Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Que.) announced $4.7 million for five new projects to be led by researchers at the Douglas Research Centre within the Douglas Mental Health University Institute, which is affiliated with McGill University and the Montreal West Island Integrated University Health and Social … Read more
Canadian Institutes of Health Research President Dr. Michael J. Strong announced that Dr. Fei-Fei Liu has been appointed Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Cancer Research for a term of four years, effective September 1, 2022. The full release is available online. Contact mediarelations@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced a combined investment of $9.7 million over five years from the Government of Canada and the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador to support ongoing patient-oriented research through the province’s SPOR SUPPORT Unit. The full release is available online. Call 613-957-0200.
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced an investment of $10 million for a collaboration between the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Health Canada and the Public Health Agency of Canada to create a pan-Canadian platform to advance research into the effectiveness and clinical challenges of new COVID-19 treatments in non-hospitalized patients. The Canadian ADAptive Platform Trial … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced funding of $3.8 million to support research on sleep health and insomnia. The Government of Canada is supporting this initiative through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research in partnership with Eisai Limited and Mitacs. Dr. Charles Morin, Professor of Psychology and Canada Research Chair in Behavioural Sleep Medicine at … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced a joint investment of $25 million from the Government of Canada and the Government of Saskatchewan to continue the work of the Saskatchewan SPOR Support for People and Patient-Oriented Research and Trials Unit, which connects research with patient needs so that evidence-based solutions can be applied to health … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Environment and Climate Change Terry Duguid (Winnipeg South, Man.) announced a joint investment of $30 million from the Government of Canada, the Government of Manitoba, and provincial partners, Shared Health and the University of Manitoba, to support the next phase of the Manitoba SPOR Support for People and Patient-Oriented … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) launched the Clinical Trials Fund (CTF), supported by a Budget 2021 investment of $250 million over three years for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. As an integral component of Canada’s Biomanufacturing and Life Sciences Strategy, the CTF will strengthen the clinical trials infrastructure in Canada and support the training … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry Andy Fillmore (Halifax, N.S.) announced an investment from the Government of Canada of nearly $1.5 million from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research for three projects in Nova Scotia focused on studying the wider health impacts of the pandemic on children with complex health needs, … Read more
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced that the Government of Canada is renewing its investment in the Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Misuse with funding of $17 million through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The full release is available online. Call 343-552-5568.
