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Wendy Ungar

Senior scientist
Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute

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.

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