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Health research is key to future improvements in health and quality of life for Canadians and people throughout the world. The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is unlocking the way by taking an inclusive approach to the health problems that concern Canadians most.
At CIHR, our 13 virtual Institutes are bringing together researchers from all disciplines, including the biomedical, clinical and social sciences, and humanities, informatics and engineering, to focus on important research questions that will have an impact on health. In just five short years, CIHR has become known internationally for our emphasis on multidisciplinary national and international teams that are outcome-based and problem-driven.
Canadians take great pride in their health care system. By ensuring the participation of policy makers, caregivers and the public in these teams, CIHR is ensuring that research results are applied to building an innovative, evidence-based and sustainable health care system. Our publicly funded health care system is a Canadian competitive advantage; health research will help keep it affordable, efficient and leading-edge.
Through CIHR, the Government of Canada is supporting the current generation of health researchers and taking innovative approaches to training the next generation, the bright young people who will make research advances that will reduce the burden of diseases like diabetes, stroke and cancer.
Health research is also one of Canada's major engines of economic growth, prosperity and global competitiveness in the 21st century. CIHR has developed innovative new programs to help catalyze the movement of research results from the laboratory to the marketplace so that Canadians can benefit from the economic as well as the health and social gains of discoveries made here in Canada.
I invite you to read further to find out how the Government of Canada, through CIHR, is contributing to a healthy, productive Canada.
Alan Bernstein, O.C., FRSC
President
Canadian Institutes of Health Research