Michael Smith Health Research BC is co-funding 23 BC-based graduate and postdoctoral trainees through the 2024 clinical trials training awards. This is in partnership with clinical trials training platforms (CTTP) funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. These awards enable trainees to develop competencies in designing, leading and working in clinical trials.
Clinical trials are crucial for making sure that new drugs, treatments, medical devices and therapies are safe and effective. There is a critical need in Canada to train and mentor clinical researchers to conduct high-quality clinical trials.
To address this need, we partner with CTTPs: Canadian Consortium of Clinical Trial Training (CANTRAIN); Canadian Behavioral Interventions and Trials Network (CBITN); Canadian Training Platform for Trials Leveraging Existing Networks (CAN-TAP-TALENT); Post-Stroke Cognition Research Group (StrokeCog); and Canadian Network for Statistical Training in Trials (CANSTAT).
The 2024 cohort of awardees spans various institutions and regions in BC. Given BC’s size and geographical diversity, it’s important to support researchers who are grounded in the needs and priorities of local communities.
StrokeCog awardees include Elise Wiley and Guilherme Moraes Balbim, postdoctoral fellows from the University of British Columbia.
Guilherme Moraes Balbim – Rise & Shine: Promoting Sleep Quality in Chronic Stroke with Exercise
Elise Wiley – Optimizing stroke recovery in women through accessible modalities of health service delivery: A sex-and gender-based analysis of the TeleRehabilitation with Aims to Improve Lower Extremity Recovery (TRAIL) Clinical Trial
Clinical Trials BC, part of Health Research BC, plays an instrumental role in developing CANTRAIN’s national training platform, education program and evaluation. Together with CTTPs, we’re creating a diverse, skilled research talent pool and advancing BC’s vision for a robust clinical trials ecosystem.
Join us in congratulating this year’s recipients.