IHSPR e-Bulletin – April 2009
A Message from the Scientific Director
Dear Health Services and Policy Research Community,
One of CIHR-IHSPR's Strategic Goals is to support the training and development of the brightest minds in health services and policy research, because only by building Canadian research capacity will we be ready to meet tomorrow's health system challenges. In order to recognize the outstanding accomplishments of graduate and post-graduate students in Canada, each year CIHR-IHSPR holds the Rising Star award competition. This award is presented to health services and policy research trainees who have demonstrated research excellence and innovative knowledge translation initiatives early on in their careers. It is my pleasure to announce this year's CIHR-IHSPR Rising Stars: Mylaine Breton, University of Montreal; Emmanuel Guindon, McMaster University; Naomi Jones, Queen's University; Andrea Tricco, University of Ottawa; and Michael Wilson, McMaster University. More information about these up-and-coming researchers is available on our website.
This year, in addition to offering an award of $1000, we are thrilled to showcase the Rising Star winners at a special concurrent session at the annual Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research (CAHSPR) Conference this May. This event is Canada's pre-eminent health services and policy research conference and attracts leading researchers, decision makers, and trainees from across the country. Our Rising Stars will present their research and KT initiatives alongside a decision maker panel, which will offer valuable tips for communicating effectively with decision makers. The panel features Lillian Bayne, President of CAHSPR; Chris Eagle, Chief Operating Officer (Urban) of Alberta Health Services; Steven Lewis, CAHSPR Conference Co-Chair 2009; and Maureen O'Neil, President and CEO of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. I extend a warm invitation to you to join us at this exciting session where you will have the opportunity to meet the Rising Stars, hear more about their research and KT initiatives, and learn strategies for getting your research into the hands of decision makers.
I would like to thank all those who applied and the members of the Rising Star merit review panel for helping to make this award a great success. I encourage students and their mentors to start thinking about next year's award, and I hope to see you all at the 2009 Annual CAHPSR conference.
Sincerely,
Colleen M. Flood
CIHR-IHSPR Rising Stars: Translating Health Services Research and Policy Implications for Decision Makers
9:30 AM – 10:45 AM, May 14, 2009
2009 Annual CAHSPR Conference, Calgary, Alberta
Funding Opportunities:
Meetings, Planning, and Dissemination Grant: IHSPR
The purpose of this Meetings, Planning and Dissemination (MPD) funding opportunity is to support health services and policy research development and knowledge translation and exchange activities that contribute to the advancement of the following strategic research and knowledge exchange priority area:
MPD grants related to the Listening for Direction (LfD) III Themes
and the CIHR-IHSPR Priority Research Areas
Amount: The total amount available for the current CIHR-IHSPR MPD grant funding opportunity is $60,000. The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $20,000 for up to one year.
Key dates: The application deadline is June 1, 2009
For full details of the IHSPR-MPD funding opportunity, objectives, eligible research areas, and application deadlines, please visit the Funding Opportunities Database.
Meetings, Planning, and Dissemination Grant: PHSI
This grant is an addition to the revitalized PHSI program that is intended to provide development funds for researchers and/or decision makers to facilitate the formation and development of partnerships with a view to PHSI. It supports planning meetings and other activities that help potential teams of researchers and decision makers in building partnerships and identifying emerging issues and priorities that could potentially be addressed by projects funded in the PHSI competition.
Who should apply: Researchers and/or decision makers who are interested in applying to the full PHSI program.
Amount: The maximum amount awarded for a single grant is $15,000, non-renewable for up to one year.
Key dates: The application deadline is June 1, 2009
For full details of the PHSI-MPD funding opportunity, eligible research areas, and application deadlines please visit the Funding Opportunities Database.
Start the Discussion: Host a CIHR Café Scientifique - Request for Applications
CIHR launched its Café Scientifique program as an outreach initiative that would provide answers to questions of popular interest to the general public. CIHR Cafés are typically held in bars or cafés, and involve a panel of experts who specialize in the topic at-hand. The primary point of these events is accessibility: to be a member of the audience, you don't have to have a science degree. CIHR organizes its own Café events but also establishes partnerships with non-profit organizations, universities, research centres, science centres and museums across Canada. If successful, these Café Scientifique partners can expect to receive $3,000 in funding so that they can host their own Café.
Pre-Announcement: CIHR-IHSPR June 2009 Funding Opportunities
CIHR's Institute for Health Services and Policy Research will be launching a series of funding opportunities in the upcoming June 2009 launch:
- Masters, PhD and Fellowship capacity building grants in primary healthcare
- National and international Catalyst Research Grants in primary healthcare
- Methods and Tools grants to support research that enables the development and refinement of research methods and tools
For more information, visit the IHSPR website.
Community News and Events:
IHSPR-IPPH Summer Institute: Space, Place, and Health – Call for applications!
July 9-11, 2009, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario
Who should apply: We invite applications from students in graduate training and post-doctoral fellows with an interest in space, place and health (care) in the HSP and PPH research communities. Applications from any relevant discipline will be considered. A limited number (30) of spaces are available for this event that will bring together researchers, students, practitioners and decision makers from across Canada and from the USA and the UK. An application review committee will select students based upon research interests, relevant professional and voluntary experience, range of disciplinary backgrounds, academic qualifications and resumes.
Deadline for applications: May 8, 2009
For more information, visit the IPPH website.
Canadian Association for Health Services and Policy Research 2009 Conference
May 11-14, 2009, Calgary, Alberta
e-Health 2009: Leadership in Action
May 31 - June 3, 2009, Quebec City, Quebec
National Healthcare Leadership Conference
June 1-2, 2009, St. John's, Newfoundland
AcademyHealth 2009 Annual Research Meeting
June 28-30, 2009, Chicago, Illinois
International Health Economics Association World Congress 2009
July 12-15, 2009, Beijing, China
The University of Ottawa's Cochrane Center now offers Canadians free access to the health information found in The Cochrane Library
Canadians are one click away from the best available evidence on which health treatments work, which ones don't, and which may cause harm. As of April 15, everyone in Canada with Internet access will be able to view the full content of The Cochrane Library, which provides evaluations of health treatments. This nine-month pilot project provides a national subscription for Canadians to have access to the wealth of information in The Cochrane Library.