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TUTOR-PHC call for applications: Open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in primary health care
Are you or someone you know interested in gaining interdisciplinary team experience, feedback on your own research and mentorship from a vast network of primary health care researchers and decision makers? Then TUTOR-PHC is for you! This call for applications for TUTOR-PHC is open to graduate students, post-doctoral fellows, mid-career clinicians, and decision makers in…
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BC SPOR SUPPORT Unit names executive director
Welcome to Minnie Downey, Executive Director of the BC SUPPORT Unit as of Sept 12. More
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UBC School of Nursing seeking a Research and Knowledge Translation Manager for projects focused on health equity for marginalized populations
The closing date for applications is Sept 14, 2016. Apply online to Job ID # 24429 at the Careers at UBC website.
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Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN) data facilitates study of Parkinson’s Disease and Depression
UBC graduate Kimberly Singian, RN, MSN, with co-authors, Dr. Morgan Price, Dr. Vicky Bungay, and Dr. Sabrina Wong, analysed the associations between Parkinson’s disease, depression, and related medications. The study was made possible by the Canadian Primary Care Sentinel Surveillance Network (CPCSSN), which extracts data from a variety of electronic medical records (EMRs) in use…
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MSFHR funding support towards the CIHR PIHCIN 2016 funding opportunities
The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) is pleased to provide matching funds to support the highest ranked BC applications in three funding opportunities offered through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network (PIHCIN).
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PHABC Summer School: Promoting Health and Sustainability: The case of climate change and energy use
The Public Health Association of BC Summer School will bring together individuals involved in the delivery of public health activities to examine the application of the Ottawa Charter as related to climate change issues and the implications for health and health equity actions at the individual, health care system and community level. July 11-12, 2016 Multiple…
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CIHR launches SPOR PIHCI Network Comparative Program and Policy Analysis grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are launching a series of Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network (PIHCIN) funding opportunities in 2016 and 2017. The first Comparative Program and Policy Analysis Operating Grant funding opportunity was launched on May 10, 2016. Funding is available for up to…
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CIHR launches SPOR PIHCI Network Knowledge Synthesis Grants
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are launching a series of Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation Network (PIHCIN) funding opportunities in 2016 and 2017. The first Knowledge Synthesis Grant opportunity was launched on April 9, 2016. Funding is available for up to $25,000/year for 1 year. The…
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BC Academic Health Sciences Network and BC SUPPORT Unit launch websites
The BC Academic Health Science Network (BC AHSN) and the BC SUPPORT Unit launched website on March 29, 2016 to share information and news with key stakeholders across the province. Visit the BC AHSN website at bcahsn.ca and the BC SUPPORT Unit website at bcsupportunit.ca. The BC AHSN website hosts background information about the emerging network and…
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Quick Strikes grant successes
Two BCPHCRN-supported SPOR PIHCI Network Quick Strike operating grants have been awarded one year of CIHR funding. A Comparative Analysis of Centralized Waiting Lists for Unattached and Complex Patients Implemented in Six Canadian Provinces – PI Mylaine Breton, Université de Sherbrooke Validation of Administrative and Primary Care Electronic Medical Record Derived Frailty Algorithms – PI…
