An Overview of CIHR
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CIHR's Approach
13 Research Institutes
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CIHR's 13 Research Institutes
Scientific Directors
| Institutes | Scientific Director |
| Aboriginal Peoples' Health | Dr. Malcolm King, Edmonton |
| Cancer Research | Dr. Morag Park, Montreal |
| Circulatory and Respiratory Health | Dr. Jean Rouleau, Montreal |
| Gender and Health | Dr. Joy Johnson, Vancouver |
| Genetics | Dr. Paul Lasko, Montreal |
| Health Services and Policy Research | Dr. Robyn Tamblyn, Montreal |
| Aging | Dr. Yves Joanette, Montreal |
| Human Development and Child and Youth Health | Dr. Michael Kramer, Montreal |
| Infection and Immunity | Dr. Marc Ouellette, Quebec |
| Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis | Dr. Phillip Gardiner, Winnipeg |
| Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction | Dr. Anthony Phillips, Vancouver |
| Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes | Dr. Philip Sherman, Toronto |
| Population and Public Health | Dr. Nancy Edwards, Ottawa |
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CIHR's 13 Research Institutes
Scientific Directors
Roles:
- Build Institute and research capacity
- Establish and nurture partnerships
- Foster networking, knowledge dissemination and communication
- Work as part of CIHR management team
- Conduct research
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CIHR's 13 Research Institutes
Institute Advisory Boards
- Provide advice to Scientific Director on strategic directions for the Institute
- 15-18 members on each board
- Key link between institute and stakeholder communities
- Broad community engagement – universities, government, private sector, voluntary organizations, patient groups
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Changing the way health research is conducted
Today:
- CIHR-funded researchers span the gamut from the biosciences, to engineering and bioinformatics, to the humanities and social sciences
- CIHR’s 13 Institutes are bringing together research funders, researchers and research users, including policy-makers and practitioners, to set strategic priorities for research
- Innovative training initiatives support the next generation of health researchers and provide them with the training they need in a collaborative, interdisciplinary research environment
- Strategic initiatives represent an ever growing percentage of CIHR’s budget (currently 30%), addressing priority areas including: wait times; chronic disease; aboriginal peoples’ health; obesity; mental health in the workplace
- CIHR has programs to help researchers take their discoveries to the marketplace
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Enhancing Canada’s health research landscape
- CIHR has created new opportunities for Canadian researchers to be internationally competitive at home in Canada. Today, more researchers are being funded with higher levels of funding in more disciplines and more institutions than ever before. For example, CIHR has been able to:
- increase the number of CIHR-funded researchers and trainees from approximately 5,600 to up to 10,000;
- raise the size of average annual operating grants for researchers from $71,000 in 1997-98 to $111,000 in 2005-06;
- fund a large number of researchers in strategic priority areas that were identified in consultation with the community;
- create innovative new programs to encourage and catalyze the commercialization of research; and
- develop important new partnerships
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Improving the Health of Canadians today
Cancer
- Dr. John Bell of the Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre developed a genetically engineered version of a virus that kills cancer cells in mice while leaving healthy cells alone. Clinical trials in humans are the next step.
Colon Cancer
- Dr. Jeremy Jass from McGill University has identified a type of colon cancer that is hereditary, a discovery that will help in early-diagnosis and treatment of those patients at-risk.
Hepatitis C
- A University of Toronto research team led by Aled Edwards has identified 18 genes that may predict whether a person will respond to treatment for Hepatitis C. The end result will be better targeting of treatments and may encourage ‘responder’ patients to start and continue treatment for Hepatitis C.
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Improving the health of Canadians tomorrow
|
Burden of |
Burden of Illness ($)* |
CIHR Funding |
|
| Cardiovascular diseases |
1 |
18.5B |
99M |
| Musculoskeletal |
2 |
16.4B |
51M |
| Cancer |
3 |
14.2B |
105M |
| Injuries |
4 |
12.7B |
26M |
| Respiratory disease |
5 |
8.5B |
36M |
* Economic Burden of Illness in Canada, 1998 (Table 2), Page 7
** For Funded Projects that Received a CIHR Financial Commitment in Fiscal Year 2004-2005
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Supporting Innovation in the health care system
Wait Times
- Recent CIHR funded initiatives assist Provincial/Territorial Deputy Ministers of Health in meeting commitments outlined in the Ten-Year Plan to Strengthen Health Care related to establishing evidence-based benchmarks for medically acceptable wait times, in five priority areas: cancer, heart, diagnostic imaging, joint replacement, and sight restoration
Emergency Room Overcrowding
- A team led by a BC Providence Health Care researcher developed a test for identifying the severity of chest pains. The test will help reduce emergency department overcrowding. The Vancouver Chest Pain Rule helps determine which chest pain patients can be safely sent home sooner, thereby reducing the need for prolonged emergency room observation, extensive rule-out protocols and expensive testing.
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CIHR: The First Five Years
Supporting Efficient and Effective health care
Pacemakers
- Single chamber pacemakers are as effective as dual chamber
CIHR investment $2.2M / Annual health care savings $10M
Dialysis
- Providing dialysis at night is less stressful for patients and less costly
CIHR investment $180K / Annual health care savings $43M
Ear Surgery
- Specialized procedure prevents the need for surgery on children with ear problems
CIHR investment $342K / Annual health care savings $300M
Mental Health
- Mental health study assists Manitoba regional health authorities to plan more effective and efficient mental health services
CIHR investment $2.3M / Annual health care savings $ongoing
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