Providence Research is the research enterprise of Providence Health Care (PHC).
In affiliation with the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, Providence Research is host to four distinct research centres and a number of independent clinical research groups.
Providence Research finds solutions to challenges that arise from PHC’s care settings through high-quality research, including laboratory, clinical and applied outcomes research. Integrated with patient care and teaching, research spans more than 30 programs and disciplines. Areas of focus directly align with PHC’s populations of emphasis: HIV/AIDS; urban health and addictions; heart and lung disease; kidney disease; mental health; and specialized needs in aging.
Along with mentoring and training new talent, Providence Research promotes interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaborations, knowledge transfer, and partnerships with patients and families and health leaders in the community.
Providence Research also partners with MSFHR to co-fund research via the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI) and the Centre For Health Evaluation And Outcome Sciences (CHÉOS).
Awards
2021
Recipient
Alana FlexmanAward type
Health Professional- Investigator award
Project title
Perioperative stroke screening and outcomes in high-risk surgical patients
2020
Recipient
Gordon FrancisAward type
Health Professional- Investigator award
Project title
Redefining atherosclerosis: Characterizing and targeting smooth muscle cell foam cells for the treatment and prevention of coronary heart disease and stroke
2019
Recipient
Travis SalwayAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Adapting BC’s healthcare system for equitable and tailored service provision to sexual and gender minorities
Recipient
Joseph PuyatAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Exploring Novel Approaches to Reduce the Prevalence of Depression
Recipient
Sarah MunroAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Implementation of Shared Decision Making to Improve Person- and Family-Centred Care
Recipient
Michele SchaefferAward type
Research Trainee award
Project title
The effects of 60% oxygen during exercise training in patients with fibrotic interstitial lung disease
Recipient
Wei ZhangAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Health, Work and Society: Improving Health Economic Evaluations
2018
Recipient
Yannick Molgat-SeonAward type
Research Trainee award
Project title
Investigating the role of skeletal muscle dysfunction on dyspnea and exercise intolerance in interstitial lung disease
Recipient
Stephanie SellersAward type
Research Trainee award
Project title
Structural valve degeneration in bioprosthetic heart valves
Recipient
Mohammad Ehsan KarimAward type
Scholar award
Project title
A causal inference framework for analyzing large administrative healthcare databases with a focus on multiple sclerosis
Recipient
Anne M GadermannAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Mental health trajectories of immigrant and refugee children: An ecological population-based approach
Recipient
Delbert DorscheidAward type
Health Professional- Investigator award
Project title
IgE-mediated inflammation generated by the airway epithelium is antigen independent-a cause of a novel asthma phenotype
2017
Recipient
Mark HarrisonAward type
Scholar award
Project title
Incentivizing the delivery of sustainable care of chronic diseases in Canada: Case studies in musculoskeletal disease
Recipient
Janice LeungAward type
Health Professional- Investigator award
Project title
Understanding the aging HIV lung from dysbiosis to cell injury