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Job Postings at Health Quality Ontario

Health Quality Ontario‘s Patient, Caregiver and Public Engagement team has recently posted two job positions.  The successful candidates for both positions would be contributing to two of Health Quality Ontario’s Knowledge Transfer projects on synthesizing what is known in a topic area, and then crafting knowledge projects to inform action.  More information is included below, with links to the two postings.  These part-time, contract, work-from-home positions would be ideal for students across the province.

1)      Research Assistant – Engaging Underserved Communities Project.

Deadline to apply: August 14, 2017.

Link to posting: http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/documents/about/careers/research-assistant-1707.pdf

Description: The Research Assistant is responsible for contributing to the Patient Engagement Team’s underserved communities knowledge transfer project. Individuals and families from lower income households are the focus for this project, acknowledging that low income is a cross-cutting theme across many underserved communities. The successful candidate will be responsible for collecting, synthesizing and helping form dissemination strategies for the best available evidence on the engagement of individuals and families from lower income households for the purposes of health system improvement. Expected outputs of this project include, an analysis report on the current state of knowledge in this area, a toolkit containing resources and tools to help guide engagement, and a draft article for peer-review publication.

2)      Research Associate – Patient Engagement Curriculum Development Project.

Deadline to apply: August 14, 2017.

Link to posting: http://www.hqontario.ca/Portals/0/documents/about/careers/research-associate-07-2017.pdf

Description: The Research Associate is responsible for contributing to the development of an educational strategy on patient engagement for Health Professionals. The practice of patient engagement is becoming more widespread in Ontario and requests for capacity building in this area are on the rise. One such way to build knowledge and capacity for patient engagement is by building patient engagement into the curriculum of health professional training programs (e.g. medical, nursing, allied health and health administration programs). However, little is known about the current state of patient engagement curricula in existing health professional training programs in Ontario. The successful candidate for this role will be responsible for conducting an extensive environmental scan on the current state of health professional education in patient engagement. This role will also involve drafting a strategy to move forward, addressing the gaps in curriculum in this area, potential organizations to partner with, our potential role and a general curriculum outline.

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Canada’s Largest Study on Aging – Data Available to Researchers

Canada’s health researchers have access to a valuable national research platform to answer important questions related to health and aging.

Launched in 2010, the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) involves 51,000 Canadians, aged 45 to 85 at recruitment, who will be followed for 20 years.

The platform includes data on health status, physical assessments, diseases, cognition, psychological well-being and mental health, social well-being, economic aspects of aging, and blood-based biological markers.

The initial baseline data set is now ready and available for use by researchers and trainees working in all areas of health and psychosocial well-being. Follow-up data collection events will be repeated every three years for 20 years.

Visit the CLSA website to find out more about the platform and how you can access the data for your research.

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CIHR – Doctoral and Master’s Awards

If your research is in the area of health, you may be eligible to apply to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).  Note that SSHRC has revised it’s Guidelines on Subject Matter Eligibility related to Health.

For more information on each of these opportunities please visit the web sites:

Doctoral Research Award: 2017-2018

Deadline: October 3, 2017

Master’s Award: 2017-2018

Deadline: December 1, 2017

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New Human Ethics Protocol Submission Platform – Updates

The Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) is launching a new online protocol submission platform, Western Research Ethics Management (WREM), on September 7, 2017. Below are some updates related to process and timing:

Migration
All studies approved in ROMEO prior to September 7, 2017 will be migrated to WREM, and, as of this date, all new submissions are to be created using the new platform. If your initial submission or post-approval event has been submitted – but not approved – in ROMEO by September 7, it will be migrated at a later date. Migration will include: PI name, REB number and the study title; the Western protocol form, supporting documents, co-investigators and study team members will not be migrated.

To help minimize delays, please be aware of the following:

  1. You should ensure you save copies of ALL currently approved documents from ROMEO to your secured network drive for easy access.
    As of midnight, September 6, 2017, you will no longer be able to access ROMEO to submit any new studies or post-approval events (e.g., amendments, continuing ethics review, protocol deviations, etc.). ROMEO will only remain available to finalize outstanding recommendations from the Office of Human Research Ethics (OHRE) and to access old files.
  2. OHRE cannot guarantee any new studies, responses or post-approval events submitted to ROMEO after August 7, 2017 will be migrated during the first migration.

Training
Training for WREM began on July 11. Please visit the dedicated rollout website to register for an upcoming session, schedule individual training, or for additional information.

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IDRC Research Awards 2018

The International Development Research Centre (IDRC) has issued a call for applications for development research.

Deadline: September 6, 2017 by 4:00 PM (EDT)

Duration: January to December 2018 (12 months)

Successful applicants will undertake a one-year paid program of research on the topic they selected for the competition and receive hands-on experience in research management, grant administration, and the creation, dissemination, and use of knowledge from an international perspective. The proposed research must focus on one or more developing countries.

Eligibility: This call is open to Canadians, permanent residents of Canada, and citizens of developing countries pursuing a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university OR who have completed a master’s or a doctoral degree at a recognized university. Please note the additional eligibility requirements outlined on the website.

More information and applications…

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Western’s New Online System for Human Research Ethics

The Office of Human Research Ethics will launch its new online protocol submission platform on September 7, 2017. Western Research Ethics Manager (WesternREM) is being implemented to streamline the human ethics submission process, and to allow users to better track a protocol’s progress throughout its review. It also addresses a number of concerns and issues users experienced with ROMEO.

For ongoing information related to the rollout of WesternREM, please visit the dedicated rollout website.

This software tool will replace Western’s ROMEO.

There will be frequent training sessions to prepare the research community for launch:

  • You can register for general training sessions taking place throughout July, August and September. For a full list of dates, please visit the OWL portal

(Training includes either a) WesternREM training only or b) WesternREM and ReDA  (only for Lawson researchers)  training together. NOTE: if you book a session that includes ReDA training, but it is not applicable to you, please come 50 minutes after the session starts – e.g., if the session is from 1-3, please come at 1:50 p.m.)

These training sessions will demonstrate how to navigate the new system, how to add research personnel to studies, how to submit new applications and post-approval applications (e.g., Amendments, Continuing Ethics Reviews, End of Studies, FYI, DSMC, Reportable Events), and provide an overview of routine ethics processes. These sessions will NOT specifically address completing an application in terms of content.

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The Conversation Canada

“The Conversation Canada … brings academics and experienced journalists together to share timely analysis and commentary drawing from research, evidence and insights generated by Canadian universities.” (Source – the Conversation Canada)

“The Conversation provides readers with a free high-grade and trusted information service. [They] are quite different to anything else in the media” for these reasons.

Become an author… “Can you write for The Conversation? – Are you currently employed as a researcher or academic with a university or research institution? Or, if you’re a student, are you a PhD candidate?”

Pitch an idea…

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SSHRC Doctoral and Postdoctoral Applications Available

Program Descriptions and Application forms for SSHRC Doctoral and Postdoctoral Awards are now live:

The following Guidelines and Program Information have been updated:

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Knowledge Mobilization – Webinar

The Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research and Arthritis Research Canada have partnered to co-develop and host a series of monthly expert-led, beginner-level Knowledge Translation (KT) training webinars with the goal of developing a sustainable resource for research producers to learn knowledge and skills that will enable them to develop KT practice in their work. The next Webinar is:

Arts-based approaches to KT in health policy development

by

Susan M. Cox, Ph.D Associate Professor
Acting Director, The W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics
School of Population and Public Health
The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Fri, 7 July 2017
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM PDT (note Pacific Daylight Time)

In this webinar, participants will be introduced to the range of literary, performative and visual methods used in arts-based approaches to KT. Specific challenges and opportunities related to using these innovative KT approaches in the field of health policy development will be considered through closer examination of a series of examples drawn from my own as well as colleagues’ work. The webinar will conclude with reflections on ethical and methodological issues arising and tips on where to turn for resources and support.

More information on the webinar and how to sign up….

Archives of past webinars are also available.

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