CIHR Operating Grant: Addressing the Wider Health Impacts of COVID-19
Launched in early September, this funding opportunity seeks research proposals to address the gaps in knowledge about the wider impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on the health and health care of people in Canada. Suspension/interruption of cancer screening is one of the research areas of focus.
The maximum amount per grant that can be requested for clinical trial research is $1,000,000 over 2 years; for other types of research, the maximum amount per grant is $500,000 over 2 years. Registration deadline is October 18, 2021. For more information, see https://www.researchnet-recherchenet.ca/rnr16/vwOpprtntyDtls.do?prog=3548&language=E.

The CCRA Advisory Board is happy to welcome the Indigenous Cancer Research Network (ICRN) as the CCRA’s latest member. ICRN will be represented by Marilee Nowgesic, CEO of the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA).
The Indigenous Cancer Research Network (ICRN), originally known as t...
Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Don Desserud begins his term as the Patient/Family Representative on the CCRA Advisory Board. Dr. Desserud participated in the 2019 Patient Involvement in Cancer Research Project (PIP) and is a survivor of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Dr. Desserud is a Political Science professo...