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      Building equitable health systems through research

      Through the Island Health Health Equity Grant Program, Health Research BC partners with the Victoria Hospitals Foundation to support two research projects that will improve healthcare access and delivery for equity-deserving groups.

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      Building foundations for research impact: Meet the inaugural Engage Award recipients

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    September 29, 2021

    Beyond pronouns and rainbow logos

    There is always more work to do, to update our infrastructure, processes and organizations to keep up with and align the values we hold today. So how will you know…

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    How do we do diverse patient engagement — better?

    When the Patient Engagement Methods Cluster first asked stakeholders what it should focus on, something that came up again and again was: “diversity.” So, we created 6 interactive modules that…

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    July 22, 2021

    Do we need to translate “Knowledge Translation Science?”

    There’s a growing scientific community studying how research evidence is used, and how we can use it better. But our language may still be tripping us up. Knowledge Translation/Implementation Science…

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    Research Trainee Dr. Vicki Komisar is using her research in biomechanics to help keep older adults safer from falls.

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    June 24, 2021

    Why are pragmatic clinical trials important for our health system?

    Pragmatic clinical trials aim to bring more real-world conditions into the study sphere. In doing so, pragmatic trials aim to address patient-centred outcomes, diversity and inclusion issues, generalizability of study…

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    June 24, 2021

    Advancing Pragmatic Clinical Trials to Support Learning Health Systems: Opportunities for BC

    We brought together key partners at Clinical Trials BC’s Modernization of Clinical Trials symposium to discuss how to enhance capacity for pragmatic clinical trials in the BC health system landscape.

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    Methods Matters Webinar Recording: Patient-Reported Outcome Measures (PROMs) for Falls Prevention

    “Methods Matters” is a monthly webinar series from the Unit’s Methods Clusters to showcase emerging research in patient-oriented research methods.

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    Rethinking how we design clinical studies

    Most clinical researchers who come up with their ideas do ask others if it’s a good idea…. but the trouble is they ask other clinicians, and not potential patients. So,…

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    Research — but especially methods research — can be particularly dry & technical — and critically, impenetrable to folks that aren’t doing the work themselves. We’ve seen how language plays…

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    “Patients, those with lived experience, are the best judges of their welfare, period. And so, their voices must be heard; and, make an impact in health research.”  BC Academic Health…

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    March 31, 2021

    A 20-year journey of health research in BC: The beginning

    A powerful advocate of supporting researchers, Dr. Michael Smith’s legacy, values and the impact he made on health-care research in BC live on.

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    The pandemic is forcing us to improve health care. My thoughts on how.

    We are one year into the pandemic. The inefficiencies of our health care system are more obvious than ever. Read our latest post from Dr. Danielle Lavallee, BC AHSN Scientific…

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    The #1 question we get about the Methods Clusters is “What are the Methods Clusters?” We’re bringing you answers to this and more in our new blog: the Methods Section.…

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