Co-developing patient and family engagement indicators for health system improvement with healthcare system stakeholders: a consensus study by Maria-Jose Santana, Sadia Ahmed, Sandra Zelinsky, Tracy Wasylak, Paul Fairie, Gloria Wilkinson, Tamara Lynne McCarron, Mikie Mork, Jatin Patel

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Characteristics of US public schools with reported cases of novel influenza A (H1N1) by Hoen, Anne Gatewood, Buckeridge, David L., Chan, Emily H., Freifeld, Clark C., Keller, Mikaela, Charland, Katia, Donnelly, Christl A., Brownstein, John S.

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Rare diseases and space health: optimizing synergies from scientific questions to care by Maria Puscas, Gabrielle Martineau, Gurjot Bhella, Penelope E. Bonnen, Phil Carr, Robyn Lim, John Mitchell, Matthew Osmond, Emmanuel Urquieta, Jaime Flamenbaum, Giuseppe Iaria, Yann Joly, Étienne Richer, Joan Saary, David Saint-Jacques, Nicole Buckley, Etienne Low-Decarie

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Assembly of the Candida albicans genome into sixteen supercontigs aligned on the eight chromosomes by van het Hoog, Marco, Rast, Timothy J, Martchenko, Mikhail, Grindle, Suzanne, Dignard, Daniel, Hogues, Herve, Cuomo, Christina, Berriman, Matthew, Scherer, Stewart, Whiteway, Malcolm, Chibana, Hiroji, Nantel, Andre, Magee, P. T., Magee, B. B.

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Treatment of HCV with direct-acting antivirals on reducing mortality related to extrahepatic manifestations: a large population-based study in British Columbia, CanadaResearch in c... by Dahn Jeong, Stanley Wong, Mohammad Ehsanul Karim, Amee R. Manges, Jean Damascene Makuza, Sofia R. Bartlett, Héctor Alexander Velásquez García, Daryl Luster, Prince Asumadu Adu, Mawuena Binka, Amanda Yu, Mel Krajden, Naveed Zafar Janjua

“…CanHepC is funded by a joint initiative of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) (NHC-142832) and the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC).…”
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<i>Shadowpox: The Antibody Politic</i> – Thoughts and Reflections by Alison Humphrey, Caitlin Fisher, Steven J. Hoffman

“…Hoffman, director of the Global Strategy Lab and scientific director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research’s Institute of Population and Public Health, with support from technical director and creative coder LaLaine Ulit-Destajo, epidemiologist Susan Rogers Van Katwyk, and website programmer Sean Sollé, as part of the three-year interdisciplinary project <Immune Nations>, and culminated with an exhibition at UNAIDS during the 70th World Health Assembly in Geneva, Switzerland.…”
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Immunotherapy targeting isoDGR-protein damage extends lifespan in a mouse model of protein deamidation by Kalailingam, Pazhanichamy, Mohd-Kahliab, Khalilatul-Hanisah, Ngan, SoFong Cam, Iyappan, Ranjith, Melekh, Evelin, Lu, Tian, Zien, Gan Wei, Sharma, Bhargy, Guo, Tiannan, MacNeil, Adam J., MacPherson, Rebecca Ek, Tsiani, Evangelia Litsa, O'Leary, Deborah D., Lim, Kah-Leong, Su, I Hsin, Gao, Yong-Gui, Richards, A. Mark, Kalaria, Raj N., Chen, Christopher P., McCarthy, Neil E., Sze, Siu Kwan

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Why a distinct medical stream is necessary to support patients using cannabis for medical purposes by Cecilia Costiniuk, Caroline A. MacCallum, Michael Boivin, Sergio Rueda, Gary Lacasse, Zach Walsh, Paul J. Daeninck, Shari Margolese, Enrico Mandarino, Jagpaul Kaur Deol, Tatiana Sanchez, Alan D. Bell

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Vaccine-Induced Protection from Homologous Tier 2 SHIV Challenge in Nonhuman Primates Depends on Serum-Neutralizing Antibody Titers by Pauthner, Matthias G., Nkolola, Joseph P., Havenar-Daughton, Colin, Murrell, Ben, Reiss, Samantha M., Bastidas, Raiza, Prévost, Jérémie, Nedellec, Rebecca, Bredow, Benjamin von, Abbink, Peter, Cottrell, Christopher A., Kulp, Daniel W. K, Tokatlian, Talar, Nogal, Bartek, Bianchi, Matteo, Li, Hui, Lee, Jeong Hyun, Butera, Salvatore T., Evans, David T., Hangartner, Lars, Finzi, Andrés, Wilson, Ian A., Wyatt, Richard T., Irvine, Darrell J., Irvine, Darrell J, Schief, William R., Ward, Andrew B., Sanders, Rogier W., Crotty, Shane, Shaw, George M., Barouch, Dan H., Burton, Dennis R.

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Ranking versus rating in peer review of research grant applications. by Robyn Tamblyn, Nadyne Girard, James Hanley, Bettina Habib, Adrian Mota, Karim M Khan, Clare L Ardern

“…In this study, we compared the reliability and potential sources of bias associated with application rating with those of application ranking in 3,156 applications to the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Ranking was more reliable than rating and less susceptible to the characteristics of the review panel, such as level of expertise and experience, for both reliability and potential sources of bias. …”
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Contextualizing and assessing the social capital of seniors in congregate housing residences: study design and methods by Riley Therese, Haines Valerie, Shiell Alan, Moore Spencer, Collier Carrie

“…The project is being funded as a pilot project under the Institute of Aging, Canadian Institutes for Health Research.</p> <p>Design/Methods</p> <p>Working with seniors living in 5 congregate housing residencies in Calgary, the project uses a mixed method approach to develop grounded measures of the social capital of seniors. …”
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The need for more research into reproductive health and disease by Natalie D Mercuri, Brian J Cox

“…Further, analyses of grant databases maintained by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the National Institutes of Health in the United States show that the number of grants for research on non-reproductive organs is 6–7 times higher than the number for reproductive organs. …”
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Re-Framing the Knowledge to Action Challenge Through NIHR Knowledge Mobilisation Research Fellows; Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Wi... by Jo Rycroft-Malone, Joe Langley

“…The ambition of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship initiative to modernise the health system is impressive. …”
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RESEARCH REFLECTIONS: Communicating your research by Jennifer M.L. Stephens

“…This objective is contained within the notion of knowledge translation (KT). The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR, 2016) defines KT as “a dynamic and iterative process” consisting of several steps that foster the creation, and subsequent dissemination, of knowledge for the purpose of improving the health of Canadians by strengthening healthcare services. …”
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Availability and affordability of blood pressure-lowering medicines and the effect on blood pressure control in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: an analysis of... by Attaei, MW, Khatib, R, McKee, M, Lear, S, Dagenais, G, Igumbor, EU, AlHabib, KF, Kaur, M, Kruger, L, Teo, K, Lanas, F, Yusoff, K, Oguz, A, Gupta, R, Yusufali, AM, Bahonar, A, Kutty, R, Rosengren, A, Mohan, V, Avezum, A, Yusuf, R, Szuba, A, Rangarajan, S, Chow, C, Yusuf, S

“…<p><strong>Funding</strong></p> Population Health Research Institute, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, Canadian Institutes of Health Research Strategy for Patient Oriented Research through the Ontario SPOR Support Unit, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care, pharmaceutical companies (with major contributions from AstraZeneca [Canada], Sanofi Aventis [France and Canada], Boehringer Ingelheim [Germany amd Canada], Servier, and GlaxoSmithKline), Novartis and King Pharma, and national or local organisations in participating countries.…”

mTOR Signaling in Growth Control and Disease by Laplante, Mathieu, Sabatini, David M., Sabatini, David

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Collaborative health research partnerships: a survey of researcher and knowledge-user attitudes and perceptions by Shannon L. Sibbald, Hosung Kang, Ian D. Graham

“…Methods A survey was sent out to researchers funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and knowledge-users who worked collaboratively on their research projects. …”
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Improving outcomes for ill and injured children in emergency departments: protocol for a program in pediatric emergency medicine and knowledge translation science by Shaw Nicola, Currie Gillian, Graham Ian D, Brehaut Jamie C, Brant Rollin, Plint Amy, Osmond Martin, Johnson David, Grimshaw Jeremy, Hartling Lisa, Scott Shannon, Bhatt Maala, Lynch Tim, Bialy Liza, Klassen Terry

“…</p> <p>The purpose of this paper is to describe a multi-centre team grant in pediatric emergency medicine (PEM) that has been recently funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). This program of research integrates clinical research (in the areas of acute respiratory illness and injury) and knowledge translation (KT). …”
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Quantitative Model for Efficient Temporal Targeting of Tumor Cells and Neovasculature by Kohandel, Mohammad, Haselwandter, Christoph A., Kardar, Mehran, Sengupta, S., Sivaloganathan, S.

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The Perils of Adapting to Dose Errors in Radiation Therapy by Chan, Timothy C. Y., Misic, Velibor

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