Ahmed Bayoumi

Ahmed M. Bayoumi, M.D., M.Sc.

Research Scientist, Centre for Research on Inner City Health, St. Michael's Hospital, Toronto Staff Physician, St. Michael's Hospital Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine and Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation (Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Program), Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Associate Program Director, Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Program, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Bayoumi is a health services researcher and general internist. His primary research interest is studying the delivery of health services, particularly to people living with HIV. Dr. Bayoumi's research encompasses several different methods and approaches to study these questions. He uses the tools of decision analysis and health economics to study how resources can be most efficiently used. He has an interest in quality of life assessment, which stems from his interest in measuring the outcomes of interventions. He uses web-based survey methods to study questions such as the issue of fairness in health policy decision making. Finally, he works with a large observational database of people living with HIV, focusing on issues of access to HIV-related interventions.

KEY RESEARCH INTERESTS

Access to Care Studies, Cost-Effectiveness Analysis, Decision Analysis, Health Informatics, Health Services Research, Observational Databases, Quality of Life, Utility Theory, Resource Allocation, Modeling and Simulation Studies, Database Management, Health Economics, Epidemiological Methods

GRANTS/CURRENT PROJECTS:

Weighted Study End Points: An Innovative Tool for Assessing Evidence in Therapeutic Trials. Agency: Canadian Coordinating Office of Health Technology Assessment. Role: Principal Investigator.

Disability in the Context of HIV. Agency: Wellesley Central Urban Health Research Program. Role: Supervisor of Student Investigator

Effects of Smoked Cannabis on Body Weight, Food Intake, and Appetite Stimulation in HIV/AIDS: An Open-Label, Single Arm, Dose Titration Study. Agency: Ontario HIV Treatment Network Role: Co-Investigator.

The Cost-Effectiveness of Treating People Living with HIV: A Program of Research Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: The Ontario HIV Treatment Network

HIV-related Utility Elicitations: Reliability and Relevance to Current Treatments. Role: Principal Investigator. Agency: Society of General Internal Medicine Lawrence Linn Award.

Effects of return-to-work on health-related quality of life in HIV/AIDS: A prospective cohort study.