Grants and Contributions

This funding is provided across all CIHR Research Themes: biomedical research, clinical research, health services research and social, cultural, environmental and population health research

The specific objectives of this funding opportunity are:
• Accelerate the availability of high-quality and real-time evidence to support Canada’s rapid response to the global pandemic in order to better treat and manage COVID-19 working in conjunction with the WHO Solidarity trial in Canada;
• Expand the ability of the CATCO trial to recruit more patients to test, and study the implementation of interventions to treat and manage COVID-19
• Enable Canadian engagement and coordination in international large-scale trials and better enable harmonized data collection, sharing of data, rapid large-scale evaluation of impact, and;
• Provide evidence to inform clinical and health system management and public health response, and/or decision-making and planning within and across jurisdictions in Canada and internationally.

This funding is provided across all CIHR Research Themes: biomedical research, clinical research, health services research and social, cultural, environmental and population health research

Project activities include: (1) maintaining field hospital and mobile clinic equipment and supplies for deployment in humanitarian crises; (2) maintaining a roster of trained Canadian technical experts support relief operations; and (3) maintaining stockpiles of relief supplies, including blankets, shelter toolkits, mosquito nets and kitchen sets, on standby for deployment to humanitarian partners based on needs.

Project activities include: (1) coordinating focus groups to identify barriers that prevent Surinamese women from accessing available cervical cancer prevention services; (2) developing a health promotion campaign to increase awareness and acceptability of cervical cancer prevention; and (3) organizing cervical cancer screening clinics.

This project is part of the Local Engagement and Action Fund (LEAF) that supports civil society and local organizations across the Caribbean to implement initiatives that respond to local needs and advance the aims and strategic objectives of Canada’s Caribbean Regional Development Program.

This work and its findings will bring this technology one step closer to deployment for clinical use in space. The skin printer also has the potential to improve the care and health outcomes associated with severe burns and chronic wounds in hospitals, as well as in rural, remote and Indigenous communities across Canada.

The project will do this by making clinics more adolescent-friendly and culturally appropriate; increasing access to contraceptives; implementing an out-of-school comprehensive sexuality education curriculum to reach indigenous and tribal adolescents in their communities; creating and using culturally appropriate educational materials; and gathering and using data to help policymakers make informed decisions about advancing adolescent sexual and reproductive health and rights, particularly for indigenous and tribal groups.

Through analysis of novel animal models as well as clinical lipidomics and metabolomics of blood and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) profiles, the team seeks to provide a minimally invasive diagnosis of brain health.

Currently there are no known models or methods for accurate clinical training or patient education surrounding the demonstration, fitting, or placement of these pessaries within women’s health.

This will be achieved by recruiting a clinical mental health counsellor, holding family support group sessions, delivering group counseling sessions, and working closely with partners in services such as addictions, mental health, shelter supports, training and employment, wellness programs, and other types of family supports.