Dr. Michael J. Strong, president of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, announced that Dr. Margo Greenwood has been appointed interim scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health for a term of three years. The Institute will be hosted at the University of Northern British Columbia. The full release is available online. … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Élisabeth Brière (Sherbrooke, Que.) announced funding of nearly $200,000 for two research projects that will be led by researchers at Université de Sherbrooke. The projects will provide evidence to inform interventions to prevent serious harms related to alcohol use and support … Read more
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) announced funding of $5 million to support a new national research network that will focus on improving the prevention, diagnosis, treatment, and care of heart failure across the country. The network, called the Canadian Heart Function Alliance, will … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) issued a statement for Parkinson’s Awareness Month: “In Canada, more than 90,000 individuals, age 40 and older, live with Parkinson, which includes Parkinson’s disease and conditions with similar symptoms. Parkinson’s disease itself is a progressive neurodegenerative disease caused by a loss of dopamine-producing neurons in parts of the brain … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced that the Government of Canada is investing $6.7M in a new pediatric COVID-19 research platform: Pediatric Outcome Improvement through Coordination of Research Networks (POPCORN). Led by Dr. Caroline Quach at the Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine in Montreal, POPCORN will support 16 research sites in pediatric hospitals across the country … Read more
Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced almost $2 million for research that will inform policies and interventions to reduce alcohol-related harms in Canada. The Government of Canada, through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society, is funding … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health Carolyn Bennett (Toronto-St. Paul’s, Ont.) announced an investment of $31.1M over six years for the Health Research Training Platform (HRTP). The HRTP is comprised of 13 unique training programs that bring together researchers from different hospitals and universities, … Read more
Canadian Institutes of Health Research and its partners will support two new research initiatives that align with the UN Roadmap for the COVID-19 Recovery: a $20 million investment in Women RISE: Research to support women’s health and economic empowerment for an equitable COVID-19 recovery, led by Canada’s International Development Research Centre; and a $24 million investment in a New Frontiers … Read more
Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) announced an investment of $16.1 million in funding and in-kind contributions from the Government of Canada and the provincial governments of New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island to support the work of a Maritime hub for patient-oriented research. Known as the Maritime SPOR SUPPORT Unit, it has … Read more
In the context of Nutrition Month, Health Minister Jean-Yves Duclos (Québec, Que.) and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and to the Minister of Sport Adam van Koeverden (Milton, Ont.) announced funding of nearly $1 million for a new research project. This project will examine the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the eating … Read more
