Weâre welcoming 63 awardees to the MSFHR community today.
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New Article Unit: Health Research BC
COVID-19 is testing the ability of Canadaâs health research system
Dr. Bev Holmes and Dr. Sharon Straus discuss how Canada’s health research system has measured up during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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MSFHR and Victoria Hospitals Foundation partner on funding research to detect future COVID-19 outbreaks on Vancouver Island
Dr. Laura Cowen at the University of Victoria, is leading a team in developing a model that estimates rates of unreported COVID-19 cases.
What does success look like for responsive and responsible research funding?
Dr. Chonnettia Jones, reflects on what success looks like for responsive and responsible research funding.
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We want to hear from you: The effect of COVID-19 on BCâs health research community
In order to get a full picture of how BC health researchers and the health research community at large has been affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, we launched a province-wide survey to generate data.
How COVID-19 modelling affects our pandemic response
With rapid response funding from MSFHR, BC researchers are working in collaboratively with academic and public health partners to develop models of how COVID-19 is spreading in BC.
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MSFHR funds COVID-19 research to mitigate effects on BCâs vulnerable populations
Mitigating the impact of COVID-19 on newcomers to BC, urban Indigenous people, frontline health-care workers, and those in prisons or precarious housing is the focus of many of the funded researchers from the COVID-19 Research Response Fund.
MSFHR partners with CIHR to fund vital COVID-19 research
MSFHR joined research funders from across Canada to partner on CIHR’s Rapid Research Funding Opportunity that focused on mitigating the spread of COVID-19.
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BCâs COVID-19 âinfodemicâ tackled by MSFHR-funded research project
Stress levels, youth mental health and stigma toward racialized British Columbians are just some of the topics covered by a COVID-19 rapid response research project funded by MSFHR.
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Issue 1 of the BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Framework now available
The BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Advisory Committee (SRAC) has just published the first iteration of the BC COVID-19 Strategic Research Framework.
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