Webinars Announcing the Establishment of New Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN) Collaborating Centres

The Drug Safety and Effectiveness Network (DSEN) has been established to increase the evidence on the post-market safety and effectiveness of drugs available to regulators, policy-makers, health care providers and patients; and, to increase capacity within Canada to undertake high-quality research in this area. It is composed of 3 key components: the Coordinating Centre, to facilitate Network operations, the Steering Committee that will set priorities and provide strategic direction and the Collaborating Centres (CCs).

CCs will be formed of researchers and team members from across jurisdictions, universities and organizations. They will be interprovincial in geographic scope, possess the research capacity to respond in a timely manner to the drug safety and effectiveness questions of decision makers and must demonstrate a commitment to contribute to a greater national coordination of research efforts. Several CCs will be established in principal thematic areas of research methodologies, each supporting distinctive competencies within the national DSEN initiative.

Two funding opportunities were launched by DSEN on February 11, 2011 to establish new DSEN Collaborating Centers:

The Team Grant : DSEN Collaborative Centre for Prospective Studies (CCPS) will establish a CC consisting of three distinct Research Teams (funding pools) working in the thematic areas of:

• Active surveillance
• Pharmacogenomics of adverse drug reactions
• Comparative effectiveness

The Team Grant : DSEN Collaborative Centre for Network Meta-Analysis and Innovative RCT Designs (CCNI) will establish a CC consisting of two distinct Research Teams (funding pools) working in the thematic areas of:

• Network meta-analysis
• Innovative RCT designs

The Registration deadline for these funding opportunities is April 15, 2011. For more information, please visit CIHR's Funding Opportunities website.

Webinar Invitation: DSEN Team grants for the establishment of new DSEN Collaborating Centres

In order to provide further details on the objectives and funding pool structure of the DSEN Team Grant funding opportunities, two webinars are scheduled on February 25 and 28, 2011.

Staff of the DSEN Coordinating Office will focus on the funding opportunity for the establishment of the CCPS and CCNI (including the details on the scope, funds, eligibility criteria, timeline, application process… allowing ample time for questions and answers)

Webinars:

When: Two sessions of this webinar are offered:

Friday, February 25, 2011 13:00-15:00 Eastern Time

and

Monday, February 28, 2011 13:00-15:00 Eastern Time

Please respond by e-mail if you are planning to attend to one of the information sessions. Further details about how to access the session as well as supporting documentation will be provided once attendance is confirmed.

If you have any question please contact us by e-mail at DSEN-RIEM@cihr-irsc.gc.ca