Dr. Lisa Barbera

Professor

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Biography

Dr. Barbera is a nationally and internationally recognized health services researcher and radiation oncologist. In 2018, she moved from Toronto to Calgary to become the Head of Radiation Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre at the University of Calgary. Her academic interests include health services research, quality care, and symptom management utilizing large sources of administrative health care data. Dr. Barbera has published extensively on health service use among end-of-life cancer patients and has conducted significant work employing unique patient-reported symptom datasets in Ontario. She was the provincial lead for the patient-reported outcomes program at Cancer Care Ontario, gaining considerable knowledge in using patient-reported outcomes in routine care. She maintains an active clinical practice focused on breast cancer and has years of experience treating gynecologic malignancies. Her work primarily involves using large administrative health data sets to study the health care service use at the end of life, reflecting the quality of end-of-life care.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2018-01-01 — Present

Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary • Calgary, AB

Head of Radiation Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre.

Awards

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Gold Medal Gordon Richards Lecturer

2020-01-01
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Top 10 Society Funded Research Stories

2015-01-01

Requirements for University of Calgary

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6
Reading
Required:6
Writing
Required:6
Speaking
Required:6
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:20
Reading
Required:20
Writing
Required:20
Speaking
Required:20
Total
Required:97
GRE General
Verbal
Required:150
Quantitative
Required:159
Analytical Writing
Required:5.5
Overall
Required:5.5
Prerequisites
4-year Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent 3rd or 4th year course in Theory of Computation 3rd or 4th year course in Software Engineering 3rd or 4th year course in Systems (OS, Compilers, Networking) 3rd or 4th year course in Application (AI, Graphics, Databases)
Application Checklist
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Specialization Notes

Department of Computer Science Master's program. GRE scores are expected for international students.