[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] In April, the Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Program launched a new Postdoctoral Fellowship Competition. A total of 8 applications were received and an evaluation committee comprised of researchers and patient partners was assembled for the adjudication process.This year, the Training and Mentoring Group will be granting 4 Postdoctoral Fellowship Awards of […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] National Diabetes Repository Diabetes Action Canada has successfully launched the first National Diabetes Repository in Canada.  This novel, secure analytics platform designed and implemented by Dr. Michelle Greiver (University of Toronto) and colleagues now contains information from over 110,000 individuals with diabetes in Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, Newfoundland and Quebec, along with […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] [siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Répertoire national sur le diabète Action diabète Canada a lancé avec succès le premier Répertoire national sur le diabète au Canada. Cette plateforme analytique sécurisée innovante a été conçue par la Dre Michelle Greiver (Université de Toronto) et des collègues. Elle contient maintenant des données sur plus de 110 000 personnes vivant avec le diabète […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] As Diabetes Action Canada enters its fourth year of funding, it is necessary to critically evaluate our programs and progress to plan for the next phase of our SPOR Network.  We are already well underway in conducting an internal network evaluation, led by Dr. Valeria Rac at the THETA Collaborative, University of Toronto […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Diabetes Action Canada Training and Mentoring Enabling Research Program is pleased to announce the 2019-20 awardees for the Patient-Oriented Research Inter-centre Trainee Internship Awards. Congratulation to the awardees who each received $10,000 for a period of one year! The Patient-Oriented Research Inter-centre Trainee Internship Awards in Diabetes and its Complications promotes networking and […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] Diabetes Action Canada’s National Diabetes Repository launched its inaugural grant competition in April 2019.  Our investigators were invited to submit proposals to address meaningful patient-oriented research questions using the Secure Analytic Virtual Environment (SAVE) of the National Diabetes Repository and three research proposals awarded $15,000 each.  Applicants submitted their proposals  through our new […]

The Banting and Best Diabetes Centre’s (BBDC’s) Knowledge Translation and Optimizing Care Models Program and Diabetes Pharmacists Network, recently released the second edition of their highly-regarded BBDC Guidebook on Diabetes Management. Led by Dr. Lori MacCallum, a Diabetes Action Canada researcher, the latest edition incorporates recommendations from Canadian clinical practice guidelines in diabetes, hypertension, lipids […]

[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] We are pleased to announce the successful recipients of the 2019-2020 Patient-Oriented Research Intercentre Trainee Internship Awards and their affiliations:   1- Celia Laur – Postdoctoral Research Fellow, WIHV, Women’s College Hospital   2– Heather Kewageshig – PhD (in progress), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto   Congratulations and good […]

In October 2018, Diabetes Canada held its annual professional conference in Halifax, NS.  Diabetes Action Canada supported two Patient Partners, Doug Mumford and Robert Fenton, as Scientific Ambassadors, to attend the Diabetes Canada Conference and participate in sessions of interest.  We are pleased to now have a full report on their experiences at the conference.  […]