Abstract
The purpose of this session is to give potential applicants to the Public, Community and Population Health (PH) Peer Review Committees of the CIHR Project Grant program an opportunity to hear first-hand about the committee ‘culture’. This information session will cover what sort of proposals are regularly seen in the PH committees, what aspects are generally well-received by reviewers, what factors are considered particularly important, how the committees’ mandate is interpreted, what types of proposals are transferred to or from other committees. The chairs, Drs. Kwame McKenzie and Chris McLeod will be available to make comments on these issues and to interact with potential applicants on their questions.
Speakers
Dr. Kwame McKenzie | Chair, PH2 - CIHR Project Grant Program
Professor (Dr) Kwame McKenzie is CEO of Wellesley Institute; a full Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto, Director of Health Equity at CAMH; and, a practicing psychiatrist. His expertise is the social causes of illness and the development of effective, equitable social policy and health services and systems. His work and collaborations have influenced local and national social and health policy and teaching, clinical practice, services and policy in mental health.
Dr. Chris McLeod | 2021 Chair, PH2 - CIHR Project Grant Program
Dr. Chris McLeod is Associate Professor and Head of the Occupational and Environmental Health Division in the School of Population and Public Health at the University of BC, and Co-Director of the Partnership for Work, Health and Safety. His research focuses on the program and policy evaluation of occupational health policies and practices and on the causes and consequences of work-related injury and disease. He is currently leading an evaluation of the Health and Safety Excellence program in Ontario that focuses on changing health and safety practices and impact on longer term health and safety outcomes. Other areas of research include an assessment of the effectiveness of occupational health and safety management systems; exploring the effect of COVID-19 policies on violence, bullying and harassment in the service sector in BC and national and international comparative work on return-to-work after work injury. Dr. McLeod has been a CIHR peer reviewer and scientific officer since 2017 and most recently was the chair of the Project Grant Scheme, September 2021 competition