Title:
Operating Grant: Methamphetamine and related psychostimulant use
Agreement Value:
$100,000.00
Agreement Date:
Mar 1, 2020 - Feb 28, 2021
Description:
The Operating Grant: Methamphetamine and related psychostimulant use is expected to:
• Generate new knowledge around prevalence, incidence, and distribution of methamphetamine use in Canada
• Increase the uptake and application of synthesized knowledge in evidence-based decision-making, health care and/or health services policy and practice in this space
• Support partnerships between researchers and knowledge users to rapidly inform policies related to prevention, harm reduction, and treatment of methamphetamine use
• Address the pressing intervention-related evidence needs of knowledge users in this space
• Encourage implementation science approaches that consider sub-populations and/or the biological and social determinants of methamphetamine use
Organization:
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Expected Results:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.
Location:
Vancouver, British Columbia, CA V6T 1Z1
Reference Number:
236-2019-2020-Q4-00664
Report Type:
Grants and Contributions
Recipient Type:
Individual or sole proprietorship
Recipient's Legal Name:
Buxton, Jane
Research Organization:
University of British Columbia
Program:
Research in Priority Areas
Program Purpose:
This program provides funding for targeted grants and awards aimed at addressing priority areas. Priorities are identified by CIHR in consultation with other government departments and agencies, partners and stakeholders. The program mobilizes researchers, patients, health providers, and decision makers to conduct research, enable knowledge translation and build capacity in the priority areas. It often requires collaboration within and across sectors.