Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) facilitates clinician-scientists in their efforts to make new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of patients across their lifespan. The Investigator Awards provide salary support to leading health research investigators to help reduce their clinical commitments and expand their capacity for innovation-driven research that creates new health care knowledge.
The 2024 VCHRI Investigator Awards recipients are:
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Fall 2023 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project grants and priority announcement grants.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to recognize the outstanding contributions of long-term research staff with the 2024 Research Excellence Staff Award (RESA). This competition acknowledges staff members with 10 or more years of service who have demonstrated research excellence through mentorship, building a culture of research and upholding the VCHRI values of integrity, accountability, collaboration, equity and community- and patient-focus. This year’s recipient will receive $15,000 in lab funding, as well as a personal honorarium for their dedicated work.
In a recent announcement, Research Infosource Inc., a leading Canadian research, consulting and publishing firm, has revealed its annual ranking of Canada’s top 40 research hospitals. Vancouver Coastal Health Authority (Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) and Providence Health Care Research Institute), proudly occupies the fourth position, with $168.8 million in research funding for the year 2022.
The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has announced the results of its Spring 2023 project grant competition. Congratulations to all the VCHRI researchers who were awarded project grants.
Knowledge translation is the art and science of moving evidence into health care policy and practice. Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support health care professionals to effectively implement evidence-based practice changes to improve patient care. The Knowledge Translation (KT) Challenge, a program run in collaboration with Providence Health Care and BC Cancer, is grounded in capacity building and facilitates health care providers to work with experienced investigators to share knowledge and build connections.
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support the future leaders of research with the Top Graduating Doctoral Student Awards and the Rising Star Awards. These awards recognize the outstanding efforts by VCHRI trainees in the realm of research excellence, serving as role models and making significant contributions to the Vancouver Coastal Health research community.
The 2023 Top Graduating Doctoral Student award recipients are:
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is proud to support research through Team Grant memberships, which enable VCH staff and clinicians to collaborate with experienced investigators to share knowledge and build connections. By supporting practice-based research projects, these grants contribute to the improvement of health care delivery addressing the pressing challenges in health care.
Taking innovative research from concept to application is critical for improving health care systems and the well-being of patients. VCHRI is proud to support investigators and their groundbreaking health research with the Innovation and Translational Research Awards. This year’s recipients are using new techniques and emerging technologies to advance patient outcomes and enhance patient-practitioner connectedness in the era of COVID-19.
The 2023 Innovation and Translational Research Award recipients are:
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) facilitates clinician-scientists in their efforts to make new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of patients across their lifespan. The Investigator Awards provide salary support to leading health research investigators in order to help expand their capacity for innovation-driven research that can lead to new health care knowledge.
The 2023 VCHRI Investigator Awards recipients are:
