Institute of Population and Public Health (IPPH)
IPPH Annual Report 2003-2004
April 1, 2003 - March 31, 2004
Message from Scientific Director and Advisory Board Chair
This past year has been an extraordinary one for population and public health (PPH) in Canada. It is unique in that the catalytic efforts of many players have led, in a very short period time, to the creation of the first ever Public Health Agency of Canada and a Chief Public Health Officer (who is a member of our Institute's Advisory Board). It has seen a renewed relationship between the Canadian Public Health Association (CPHA) and the research community and the founding of the Canadian Coalition for Public Health in the 21st Century, representing over 40 national non-governmental, professional, health and research organizations "committed to making Canadians the healthiest people in the world by advocating for an effective nationally led public health system". We are very proud to have contributed to these developments in an effort to strengthen our country's public health system.
In 2003-04, the Institute has continued to offer a range of population and public health research, capacity building and knowledge translation initiatives, with other Institutes and partners.
A few highlights of our achievements include:
- Leadership/co-leadership for three major cross-cutting initiatives - Global Health, the Canadian Lifelong Health Initiative and Reducing Health Disparities;
- Launch of RFAs in response to Institute strategic research priorities and emerging threats - for example:
- Global Health Research Pilot Project competition launched with interested Institutes and Global Health Research Initiative partners (CIDA, IDRC and Health Canada) - This opportunity resulted in 73 applications, with 29 funded that address a range of global health problems.
- SARS II RFA co-led with IHSPR (resulting in 21 applications with 10 funded) - Through this effort, the institute demonstrated its flexibility to respond to a national threat by launching a policy-relevant funding opportunity to encourage research to inform solutions that would ultimately enable public health and health care systems to respond optimally to further occurrences of this outbreak, and to similar epidemics or circumstances in the future.
- Another successful Summer Institute for 47 doctoral, post-doctoral students, ably organized by the Population Health Research Network in Quebec.
- The first-ever investment over six years in PPH research infrastructure through the support of seven Centres for Research Development across Canada, with contributions from IRSST, the Canadian Lung Association and CIHR's Strategic Initiative in Rural and Northern Health Research, totalling $15M.
- Our growing partnership with CPHA, which has helped to strengthen the scientific content of the Association's conference, and led, along with the Canadian Population Health Initiative's involvement, to the establishment of a student award program for Masters and PhD students to recognize the next generation of PPH talent in Canada. The award program, which benefited four students, has been evaluated and will be launched again to coincide with next year's conference (see below).
- The development of a long-term research agenda on mental health in the workplace, by building on Canada's international niche and strengths, summarizing the state of the evidence in specific thematic areas, and facilitating a multi-stakeholder process to establish needs and implementation strategies (co-funded with the Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction)
- The contributions to the work of the CIHI-CPHI expert advisory group, which IPPH's Scientific Director co-chaired. This group guided the development of the CIHI-CPHI Flagship Report - Improving the Health of Canadians, summarizing the best available evidence regarding key factors that affect the health of Canadians and priorities for action.
Looking ahead, the Institute will further pursue efforts to strengthen
PPH research capacity and foster the uptake of research results for the improvement of the health of all Canadians. It will continue to explore Canada's niche such as the launch of a national multigenerational birth cohort along with
IG and
IHDCYH. It will consolidate its network and in this looks forward to the planning of next year's redesigned
CPHA Conference, with formal co-sponsorship for the first time with the Canadian Public Health Association, the Canadian Population Health Initiative, the Public Health Agency of Canada and Statistics Canada. The Institute will also dedicate considerable time to the evaluation of its progress and impact since its inception, as part of the
CIHR-wide five-year evaluation process.
As always, we welcome your insights and comments to ensure that we are being responsive to the diverse needs of our stakeholders and the Canadian population. We are thankful for the dedication of our staff, the superb guidance from our Institute Advisory Board and the ongoing feedback from our research, policy and practice community. We look forward to working with the Public Health Agency of Canada, other key players and all of you in continuing to make available the relevant evidence base for informed PPH decision-making.
Warm regards,
John Frank MD, CCFP, MSc, FRCP(C)
Scientific Director, CIHR - Institute of Population and Public Health; Professor, Public Health Sciences, University of Toronto; Senior Scientist, Institute for Work and Health, Toronto
Jean-Yves Savoie, PhD
Chair, CIHR-Institute of Population and Public Health Advisory Board
Key Achievements
Outstanding Research
- Innovative Requests for Applications in response in substantive research themes - Developed and implemented RFAs as lead, in partnership with CIDA, Health Canada and IDRC (i.e. Global Health Research Pilot Project RFA, resulting in 73 applications, with 29 funded); co-lead with IGH and other partners (Health Disparities Pilot Project and Research Program Development RFA, resulting in 43 applications, with 11 funded); co-lead with IHSPR (SARS II RFA, resulting in 21 applications with 10 funded); co-lead with IG (Novel Population Genetic and Genetic Epidemiological Methods for Studies of Complex Genetic Diseases, resulting in 12 applications, with 4 funded to strengthen genetic epidemiology and biostatistical capacity in Canada)
- Priority Announcements (Fall 2003 results) - Supported operating grants and research personnel awards through the open competition, in response to institute thematic areas, leading to the funding of: 1 operating grant (impacts theme); 1 new investigator award (global health); 2 post-docs and 2 doctoral awards, with IG, in the gene-environment interactions theme. (Spring 2004 results) -Funded 2 operating grants in collaboration with INMD and IAPH (impacts and global themes); 1 post-doc award (global theme); and 1 operating and 1 post-doc award, with IG, in the gene-environment interactions theme.
- Partner on Requests for Applications (led by other Institutes/CIHR) - Partnered on a number of RFAs launched by other Institutes (i.e. Advancing Theories with IHSPR, resulting in 100+ applications, with 29 applications funded; Privacy RFA - launched by IHSPR, the Ethics Office and other partners, leading to 8 applications, with 4 funded; Safe Food and Water Initiative led by III, resulting in 27 applications, with 7 funded; Community-based Research RFA led by IAPH, resulting in 21 applications, with 6 funded; CIHR Strategic Training Initiative (round 2), resulting in 64 applications, with 33 funded (2 were funded by IPPH and other institute partners); Environmental Approaches to Physical Activity, Healthy Eating and Healthy Body Weight - Planning and Development Grants, led by INMD, resulting in 13 applications, with 8 funded; and, New Emerging Team Grants focused on Antimicrobial Resistance, led by III (IPPH co-funded 1 NET grant with III).
Outstanding Researchers in Innovative Environments
- Summer Institute - Co-sponsored a second bilingual Summer Institute in Val David, Québec, focused on interdisciplinary-partnered health research, with IHSPR and the FRSQ Population Health Research Network. The bilingual institute was attended by 47 PhD and Post-Doc students and provided a unique interdisciplinary learning environment intended to complement the students' academic training. Lessons learned from this Institute informed the planning of the June 2004 Institute, to be held in Whistler, BC. This event will focus on the challenges of applied research and will be hosted by the Western Regional Training Centre for Health Services Research (WRTC), the Partners in Community Health Research Training Program (PCHR) and the Research in Addiction and Mental Health Policy and Services Training Program (RAMPS). Funding will be provided by IPPH, IHSPR, IA, INMD, ICRH, the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation (CHSRF), and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR). Approximately 60 PhD, Post-Doc and Masters students are expected to attend.
- Inaugural Centres for Research Development Competition - Launched and implemented a unique Centres competition to address PPH research infrastructure capacity and knowledge translation gaps, with a focus on the impacts of physical and social environments on health. This RFA led to 39 LOIs and 21 applications. Seven Centres were funded by IPPH, with contributions from IRSST, the Canadian Lung Association and CIHR's Strategic Initiative in Rural and Northern Health Research, totaling $15M over six years. IPPH and the two Québec-based Centres, was the subject of a feature article in the research magazine, Découvrir.
- Co-led the development, with IHSPR, other CIHR Institutes, the Canadian Institute for Health Information - Canadian Population Health Initiative (CIHI-CPHI), Health Canada's Centre for Surveillance Coordination and Statistics Canada, a research project with the Canadian Policy Research Network and the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research to: describe the current status of population-based health and health services databases, registries and repositories in Canada that are being used; and, to show the potential for use in innovative and important health research (to be completed in the fall 2004).
- Co-funded one round of workshop proposals that align with IPPH's research and knowledge exchange priorities.
- Early nutritional influences on obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk - The evidence, policy implications and research priorities (Dr. Hélène Delisle, TRANSNUT, PAHO/WHO Collaborating Centre)
- Do housing programs make a difference to health, its determinants, and health care utilization in Canada?: Social housing and supportive housing examined (Dr. Jim Dunn and the Canadian Housing Renewal Association)
- Developing a research agenda for integrated chronic disease prevention (Dr. Roy Cameron and the Chronic Disease Prevention Alliance of Canada)
- Building Collaborative Communities for Cross Cultural Cancer Research and Care (Dr. Maria Cristina Barroetavena, BC Cancer Agency)
Translating Health Research into Action
- Led the development of a conceptual knowledge translation proposal for an Evidence Centre and Research Network for PPH, which identified gaps in the existence of, access to, and uptake of high-quality, relevant PPH research evidence and proposed structures for meeting these needs in the Canadian context [this report is now in Minister Bennett's hands and will be submitted for publication in the Canadian Journal of Public Health in the summer 2004.]
- Strengthening Public Health Capacity (targeting users of PPH evidence) - Well prior to SARS, the Institute led a study of the organization and funding of public health services in comparative nations and made recommendations for strengthening Canada's public health system. The recommendations were ratified at an institute-led think tank in mid-2003, and have since then informed the work of Naylor, Kirby and others, who have also highlighted similar problems with our public health system. The Scientific Director was invited to participate in the Special Public Health Task Force chaired by Andy Noseworthy, which provided advice to the Minister on the establishment of the Canadian Public Health Agency (announced in the recent Federal budget). In addition, our report findings were quoted by the UK Public Health Sciences Working Group (convened by the Wellcome Trust).
- The Scientific Director co-chaired and actively contributed to the work of the expert advisory group, which guided the development of the CIHI-CPHI Flagship Report - Improving the Health of Canadians, summarizing the best available evidence regarding key factors that affect the health of Canadians and priorities for action (released in February 2004).
- Oxford University Press Book Chapter on Health Disparities in Canada (authors: John Frank, Cam Mustard, Jim Dunn, Nancy Ross, Erica Di Ruggiero) (submitted for publication) - This chapter is a summary of the current knowledge on health disparities from a Canadian perspective and also features case studies addressing health and health care disparities in the Canadian context, contributed by leading population health researchers.
Effective Partnerships and Public Engagement
- Nurtured the development of partnerships with the three Global Health Research Initiative partners, the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research, NGOs, researchers and other key stakeholders to further strengthen Canada's presence and capacity in global health research and its application.
- Nurtured international partnerships. For example:
- African Health Research Forum - IPPH, as CIHR lead, worked with partners in the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research to submit to the Canadian Africa Fund (administered by CIDA), a multi-million dollar grant application for a pan-African training program in research leadership and transfer, collaboratively with the African Forum on Health Research; and, supported an IDRC-funded Fellowship pilot project.
- Participated at the Global Forum on Health Research meetings in Geneva and gave various presentations to Fogarty International Centre, NIH, the Gates Foundation, etc. regarding the Global Health Research Initiative.
- Explored collaborative opportunities with Australian researchers interested in health disparities, leading to an Australia-Canada Conference (including a health disparities research session) with the University of Ottawa held in May 2004.
- Partnered and nurtured relationships with key PPH funders/research users such as CPHI, the Canadian Public Health Association, Statistics Canada, Health Canada, the provincial ministries of health and research funding agencies, and the voluntary health charities to achieve mutual objectives. For example:
- Reported to stakeholders who attended IPPH/CPHI's consultation tour on progress achieved since 2001, resulting in a jointly issued Progress Report in 2004;
- Established partnerships with IRSST and the Canadian Lung Association to support the Centres for Research Development initiative;
- Explored partnership opportunities through presentations and meetings with the Research Committee of the Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada (AWCBC) and the Canadian Council on Social Development;
- Developed stronger relationships with the provincial funding agencies, SSHRC, and other key organizations as part of the Behavioural/Social Sciences and Humanities in Health project; and,
- Represented CIHR on various F/P/T task forces and special committees related to such areas as strengthening public health infrastructure, surveillance and health disparities.
- Responded to emerging public health issues, policies and documents - Conducted numerous media interviews on public health capacity in Canada and other public health issues (e.g. obesity, SARS) (A list of examples is available upon request). Of note, Dr. John Frank provided numerous commentaries to CBC (Radio and TV National) about "lessons from SARS" and co-authored an op-ed in the Canadian Medical Association Journal on this topic.
The Institute of Population and Public Health (Scientific Director, Dr. John Frank) witnessed the second-highest profile (among CIHR Institutes) in the Canadian media during the final quarter of the fiscal year, led by coverage of Dr. Frank's commentary on CBC-TV of the announcement in the federal budget for funding of the new Canadian Public Health Agency
Source: Media Analysis Report: Media Coverage of CIHR: January-March 2004
Organizational Excellence
- Behavioural/Social Sciences and Humanities in Health Research (BSSHR) - Participated on behalf of CIHR on the steering committee which, 1) guided the development of a systematic review of the extent of BSSHR funding across CIHR, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, SSHRC and NCIC (the resulting report was presented to RPPC in the Spring 2004 and will inform decisions of all sponsoring organizations); and, 2) planned and implemented the second of two national workshops to explore issues related to more fully integrating the behavioral, social science and humanities into health research.
- Provided scientific leadership/co-leadership to three CIHR cross-cutters [lead - Global Health; co-lead - Health Disparities; co-lead - Canadian Lifelong Health Initiative (CLHI)] and contributed scientifically to three other cross-cutting initiatives (i.e. Rural and Northern Health, Environment and Health, Tobacco). For example, led the writing of a document (with input from other Institutes, IAB members and staff) to articulate the vision for a multigenerational cohort study, which was discussed at an international design workshop in March 2004, jointly organized with IG and IHDCYH. The workshop brought together experts in epidemiology, developmental biology, genetics and environmental health to discuss the design of a uniquely Canadian multigenerational birth cohort study, to identify joint environmental and genetic causes of major diseases. (Note: Cross-cutters are documented more fully under separate copy already submitted to RPPC).
- Assisted the CIHR evaluation unit in establishing evaluation frameworks and in bringing a "pillar 4 perspective"- Participated as a key informant for selected CIHR program evaluations (e.g. evaluation of open competition) and sat on selected evaluation committees (e.g. IHRT/CAHR; Institute and CIHR evaluation committees); participated in prioritization exercise that led to the development of the Institute evaluation framework and its 15 common indicators. Implementation of the common framework has been initiated.
- Made the case to RPPC for changes to the CIHR Act (International Collaborations section in the Grants and Award Guide) to ensure that global health applications (involving overseas venues in low and middle countries) deemed scientifically meritorious are reviewed on equal basis with applications for research projects being implemented in Canada. Changes are being implemented in the 2004 open competition.
- Prepared a concept paper entitled "Canadian Regional Centres of Excellence in Applied Public Health Research and Training" at the request of Dr. Carolyn Bennett, Minister of State for Public Health, to inform the design and launch of the National Collaborating Centres in Public Health.
- Staff's commitment to excellence, team work, policy development and continuous quality improvement, was exemplified by their active engagement in a broad range of committees and processes. Examples of committee involvement include:
- CIHR Knowledge Network
- CIHR-wide Knowledge Translation Advisory Committee
- Reporting and Monitoring Subcommittee
- CIHR Evaluation Steering Committee
- CIHR Study Committee on the Privacy, Confidentiality and Conflict of Interest Issues of Peer Review (CCIP)
- Ethics Advisory Group
- CIHR Partnership Policy Development Working Group
- CIHR Job Evaluation Committee (JEC)
- Ottawa-based Institute Staff Operations Committee
- Web Steering Committee and Web Content Management Team
Research Advances
- One of the Institute's funded "Needs, Gaps and Opportunities, Assessment" grants examining the relationship between housing and health headed by Dr. Jim Dunn and colleagues, has informed the research and policy priorities of such departments as the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
- Initiated several months before SARS, the Institute led a study of the organization and funding of public health services in comparative nations and made recommendations for strengthening Canada's public health system. The recommendations were ratified at an institute-led think tank in mid-2003, and have since then informed the work of Naylor, Kirby and others, who have highlighted similar concerns about the fragility of Canada's public health system.
- Co-funded with IHSPR and CIHI the first Canadian study to provide a national estimate of the incidence of adverse events in hospital care, receiving national publicity in mid-2004.Risks and Challenges:
Risks and Challenges
- Unpredictable responses to, and peer review of, grant applications in novel RFA-led competitions, exacerbated by delayed peer review, have resulted in difficulties in maintaining the confidence of the "pillar 4 research community".
- Our research community is now expecting funding opportunities that are more multi-year in nature (e.g. Global Health). With the exception of our seven Centres funded in 2004 and two rounds of Training Initiatives, which are intended to build research capacity nationally and provide infrastructure for PPH research and its application, we have not been in a budgetary position to offer a range of such multi-year funding programs.
- Perceived and real inequities experienced by the "pillar 4 research community" remain, in terms of accessing their proportionate share of funds available through CIHR's open competition and having access to the right kind of funding mechanisms to conduct PPH research (e.g. population-level intervention research). With the proposed reform to peer review, coupled with our efforts to build PPH research capacity through training and infrastructure supports, and our role in helping to shape open competition programs to be more 'pillar 4' sensitive, we are hopeful that in time, these issues will be resolved.
- Rapidly changing institutional structures related to PPH research in Canada (e.g. creation of the Canadian Public Health Agency and the six Collaborating Centres; changing mandate of CPHI) leads to new opportunities in partnership relations.
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INSTITUTE OF POPULATION AND PUBLIC HEALTH
Investments in Strategic Initiatives
For the year ended March 31, 2004 |
|
Investments Through Grants and Awards |
| Strategic Initiatives |
Number |
2003-2004 |
2004-2005 |
2005-2006 |
2006 and
beyond* |
Total |
| An opportunity for new researchers in aboriginal health |
2 |
$34,020 |
$56,603 |
$37,500 |
$21,875 |
$149,998 |
| Safe food and water |
3 |
$189,965 |
$376,483 |
$252,868 |
$51,510 |
$870,826 |
| Advancing theories, framework |
25 |
$215,291 |
$786,851 |
$755,393 |
$459,739 |
$2,217,274 |
| Centre for research development |
7 |
$1,309,564 |
$2,421,699 |
$2,494,661 |
$8,484,206 |
$14,710,130 |
| Facing our future, human genetics |
6 |
$62,357 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$62,357 |
| Novel population genetic |
4 |
$128,547 |
$144,352 |
$128,608 |
$30,708 |
$432,215 |
| Reducing health disparities and promoting the health of vulnerable populations |
8 |
$364,777 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$364,777 |
| Interdisciplinary capacity enhancement teams (ICE) |
1 |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
$100,000 |
$200,000 |
$500,000 |
| Global health research |
21 |
$1,608,594 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$1,608,594 |
| Anti-microbial resistance, health system implications and health outcomes |
1 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$50,000 |
$100,000 |
$250,000 |
| Operating grants |
1 |
$92,813 |
$136,316 |
$192,603 |
$71,568 |
$493,300 |
| Knowledge translation applications |
3 |
$98,333 |
$43,334 |
$8,333 |
$ - |
$150,000 |
| New emerging teams |
3 |
$146,585 |
$146,185 |
$146,185 |
$134,466 |
$573,421 |
| Access for marginalized groups |
2 |
$50,483 |
$12,253 |
$ - |
$ - |
$62,736 |
| CIHI |
1 |
$19,988 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$19,988 |
| CIHR training program grants |
10 |
$873,500 |
$883,500 |
$913,993 |
$2,020,049 |
$4,691,042 |
| SARS - Evaluation & lessons learned |
0 |
$ - |
$367,156 |
$140,508 |
$ - |
$507,664 |
| Compelling values - Privacy access to data and health research |
0 |
$ - |
$216,780 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
| Environmental approaches to physical activity, healthy eating and healthy body weight |
2 |
$100,000 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
| Knowledge translation special projects |
1 |
$50,000 |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
$ - |
| |
101 |
$5,494,817 |
$5,741,512 |
$5,220,652 |
$11,574,121 |
$11,574,121 |
INSTITUTE SUPPORT GRANT
For the year ended March 31, 2004 |
| Available Funds |
|
$1,018,183 |
| |
| Expenses |
|
|
|
Institute Development
Conference, symposia and workshops
Institute Advisory Board
Travel Expenditures
Professional Services
Other costs (advertising & promotion costs) |
$272,911
49,165
82,956
38,338
7,425 |
$450,795 |
| |
|
Institute Operations
Salaries and benefits
Office accomodations
Telephone and communication services
Supplies, material and other services
Office furniture and fixtures
Computer equipment and IT support
Professional services
Travel expenditures
Translation costs
|
$462,189
21,450
8,618
40,140
-
4,527
-
19,852
- |
$556,776 |
| Total Expenses |
|
$1,007,571 |
| Unspent Balance* |
|
$10,612 |
| |
|
|
| * Note : The unspent balance as at March 31, 2004 is carried forward to the subsequent fiscal year |
Glossary of Acronyms
| AWCBC |
Association of Workers' Compensation Boards of Canada |
| ACADRE |
Aboriginal Capacity & Developmental Research Environments |
| BSSHHR |
Behavioural, social sciences, humanities and health research |
| CAHR |
Community Alliances for Health Research |
| CBC |
Canadian Broadcasting Company |
| CCIP |
Confidentiality and Conflict of interest Issues of Peer Review |
| CGHRC |
Coalition for Global Health Research-Canada |
| CHSRF |
Canadian Health Services Research Foundation |
| CIAR |
Canadian Institute for Advanced Research |
| CIDA |
Canadian International Development Agency |
| CIHI |
Canadian Institute for Health Information |
| CIHR |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research |
| CLHI |
Canadian Lifelong Health Initiative |
| CLSA |
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging |
| CMAJ |
Canadian Medical Association Journal |
| CNBC |
Canadian National Birth Cohort |
| CPHA |
Canadian Public Health Association |
| CPHI |
Canadian Population Health Initiative |
| CSIH |
Canadian Society for International Health |
| FRSQ |
Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec |
| GELS issues |
Genetic ethical legal and social issues |
| GFHR |
Global Forum for Health Research |
| GHRI |
Global Health Research Initiative |
| HSP |
Health Services and Policy |
| IAB |
Institute Advisory Board |
| IAPH |
Institute of Aboriginal Peoples' Health |
| ICE team |
Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement team |
| ICR |
Institute of Cancer Research |
| ICRH |
Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Council |
| IG |
Institute of Genetics |
| IGH |
Institute of Gender and Health |
| IA |
Institute of Aging |
| IHDCYH |
Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health |
| IHSPR |
Institute of Health Services and Policy Research |
| IHRT |
Interdisciplinary Health Research Teams |
| III |
Institute of Infection and Immunity |
| IMHA |
Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis |
| INMHA |
Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction |
| INMD |
Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes |
| IPPH |
Institute of Population and Public Health |
| IDRC |
International Development Research Centre |
| IRSST |
Institute de Recherche en Santé et en Sécurité du Travail |
| JEC |
Job Evaluation Committee |
| KT |
Knowledge translation |
| LOI |
Letter of intent |
| MOU |
Memorandum of Understanding |
| MRC |
Medical Research Council |
| NCIC |
National Cancer Institute of Canada |
| NET |
New Emerging Team |
| NGOA |
Needs, Gaps, Opportunities and Assessment |
| NGO |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| NHRDP |
National Health Research Development Program |
| NIH |
National Institutes of Health |
| PHRED |
Public Health Research, Education, and Development Program |
| PPH |
Population and Public Health |
| RAMPS |
Research in Addiction and Mental Health Policy and Services Training
Program
|
| RFA |
Request for Applications |
| RFP |
Request for proposals |
| SARS |
Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome |
| SEARCH |
Swift Efficient Application of Research in Community Health |
| SSHRC |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council |
| WRTC |
Western Community Health Research Training Program |
