A number of faculty of medicine researchers have been awarded funding through the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) 2021 Convening & Collaborating (C2) and Reach competitions.
They are among 19 teams led by UBC researchers who will create pathways from research evidence to impact and help ensure that cutting-edge health research can directly improve the health of British Columbians and B.C.’s health system.
These collaborative teams consisting of researchers, trainees, and research users are investigating a wide range of research areas that address health challenges facing many populations in BC.
The C2 Program helps make research happen by supporting researchers, trainees, and those with lived experience to co-develop research that can have a direct impact on patients and the public. Co-developing research in this way ensures the research’s relevancy and can increase the likelihood of leveraging the award into additional funding from national and international sources.
The Reach Program helps disseminate research by funding teams to share research evidence with people who can directly benefit from it, with the goal of impacting health and care in BC. Research teams are often made up of clinicians, youth, patient partners, and trainees.
Faculty of medicine awardee leads and their projects:
Convening & Collaborating projects
A provincial evidence-based approach to better support people experiencing bereavement in British Columbia
Eman Hassan, department of medicine, division of palliative care
Building capacity to reduce overdose among formerly incarcerated people in British Columbia
Amanda Slaunwhite, School of Population and Public Health
Contraception and abortion in B.C. meeting: Experience guiding research guiding care
Sarah Munro, department of obstetrics and gynecology
Co-design of a novel tendinopathy telerehabilitation intervention
Alex Scott, department of physical therapy
Collaborating with Indigenous northern communities to develop a SmartMom prenatal education texting program for teens
Patricia Janssen, School of Population and Public Health
Creating a partnership for obstetrical health services research in B.C.
Jennifer Hutcheon, department of obstetrics and gynecology
Digital health to guide the transition to menopause: Recognizing normal and abnormal changes during reproductive aging
Aline Talhouk, department of obstetrics and gynecology
Outdoor early childhood education summit: Pathways to licensing in BC
Mariana Brussoni, School of Population and Public Health
Sharing the podium: Identifying solutions to meaningfully collaborate with youth in mental health and substance research
Skye Barbic, department of occupational science and occupational therapy
Reimagining gynecologic cancer survivorship: Creating a provincial strategy for survivorship research and care in British Columbia
Lesa Dawson, department of obstetrics and gynecology
Reach projects
Developing educational resources to support patients and clinicians to identify and use self-management apps for bipolar disorder
Erin Michalak, department of psychiatry
Tokes in the throat: Health practitioner education on the effects of smoking cannabis in the upper airway
Amanda Hu, department of surgery