====== Scott Klarenbach ======

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Dr. **Scott Klarenbach**, MD, MSc, FRCPC is a Canadian nephrologist. He is co-chair of the [[AHS COVID-19 Scientific Advisory Group]] under [[Alberta Health Services]].

===== Education =====

Klarenbach received his medical training at the [[University of Alberta]], and completed his Master of Science in Health Economics at the [[University of York]].((//Profile | Dr. Scott Klarenbach.// University of Alberta. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221025045508/https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/about/people/details.html?n=scott-klarenbach#Grants))

===== Career =====

==== Affiliations ====

Klarenbach's professional affiliations include:((//Scott Klarenbach.// Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://archive.ph/isqlt)) ((//Profile | Dr. Scott Klarenbach.// University of Alberta. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221025045508/https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/about/people/details.html?n=scott-klarenbach#Grants))

  * [[Alberta Drug and Therapeutic Evaluation Consortium]] - Director
  * [[Canadian Organ Replacement Registry Board]] - President
  * [[Canadian Society of Nephrology]] - Chair of the Clinical Practice Guideline Committee
  * [[Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care]] - Vice-Chair
  * [[Kidney Health Strategic Clinical Network]] - Scientific Director
  * [[University of Alberta]] Department of Medicine - Professor

=== Real-World Evidence Consortium ===

Klarenbach is Director of the [[Alberta Real-World Evidence Consortium]] at the [[University of Calgary]], which conducts pharmacoepidemiologic and pharmacoeconomic research.((Klarenbach, S. (2022, May 12). //Disclosure Form.// Canadian Task Force on Preventative Health Care. https://web.archive.org/web/20221025043248/https://canadiantaskforce.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Disclosure-June2022-Klarenbach.pdf)) In his declaration of interest from June 2022, Klarenbach noted that the success of RWEC "is contingent on industry funding", though he doesn't receive any honoraria himself.

==== Research ====

Klarenbach has published research funded by the [[Public Health Agency of Canada]] through the [[Jewish General Hospital]].((Beck, A., Persaud, N., Tessier, L. A., Grad, R., Kidd, M. R., Klarenbach, S., Korownyk, C., Moore, A., Thombs, B. D., Mangin, D., McCracken, R. K., McDonald, E. G., Sirois, C., Kanji, S., Molnar, F., Nicholls, S. G., Thavorn, K., Bennett, A., Shaver, N., & Skidmore, B. (2022). //Interventions to address potentially inappropriate prescriptions and over-the-counter medication use among adults 65 years and older in primary care settings: protocol for a systematic review.// Systematic Reviews, 11(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13643-022-02044-w))

Additional grants involving Klarenbach as Principal or co-Principal Investigator have come from:((//Profile | Dr. Scott Klarenbach.// University of Alberta. Retrieved October 25, 2022, from https://web.archive.org/web/20221025045508/https://www.ualberta.ca/medicine/about/people/details.html?n=scott-klarenbach#Grants))

  * [[Alberta Health Services]] (AHS)
  * [[Alberta Innovates]]
  * [[Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technology in Health]] (CADTH)
  * [[Canadian Institutes of Health Research]] (CIHR)
  * [[Institute of Health Economics]] (IHE)
  * [[Interdisciplinary Chronic Disease Collaboration]] (ICDC)
  * [[Kidney Health Research Group]] (KHRG)
  * [[Lawson Health Research Institute]]
  * [[University Hospital Foundation]] (UHF)