Ryan Woods

Executive Director, Data and Analytics

BC Cancer

Ryan Woods

Executive Director, Data and Analytics

BC Cancer

Areas of interest

Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Disease Surveillance

Areas of Interest

Biostatistics, cancer epidemiology, health services and outcomes research, disease surveillance

 

Education

  • PhD – University of British Columbia (Population and Public Health)
  • MSc – University of British Columbia (Statistics)
  • BSc – University of Guelph (Mathematics)

 

Biography

Ryan Woods is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Heath Sciences, a Scientist in the Department of Cancer Control Research at the BC Cancer Research Institute, and currently the Director of Data and Analytics, at BC Cancer.

 

Research Interests

Ryan’s research interests generally relate to the use of administrative and registry data to explore problems in cancer control, with a particular interest in oncology outcomes research, cancer screening and health inequities within the cancer system. Ryan’s team uses data analytic, epidemiologic and health services research methods to compare patient outcomes across different populations, including international benchmarking work, assess equity gaps in preventive and other cancer service utilization, and evaluate cancer care system performance.

 

Courses

Spring 2022

  • HSCI 230 - Evaluating Epidemiological Research

 

Publications

For a list of Ryan’s publications please see his ORCID site or Google Scholar profile.