NL Centre for Applied Health Research

Hope you can join us this evening!

With our sincere thanks to our many partners for your contributions to our success, NLCAHR is pleased to share our 2019-2020 annual report, titled (we think, aptly) Research at Home. In these remarkable times, we are grateful to have so much to celebrate. https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/A/NLCAHRAnnual_Report20192020.pdf

Wondering how to wade through all that "evidence" on COVID-19? Here's a good primer on what to look for when you happen upon a research article: https://www.wired.com//how-to-read-covid-19-research-and-/

Researchers at NLCAHR are producing rapid reviews and e-bulletins to keep our health system up-to-date on the very latest COVID-19 research. Check out this valuable resource here: https://nlcahr.mun.ca/CHRSP/COVIDQuickResponse.php

Researchers at the Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research have now created a webpage to help you access the latest scientific evidence on COVID-19 from trusted Canadian and international sources. https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/CHRSP/COVID19.php

Memorial has a new emergency fund for students. If you need help, or would like to donate, here's a link to information: https://gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-communi/emergency-relief/

Effective March 17, 2020, NLCAHR's director and staff will work from home, in compliance with government and health system recommendations for social distancing to manage risk during the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. While our researchers will continue to work on reports for our provincial healthcare system under the Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program, our Research Exchange Group meetings will be suspended for the next month. We will provide an update on the status of future scheduled meetings on April 20, 2020. We wish you and your families the very best of health.

So much research & community programming being exchanged here at NLCAHR! Check out our calendar and join us for the talk(s) that interest you! .All are welcome: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/events.php

https://gazette.mun.ca/campus-and-communi/women-in-science/

Big congratulations to Dr. Daryl Pullman and Ms. Janet Bartlett on their recent President's Awards ! We second the President's thoughts: "Your passion, dedication and all that you do for our university is greatly appreciated." http://bit.ly/2PItcwL

Research Strengths in a cool visual from the Faculty of Medicine's Destination Excellence Research Team!

The Dr. Patricia Canning Memorial Lecture is on an important topic this year: Health Inequality in Children and Youth and the Wealth of Nations. Dr. Frank Elgar will discuss research on poverty, inequality, bullying, and corporal punishment and will examine the social and moral implications of health inequality in early life and the policy choices that create opportunities for children to be healthy. Thursday, Oct. 24 at 7 p.m. in Memorial University’s Bruneau Centre For Research and Innovation, room IIC-2001. Admission is free.

Taking a healthy interest in a diversity of perspectives and building connections...among humans and non humans, too! It’s what we do.

It's Scintillating September with loads of research being exchanged! Join us for talks on autism, horticulture, harm reduction, equine-assisted therapy, community research projects and queer healthcare research. Our calendar is filling up fast: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/events.php

NLCAHR has just released its very special 20th anniversary Annual Report, with personal reflections from partners far and wide.What a long way we've come! https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/Ab/NLCAHR_20TH_ANNIVERSARY_AR.pdf

Congratulations to the seven winners of ARC-NL awards for research on aging. Read about them here: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/

CABHI has launched the 2019 Spark program! Are you a point-of-care worker with an innovative idea in seniors’ care? Apply to Spark for up to $50,000 per project to develop and test your aging and brain health innovation. In total, up to $2.5 million is available across all projects. CABHI is accepting applications until July 5, 2019. Learn more and apply at https://bit.ly/2LAvk9B

Memorial's Faculty of Medicine is once again being recognized for encouraging physicians to practice in rural areas. For the second time in 10 years, the Faculty of Medicine has been awarded the Rural Education Award from the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada (SRPC). Congratulations! https://bit.ly/2IC5aQz

Loads of research being exchanged next week: 16th- women's reproductive health, 17th- palliative and end of life care, 18th- deviant bodies. Check out our calendar and join us! https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/events.php

The Aging Research Centre (ARC) of Memorial University is pleased to announce its first call for applications to fund researchers and students whose work is relevant to aging, broadly defined, to include a wide range of disciplines, approaches, and topics. https://www.grenfell.mun.ca//Ag/Funding-Opportunities.aspx If you would like to learn more about ARC and about these awards, the ARC leadership team will host an information session in St. John’s.

If healthy aging is a concern for you, learn more about how to reduce your risk for heart disease.

Canada's new mammography guidelines are making headlines! If you'd like to learn more, join us on Monday January 28 at 2:30pm to hear Dr. Anne Kearney present to our Research Exchange Group on Cost & Value in Healthcare-- All are welcome! (contact Rochelle ) https://gazette.mun.ca/research/follow-the-evidence/

A new year means new opportunities to talk about health research! Check out our calendar! Today's talk is about Connections for Seniors, next week, a global health report from Ethiopia, a talk on medical assistance in Dying in NL and on the 22nd, come and learn why creative writing is good for you: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/events.php?day=1547049600

CHRSP has just published its 32nd study-- a Rapid Evidence Report on Preschool Screening. Read it here: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca//Preschool_Screening_RER_Oct_201

We are honoured to have the talented Wendy Lassisi working with our CHRSP team this year! You can read about this remarkable young woman here: https://gazette.mun.ca/student-life/lifelong-perseverance/

The Annual Report of the Newfoundland & Labrador Centre for Applied Health Research for 2017-2018, entitled Connections and Directions to highlight our community engagement, research initiatives, and the expansion of our partnerships, is now available on our website. Check out another amazing year at the Centre: https://www.nlcahr.mun.ca//NLCAHR_ANNUAL_REPORT_2017-2018.

What a major accomplishment-- and such a profound positive impact on the people of this province. Thanks to four researchers, the "Newfoundland Curse" has been dispelled. https://gazette.mun.ca/research/top-canadian-honour/

CHRSP has just released two new studies: one on palliative care and chronic disease and another on rural psychiatry services. Check out our top news story here: www.nlcahr.mun.ca

We've just published a new CHRSP study that looks at a palliative approach to care for people with chronic disease. We'll share the results on April 25th at 2pm NST-- all are welcome to attend the dissemination event- just RSVP [email protected]. In the meantime, you can read the report here: http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/CHRSP/RER_CDPC_2018.pdf

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Andre Picard discusses new research on the need for increased social spending to lower the rising demand for "sickness" spending in Canada and offers this parable to distil the underpinning logic: "One day, a group sitting by a river sees a baby in the water. One of them dives in to save her. Soon, more babies appear, and the bystanders all jump in to save the children. But one person has the presence of mind to go upstream and figure out how to stop the babies from falling into the river in the first place. In our public policies we need more of that upstream thinking, beginning with a sounder redistribution of health and sickness care spending." https://www.theglobeandmail.com//new-stu/article37679063/

In this year's President's report, NLCAHR's current project with BC and Ontario to improve decision support for rural health systems in Canada was featured among a fabulous group of health research projects that obtained CIHR funding in 2017. https://gazette.mun.ca/research/improving-outcomes-2/

At this time of year, our thoughts turn to the many partners and friends who've made our progress possible in 2017.

If this is an issue you care about, why not join our Research Exchange Group on Oral Health?

How does a local, innovative research program support policy and practice decisions in this province’s health system? Find out in the November 2017 issue of Systematic Reviews, an open access, peer-reviewed journal. It features an article on the Contextualized Health Research Synthesis Program (CHRSP), NLCAHR’s flagship program for health system decision support, now celebrating its tenth year! http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/CHRSP_journal_article_SR_2017.pdf

So much happening at NLCAHR this month, it is actually staggering! Research being exchanged this month: mental health for seniors, cannabinoids and ADHD, cancer risk and diet, weight-based bullying in schools, a Worktopia project for people with Autism, re-thinking mammography screening. Plus: we'll be disseminating our new study on how to reduce acute care length of stay....AND we're hosting a workshop on Combined Efforts to bring university and community together.Check us out. You're all invited! http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca/events.php

Have you ever been a patient or a caregiver? Would you like to have a voice at the table as we conduct NL health policy research? We want to learn from YOUR experience. https://t.co/sY6Yk3Va6t

Our Annual Report is now available online! Research in Place looks at the Centre's amazing output in research and engagement, highlighting how this work is embedded in Newfoundland & Labrador. Check us out and most importantly- check out the amazing photos by our own Tyrone White!! http://www.nlcahr.mun.ca//NLCAHR_ANNUAL_REPORT_2016_2017.p