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Research Groups affiliated with our department do world-renowned research in numerous critical areas.

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The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis is an interdisciplinary research centre committed to socially relevant research in health economics and health policy analysis, and to disseminating research evidence to decision makers in the health sector

The Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis is an interdisciplinary research centre committed to socially relevant research in health economics and health policy analysis, and to disseminating research evidence to decision makers in the health sector

Clinical Advances through Research and Information Translation involves knowledge translation, randomized trials, evidence-based medicine, systematic reviews and associated methodology, quality of life, technology assessment, clinical decision-making, and methods of using and teaching evidence-based medicine.

The Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging is a large, national, long-term study that will follow 50,000 Canadian men and women between the ages of 45 and 85 for a period of at least 20 years. Drs. Parminder Raina (CE&B), McMaster University), Susan Kirkland (Dalhousie University), and Christine Wolfson (McGill University) are co-directing this innovative, transdisciplinary study.

The Health Information Research Unit does research in health information
science dedicated to:<br />
1) the generation of new evidence-based knowledge about health and
clinical information problems <br />
2) the development of new information resources to support evidence-based
health care<br />
3) the evaluation of new innovations for overcoming barriers to
health care information.

The Program for Assessment of Technology in Health conducts and promotes evidence-based evaluations of the effectiveness and efficiency of new and existing health-care technologies.

The Program in Policy Decision Making does research into the public policy decision-making process, and best methods for transferring research knowledge in policy decision-making environments.

The Capacity Enhancement Program (CEP) is a strategic initiative of the Cancer Guidelines Action Group of the Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Our mandate is to improve the quality of cancer control for Canadians through training, education and skills acquisition;the inventory of cancer guidelines; and the Cancer Evidence Casebook.

The McMaster Health Knowledge Refinery (HKR) encompasses a collection of projects of the Health Information Research Unit (HiRU) related to the retrieval, appraisal, classification, organization, dissemination and uptake of evidence from research that is of direct relevance to human health care

The Ontario Clinical Oncology Group is an academic-based clinical trials development and coordination organization which focuses on cancer. It works with networks of clinician investigators locally, provincially, nationally and abroad to conduct trials which address clinically relevant questions.

The Program in Education Research and Development carries out research in health-sciences education and supports other FHS faculty in designing, administering, analyzing, and reporting on projects in educational research. Using

The Population Health Research Institute conducts large international clinical trials, population-health studies, and studies in outcomes research. Recent work involves studies in diabetes, risk factors and CVD in populations defined by ethnicity and/or geographic regions, determinants of cardiovascular risk factors in urban and rural populations in developing countries, childhood risk factors, and dementia

The Centre for Childhood Disability Research does research on children and youth with disabilities, focusing on the interrelationships between individuals, their families, communities, and health-care systems.

St. Joseph's Health System Research Network leads research on health care for the elderly across the continuum of acute, community and long-term care, and focuses on quality of life outcomes of older adults and their family caregivers.

Diabetes Hamilton is a novel community-based intervention aimed at people with diabetes, family physicians and area service providers. Newsletters, information tools, resource guides, forums and workshops are key components of this initiative, designed to increase diabetes awareness and improve disease management.

The Health Utilities Group develops and applies systems for measuring the health status and health-related quality of life of individuals, clinical groups and general populations.

The Program in Evidence-Based Care (Cancer Care Ontario) develops evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, standards, and indicators; carries out research on methods of evidence based decision making and implementation; and thereby bridges the gap between high quality cancer care research and current clinical care options.

The mission of the System-Linked Research Unit on Health and Social Service Utilization is to test out new and innovative ways of delivering health and social services for vulnerable people.

Through research and research-transfer activities, the Supportive Cancer Care Research Unit improves supportive care services to cancer patients and their families. Its research focuses on:<br />
1) information exchange<br />
2) quality and evaluation of supportive care <br />
3) use of new cancer therapies.

The Population Genomics Program mobilizes McMaster's expertise and resources in population health, genomics, clinical trials and health-research methodology to investigate the influences of gene-gene and gene-environment interactions on disease. It fosters interdisciplinary collaborations among clinical researchers and basic scientists to marshal new insights and discoveries in the burgeoning field of population genomics at McMaster.

The McMaster Health Forum strives to be a world-leading hub for improving health outcomes through collective problem solving. Operating at the regional/provincial level and at national levels, the Forum harnesses information, convenes stakeholders and prepares action-oriented leaders to meet pressing health issues creatively.<br />
The Forum acts as an agent of change by empowering stakeholders to set agendas, take well-considered actions and communicate the rationale for actions effectively.

The McMaster Evidence-Based Practice Centre systematically and
critically reviews all relevant scientific literature and writes
evidence-based reports on clinical-care topics contracted by the
US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and other granting
agencies; it also conducts research on methodologies and the effectiveness
of their implementation.

The Centre for Evaluation of Medicines provides expertise in clinical
pharmacology, toxicology, health economics, health policy, health
technology assessment, research design and biostatistics.