Wendy Ungar is a scientist at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, Canada, and the Canada Research Chair in Economic Evaluation and Technology Assessment in Child Health.
Wendy Ungar
Senior scientist
Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
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