“Åke is deeply knowledgeable about healthcare systems in Canada and abroad, and has contributed some of the most important work in the field,” commented Robson.
April 4, 2016 – William Robson, President and CEO of the C.D. Howe Institute, announces the re-appointment of Åke Blomqvist, Adjunct Research Professor at Carleton University, as a Fellow-In-Residence and the Institute’s Health Policy Scholar.
“Åke is deeply knowledgeable about healthcare systems in Canada and abroad, and has contributed some of the most important work in the field,” commented Robson. “We are honoured to continue having him as an advisor and author.”
His most recent Institute work, co-authored with Colin Busby, includes “Challenging Vested Interests: National Priorities for Healthcare in 2016,” and “Shifting Towards Autonomy: A Continuing Care Model for Canada.”
Dr. Blomqvist received his undergraduate education in his native Sweden, and a PhD from Princeton University in 1971. He is Professor Emeritus at the University of Western Ontario where he taught between 1968 and 2002.
From 2002 to 2010, he lived in Asia, serving as Head of Economics at the National University of Singapore, and for two years, as Professor in the Center for Human Capital and Labor Economics Research at the Central University of Finance and Economics in Beijing.
For more information please contact: James Fleming of the C.D. Howe Institute at 416-865-1904; email: jfleming@cdhowe.org.
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