Backgrounder
The Government of Canada is investing nearly $20 million through the CIHR Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies and partners to support seven research platforms. These platforms will strengthen Canada’s capacity to detect, monitor, and respond to emerging infectious diseases, while addressing the social, behavioural, and health system challenges that arise during pandemics and other health emergencies.
The Government of Canada is investing nearly $20 million through the CIHR Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies and partners to support seven research platforms. These platforms will strengthen Canada’s capacity to detect, monitor, and respond to emerging infectious diseases, while addressing the social, behavioural, and health system challenges that arise during pandemics and other health emergencies.
| Nominated Principal Investigator |
Project Title |
Funding |
Term |
Dr. Caroline Quach-Thanh
Centre hospitalier universitaire Sainte-Justine
(Montréal, Québec) |
Pediatric Outcomes imProvement through COordination of Research Networks (POPCORN) |
$2,988,500 |
2 years |
Dr. Corinne M. Hohl
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, British Columbia) |
Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness |
$3,000,000 |
2 years |
Dr. Marc-André Langlois
University of Ottawa
(Ottawa, Ontario) |
Empowering Large-Scale Infectious Disease Research and Mobilizing Knowledge: The Serology and Diagnostics High-Throughput Platform as Critical Research Infrastructure for Pandemic Preparedness, Surveillance, and Response in Canada |
$2,999,998 |
2 years |
Dr. Kim Lavoie
Université du Québec à Montréal
(Montréal, Québec) |
Optimising pandemic and emergency preparedness through better coordination and uptake of behavioural science evidence and tools: Extending the iCARE Platform |
$3,000,000 |
2 years |
Dr. Danuta M. Skowronski
University of British Columbia
(Vancouver, British Columbia) |
The Canadian Sentinel Practitioner Surveillance Network (SPSN) for community-based respiratory virus and vaccine effectiveness (VE) monitoring: a multidisciplinary surveillance and science platform for preparedness, rapid research and response to emerging or re-emerging pathogens, seasonal epidemics and pandemics |
$3,000,000 |
2 years |
Dr. Michael G. Wilson
McMaster University
(Hamilton, Ontario) |
Evidence Synthesis Network for Canada to Support Pandemic Planning and Response |
$2,000,000 |
2 years |
Dr. Jennifer D. Brooks
University of Toronto
(Toronto, Ontario) |
The Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow's Health (CanPath) Platform |
$2,999,685 |
2 years |
