Research has a profound impact on the health and wellbeing of the people who live in our communities.
Health research provides important information about disease trends and risk factors, outcomes of treatment, patterns of care, and health care costs and usage to name a few. This is what fuels us to do more. Our journey to become a community-based research and academic centre began several years ago. Niagara Health established a dedicated Research Office to strengthen our research and academic partnerships and set out to conduct research that would inform care, inspire innovation and create environments of collaborative learning.Research Partnerships
Brock University and Niagara Health launched a new partnership in March 2019 that will increase opportunities to improve the overall health and wellbeing in our region and beyond. It will place a heightened focus on research that will help people stay healthy, improve both patient outcomes and the way healthcare is delivered, and create training and employment opportunities for Brock students and graduates.
Research Day
Niagara Health hosted its inaugural Research Day at its St. Catharines Site in November 2018. More than 100 researchers, students, academics and healthcare workers attended the event to learn about medical research being conducted in the region.
Our Partners
The Research Office has built strong networks within our organization that include departments such as Quality, Patient Safety & Risk, Decision Support, Health Records and many clinical departments and units across Niagara Health.
We're also very proud to work closely with our community partners:
Fostering Community Hospital Research
Two of our researchers recently published in the prestigious Canadian Medical Association Journal (September 3, 2019 issue) examined the impact of research activity in community health settings. Dr. Jennifer Tsang, Research Lead, Intensivist and Co-Director, Critical Care Research at Niagara Health, and Paige Gehrke, a Registered Nurse in our ICU at St. Catharines, were part of a team of clinicians who found that increased involvement in research could offer more capacity for national research, expedite knowledge translation, increase staff engagement, opportunities for continuing education and enhanced clinician career satisfaction, among many other benefits.
Learn more
Contact Info
Niagara Health Research Office
1200 Fourth Ave, St. Catharines, ON L2S 0A9
Zuher “Zeau” Ismail, MBA, MSc, OT Reg (Ont), CRM, CHE
Director, Interprofessional Practice, Ethics & Research
zeau.ismail@niagarahealth.on.ca
W: 905-378-4647 x44655 I F: 905-684-1468
Maria Bailey, Administrative Assistant to:
Zeau Ismail, Director, Interprofessional Practice, Ethics & Research
maria.bailey@niagarahealth.on.ca
Phone: 905-378-4647 Ext. 32304 | Fax: 905-684-1468
Jennifer LY Tsang, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Research Lead, Intensivist, Niagara Health,
Assistant Professor of Medicine, McMaster University
dr.jennifer.tsang@niagarahealth.on.ca
tsangj10@mcmaster.ca
W: 905-378-4647 x42919
Lori Richardson, Administrative Assistant
LoriE.Richardson@niagarahealth.on.ca
W: 905-378-4647 x43876
F: 905-323-3878
Useful Links
HiREB Information
For guidelines, application forms etc.
Health Canada
For reference documents relating to Health Canada regulated trials.
Food and Drug Regulations - Division 5 Part C
For regulations which govern clinical investigation drug trials in Canada.
International Conference on Harmonization - Good Clinical Practice (ICH GCP)
World Medical Association: Declaration of Helsinki
Tri-Agency Framework: Responsible Conduct of Research - RCR (2016)
Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (CAREB-ACCER)
Research Office Goals:
- To build healthcare learners’ and professionals’ skills and confidence in conducting health research
- To promote interprofessional collaboration in research
- To establish research networks with partners in the community to improve integration of primary and acute health services
- To improve health through knowledge translation
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Process for Research Studies Conducted at Niagara Health
Niagara Health ensures that all research is performed ethically, and in accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. Niagara Health has entered into a service agreement with the Research Institute of St. Joe’s Hamilton to provide support to researchers entering into contracts to conduct research. Niagara Health has also centralized ethics review for clinical research and clinical trials u...Read more » -
Research Ethics Board
Niagara Health ensures that all research is performed ethically, and in accordance with the Tri-Council Policy Statement: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans. Niagara Health has centralized ethics review for clinical research and clinical trials under the Hamilton integrated Research Ethics Board (HiREB). HiREB is also one of Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) qualified review boards. The Hamilton integrated Research Ethics Board ...Read more » -
Research News and Events
Recent research news and events at Niagara Health Niagara Health, Brock University team up to improve health and well-being in Niagara Brock University and Niagara Health launched a new partnership that will increase opportunities to improve the overall health and well-being in our region and beyond. Learn about how this affects research at Niagara Health . Shining the spotlight on medical research in Ni...Read more » -
Research and Quality
The Research Lead Office is committed to improving quality of patient care, health services efficiency and integration through efforts to build and support quality improvement initiatives and scholarly activities. Facilitating a focus on quality, the Research Lead Office seeks opportunities where quality improvement and research may intersect. Where do Quality Improvement and Research meet? The tested intervention involves devia...Read more »
