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About Rebecca Mercer

Rebecca Mercer is the Network Manager for the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC). Rebecca previously worked with the Canadian Obesity Network, and the Canadian Obesity Network Student and New Professional group. She has significant experience with knowledge translation, and an interest in facilitating information transfer among stakeholders. Rebecca received her PhD in Medical Genetics from the University of Alberta in 2012, and also holds an Honours BSc in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Guelph.

Entries by Rebecca Mercer

ARCC Welcomes Dr. Winson Cheung as Co-Lead for our HSSP program

January 16, 2017 /0 Comments/in News /by Rebecca Mercer

The Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control (ARCC) is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Winson Y. Cheung as a co-Program Lead in our Health Systems, Services, and Policy (HSSP) research program. Dr. Cheung will join Drs. Lisa Barbera and Craig Earle to oversee this core program (more…)

CADTH Recognition Awards – Deadline for Nominations Jan. 30

January 11, 2017 /0 Comments/in Funding, Other Opportunities /by Rebecca Mercer

Do you know someone who has been a leader and champion of health technology assessment (HTA), or perhaps a rising star with the potential to significantly advance this field of research? Nominations are now being accepted for two prestigious awards for outstanding achievement in the field of HTA in Canada. (more…)

Call for Nominations: Research Advisory Council 2017, Prostate Cancer Canada

January 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in Other Opportunities /by Rebecca Mercer

Prostate Cancer Canada has been successful in supporting important, innovative research to improve the understanding of, and the effects of prostate cancer on men. The Research Advisory Council (RAC) has played a pivotal role in this. RAC ensures Prostate Cancer Canada funds only the research that has the greatest potential (more…)

CIHR Travel Awards – Deadline Jan 24, 2017

January 9, 2017 /0 Comments/in Funding /by Rebecca Mercer

Through the Institute Community Support (ICS) Program, the CIHR Institutes and Initiatives are launching the ICS Travel Awards competition for students, postdoctoral fellows, new investigators and knowledge users to present their own research at national and international meetings and/or conferences. This ICS Travel Awards competition will not support travel for (more…)

Communicating imprecision in prognostic tools

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Nick Bansback Lead Institution: University of British Columbia Co-Investigators: Mark Harrison, Paul K Han, Borsika Rabin ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Understanding and communicating prognosis is an important area of interest for cancer patients, their caregivers and providers. This information (more…)

Public Genomics: Examining public uptake and use of genome squencing

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Yvonne Bombard Lead Institution: University of Toronto/St. Michael’s Hospital Co-Investigators: Jordan Lerner-Ellis, Raymond Kim, Emily Glogowski, Kasmintan Schrader, Adena Scheer, Ahmed Bayoumi, Nancy Baxter, Kevin Thorpe, Andreas Laupacis ARCC Program Area(s): Societal Values and Public Engagement Funding Term: 2017-2019 Project Summary: Genome sequencing (GS) is a driver of (more…)

Risk of second cancer after breast cancer treatment

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Hedy Jiang Lead Institution: University of Toronto/Cancer Care Ontario Co-Investigators: Anna Chiarelli, Prithwish De, Andrea Eisen, Derek Muradali ARCC Program Area(s): Survivorship Funding Term: 2017-2018 Project Summary: Previous studies have found that breast cancer patients have a more than two fold increased risk of developing a contralateral breast (more…)

Impact of smoking on health care cost among cancer patients in Ontario

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai Lead Institution: St. Michael’s Hospital/Cancer Care Ontario Co-Investigators: Claire de Oliveira, Nicole Mittmann, Kelvin Chan Collaborators: Bill Evans, Alice Peter, Rebecca Truscott ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Cancer is not a single disease; depending on the classification, there (more…)

A population cohort on contralateral prophylactic mastectomy: a concern for over-aggressive treatment of breast cancer patients in Canada

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Angel Arnaout Lead Institution: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute Co-Investigators: Janet Squires, Carl Van Walraven, Mark Clemons ARCC Program Area(s): Health Systems, Services, and Policy Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: Breast cancer is the most common cancer in Canadian women with over 24,000 diagnosed annually. Contralateral prophylactic mastectomy (CPM) (more…)

Optimizing the methods for economic evaluations embedded into Phase 3 randomized trials

January 1, 2017 /0 Comments/in Seed Grant /by Rebecca Mercer

Lead Researcher(s): Matthew Cheung Lead Institution: Sunnybrook Research Institute Co-Investigators: Kelvin Chan, Annette Hay, Nicole Mittmann, Natasha Leighl ARCC Program Area(s): Health Technology Assessment Funding Term: 2017 Project Summary: As the costs of cancer care continue to rise, clinical trials will increasingly need to demonstrate that new therapeutic options can (more…)

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