Description:
The Barer-Flood Prize is named in honour of the leadership, vision and innovative contributions of the first two Scientific Directors of CIHR’s Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR), Morris Barer and Colleen Flood. In their roles as Scientific Directors, Dr. Barer and Dr. Flood made tremendous contributions towards advancing the field of health services and policy research in Canada, building a community of world-class researchers, and designing innovative new programs that foster evidence-informed decision making and improved health and health care for Canadians.
The Barer-Flood Prize is intended to recognize and support the research excellence of Canadian Senior-Career Investigators working within the mandate of CIHR-IHSPR and one or more of the Institute’s priority research area(s) listed in the section below.
Research Areas:
1. Innovations in how to organize, finance, manage and deliver health care that achieve the Quadruple Aim, improve equity, and are accountable to patients and the public, in one or more of the following areas:
¿ Integration of care (including integrated health care systems, organizations, and models of care; continuity of care; and/or integration of upstream prevention approaches within health care settings that address the social determinants of health).
¿ Primary care (in the context of health care delivery), and home, community, and long-term care.
¿ The health workforce (e.g., funding and remuneration, training and support, scopes of practice, interdisciplinary collaboration, and data systems for planning).
2. Implementation, evaluation and/or scale and spread of digital health solutions and/or data infrastructure, that aim to improve health and patient/provider experience outcomes.
3. Designing, implementing and/or evaluating anti-racist, anti-discriminatory, anti-ableist, inclusive, culturally safe, health care systems, organizations and/or models of care.
4. Advancing sustainable, climate-resilient and/or low-carbon health care systems, organizations, and models of care.
5. Advancing the theories, methods and approaches that underpin the science of HSPR. The primary focus of the research is on learning about and/or testing theories, methods and approaches and their broad applicability in health services and policy 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.
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.