Dr. Wendy Ungar is a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program at SickKids Research Institute, and a Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto. She holds a BA cum laude from Brandeis University, a master's degree in Pharmacology and Therapeutics from McGill University, and a PhD in Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation from the University of Toronto. Dr. Ungar holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Economic Evaluation and Technology Assessment in Child Health. Dr. Ungar founded Technology Assessment at SickKids (TASK) in 2007, where she and her team apply health economic methods to child health with a focus on genomics and neurodevelopmental disorders. She and her team maintain the PEDE database, a user-friendly searchable online database of pediatric economic evaluations published since 1980 used by HTA agencies around the world. In 2017, Dr. Ungar was appointed Chair of the Ontario Genetic Testing Advisory Committee, which makes funding recommendations on emerging genetic testing technologies for Ontario. Her book, Economic Evaluation in Child Health, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.
Dr. Wendy Ungar is a Senior Scientist in the Child Health Evaluative Sciences Program at SickKids Research Institute, and a Professor at the Institute of Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation, University of Toronto. She holds a BA cum laude from Brandeis University, a master's degree in Pharmacology and Therapeutics from McGill University, and a PhD in Health Policy, Management, and Evaluation from the University of Toronto. Dr. Ungar holds the Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Economic Evaluation and Technology Assessment in Child Health. Dr. Ungar founded Technology Assessment at SickKids (TASK) in 2007, where she and her team apply health economic methods to child health with a focus on genomics and neurodevelopmental disorders. She and her team maintain the PEDE database, a user-friendly searchable online database of pediatric economic evaluations published since 1980 used by HTA agencies around the world. In 2017, Dr. Ungar was appointed Chair of the Ontario Genetic Testing Advisory Committee, which makes funding recommendations on emerging genetic testing technologies for Ontario. Her book, Economic Evaluation in Child Health, was published by Oxford University Press in 2010.