April 26 - May 1
New: People with opioid use disorder (OUD) are at risk of premature death and can benefit from palliative care. This study compared palliative care provision for decedents with and without OUD.
Funding announcement: ICES is pleased to announce the renewal of its core agreement with the Ontario Ministry of Health (Health | Santé) which will provide $95 million in funding over the next five years. This marks over three decades of sustained support from the Ministry, highlighting ICES' indispensable role and commitment to innovation, impact, and data stewardship.
The Ministry’s decision to renew its funding underscores ICES’ pivotal role as trusted data stewards dedicated to upholding the privacy, security, and confidentiality of healthcare data.
The renewed funding will empower ICES to further advance Ministry priorities by enhancing its capacity to deliver high-quality research and analytics, evaluation, and access to data. It will ensure ICES maintains strong privacy and security safeguards. This investment will not only bolster ICES’ capabilities but will also contribute to the broader goal of improving health and healthcare for everyone.
ICES Research Forum 2024, Strength of Numbers: Partnering for Impact is tomorrow! View the full program, register and build your personal agenda on the event platform.
The morning lineup includes three concurrent presentations and six concurrent Spotlight Sessions to choose from. During the afternoon, hear from keynote speaker Dr. Tara Kiran , Family Physician and Scientist at St. Michael's Hospital , Unity Health Toronto and Fidani Chair of Improvement and Innovation, University of Toronto , who will reflect on what the OurCare team heard from patients and the public across Canada, on how we can shape a better healthcare system.
Following the keynote, join us for two panels on Broader data, better health: research perspectives on linking social and health data and Broader data, better health: exploring the policy impacts of linking social and health data.
We hope you can join us for this free, virtual event!
Date: Thursday, May 2, 2024, 9:30 AM - 4:15 PM ET
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New issue of At A Glance: Receive a monthly digest of ICES research and keep up to date with events and announcements! Check out the April At A Glance issue.
Updated Mental Health Dashboard: Our mental health dashboard provides an overview of mental health and addiction trends in Ontario that may impact mental health service use and access to care. View the updated dashboard.
Funding opportunity: The Canadian Institutes of Health Research | Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (CIHR) is launching the Moving Upstream: Structural Determinants of Health - Catalyst Grants.
This one-year funding opportunity will support interdisciplinary research to analyze, contextualize and/or evaluate how structural drivers (e.g., legislation and policies, governance structures, ecological and commercial determinants) can create, maintain, or exacerbate health (in)equity and population health across sub-groups, regions, contexts and settings. The desired outcome is to contribute to the evidence base in Canada on the structural drivers that improve, sustain, or deteriorate population health and health equity by bringing together health research with other disciplines.
Launch: Spring 2024
Registration Deadline: Fall 2024
Application Deadline: Fall 2024
Anticipated Notice of Decision Date: Spring 2025
Funding Start Date: Spring 2025