How can researchers ensure that a clinical trial will be successful? Embedding people with lived experience in the trial design may be the roadmap to follow. “Taking a new discovery from bench-to-bedside is extremely challenging and most early or first-in-human…
The OSSU Patient Partners Working Group held their Summer 2019 Webinar at the end of June. In this webinar, covering the topic of communication in patient partnered research, a collective of researcher, partner with lived experience and health professional discussed…
Our colleagues at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are launching a 2019 round of the Innovative Clinical Trials Grants. OSSU is here to support anyone wanting to apply for these grants, just get in touch with us through…
The OSSU Patient Partners Working Group (PPWG) is hosting a webinar on Thursday the 27th June at 12pm Eastern time. The webinar will explore the issue of communication in patient partnered research with a partnership group involved in multiple research…
Supporting healthy aging in older adults is vital as people over age 65 are now the largest demographic in Canada. Research to support evidence-based health care and delivery is key to helping people age well. A new research centre, MIRA…
The Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) is inviting proposals from qualified groups for additional end-of-grant funding to empower patient oriented research projects to achieve broader impacts on health, health policy and health system for Ontario. The EMPOWER Awards (Engaging Multi-stakeholders…
English and French versions of OSSU’s Spring 2019 newsletter (Issue 16) can be found by clicking on the links below: OSSU Update – Spring 2019 Mise À Jour De l’USSO – printemps 2019
Eye cancer research, chronic pain in children and other key health care challenges will receive a funding boost through OSSU’s EMPOWER (Engaging Multi-stakeholders for Patient Oriented research Wider Effects & Reach) Awards. These awards aim to extend the impact of…
The Ottawa Methods Centre – Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (OMC-SPOR) team is excited to announce an upcoming outreach session on Patient-Oriented Research (POR). We invite all research investigators, trainees, and research staff interested in POR to attend. The session will…
Advancing the science of integrated knowledge translation When: May 30 – May 31 Where: Delta Hotel by Marriott, 350 St Mary Ave, Winnipeg, MB R3C 3J2 Click here to view the conference program. Conference Fees: Regular $650 Students & Fellows…