This award supports the creation of a team to study how muscle in elderly people with chronic conditions responds to rehabilitative exercise protocols designed to optimize function and decrease disability. The RAMP team aims to develop an integrated research strategy that spans from cellular to clinical rehabilitation research. The strategy will include consideration of how co-existing conditions, such as chronic respiratory or heart disease, affect muscle response to exercise. The overall goal is to develop safe and effective exercise programs that elderly people will find appealing and be able to adhere to.
Year: 2006
The Collaborative Research Group for Designing Safety Interventions for Individuals in Violent Relationships
This award funds the development of a team focused on enhancing safety of victims of relationship abuse. The team’s goal is to bring together researchers from social work, psychology, nursing, medicine and public health with front-line service providers to develop abuse interventions for individuals in violent relationships. Through a series of meetings and workshops, the team aims to develop safety-promoting strategies that can be tested with women and men in different socio-ethnic groups. The team will include participation by community agencies and health institutions, including the Vancouver General Hospital and St. Paul’s Hospital emergency rooms.
CORRECT Groups: Collaborative Resources for Research on Counselling and Therapy Groups
Group therapy has become a widely used form of non-pharmacological treatment of mental illness. Despite the widespread use of group therapy in BC and elsewhere, research on the complexities of efficient and effective application of group therapy has been limited and fragmentary. This award supports the establishment of a multidisciplinary team of researchers to focus on developing a better, more integrated understanding of group therapy as a mental health intervention. The team’s research could have a significant impact on patient management and help clarify how group therapy services should be supported.
Developing a Research Program on the Process and Impact of Implementing Core Public Health Functions in BC
To contribute to public health system renewal, the BC Ministry of Health has developed a Framework for Core Functions in Public Health. The Core Functions identify the key public heath services that health authorities will provide and that will strengthen the link between public health, primary health care and chronic disease management in BC. This award supports the creation of a multidisciplinary team to establish research priorities for public health in BC as they relate to the framework, and to develop a research program on the implementation and outcomes of the core functions.
Neurobiology Research Team in Natural Health Products
Research on biologically active compounds from plants used in traditional medicine have made significant contributions to the discovery of medicines to treat mental illness and nervous disorders. This award supports the development of a research team that will combine expertise in phytochemistry, ethnopharmacology, neuropharmacology, neuroscience, pharmacognosy and bioinformatics to research potentially therapeutic natural health products. The research will involve fostering dialogue and building collaborative relationships with indigenous BC communities to investigate and build on their traditional plant knowledge.
Vaccine Evaluation Centre
The Vaccine Evaluation Centre (VEC) was originally established in 1989 at BC Children’s Hospital. Now, the Unit is expanding and evolving to better meet provincial and national needs for applied vaccinology research, with emphasis on expanded local and national collaboration and leadership, greater use of advanced technology, active translation of new products into optimal immunization practice, and excellent training in vaccinology.
Technology-Enabled Knowledge Translation Investigative Centre (TEKTIC)
The mission of the Technology Enabled Knowledge Translation Investigative Centre—or TEKTIC—is to understand, explore, and innovate on how information and communications technologies (ICT) can be used effectively to accelerate the translation of health research evidence into routine practice and health system implementation. The Centre’s research currently focuses on chronic disease management through ICT.
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Parkinson’s Disease and Monoaminergic Function in the Central Nervous System
The MSFHR Research Unit in Parkinson’s disease and monoaminergic function in the Central Nervous System brings together clinical and basic neuroscientists, epidemiologists, imaging scientists and chemists, all focused on a better understanding of Parkinson’s disease, its complications, and related disorders such as depression and addictive behaviours.
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Centre for Human Islet Transplant and Beta Cell Regeneration
The Centre for Human Islet Transplant and Beta-Cell Regeneration (CHITBR) supports scientists and clinicians from nine different disciplines—from bench to bedside—to conduct research addressing the main limitations of beta-cell transplant.
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Priority Setting Methods in Cancer: Evidence-Based Marginal Analysis
The challenge of priority setting in cancer has never been so great. Over the past 20 years, over 2.3 million Canadians developed cancer, of which 1.1 million died prematurely. Over the next 20 years, these levels will rise by approximately 56% and 48% respectively. Cancer control and care in BC faces many other challenges: the rising costs of innovation and technology, allocating resources across the spectrum of interventions, a lack of incremental funding growth despite growth in incidence and prevalence, growth in all cancer control programs, need for new programs required with no defined funding, and rising community expectations and demand. A systematic organization of the limited resources in cancer control and care is urgently needed to respond to the potential impacts of cancer.
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