnings on medicines miss the mark?
Mintzes B
Semaglutide: a new drug for the treatment of obesity.
Lexchin J, Mintzes B
Australia to lose agency dedicated to better quality medicine use.
Mintzes B, Vitry A
A Mirror-Image Trial or Smoke and Mirrors? Phase 3b Study on Digital Aripiprazole.
Naudet F, Gillibert A, Mintzes B, Braillon A, Cosgrove L
Bremelanotide and flibanserin for low sexual desire in women: the fallacy of regulatory precedent.
Mintzes B, Tiefer L, Cosgrove L
'Drugs to avoid': can we improve prescribing appropriateness?
Mintzes B, Vitry A
Communicating emerging risks of SGLT2 inhibitors-timeliness and transparency of medicine regulators.
Bhasale A, Mintzes B, Sarpatwari A
Reconciling a "pleasant exchange" with evidence of information bias: A three-country study on pharmaceutical sales visits in primary care.
Reynolds E, Guénette L, Lexchin J, Cassels A, Wilkes MS, Durrieu G, Beaulieu MD, Mintzes B
Safety Advisories Framework for Effective Risk communication - Phase 2 (SAFER-2)
Principal investigators: Dormuth, Colin R; Mintzes, Barbara J; Otte, Jessica
Keywords: Co-Design; Drug Utilization Research; Focus Groups; Knowledge Translation Exchange; Medication Safety; Quality Improvement; Risk Communication
What works best to protect public health? An international comparison of post-market regulatory risk communication on prescription drugs
Principal investigators: Dormuth, Colin R; Mintzes, Barbara J; Sketris, Ingrid S
Keywords: Drug Utilization Research; International Comparison; Key Informant Interviews; Medication Safety; Pharmacoepidemiology; Regulatory Policy; Risk Communication; Systematic Review
Postpartum domperidone use to stimulate breast milk supply: do maternal and infant health benefits outweigh potential harm? A systematic review
Principal investigators: Mangin, Derelie; Mintzes, Barbara J; Oberlander, Timothy F
Keywords: Cardiac Risks; Domperidone; Dopamine Antagonist; Galactagogue; Lactation; Maternal Health; Postpartum; Qt Interval Prolongation
Developmental origins of autism: A population level linked data study of prenatal antidepressant medication exposure
Principal investigators: Oberlander, Timothy F
Keywords: Autism Spectrum Disorders; Linked Health Data; Maternal Perinatal Mental Health; Prenatal Antidepressant Exposure
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety: exploration of physician experiences in three countries and implications for regulatory policy
Principal investigators: Mintzes, Barbara J; Lexchin, Joel
Keywords: Comparison Of National Regulatory Policies; Cross-Sectional Survey; Drug Promotion; Family Practice; Focus Groups; Patient Safety; Pharmaceutical Policy; Policy Analysis
Psychotropic drug use in pregnancy: patterns of use and neonatal and infant health outcomes
Principal investigators: Mintzes, Barbara J
Keywords: Administrative Database Analysis; Antidepressants; Anxiolytics/Sedatives; Atypical Antipsychotics; Cohort Analysis; Infant Outcomes; Nested Case-Control Analysis; Perinatal Health; Prescription Drug Use; Stimulants
Bringing Best Evidence to Primary Care Clinicians
Principal investigators: Bassett, Kenneth L; Perry, Thomas L; Taylor, Suzanne C
Keywords: Evidence-Based Medicine; Interprofessional Collaboration; Knowledge Translation; Pharmacists; Physicians; Primary-Care; Systematic Reviews
Sex, gender and equity in prescription drug access, appropriateness, and affordability
Principal investigators: Morgan, Steven G
Keywords: Access; Affordability; Appropriateness; Equity; Gender; Prescription Drugs; Sex
Pharmaceutical Sales Representatives and Patient Safety: Implications for policy and practice
Principal investigators: Mintzes, Barbara J
Keywords: Drug Promotion; Knowledge Translation; Patient Safety; Pharmaceutical Policy
Maternal socioeconomic status, prenatal mental health and psychotropic medication use: Associations with infant health
Principal investigators: Oberlander, Timothy F
Keywords: Infant Health And Development; Linked Health Data; Prenatal Mental Health; Psychotropic Drug Use In Pregnancy; Socioeconomic Status
From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.
Frequent collaborators
- Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
- Emergency Medicine
- Family Medicine
- Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
- Centre for Global Health Research
- Other
Co-authors at University of British Columbia, colored by department. Thicker lines mean more shared papers; select anyone to open their profile and their own map.
Joel Lexchin
Emergency Medicine
4 shared papers, latest 2016
Derelie A Mangin
Family Medicine
2 shared papers, latest 2011
Marie-Dominique Beaulieu
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2018
Morris Barer
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2005
Mary Wiktorowicz
Centre for Global Health Research
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Mary Wiktorowicz
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2016
Jason Sutherland
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
1 shared papers, latest 2013
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