Entries by Rebecca Mercer

CIHR Health System Impact Fellowships: Application Deadline April 1, 2020

Application Deadline: April 1, 2020 Funding Start Date: September 1, 2020 Full Program Details are available on the CIHR Website by Clicking Here The Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship (for doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows) provides highly-qualified doctoral trainees and post-doctoral fellows studying health services and policy research (HSPR), or related fields, (more…)

PMPRB Consultations – Extended Deadline

Le contenu français suit l’anglai | French content follows The PMPRB is extending the deadline to provide written submissions on its proposed Draft Guidelines to February 14, 2020. On July 1, 2020, the newly amended Patented Medicines Regulations (“Regulations”) will come into force. Implementation of the Regulations necessitates major changes (more…)

IHE – Principal Research Lead

Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Deadline for Application: Open until filled Duration and Term: Permanent, full-time Purpose: The Institute of Health Economics (IHE) is a vibrant and growing not-for-profit research organization seeking a Principal Research Lead (PRL) to support its health technology assessment (HTA) program. The IHE assists decision-makers in health policy and practice (more…)

New Publication: Developing a framework to incorporate real-world evidence in cancer drug funding decisions: the Canadian Real-world Evidence for Value of Cancer Drugs (CanREValue) collaboration

We are excited to report the publication of our manuscript Developing a framework to incorporate real-world evidence in cancer drug funding decisions: the Canadian Real-world Evidence for Value of Cancer Drugs (CanREValue) collaboration with BMJ Open. View the Article online with BMJ by clicking here Download a PDF copy directly by clicking (more…)

Individuals’ preferences for using cannabis as a complementary therapy for managing cancer-related symptoms

Lead Researcher(s): Helen McTaggart-Cowan Lead Institution: BC Cancer Co-Investigators: Colene Bentley, Philippa Hawley, Sara Izadi-Najabadi, Adam Raymakers, Stuart Peacock ARCC Program Area(s): Societal Values and Public Engagement Funding Term: 2019-2021 Project Summary: Value assessment frameworks have been developed to guide decision making about oncology treatments. The goal of these frameworks (more…)

CanREValue Interim Policy Report Open for Feedback

The CanREValue Collaboration is pleased to open the feedback consultation period for our Policy Working Groups: Developing a framework for incorporating real-world evidence into drug funding decisions: CanREValue Collaboration Policy Working Groups Interim Report 2019. View the Policy Working Groups Report here View the Report Appendix here Feedback Form Stakeholder input is (more…)

Abstracts Now Being Accepted for ARCC2020!

The Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC) is now accepting online submissions of abstracts for oral & poster presentations to be presented at our ninth annual conference being held May 25th – 26th in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The ARCC Conference is Canada’s only applied cancer control research conference, (more…)

Emerging Scholar Award (Canadian Cancer Society)

For full details please click here  The Canadian Cancer Society (CCS) is excited to launch the CCS Emerging Scholar Award program, aimed at establishing and advancing promising early career scientists and clinician scientists from across Canada with a focused commitment to undertaking cancer research. Through the CCS Emerging Scholar Award program, (more…)