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'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision | CBC News Scientists who study sleep are warning B.C.'s decision to adopt permanent daylight time will disrupt sleep patterns and have a negative effect on overall health, especially for children, for whom adeq...

'Scientifically not a good idea,' says researcher whose work informed B.C.'s daylight-time decision | CBC News www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Celebrating International Women's Day 2026 Recognizing U of A leaders and innovators whose contributions continue to drive meaningful change.

Celebrating International Women's Day 2026 | The Quad www.ualberta.ca/en/the-quad/...

Mapping the direct and indirect costs of patient and public involvement (PPI) in stroke and aphasia research: a scoping review protocol | BMJ Open bmjopen.bmj.com/content/16/3...

Towards Meaningful Consumer and Community Involvement in Health Research: A Qualitative Study of Consumer and Researcher Experiences Background Consumer and community involvement (CCI) in health research is recognised as an essential component of ethical, effective and relevant research practice. While the recommended principles .....

Towards Meaningful Consumer and Community Involvement in Health Research: A Qualitative Study of Consumer and Researcher Experiences - Baxter - 2026 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Sarah Greene, keynote speaker at Putting Patients First 2026, standing against a railing high up in the city. She is wearing a baseball cap backwards and sunglasses, and behind her is a sunset over an industrial cityscape.

Patient-centred health research isn’t optional. It’s essential. Cancer survivor, advocate, and health consultant Sarah Greene on why putting patients first matters: bit.ly/45YthTN

Promotional graphic from Michael Smith Health Research BC titled “Walking together: A conversation with Harley Eagle.” On a dark teal background, the title text appears on the left above a microphone icon and audio waveform. On the right is a portrait of Harley Eagle smiling, wearing glasses and a light plaid button-up shirt, standing against the same teal backdrop.

Returning home can be part of health and healing. In this podcast, Harley Eagle shares his journey to reconnect with land and family, colonization’s impacts, and what it means to walk together in health research. youtu.be/bnpVyYawlPI

#IndigenousHealth #CulturalSafety #HealthResearch

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At Dr. Antoine Boivin’s clinic, a person with lived experience helps others navigate health challenges. He says it’s changed how he practices medicine for the better. He’s speaking about involving patients in healthcare at the Putting Patients First conference on March 3: bit.ly/4baYrde

Graphic from Michael Smith Health Research BC announcing an investment in seniors’ care. The text reads: “Health Research BC invests $6.3 million to strengthen seniors’ home and community care.” The organization’s logo appears in the top left on a light grey background, with purple geometric shapes decorating the right side.

📢 Strengthening seniors' home and community care.

Five research teams across BC are leading projects to help seniors age at home, stay connected, and receive high-quality care. Supported by Health Research BC, these teams will help bring research into practice.

Learn more: bit.ly/3OYl6ks

Patient and public involvement and engagement in clinical trials at scale: Analysis of the first 3250 responses on the POrtal for Patient and Public Engagement in Dementia (POPPED) INTRODUCTION Patient and public involvement and engagement (PPIE) improves research quality but is often limited in scale. This study explored the potential for large-scale PPIE using a Web-based ap...

Patient and public involvement and engagement in clinical trials at scale: Analysis of the first 3250 responses on the POrtal for Patient and Public Engagement in Dementia (POPPED) - Qin - 2026 - Alzheimer's & Dementia - Wiley Online Library alz-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

A Mixed Methods Study: Visualizing Identity and Lived Experience in Patient Engagement | Research Square www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-8...

How Gender Affects Communication in the Exam Room: Perception vs. Reality in Patient Satisfaction Scores - American Medical Women's Association Authors: Rhea Manohar, MPH; Meghan Etsey, Dr. Divya Krishnan on behalf of the AMWA Gender Equity Task Force Medicine is a conversational craft. Diagnosis, counseling and shared decision-making all rid...

How Gender Affects Communication in the Exam Room: Perception vs. Reality in Patient Satisfaction Scores - American Medical Women's Association amwa-doc.org/how-gender-a...

Public Involvement in the Evaluation of Local Government Public Health Interventions in the UK: Lessons From PHIRST Insight Introduction The value of public involvement in research is increasingly recognised, bringing specific lived experience to inform research from the outset. Despite known benefits, barriers to meanin...

Public Involvement in the Evaluation of Local Government Public Health Interventions in the UK: Lessons From PHIRST Insight - Wort - 2026 - Health Expectations - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

Community Centred Health and Well-being This insightful volume examines how the principles and practice of person-centred care can extend to operate at the level of community health and wellbeing.Split into three parts, the book articulates...

Community Centred Health and Well-being: Approaches and Cases - Google Books books.google.ca/books?hl=en&...

Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities Family doctors are encouraged to involve patients as equal partners in research and teaching, but examples of how to do this well are still quite rare. Our project, called the Canadian Primary Care Information Network - Learner and Patient ...

Empowering patients in family medicine research: a case-study of patient partner involvement in educational and knowledge translation activities - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Integrating Patient Engagement into Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics: Bringing the Patient Voice into Data‐Driven Science Patient engagement (PE) refers to the active partnership between researchers and patients throughout the research process. Here, we introduce a novel framework that embeds PE directly into quantitati...

Integrating Patient Engagement into Clinical Pharmacology and Pharmacometrics: Bringing the Patient Voice into Data‐Driven Science - Zhou - Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics - Wiley Online Library ascpt.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...

Apply for position: Director of Care (Medical Director), Gateway Team-Based Care Teaching Clinic - UBC Faculty of Medicine www.med.ubc.ca/careers/dire...

Early detection of lung attacks in COPD A new risk prediction tool could help reduce the burden of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) on patients and health care systems. The PRECISE-X model tested by lead researcher and Vancouver...

Early detection of lung attacks in COPD | VCH Research Institute www.vchri.ca/stories/2026...

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Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation Health profession regulators are operating in increasingly disruptive and complex environments. Heightened public scrutiny, evolving system-wide risks…

Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation Health profession regulators are operating in increasingly disruptive and complex environments. Heightened public scrutiny, evolving system-wide risks…

Where Research Meets Practice: Building academic-regulatory partnerships to drive evidence-informed professional regulation - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Empowering Patient Voices: Revolutionising Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Through Patient and Public Involvement This article shares how individuals living with IBD are partnering with researchers and clinicians to shape studies, so they reflect the realities of living with IBD. By listening to patient voices, ...

Empowering Patient Voices: Revolutionising Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Through Patient and Public Involvement - O’Riordan - 2026 - JCC Plus - Wiley Online Library onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1...

#HealthyMen—The Government of Canada is launching a national conversation on Men and Boys’ Health - Canada.ca www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

Improving the health of men and boys in Canada - Canada.ca www.canada.ca/en/health-ca...

The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices Patient and public involvement (PPI) aims to produce knowledge and improve health services by involving patients, citizens, and stakeholders in variou…

The rise of patient and public involvement in health research in Denmark – a qualitative study of funder's policies and practices - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Evolving approaches to broaden public and patient involvement in cancer research Public and Patient Involvement (PPI) integrates patients and the public into research design, conduct, and dissemination to ensure future research represents the needs of society. We propose a toolkit...

Evolving approaches to broaden public and patient involvement in cancer research: Trends in Cancer www.cell.com/trends/cance...

The project is guided by an Urban Indigenous Research Advisory Circle of Indigenous community leaders, Elders, youth, and young adults with urban Indigenous living experience from across British Columbia. If you are interested in joining the Advisory Circle: www.urbanindigenouswellbeing.com/ror

Social Contexts of Administrative Data About Substance Use Disorder The Big IDEAs About Health Data speaker series features a variety of experts discussing how data can be used to advance health equity.

Social Contexts of Administrative Data About Substance Use Disorder Tickets, Thursday, Mar 26 from 10 am to 11 am PDT | Eventbrite www.eventbrite.ca/e/social-con...

Data Sources and Analytic Approaches Used to Evaluate the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement in Child Health Research: Simple Random Survey of Individual Studies in Published Reviews - PubMed A patient partner (co-author, FB) was a member of the research team from study inception, and contributed to the development of the study protocol, including refining the research question, input on study design, selection of relevant outcomes, interpretation of findings, writing the manuscript, and …

Data Sources and Analytic Approaches Used to Evaluate the Impact of Patient and Public Involvement in Child Health Research: Simple Random Survey of Individual Studies in Published Reviews - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41721499/

Development of a 4Pi national involvement standards-based questionnaire to evaluate patient and public involvement - Research Involvement and Engagement Research Involvement and Engagement - Evaluation of patient and public involvement (PPI) is crucial to ensuring it is conducted with quality. However, determining how best to evaluate the...

Development of a 4Pi national involvement standards-based questionnaire to evaluate patient and public involvement | Research Involvement and Engagement | Springer Nature Link link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Let's Do It Together! Co-creating a Supportive Tool to Enhance Patient Involvement in Agenda Setting in Healthcare Communication Communication training improves healthcare professionals’ person-centered skills, yet patients are less often supported in taking an active role. This…

Let's Do It Together! Co-creating a Supportive Tool to Enhance Patient Involvement in Agenda Setting in Healthcare Communication - ScienceDirect www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...