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Research
Latest papers
Public health, public protest: The role of health burdens and healthcare access in protest mobilisation.
Global public health · 2026
The Indian Medical Association's role in federal and state policy processes in India: a scoping review.
Health policy and planning · 2026
The intersection of emergency care, human resources and health equity: a comparative mapping of policy and systems in Australia, Canada, Rwanda and South Africa.
BMJ global health · 2026 · first author
Latest funding
- $546,976
Transforming health systems in Canada: A comparative realist case study evaluation of macro-level health system governance reforms
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
- $20,000
Fostering a research collaboration on new global trends in violence against health workers
CIHR · 2023 · Nominated PI
- $125,000
Public health systems governance for intersectoral action on climate change
CIHR · 2023 · Co-investigator
29 publications.
Public health, public protest: The role of health burdens and healthcare access in protest mobilisation.
Essex R, Thompson T, Brophy SA, Sriram V, Jagnoor J, Issa R
The Indian Medical Association's role in federal and state policy processes in India: a scoping review.
Montecalvo A, Sriram V, Kumbhar K, Keshri VR
The intersection of emergency care, human resources and health equity: a comparative mapping of policy and systems in Australia, Canada, Rwanda and South Africa.
Sriram V, Topp SM, Geduld H, Nkeshimana M, Collins D, Tuyishime P, Fitzgerald G, English R, Carolus G, Pulfrey S, Abu-Laban R
Medical specialists in LMICs: a systematic review and best-fit framework synthesis of the evidence on their roles and contribution to health systems.
Russo G, Sriram V, Mulenga Willows T, Miotto RA, Mocumbi A, Scheffer MC
The influence of public health organization on response to the COVID-19 pandemic in four Canadian provinces: A comparative qualitative analysis.
Usher S, Allin S, Gautier L, Fierlbeck K, Sriram V, Bodner A, Trapé C, Shipton L, Montecalvo A, Berman P
Role of health workers and representative health worker organisations in LMIC pharmaceutical policy: a scoping review protocol.
Eisenkraft Klein D, Noor MN, Eiwanger L, Linton J, Ellis U, Sriram V
Protest and trainees in the health professions: Exploring the global landscape of recent protest action.
Sriram V, Essex R, Brophy SA, Kabir F, Scarlett E, Wyatt T
Testing "the science": A comparative analysis of COVID-19 testing policy across four Canadian provinces.
Fierlbeck K, Gautier L, Usher S, Allin S, Sriram V, Berman P
Capacity and crisis: examining the state-level policy response to COVID-19 in Tamil Nadu, India.
Sriram V, Vaidyanathan G, Adithyan GS, Thakur SB, Kaur S, Gl HN, Haque S, Muraleedharan VR
Holy grail or convenient excuse? Stakeholder perspectives on the role of health system strengthening evaluation in global health resource allocation.
Sriram V, Palmer N, Pereira S, Bennett S
Transforming health systems in Canada: A comparative realist case study evaluation of macro-level health system governance reforms
Principal investigators: Allin, Sara; Denis, Jean-Louis
Keywords: Comparative Health Policy; Health Systems; Health Systems Governance; Maro-Level Reforms; Realist Case Studies
Fostering a research collaboration on new global trends in violence against health workers
Principal investigators: Sriram, Veena
Keywords: Health Workforce; Human Resources For Health; Nigeria; Partnership Building; Violence
Public health systems governance for intersectoral action on climate change
Principal investigators: Allin, Sara; Pakes, Barry N; Di Ruggiero, Erica; Miller, Fiona A
Keywords: Case Studies; Climate Change; Collaborative Governance; Comparative Methods; Intersectoral Action; Local Public Health Units; Public Health Systems
The impact of emergency care workforce policy on health equity: a comparative analysis
Principal investigators: Sriram, Veena
Keywords: Comparative Policy Analysis; Emergency Care; Global Health; Health Workforce; Policy
Strengthening Capacity for Public Health Leadership and Decision-Making: The Contribution of Case-based Learning
Principal investigators: Sriram, Veena; Berman, Peter
Keywords: Competencies For Public Health Practitioners; Interface With Leaders And Actors In Developing Policies; Problem-Oriented Case-Based Teaching; Strengthen Capacities Of Public Health Trainees
Canada Research Chair - Tier 2
Principal investigators: Sriram, Veena
Keywords: Crc
Upstream determinants of effective COVID-19 response: learning from comparisons across Canada's provinces
Principal investigators: Berman, Peter; Allin, Sara; Fierlbeck, Katherine
Keywords: Comparisons Across Canadian Provinces; Governance Factors Affecting Public Health Response; Organizational Factors In Public Health Response; Political Determinants Of Public Health Response
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
- School of Nursing
- School of Population and Public Health
- Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
- Gestion, évaluation et politiques de santé
- Centre for Health Services and Policy 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.
Peter Berman
School of Population and Public Health
5 shared papers, latest 2025
Sara Allin
Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation
2 shared papers, latest 2025
Kerry Scott
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2021
Michael Law
Centre for Health Services and Policy Research
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Katrina Plamondon
School of Nursing
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Julia Smith
Faculty
1 shared papers, latest 2024
Lara Gautier
Gestion, évaluation et politiques de santé
1 shared papers, latest 2025
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