On July 9th, 2020, OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group held their summer 2020 webinar, this time to discuss the issue of patient partnership and COVID-19 research. This webinar brought together two experienced patient partners in research (Alies Maybee, Patient Advisors…
Join OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group for their summer webinar, this time addressing patient partnership and COVID-19 research in Ontario. Featuring Alies Maybee (Patient Advisors Network), Maureen Smith (Cochrane Collaboration, OSSU) and Rebecca Gannan (McMaster Aging, Community and Health Research…
The vital role that research evidence and data plays in supporting health system decision making has been amplified during the recent COVID-19 pandemic crisis. Knowledge users have collaborated closely with researchers to make the most informed policy decisions, relying heavily…
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…
“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…
Two OSSU-supported Ontario Indigenous health research projects will have far-reaching effects for people within the province and beyond. Empowerment, respect, partnership and connections are shared themes in these projects, one working to improve the mental health and well-being of Indigenous…
Deux projets de recherche en santé autochtone appuyés par l’USSO en Ontario auront des effets d’une grande portée dans la province et au‑delà de ses frontières. Autonomisation, respect, partenariat et connexions sont des thèmes communs de ces projets, dont l’un…
On February 20th, 2020, OSSU’s Patient Partners Working Group brought together representatives from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital (Nadia Tanel and Beth Dangerfield) and L’Hopital Montfort (Denis Prud’homme) to discuss how their organizations had embedded patient partnership in research beyond…
Thursday February the 20th marks the date for the OSSU Patient Partners Working Group Winter Webinar. This time the webinar will feature patient partners, administrators and researchers from Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and Hopital Montfort, discussing what it means…