Anand, Sonia S

Published purpose

The Centre for Research on Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies will provide multi-year funding for applications that have a primary research objective on preventing, preparing for, responding to, and recovering from existing and future pandemics and other health emergencies. While all relevant research applications within this scope are eligible, projects that focus on the prevention of and/or recovery from pandemics and health emergencies are strongly encouraged. In addition, projects that include at least one of the following topics/themes are also encouraged: • Clinical, population health or health systems research • Knowledge Mobilization • Effect of social, cultural, environmental, structural and/or biological determinants of health or health equity on prevention and / or recovery • Research priorities identified by First Nation, Inuit, Métis and/or Urban Indigenous communities • Evaluation of effective science communications and/or knowledge mobilization activities related to prevention and/or recovery • Evaluation of systems that enable effective and efficient prevention, and/or recovery *For the purpose of this Priority Announcement, a health emergency is defined as: A present or imminent event or phenomenon, of a temporary, acute nature, with actual or potential significant negative impacts on human health, resulting in a serious disruption of the functioning of a community; and/or the declaration of a state of emergency by a municipal, provincial/territorial, federal and/or Indigenous government, or international organization with a health research mandate, and which requires prompt research action to protect and strengthen human health