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The health research community is invited to engage in open dialogue to identify and discuss specific measures that CIHR could implement to address barriers faced by racialized and Indigenous researchers and trainees. CIHR specifically invites the engagement of racialized and Indigenous communities with lived experience of systemic racism in the health research sector, although the online discussion is open to all. Visit https://letstalk-cihr.ca/systemic-racism-and-canadas-health-research-fu… for more information and to participate in discussions on systemic racism relating to CIHR’s funding system.
Funding supports 27 partnerships involving UBC researchers.
Dr. Purang Abolmaesumi (NSERC), Dr. Liisa Galea (CIHR) and Dr. Lisa Sundstrom (SSHRC) will provide strategic guidance, advice and leadership regarding research funding for both campuses.
VPRI Unit: Office of Research Services (funding)
The Collaborative Research and Training Experience (CREATE) Program supports the training of teams of highly qualified students and postdoctoral fellows from Canada and abroad through the development of innovative training programs.
Twelve UBC researchers have been awarded funding for patient-care research and commercialization through two competitions administered by the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, the results of which were announced today. SEE MSFHR ANNOUNCEMENT Health Professional –…
Congratulations to Professors Janice Eng, Tina Loo, Bonny Norton, Dolph Schluter, Rashid Sumaila and Dominique Weis.
VPRI Unit: Knowledge Exchange
Learn about Andrea Bundon (UBC Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology) and Natalie Abele’s (ViaSport) strategies to build and sustain an effective research partnership in our new video.
Drs. Burt and Justice appointed as Officers of the Order of Canada alongside former faculty members Dr. John Borrows and the Honourable Lynn Smith Q.C. Emeritus faculty, Dr. Robert Krell appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada.
VPRI Unit: Institutional Programs Office
VPRI Unit: Institutional Programs Office
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