Health committee Certainly, the work that CIHR itself does in terms of policy and processes is subject to a GBA+ analysis. What we are doing now with those who are funded by CIHR funds is building in, in the conditions of funding, a stipulation moving towards gender-based analysis plus. We do h
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee It would be in terms of the research that we fund across the board. Again, one of the challenges, though, with CIHR in providing grants to researchers is that a grant, compared to a contract, doesn't necessarily have the same controls, if you will, in terms of what is delivered.
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee Many thanks. Perhaps I can start off with the research that CIHR is funding. Budget 2021 committed $30 million for CIHR to fund targeted research into pediatric cancer. That funding is still active. We do not yet have specific projects or their results. However, that being said
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee What I can commit to doing is to look back at the number of research projects we have funded over the past little while. I will note that some of this funding has been in conjunction with that from our colleagues at the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. Between t
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee Sure. If there's one thing I can say about the Canadian academic health research community, it's how quickly they mobilized in order to pivot—I know that's a word that perhaps has been overused in the past couple of years—to be able to do research that would support the needs of
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee It's wonderful to be able to talk about the partnership that CIHR has with JDRF. It is a very strong, long and deep partnership that certainly predates my time with CIHR. If you're keeping an eye on CIHR's Twitter feed, you'll note some recent funding opportunities whereby we're
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford
Health committee Thank you very much, Mr. Chair, and thanks to the committee for convening this important study. On behalf of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, it’s a privilege to be here today. As Canada’s investment agency for health research, CIHR understands the power of research
June 6th, 2022Committee meeting
Dr. Tammy Clifford