Kednapa Thavorn

Dr. Kednapa Thavorn

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Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at uOttawa | Senior Scientist and Scientific Lead of Health Economics at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Adjunct Scientist at ICES


NMD4C Involvement: Pillar 3: Clinical Practice Research

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Research Interests: Pharmacoeconomics, Health Economics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Outcome Research

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Biography

Dr. Kednapa Thavorn is a Senior Scientist and a Scientific Lead of Health Economics at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. She is also an Associate Professor with the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, an Adjunct Scientist at ICES (Full Status). She holds a Ph.D. in Health Services Research from the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (IHPME), University of Toronto. She completed post-doctoral fellowship programs in Applied Pharmacoeconomics from the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital and Health Services Research from the IHPME, University of Toronto. Her research focuses on health economics, health technology assessment, pharmacoepidemiology, health equity, care for people with complex needs, and population health. As a health economist, she has collaborated with patient partners, clinicians, researchers, and policymakers in Canada and other countries on various health services research and health technology assessment projects.  


Recent Publications

Poirier, MJ, Singh, J, Weldon, I, Chandler, CI, Corno, D, Valtere, L et al.. Social science contributions to the global action plan on antimicrobial resistance. Bull World Health Organ. 2026.104 (1)53-55 PMID:41409099

Osman, H, Adamji, Z, Lintern, S, Smith, IC, Grant, A, Lessard, LER et al.. Counting the Cost: The Hidden Financial Realities of Neuromuscular Disease Through Patient and Family Perspectives. Health Expect. 2025.28 (6)e70529 PMID:41405177

Loftus, TJ, Cho, JY, Meraz, M, Dhippayom, T, Bock, AM, Wagner, CB et al.. Cost-effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy for relapsed or refractory large B-cell lymphoma: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Med Econ. 2025.28 (1)2216-2235 PMID:41405081

McIsaac, DI, Lee, S, Fergusson, D, Gillis, C, Khadaroo, RG, Meliambro, A et al.. Home-Based Prehabilitation for Older Surgical Patients With Frailty: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Surg. 2025. PMID:41335421

Nochaiwong, S, Noppakun, K, Sood, MM, Thavorn, K, Knoll, GA, Ruengorn, C et al.. Association Between Peritoneal Dialysis-Associated Peritonitis and the Risk of All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Death: A Time-Matched Retrospective Cohort Study. Med Sci (Basel). 2025.13 (4) PMID:41283250

Xi, M, Tan, DHS, Baral, SD, Kugathasan, H, Masucci, L, Skidmore, B et al.. Evolving landscape of economic evaluations of HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis and pre-exposure prophylaxis implementation strategies: a systematic review. J Int AIDS Soc. 2025.28 (11)e70058 PMID:41275419

Tran, PB, Kwon, J, Booth, A, Bastounis, A, Tomeny, EM, Staniszewska, S et al.. Development of a PRISMA extension for systematic reviews of health economic evaluations (PRISMA-EconEval): a project protocol. Syst Rev. 2025.14 (1)221 PMID:41219940

Stiell, IG, Taljaard, M, Eagles, D, Yadav, K, Vadeboncoeur, A, Hohl, CM et al.. Vernakalant versus procainamide for rapid cardioversion of patients with acute atrial fibrillation (RAFF4): randomised clinical trial. BMJ. 2025.391 e085632 PMID:41218981

Kelemen-Dagg, K, Wong, S, Emmerson, H, Coulton, R, Milne, R, Gauda, R et al.. The Ottawa Mobile Screening Program-Concept and First 18 Months of Experience with a Community-Based Outreach Cardiovascular Prevention Program. CJC Open. 2025.7 (10)1366-1374 PMID:41180342

Lafrance, S, Thavorn, K, Desmeules, F, Gagnon, R, LaRue, S, Santaguida, C et al.. Cost-Effectiveness of Single Versus Multiple Sessions of Physical Therapy for Adults With Spinal Disorders: An Economic Evaluation From a Pragmatic Randomized Controlled Trial. J Orthop Sports Phys Ther. 2025.55 (11)1-8 PMID:41147313

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