Established formally in 2014, the University of Waterloo and Grand River Hospital (GRH) collaborative research partnership aims to:
- Connect Waterloo researchers with GRH clinicians to undertake joint research projects and access each institution's unique strengths
- Further health-related transformational research at Waterloo and GRH
- Advance care with innovative research, technologies, and evidence that impacts care at GRH and the broader health system
- Support the goals of improving patient outcomes and health care delivery processes
- Deliver the best value for every health care dollar
Joint research agenda topics
Grand River Hospital has set a number of research priorities for the University of Waterloo and Grand River Hospital research partnership. Topics include:
- Cancer
- Chronic disease management
- Aging well
- Care of the older adult
- Innovation in health care
- Patient and family experience with care
To learn more, please refer to Grand River Hospital's 2019 - 2024 priorities.
Partnership at a glance (2015-2021)
Read more about the partnership: Research, Funding, Education and Collaboration.
Looking to the future
GRH will partner with Waterloo to contribute to the success of Transformative Health Technologies initiative by engaging as:
- Problem Providers – identifying key areas of concern within our operations that would benefit from an innovation
- Co-Creators – by providing access to our clinical staff who can help inform on matters of the health of our population
- Knowledge Users – providing key insight on health policies, program and practices
