Associate Professor Andrea Tricco will lead a Canada-wide alliance that answers health-care research questions submitted by policy makers, doctors and other clinicians, but also patients.
“Any Canadian will be able to ask questions related to health care,” said Dr. Tricco, who is a scientist with St. Michael’s Hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute and lead on the CIHR grant. “Our vision is to strengthen the Canadian health-care system, by making sure everyone has the right information at the right time to make the best possible health-care decision.”
The pan-Canadian alliance received $5-million in funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, as a Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research grant. The alliance is also supported by an additional $11-million in cash or in-kind support from partners who have funded queries or committed researchers’ time to helping answer some questions.
Full article at: Dalla Lana School of Public Health