ARCC Health Economist Awarded Prestigious MSFHR Training Award

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ARCC is pleased to congratulate our Health Economist, Adam Raymakers, on his recent award of a 2019 Research Trainee Award from the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research. “Improving The Methods Of Economic Evaluation To Support Decision-Making: CAR-T, Uncertainty, And Real-World Evidence” Supervisor: Stuart Peacock (ARCC Co-Director) Adam’s research investigates how economic (more…)
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Launched: CCS Innovation and Innovation to Impact Grant Competitions

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For more information on these programs or to apply please visit https://www.cancer.ca/en/research/grants-and-awards/applications/applications/ Innovation Grants: Innovation Grants support the highest quality creative problem solving in cancer research. The goal of the Innovation program is to support the development and testing of transformative, paradigm-shifting concepts and approaches to address problems in cancer research, enhance (more…)

HTA for Decision Making Course – Registration Open

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Registration is now open for the 2019 Health Technology Assessment for Decision Making workshop organized by the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (theta) Collaborative. Dates: September 25-27,2019 Location: Toronto General Hospital, 10th Floor, Eaton Building, Toronto, Ontario. Target Audience: Individuals who use HTA to make decisions relating to drugs, (more…)

CCS Travel Awards 2019 Cycle 3 – Deadline September 15, 2019

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Application Deadline: September 15, 2019 Results: November 2019 Funding Start Date: December 1, 2019 Program description A limited number of Travel Awards to PhD, MD, or MD/PhD students, and post-doctoral/medical/clinical fellows are available. The purpose of this program is to defray the travel costs associated with making a scientific presentation as a (more…)

Call for Proposals, Research Chair: Social challenges of personalised medicine and innovation in oncology

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The French National Cancer Institute (INCa) and its partners are creating a Chair of Excellence in Research in Social and Human Sciences (SHS) entitled : “Social issues in personalized medicine and innovation in oncology”. Online Program Information can be found at: https://www.e-cancer.fr/Institut-national-du-cancer/Appels-a-projets/Appels-a-projets-en-cours/Chaire-SHS-2019 Open to French and foreign candidates, this Chair (more…)

CIHR Catalyst Grant – Patient Oriented Research

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Registration Deadline: 2019-06-25 Application Deadline: 2019-09-10 The Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) is a national coalition of federal, provincial and territorial partners (patients and informal caregivers, provincial health authorities, academic health centres, charities, philanthropic organizations, private sector, etc.) dedicated to the integration of research into care. Patient-oriented research refers to a continuum of (more…)

10 projects to receive funding through OICR-CCO Health Services Research Network

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New research projects to drive clinical adoption of novel cancer technologies and find ways to better deliver cancer services Toronto (June 4, 2019) – The Ontario Institute for Cancer Research (OICR) today announced funding for 10 projects as part of the OICR-Cancer Care Ontario (CCO) Health Services Research Network (HSRN). (more…)

Data Hackathon on Health Equity – Sign Up Today!

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Check our this amazing opportunity sponsored by the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Health services researchers and analysts from across Canada are invited to participate in a data hackathon taking place on November 2, 2019 in Ottawa, Ontario. The hackathon, Unleashing the power of linked cancer data, will help expand knowledge of health (more…)

CIHR/CCS: Cancer Survivorship Team Grants

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Registration Deadline: May 29,  2019 Full Application Deadline: September 10, 2019 Anticipated Funding Start Date:  December 1, 2019 The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) – Institutes of Cancer Research (ICR) and the Canadian Cancer Society are pleased to announce the following funding opportunity: Cancer Survivorship Team Grants The goal of the CCS/CIHR Cancer Survivorship (more…)