Partnerships are key to the work of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. They enable us to enhance our current awards as well as create new opportunities for health research — while working with leading organizations worldwide towards common goals.

If your organization is interested in partnering with the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, please contact us.

Currently, we proudly partner with:

• AllerGen NCE
• Alzheimer Society of B.C
• BC Cancer Foundation
• BC Epilepsy Society
• BC Sports Medicine Research Foundation
• Breast Cancer Society of Canada
• Canadian Cancer Society - BC & Yukon Division
• Canadian Foundation for Women's Health
• Child & Family Research Institute
• Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada
• Down Syndrome Research Foundation
• Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation
• The Mind Foundation of BC
• NeuroDevNet NCE
• OvCaRe
• Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute
• Provincial Health Services Authority
• Queensland University of Technology, Australia
• Rick Hansen Institute
• St. Paul's Hospital Foundation
• VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
• Women's Health Research Institute
• WorkSafe BC

 

AllerGen NCE

Allergen is a Canadian network Centres of Excellence (NCE), whose mission is to catalyze and support discovery, development, networking, capacity building, commercialization and knowledge translation that contribute to reducing the morbidity, mortality and socio-economic burden of allergic and related immune diseases.

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Alzheimer Society of BC

Alzheimer Society B.C. is a provincial non-for profit organization that is dedicated to helping anyone concerned with or facing dementia have the confidence and skills to maintain quality of life, to ensuring that public policy and perceptions reflect the issues and reality, and to securing funding for support and research. The Alzheimer Society of B.C. is the leading source of education and support in B.C. for people impacted by dementia, through resource centres located around the province.

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BC Cancer Foundation

The BC Cancer Foundation (BCCF) supports research and care through the BC Cancer Agency. The BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) provides a cancer care program for the people of British Columbia, including prevention, screening and early detection, diagnosis and treatment services, support programs, community programs, research and education.

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BC Epilepsy Society

As a provincial, not-for-profit organization, the mission of BC Epilepsy Society (BCES) is to empower, educate, and support British Columbians living with epilepsy and their families, and fund research to find a cure. BCES pursues this mission through a variety of programs and services.

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BC Sports Medicine Research Foundation

The BC Sports Medicine Research Foundation (BCSMRI) was created to promote research and increase knowledge in the field of sport and exercise medicine. The awareness and funds raised foster research in the field of sports medicine and exercise science.

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Breast Cancer Society of Canada

The Breast Cancer Society of Canada is a registered, national, not-for-profit, charitable organization dedicated to funding Canadian breast cancer research into the detection, prevention, treatment and to ultimately find a cure for the disease that women fear most.

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Canadian Cancer Society - BC & Yukon Division

As a national, not-for-profit organization, the mission of the Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is the eradication of cancer and the enhancement of the quality of life of people living with cancer. The Canadian Cancer Society achieves its mission through five ends: the incidence of preventable cancers in Canadians steadily decreases, Canadians have the best possible cancer control system in the world, the results of research along the cancer continuum, from prevention to end of life are used to benefit Canadians, Canadians have timely, reliable, relevant and understandable cancer control information to reduce the burden of cancer, there is enhanced quality of life for people living with cancer, and Canadians living with cancer have timely access to appropriate support services to enhance their quality of life.

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Canadian Foundation for Women's Health (CFWH)

The Canadian Foundation for Women’s Health provides research grants and fellowships in the area of Obstetrics and Gynecology. The goal is to encourage those seeking cures, new treatments and a better understanding of the illnesses related to the field of Obstetrics and Gynecology that afflict women.

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Child & Family Research Institute

The Child & Family Research Institute (CFRI), formerly the BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health, is dedicated to world-class research spanning a wide range of children’s and women’s health concerns. The Institute works in close partnership with the University of British Columbia, the Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of British Columbia, and the BC Children’s Hospital Foundation.

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Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada

Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada (CCFC) is a national not-for-profit voluntary medical research foundation. Its mission is to find the cure for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). To achieve its mission, CCFC is committed to raising funds for medical research. CCFC is one of the world’s leaders in non-governmental, per capita funding of IBD research. Education is also a part of CCFC’s mandate. CCFC was started in 1974 by a group of concerned parents who saw the need to raise funds for research into inflammatory bowel disease and to educate patients and their families about these diseases.

CCFC will partner with MSFHR for the first time in the 2009 Research Trainee competition.

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Down Syndrome Research Foundation

The Down Syndrome Research Foundation (DSRF) has a mandate to empower people with Down syndrome to achieve their potential, lead independent and fulfilled lives, and participate fully in the communities in which they live. The DSRF conducts basic and applied research on developmental disabilities with a focus on Down syndrome.

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Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation

The Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation has two major objectives:

• investigation and support of complementary and alternative medicine, particularly in the treatment of cancer, and;
• economic education that promotes the principles of a free market.

The Foundation also supplies support to organizations that help people who fall through the social safety net of government programs for the needy. Most of these groups operate around the area of Main and Hastings in Vancouver and care for that very needy population. Some support is also given to existing charitable organizations that come to the Board's attention.

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The Mind Foundation of BC

The Mind Foundation raises funds for the programs and services offered by the British Columbia Schizophrenia Society (BCSS). The goals of the Mind Foundation include expanding the current levels of funding for the BCSS’s Programs and Support Services, and to raise money for schizophrenia research to help expand the current levels of funding research in this field.

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NeuroDevNet NCE

NeuroDevNet, a Canadian Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE), is dedicated to helping children overcome neurodevelopmental disorders. Network investigators seek to understand the causes of neurological deficits, and to transfer this knowledge to health care professionals, policy makers, and communities of interest. NeuroDevNet works with its partners in academia, the community, not-for-profit sector, industry, and government, and across traditional disciplinary boundaries and sectors, to ensure generated knowledge is translated into tangible diagnostic, preventative, therapeutic, social, economic, and health benefits for all.

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OvCaRe

MSFHR has joined with OvCaRe, the BC Cancer Foundation and the VGH & UBC Foundation to recognize the amazing contributions Dr. Nelly Auersperg has made in the field of ovarian cancer. In her honour, a studentship award for a senior graduate has been created in her name so that others can continue her great work in this area.

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Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute

The Pacific Parkinson's Research Institute (PPRI) is a registered charity that exists for the sole purpose of raising funds for research into Parkinson's Disease. It is committed to discovering the causes of, and the cure for Parkinson's, building an environment that attracts, supports and retains world class scientists and clinicians, and advancing research that results in an improved quality of life for people with Parkinson's and their families.

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Provincial Health Services Authority

The Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) is one of six BC health authorities, whose primary role is to ensure that BC residents have access to a coordinated network of high-quality specialized health care services. The first organization of its kind in the country, the PHSA has a mandate to use their unique expertise and provincial role to work in collaboration with the Ministry of Health Services and the regional health authorities to improve the health of the population through system wide improvements.

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Queensland University of Technology, Australia

MSFHR is partnering with Queensland University's Instsitute of Health and Biomedical Innovation (IHBI) to offer two postdoctoral research fellows the oppotunity to complete half of their fellowship at IHBI in Brisbane, Australia, and the other half at a BC research institute. One postdoctoral fellow will focus their studies in the field of spinal research and the other in finding a vaccination for Chlamydia. Read more about this partnership in the Queensland University of Technology newsletter.

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Rick Hansen Institute

As a national non-for profit organization, the Rick Hansen Institute  is a collaboration of people with spinal cord injuries (SCI), researchers and service providers committed to addressing priority needs and generating solutions for people with SCI.

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St. Paul's Hospital Foundation

St. Paul's Hospital Foundation is a registered charity that raises funds for medical equipment, research and enhanced patient care at St. Paul's Hospital. St. Paul's Hospital, a major teaching hospital located in downtown Vancouver, is part of Providence Health Care. Some of the specialized health care services provided at St. Paul's are heart, kidney and HIV/AIDS, emergency, surgery, critical care (ICU) gastro-intestinal, diabetes, psychiatry, eating disorders, maternity and palliative care. Many of these serve patients from across the province.

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VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

The Vancouver General Hospital & University of British Columbia Hospital Foundation (VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation) is a registered charity established to raise funds for VGH, UBC Hospital and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. Over the past 24 years, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation has raised over $163 million, providing critical support for British Columbia's leading adult acute care facility.

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Women's Health Research Institute

In March 2005, the Women’s Health Research Institute (WHRI) was established by BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre to enhance and galvanize the impact of women's health research conducted at BC Women's Hospital and throughout BC. The WHRI is devoted solely to improving the health and health care of girls and women, to serve as a catalyst for research in women’s health and to support an expanding national network of women’s health researchers, policy makers and healthcare providers. By embracing innovation and living the vision that leading research opens the doors to better health for all women, the Institute is rapidly becoming the leader in Women’s Health Research.

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WorkSafe BC (Workers' Compensation Board of BC)

The mission of WorkSafeBC’s Research Secretariat is to support scientific research and knowledge transfer that will contribute to improving health and safety in B.C. workplaces, fostering successful rehabilitation and return to work of injured workers, and ensuring fair compensation for workers who suffer an injury or illness on the job.

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Last updated August 12, 2011