Delegates aim to build effective partnerships to innovate in research areas such as healthy pregnancies, early brain development, child and youth mental health and injury prevention
November 17, 2014 – Ottawa, Ontario – Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Eve Adams, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Health and Member of Parliament (Mississauga–Brampton South), today welcomed delegates to the 2014 Innovating Child and Family Health Conference, on behalf of the Honourable Rona Ambrose, Minister of Health. She was joined by Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Dr. Shoo K. Lee, Scientific Director at CIHR, and Frances Bloomberg, Honorary Patron of the conference.
The main objective of the conference is to ensure that kids' health research results are transformed into products and services to help families from across the country. The meeting will provide a unique opportunity for delegates to identify partnership and collaboration opportunities that will produce positive results for the benefit of children and their families. These will build on existing Government of Canada initiatives being carried hand-in-hand with partners to increase physical activity, promote healthy pregnancies, prevent injuries, enhance nutrition and support research.
Parliamentary Secretary Adams also presented the recipient of the 2014 CIHR Knowledge Translation award. Dr. Bonnie Stevens from the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto was recognized by her colleagues for her outstanding work to improve the assessment and management of pain in infants and children. The annual CIHR Knowledge Translation Award honours health researchers that make an outstanding contribution to the health of Canadians or to the health system by transforming research into tangible tools, products or services.
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The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened health care system for Canadians. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 13,200 health researchers and trainees across Canada.
