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CFN Investigators receive CIHR Foundation Grants
Sharon Straus of St. Michael’s Hospital, and CFN Board Member, received $3,075,577 over 7 years for her project, Sustaining evidence-based chronic disease management. Robin Urquhart of the Nova Scotia Health Authority, and CFN Network Investigator, received $957,545 over 5 years for her project, Follow-up care of cancer survivors: optimizing survivor and health system outcomes. Congratulations,…
NBHRF and CFN: a new $2 million partnership to address frailty
CFN has teamed up with the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF) to form a $2 million, five-year partnership to substantially advance evidence and practice for the care of older adults living with frailty. The partnership will also impact training of highly qualified personnel from New Brunswick by providing funds to support fellows/summer students participating…
New guidelines for writing research summaries
The ability to convey the details and significance of research to non-experts, to translate it for the average person, is not an easy task… but what is the point of research if nobody understands it? CFN’s Citizen Engagement Committee (CEC) has created a set of guidelines to help communicate research to a broader, general audience….
Looking for volunteer citizen and HQP members
Canadian Frailty Network is currently looking for volunteer citizen and HQP representatives on some of our Committees. Join us and help transform the way that Canada cares for its older citizens living with frailty! Click here to read the general eligibility requirements, expectations of Committee members, and to see the specific Terms of Reference for…
CFN Board Members Deliver Signature Keynotes
CFN Board Members delivered signature keynote addresses at the 2017 CAHS Forum and Annual General Meeting held September 14-15 in Ottawa. Dr. Jean Gray delivered the Paul Armstrong Lecture, speaking on The Promise and Perils of Contemporary Therapeutics. The joint CAHS-University of Calgary Cy Frank Legacy Lectureship was delivered by Dr. Tom Noseworthy, Innovation in…
Colleen Maxwell appointed University of Waterloo Research Chair
Colleen Maxwell is a Professor in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Waterloo with a cross-appointment to the School of Public Health & Health Systems. Her new position recognizes her achievement in the field of pharmcoepidemiology – the study of medication use and effects in human populations – where she is nationally and…
Shirlee Sharkey honoured
University of Toronto Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation alumni newsletter, Connect, recently profiled new CFN Board Member Shirlee Sharkey.Click here to read about Shirlee’s passion for patient-centred care and the experiences that made her the health systems expert and leader that she is today. Shirlee was also recognized recently with an honorary degree…
CFN Directors Elected
Canadian Frailty Network is pleased to announce the election of three prominent Canadians to our Board of Directors at the CFN Annual General Meeting on September 14, 2017, as well as the re-election of three Directors. Angus Campbell, Executive Director, Caregivers Nova Scotia Angus joins our Board as a Citizen/Caregiver member. Angus is very…
Network Members inducted as CAHS Fellows
CFN Board Member Tom Noseworthy, and Kelli Stajduhar, CFN Network Investigator and Citizen Engagement Committee Member, were inducted as 2017 CAHS Fellows on September 14, 2017. Induction into the CAHS as a Fellow is considered one of the highest honours within Canada’s academic community. CAHS Fellows, who serve as unpaid volunteers, are nominated by their…
Royal Society Announcements
Two Network Investigators were included in this year’s Royal Society announcements. Lynn McDonald of the University of Toronto Faculty of Social Work was named a Fellow in the Academy of Social Sciences, Division of Social Sciences and cited as a “Canadian pioneer in gerontology.” Click here to see a full list of all new Fellows….