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Study name: The Relevance of Psychologically Healthy and Safe Work Environments on the Experiences of Patients in the Health System Opportunity: Seeling an MSN or PhD student for participation in any or all aspects of the research process. This is meant to be a co-learning experience. This is a one year project and remuneration is…

Mental health and substance use care: eCoordination through virtual communities that enhance health and social partnerships Principal investigator: Marina Morrow, York University Project Overview: Mental health and substance use challenges are a leading health concern for Canadians of all ages, with only 1 in 3 adults and 1 in 4 youth having access to the…

In November 2017 the Canadian Institutes of Health Research will launch the SPOR Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation (PIHCI) Knowledge Synthesis and Comparative Program and Policy Analysis funding opportunities, through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). Details are available on our funding opportunities page.

Data access via Population Data BC has been approved for a funded Quick Strike study which is creating and testing algorithms to predict frailty using administrative health data and primary care electronic medical record data. The Study, called Validation of Administrative and Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Derived Frailty Algorithms, is in three provinces, and…

Join the BC SUPPORT Unit on Monday, October 23, 2017, from 2:00-3:30pm for a BC-researcher-focused information webinar. The webinar will be about BC-specific applications to the Rewarding Success Initiative, launched by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) through the Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Initiative. In the webinar, presenters will provide you with an…

L-R: Marilyn Culbert, Chad Dickie, Regina Cid, Ruth Lavergne, Melody Monro, Penny Henderson, Hayley Pelletier, Brenda Jagroop, Louisa Edwards, Kent Cadogan Loftsgard, Ravin Singh, Tara Fitzgerald. Missing: Yaron Butterfield. Primary care is where most people go first for medical help and advice when they have a health issue. It is provided by health care professionals,…

The Patient Advisory is composed of 10 volunteer members from across BC. Members review and provide input on research projects based on their personal experience as a patients, share information with their networks, and support and advise the Advisory Committee and the BC-PHCRN leadership. Meet the members of the Patient Advisory. On Sept. 30, 2017,…

The call for applications for TUTOR-PHC is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in primary health care. What is the program? TUTOR-PHC or Transdisciplinary Understandings and Training on Research – Primary Health Care, is a one-year, pan-Canadian interdisciplinary research capacity building program that has been training primary and integrated health…

A two-year Postdoctoral fellowship is available in the Aging, Community and Health Research Unit (ACHRU), School of Nursing, McMaster University, under the leadership of Dr. Ruta Valaitis, Associate Professor, Co-Director ACHRU, and Dorothy C. Hall Chair in Primary Health Care; and Dr. Carrie McAiney, Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences and Co-Principal Investigator, ACHRU. ACHRU…

Members of BC-based health research teams currently designing patient-oriented research studies are encouraged to apply for the new P2P (Pathway to Patient-Oriented Research) Awards. P2P Awards are offered by the BC SUPPORT Unit in partnership with the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR). These awards help BC-based patient-oriented research teams pilot and test the…