The Patient Partner Working Group (PPWG) is a group of dedicated patients and caregivers who help guide and provide relevance to the work of the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) and patient-oriented research projects. Click here to see the full…
Environment has important consequences on the health of patients, citizens and communities. While health issues are key drivers of citizens’ concerns about the environment, health professionals rarely partner with communities in environmental health research and policy. This presentation will initiate…
AMS Healthcare has launched funding programs in the history of medicine and/or healthcare – a discipline broadly defined as the study, analysis, and interpretation of past practices, philosophies, and/or epistemologies related to human health, healthcare, and/or disease or the education…
Join us for this virtual discussion about patient partner capacity building or how we can develop and improve the skills and abilities of patient partners to support their inclusion in research. Wed, Jan 19, 2022 12:00 PM Eastern The webinar…
The OSSU is pleased to promote the launch of two funding opportunities from AMS Healthcare in the area of Compassion and Artificial Intelligence. AMS Healthcare is offering up to 12 one-year fellowships of up to $75,000 to early and mid-career…
“How will Digital Technology and Artificial Intelligence change the healthcare we provide?” AMS Healthcare is offering one-year fellowships of up to $75,000 to early and mid-career academic researchers and scholars and regulated health care professionals to study and develop expertise/competence…
AMS Healthcare is offering grants of up to $20,000 to support projects that will generate new knowledge and evidence that will enhance the education/training of undergraduate, graduate and practicing healthcare professionals of the impact of digital technology/artificial intelligence on compassionate…
The Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit is seeking patient/public leaders to join its Board of Directors. In particular, OSSU is looking to include: patient and/or caregiver representatives; Indigenous community representatives; and, Francophone community representatives. New directors will serve an initial term…
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…
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