Share your thoughts on the strengths and challenges of Canada’s Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR). Join the conversation—it’s open until March 31, 2024: letstalk-cihr.ca/spor-refresh

Increasing private health insurance is not the answer the relieving pressure on public hospitals. New paper out in HEC Editors by the wonderful Ou Yang and colleagues. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Hooray for Wendy V Norman !

We cannot wait to see the #HSPR community in Ottawa at #CAHSPR24! Early registration is open, so don't waste a minute. Go to cahspr.ca/events/cahspr-… and take advantage of early bird registation rates. May 14 is just around the corner!

This new study adds to the evidence on the influence that collaborative & meaningful #PatientEngagement has in all stages of research. Dr. Deborah A Marshall Research Team Sandra Zelinsky Tamara L. McCarron Gail MacKean 🧡 🏳️‍🌈 Maria J Santana Paul Moayyedi Stirling Bryan 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Excited to announce the publication of our latest study: “A Canadian Simulation Model of Major Depression”! Check it out now! rdcu.be/dCsDg #mentalhealth #depression Stirling Bryan Dr. Jehannine Austin Louisa Edwards

[1/2] 📢 The 2024 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions are now open! Both team-based programs enable #KnowledgeTranslation activities like co-developing #HealthResearch & dissemination of research evidence.

Who's excited for #CAHSPR24? We have a great program planned & can't wait to see you in just over 3 weeks - Ottawa, here we come! We start off with a fantastic opening plenary, exploring what needs to be in place to build learning health systems in Canada. Don't miss it!

The Dragons Den Pitch Competition features incredible Dragons (judges) Meredith Vanstone, Jennifer Zelmer, and Stirling Bryan. Learn more and submit your expression of interest today! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

OPEN SCIENCE: Health Research BC is focusing its very popular and high quality #KTConnects series on Open Science in 2024. #OpenScienceIsWayMoreThanOpenAccess

I am really disappointed to announce that the International International Health Economics Association (IHEA) Association has moved the 2025 Congress from Calgary to Bali. The reason: slow processing of visas into Canada. So #Calgary and @ucalgary just lost a 1500 person conference.

Congrats Dr. Jehannine Austin Stirling Bryan on being 1st team to receive GenomeBC's Translational Innovational Fund!! I had the privilege of working with this amazing team of passionate and inclusive researchers. DYK: 1 in 2 🇨🇦 will have (or have had) a mental illness by 40. -CAMH

Finding the right depression medication can be a difficult journey of trial and error. UBC researchers are exploring how #pharmacogenomic testing could better match patients with effective treatments and improve depression care across B.C. bit.ly/3XSYLY2

We’re proud of our work to measure what matters to patients. Researchers showed that measuring patient experiences and outcomes can change health care. Congratulations to the team members on this new publication. bit.ly/3WPsAI1

Patient-oriented research needs patient-oriented methods. Here is an example from a BC SUPPORT Unit Methods Cluster on patient-centred measurement by Fuchsia Howard and team 👇

Are you interested in #PrimaryCare? Are you concerned abt #ER closures & overcrowding? Join the conversation with CAHSPR / Institute of Health Services & Policy Research 2024 Article of the year winner (reg is no $).

NEW: Healthcare improves in research active healthcare organisations - our updated review published today with Annette Boaz and others: doi.org/10.1186/s12961…

It’s time!!! ⏰ If you want to join a great group of students in #HSPR, build your leadership skills and have a lot of fun, apply for the CAHSPR Student Working Group executive team! 🤝🙂‍↕️ Apply here ➡️ forms.gle/sDi23t9Wcxy1sE…

Join us for the upcoming HSPR Talks for a discussion with Lauren Lapointe-Shaw about her Article of the Year paper, "Virtual Visits with Own Family Physician vs Outside Family Physician and Emergency Department Use" Register today at cahspr.ca/events/webinar…

Have you read the latest Michael Smith Health Research BC newsletter? Check out our interview with Dr. Martha MacLeod, who talks about the value of lived experience in research. Martha MacLeod