Strategic Objective #2 - To increase the number and nature of applied health services and nursing researchers

A Champion of Capacity-Building

Research evidence plays a crucial role in helping health system decision-making. However, applying research successfully requires a specific set of skills. Through its committed approach to capacity-building, the Foundation supports and enables the growth, training and development of applied health services and nursing researchers.

Recognizing Talent: The Harkness Associate Award

The Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Commonwealth Fund, offers two Canadian Harkness Associate Awards annually. Recipients are usually mid-career health services or health policy researchers, decision makers or journalists. Award winners gain an in-depth understanding of the U.S. healthcare system, develop broader international health policy expertise through interaction with international peers, and establish an international network with leading health policy experts.

The 2008-09 Canadian Harkness Award was given to two well-deserving recipients.

Patricia O’Connor is associate director of nursing, neurosciences, and co-director of the best practices program in the department of nursing at the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an assistant professor in the school of nursing at McGill University and a guest faculty member of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s Safer Healthcare Now! campaign. Ms. O’Connor’s primary research focuses on safety issues in health care delivery, particularly in patient, practitioner, and system level outcomes. She was a member of the first cohort of the EXTRA program.

Mark Dobrow is a scientist at Cancer Care Ontario, where he leads the Cancer Services and Policy Research Unit. He is also an assistant professor in the department of health policy, management and evaluation at the University of Toronto. Mr. Dobrow is examining the role of deliberative methods in the development of health policy guidance. His current research interests focus on optimizing decision-making by organizations that manage, organize, finance, and/or deliver health services, especially in the area of cancer care.

Other milestones...

As the 10-year CHSRF/CIHR Capacity for Applied and Developmental Research and Evaluation in Health Services and Nursing (CADRE) program moves through the last part of its term, the Foundation is working with the Chairs and Regional Training Centres to plan for sustainability, transition, and/or wind-down of various aspects of individual programs. The CADRE program will undergo a final evaluation in 2009-10.
The Foundation awarded nine CHSRF/CIHR Postdoctoral Awards in 2008, bringing the total number of awards to 74 since the program’s inception in 2000, with 10 more to be granted in 2009.
The CADRE Regional Training Centres along with a number of other key participants, funders, decision makers, students and faculty, collaborated in a special issue of Healthcare Policy. The journal articulates the experiences, successes, challenges and lessons learned in the RTC journey, 20012007. The CADRE Chairs have embarked on a similar journey, to create a book describing the experiences of their various programs.

“Engaged scholarship” milestones...

The 9th annual Health Services Research Advancement Award went to Dr. Paula Goering, Director of Health Systems Research at the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. This award is presented annually to an individual, team or organization that has contributed significantly to the Canadian health services research community and to advancing evidence-informed decision-making.
A special project was launched by the Foundation to examine the experiences of junior and senior faculty working in applied health services and policy research in Canadian academic settings. A similar project is being conducted by AcademyHealth in the U.S.

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Governance 2008-2009 Board of Trustees and Committee Members Letter from the Chair, Board of Trustees Letter from the President and Chief Executive Officer The Cornerstones of Innovation Incubation Strategic Objective #1 Strategic Objective #2 Strategic Objective #3 Strategic Objective #4 EXTRA Researcher on Call A Model of Organizational Excellence Accountability Endowment and Financial Management Statement of Financial Position Statement of Operations	Strategic Objective #2 - To increase the number and nature of applied health services and nursing researchers A Champion of Capacity-Building Research evidence plays a crucial role in helping health system decision-making. However, applying research successfully requires a specific set of skills. Through its committed approach to capacity-building, the Foundation supports and enables the growth, training and development of applied health services and nursing researchers. Recognizing Talent: The Harkness Associate Award The Foundation, in partnership with the U.S. Commonwealth Fund, offers two Canadian Harkness Associate Awards annually. Recipients are usually mid-career health services or health policy researchers, decision makers or journalists. Award winners gain an in-depth understanding of the U.S. healthcare system, develop broader international health policy expertise through interaction with international peers, and establish an international network with leading health policy experts. The 2008-09 Canadian Harkness Award was given to two well-deserving recipients. Patricia O’Connor is associate director of nursing, neurosciences, and co-director of the best practices program in the department of nursing at the McGill University Health Centre. She is also an assistant professor in the school of nursing at McGill University and a guest faculty member of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute’s Safer Healthcare Now! campaign. Ms. O’Connor’s primary research focuses on safety issues in health care delivery, particularly in patient, practitioner, and system level outcomes. She was a member of the first cohort of the EXTRA program. Mark Dobrow is a scientist at Cancer Care Ontario, where he leads the Cancer Services and Policy Research Unit. He is also an assistant professor in the department of health policy, management and evaluation at the University of Toronto. Mr. Dobrow is examining the role of deliberative methods in the development of health policy guidance. His current research interests focus on optimizing decision-making by organizations that manage, organize, finance, and/or deliver health services, especially in the area of cancer care. Other milestones... As the 10-year CHSRF/CIHR Capacity for Applied and Developmental Research and Evaluation in Health Services and Nursing (CADRE) program moves through the last part of its term, the Foundation is working with the Chairs and Regional Training Centres to plan for sustainability, transition, and/or wind-down of various aspects of individual programs. The CADRE program will undergo a final evaluation in 2009-10. The Foundation awarded nine CHSRF/CIHR Postdoctoral Awards in 2008, bringing the total number of awards to 74 since the program’s inception in 2000, with 10 more to be granted in 2009. The CADRE Regional Training Centres along with a number of other key participants, funders, decision makers, students and faculty, collaborated in a special issue of Healthcare Policy. The journal articulates the experiences, successes, challenges and lessons learned in the RTC journey, 20012007. The CADRE Chairs have embarked on a similar journey, to create a book describing the experiences of their various programs. “Engaged scholarship” milestones... The 9th annual Health Services Research Advancement Award went to Dr. Paula Goering, Director of Health Systems Research at the Toronto-based Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. This award is presented annually to an individual, team or organization that has contributed significantly to the Canadian health services research community and to advancing evidence-informed decision-making. A special project was launched by the Foundation to examine the experiences of junior and senior faculty working in applied health services and policy research in Canadian academic settings. A similar project is being conducted by AcademyHealth in the U.S.