Researchers and staff at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology & Evaluation provide consultation in a wide range of areas including study design, data collection & management, statistical analysis, systematic reviews, and health economics. Free one-hour consultations are available to VCHA staff through scheduled appointments.
Additional assistance in preparing methodological aspects of grant applications, including literature review, study design, sample size calculations, data collection, data management and statistical analytic strategies is available but limited; researchers are strongly encouraged to contact the Centre early in the development of their grant proposal.
To request an appointment please complete a Consultation Request Form.
** Please note that the consultation service can be busy and at times it can take up to two weeks to arrange an initial consultation.**
We have established formal collaborations with existing partner research groups (Emergency Medicine, Hip Health and Mobility, Respiratory/Lung Health and Trauma) and plan for expansion of the collaborating group model, to include other research-based centres over the coming years.
A key feature of a collaborative arrangement is the full engagement of faculty from both centres in the development of research ideas, the planning of research projects and programs, and the writing of grants. Faculty members from both centres are then co-applicants on the grant, with shared responsibility for successful delivery of the research project, and appropriate grant funding flowing in both directions. The hope is that this then leads to joint and ongoing research programs being established and appropriate co-authorship of research manuscripts by faculty and staff across both centres, in line with the contributions made by members of the research team.
The collaborating group model should ideally stretch beyond a pure research focus to include dissemination activities, such as the co-hosting of events such as seminars and workshops, and inputs to shared teaching and learning activities.
The arrangement in place currently is that the leads for the collaborating group partnership with C2E2 (Jeff Brubacher, Corrine Hohl, Mark FitzGerald, Karim Khan and David Evans) are designated as full members of C2E2, with associate status additionally provided to their relevant research staff. In addition, infrastructure support is available from C2E2 in the form of office space, network and server access and some administrative support.