CIHR “dismantling” Aboriginal health research

CIHR excludes Aboriginal health in review.

The new ethics of Aboriginal health research.

316 CMAJ, March 17, 2015, 187(5) ©2015 8872147 Canada Inc. or its licensors Research can be a four-letter word in Aboriginal communities. For centuries, scientists of all stripes have dropped in, taken notes and taken off — sometimes forcibly taking their “subjects” with them. But as indigenous people demand a greater say in the priorities, methods and interpretation of research conducted in th...

Factors associated with cumulative research funding of investigators from CIHR: a major health-research funding agency.

PURPOSE Few systematic studies have focused on determinants of cumulative research funding (CRF), a measure of research productivity among career researchers world-wide. Using researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR), this exploratory study quantifies the association between CIHR-investigator roles and CRF obtained from the CIHR. METHODS CIHR grants and awards ...

CIHR doubles support for clinical research.

Thinking about aboriginal KT: learning from the Network Environments for Aboriginal Health Research British Columbia (NEARBC).

OBJECTIVE Creating effective and actionable research has become increasingly important for the health disciplines. Despite greater attention to knowledge translation (KT) in the health research, policy, and professional literature and the mounting need for strategic action to reduce the burden of ill health experienced by Aboriginal people in Canada, little time has been dedicated to understand...