Michael Smith Health Research BC, Interior Health, and the Kelowna General Hospital Foundation hosted the first Health xChange in Kelowna on May 24. Developed by Health Research BC, Health xChange is an annual evening of storytelling that brings together researchers, research user partners, and those interested in health research to share and learn about research evidence in a fun and engaging way.
Continue reading “Health xChange on the road: sharing and learning about research evidence in a fun and engaging way”
Article Categories: NEWS
Developing and implementing a significant step forward for Alzheimer’s disease
The IMPACT-AD study is designed to specifically address barriers to uptake and use of Alzheimer’s disease testing in the Canadian health care system.
Continue reading “Developing and implementing a significant step forward for Alzheimer’s disease”
Michael Smith Health Research BC welcomes vice-president, research
We’re pleased to announce that Dr. Danielle Lavallee has been named vice-president, research.
Continue reading “Michael Smith Health Research BC welcomes vice-president, research”
Applications open: 2022 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions
Applications are now open for our 2022 Convening and Collaborating (C2) and Reach awards.
Continue reading “Applications open: 2022 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions”
Applications now open for our 2022 Health Professional-Investigator competition
HP-I awards are a maximum of $90,000/year for up to five years. We invite a broad range of health professionals to apply.
Continue reading “Applications now open for our 2022 Health Professional-Investigator competition”
Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility Workshop: A safe place to question, learn and unlearn together
The importance of cultural safety and humility educational events, why Indigenous people need to speak for themselves, and the way forward.
Continue reading “Indigenous Cultural Safety and Humility Workshop: A safe place to question, learn and unlearn together”
Health Research BC issuing RFP for environmental scan of BC’s health research infrastructure and processes
We are looking for a consultant to conduct an environmental scan of BC’s health regions to better understand the existing research infrastructure and capacity.
BC researcher finds sustainable and economic ways to produce anti-cancer drugs from plants
Meet award-winning biochemist and Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar Dr. Thu-Thuy Dang.
2022 suite of funding opportunities: Contributing to advancing research-based evidence into action
Announcing Michael Smith Health Research BC 2022 suite of research competitions
Competition deadlines extended to support applicants impacted by ongoing COVID-19 pandemic
As a responsible and responsive funder, we are listening to our health research community. We are hearing from some of our Scholar and Research Trainee applicants that challenges posed by the COVID-19 situation are impacting their abilities to complete their applications by the deadline. In response, we are extending our current competition deadlines by four weeks for these awards:
The full application deadline is now February 28, 2022.
The full application deadline is now March 14, 2022.
We anticipate that the awards will be announced this summer, and maintain their original award start dates of July 1, 2022 for Scholar and September 1, 2022 for Research Trainee.
We are committed to supporting the research community as we continue to work through these challenging times. As the situation continues to evolve, we will make further adjustments as needed and post them on the funding page of our website. Please check it regularly and follow us on Twitter for updates.
If you have questions about any of our funding competitions or programs, we encourage you to reach out to us via our help desk.