Canadian Institutes of Health Research Organization

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Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Organization

• Danika Goosney, Ph.D.
• Director, Research Portfolio

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CIHR Organization
PRESIDENT
Committees
Governing Council
Research
Knowledge Translation
Corporate Affairs
Resource Planning and Management
Ethics Office
Institutes x13
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CIHR Governance Management Committees
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Research Portfolio

• The Research Portfolio is responsible for
  delivery of CIHRs grants and awards programs. It
  is comprised of 4 Branches
• Three Program Delivery Branches
• Knowledge Creation Programs Open Grants (and
  Priority Announcements)
• Research Capacity Development Open Awards
  (trainees, salary)
• Targeted Initiatives Initiatives and Programs
  from Institutes, KT and Partners
• One Oversight Branch
• Program Planning and Process oversight, planning
  and quality control of program delivery (e.g.
  policies, standard operating procedures) eAlerts
  and UD Network SC logistics CIHRs InfoLine

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Knowledge Translation Portfolio

• The Knowledge Translation Portfolio fosters and
  enhances knowledge-to-action within and outside
  of CIHR. The Portfolio is responsible for
• Partnership and Citizen Engagement (including
  leading Regional Partnerships Program, Small
  Health Organizations Partnership Program)
• Knowledge Synthesis and Exchange (including
  leading Knowledge Synthesis, KTA, Partnerships in
  Health Systems Improvement (PHSI) programs)
• Evaluation and Analysis

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Corporate Affairs and Resource Planning and
Management Portfolios

• The responsibilities of these CIHR Portfolios
  include
• Human Resources
• Administration
• Finance
• Information Technology
• Communications and Marketing
• International and Corporate Policy
• Governing Council
• Institute Affairs
• Internal Audit
• Corporate Planning
• Government Relations

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Ethics Office

• CIHR's Ethics Office is responsible for
• Developing and implementing research ethics
  policies (i.e. Stem Cell Oversight, Guidelines
  for Health Research on Aboriginal People).
• Building capacity and supporting research on
  ethics.
• Providing advice to the research community on
  ethical issues and public policy and legislative
  issues.

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Institutes

• There are 13 virtual Institutes embracing a range
  of research from fundamental bio-medical and
  clinical research, to research on health systems,
  health services, the health of populations,
  societal and cultural dimensions of health and
  environmental influences on health.
• Each Institute is led by a Scientific Director,
  who is in turn aided by an Advisory Board.
  Institute Scientific Directors and Advisory
  Boards work under the guidance of the CIHR
  Governing Council.
• The 13 Institutes are
• Aboriginal Peoples Health
• Aging
• Cancer Research
• Circulatory and Respiratory Health
• Gender and Health
• Genetics
• Health Services and Policy Research

Human Development, Child and Youth
Health Infection and Immunity Musculoskeletal
Health and Arthritis Neurosciences, Mental Health
and Addiction Nutrition, Metabolism and
Diabetes Population and Public Health
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Contact information

• Program Planning and Process
• Dr. Danika Goosney danika.goosney_at_cihr-irsc.gc.c
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• Knowledge Creation Programs
• Mr. Stéphane Cyr stephane.cyr_at_cihr-irsc.gc.ca
• Research Capacity Development
• Mrs. Catherine Conrad catherine.conrad_at_cihr-irsc
  .gc.ca
• Targeted Initiatives
• Dr. Karl Tibelius karl.tibelius_at_cihr-irsc.gc.ca
• VP Research
• Dr. Pierre Chartrand pierre.chartrand_at_cihr-irsc.
  gc.ca