BC Primary Health Care Research Network

News and Events

  • Postdoctoral fellowship opportunity

    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 Read more

  • P2P Awards for BC health research teams

    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 Read more

  • Seeking patient and family partners for research opportunity

    A research team applying for a SPOR PIHCI Programmatic Grant is looking for patients with two or more chronic conditions (including mental health) to join their team. Family members/close friends of adult patients with two or more chronic conditions are also welcome to participate. More details Read more

  • MSFHR funding support towards the SPOR PIHCI Programmatic Grants

    The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) is pleased to offer matching funds to support the highest ranked BC applications that secure programmatic grants via the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) Network in Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovation (PIHCI). These four year grants will support cross-jurisdictional teams Read more

  • SPOR PIHCI Programmatic Grants webinar tomorrow

    CIHR and the PIHCI networks are hosting a webinar to describe grant requirements on August 2, 2017, at 1:00 pm EDT/10:00 am PDT. Learn more about the Programmatic Grants and register for the webinar: Funding Opportunities Read more

  • CIHR Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

    The goal of this funding opportunity is to support research teams that contribute to capacity building efforts in patient-oriented research, as identified in the SPOR Capacity Development Framework, and catalyze opportunities for new/early career investigators to learn in the context of patient-oriented research teams. New/early career investigators are defined as having assumed their first independent Read more