Often, when we think of personalized medicine we think of genes and high tech solutions to complicated problems. In this presentation, Dr. Gillian Bartlett (Dept. of Family Medicine McGill University) will present some of the work her group has done on exploring personalized medicine from the perspective of patient characteristics that are easily measurable; in this case, obesity.
Congratulations to NS-PIHCI members Fred Burge and Beverley Lawson, part of the research team looking at Canadian benchmarks for quality of end-of-life care in cancer – named one of the Canadian Cancer Society’s top 10 research stories of 2015. Led by Dr. Lisa Barbera, this multi-province research project looked at provincial variation in health care services for those at the end of life. Benchmarks and quality indicators were established to help evaluate services.
Read the article in the May 2015 issue of the Journal of Oncology Practice.
We will be hosting a series of informal “Project Incubator” discussions to encourage the development of research questions and connections between network members with similar interests.
CIHR has announced a Quick Strike research project funding opportunity. Quick Strike projects must be cross-jurisdictional (involving a minimum of two member networks), be feasible for completion during a time frame of up to 12 months and must have high potential to improve the effectiveness, efficiency, scalability and/or policy and program impact of primary and integrated health care innovations.
Important dates
Application deadline: December 1, 2015
Anticipated notice of decision: March 31, 2016
Funding start date: March 1, 2016
Interested research teams must submit an Expression of Interest form to NS-PIHCI. For more information contact Jessica Nowlan at j.nowlan@dal.ca.
Full competition details can be found here.
On October 8, 2015, the Nova Scotia Primary and Integrated Health Care Innovations Network (NS-PIHCI) held an Information Day to officially launch its second phase. Researchers, clinicians and policy-makers came together to learn more about NS-PIHCI and to discuss and develop research projects. Presentations covered patient engagement, the clinical context for patients with complex needs, and research priorities.
We were also honoured to welcome Deputy Minister of the Nova Scotia Department of Health and Wellness, Dr. Peter Vaughan, to the event. Dr. Vaughan discussed the importance of using research data to drive policy and knowledge translation strategies for communicating research to policy-makers.
Thank you to everyone who attended and made this day a success!
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