BC Environmental and Occupational Health Research Network

The Best Brains Exchange initiative is part of a larger CIHR provincial engagement strategy called Evidence on Tap. Evidence on Tap aims to produce high-quality, timely, and accessible evidence that responds to Ministry-identified health system priorities to help inform policy development, planning and program implementation. The Institute of Health Services and Policy Research developed Evidence on Tap to amplify CIHR’s capacity to engage with provincial and territorial ministries of health, and to generate applied and relevant research that is responsive to their priorities.
The Best Brains Exchange is a one-day, in-camera meeting for decision makers and researchers with expertise on a topic deemed high priority by the Ministry. Specifically, it is a forum to highlight existing and relevant research evidence on the topic (and where the gaps in evidence lie), to bring together both decision maker and researcher expertise on the issue, and to candidly discuss the applicability of the research for the province. The Best Brains Exchange is an informal forum for interaction, exchange and mutual learning between researchers and decision makers in order to support and facilitate the sharing and use of information on a high priority topic.
Deadline: various