See: www.crich.ca

ACHIEVE Post-Doctoral Fellowship

2011-2013 Post-Doctoral Fellowships: Call for Applications

Submission Deadline: February 1, 2011

The ACHIEVE Research Partnership:
“Action for Health Equity Interventions”

A Canadian Institutes for Health Research Strategic Training
Initiative in Health Research at the CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON INNER
CITY HEALTH (Keenan Research Centre, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute,
St. Michael’s Hospital) Toronto, Canada

ACHIEVE is aimed to equip new researchers with the competencies
necessary for closing the gap between measuring health inequities and
reducing them. The program has two main foci:

• Population Health Intervention Research
• Community Engagement and Partnerships

Information & Eligibility:

• PhD and/or health professional degree1 completion. For health
professional applicants, additional completion of Master’s level
degree is preferred, to ensure the candidate has advanced research
skills. However, ACHIEVE also aims to build capacity related to
interventions research for marginalized populations. In the absence of
advanced research training among health professional applicants,
practical experience with marginalized populations will be strongly
considered.

• Term: September, 2011 – August, 2013.

• Stipend: Based on CIHR guidelines for qualified candidates

• Fellows are required to complete all training program components
within the two years.

• 4-6 Fellows may be accepted for the 2011-2013 session

Important Dates:

Deadline to apply: February 1, 2011 ; Decision announcements: May,
2011

For More Information & To Apply, go to www.crich.ca/education.php

1 For information about eligible health professions, visit
www.stmichaelshospital.com/crich/fellowship1.php.

The ACHIEVE Research Partnership

Brief Overview

ACHIEVE is designed to equip new researchers with competencies that
are typically unavailable through traditional graduate training, yet
are necessary for closing the gap between measuring urban health
inequities and reducing them.

We have two primary foci:

1. Population Health Intervention Research: Often, population health
research focuses on measuring the extent of health inequities, rather
than generating and testing effective interventions to reduce them.
This program will emphasize interventions-focused research aimed to
illuminate solutions to complex problems and facilitate
sustainability.

2. Community Engagement & Partnerships: ACHIEVE will prepare
researchers for careers both within and outside the academy. The
program will prioritize experiences to work effectively with, and to
be relevant to inner city health service providers, policy-makers,
and advocates.

Note: Fellows work closely with a mentor(s) who provides guidance for
the duration of the program.

Agency Partnerships

The hallmark of ACHIEVE is engaged partnership building among Fellows
and community agencies, health care providers, policy-makers, and
advocacy organizations in order to advance the use of research
evidence. Agency Partners’ involvement will expose Fellows directly
to real pressures facing inner city programs and policy-making
environments and will support Fellows in  developing approaches for
conducting research and supporting the utilization of research
findings that are responsive to the practical conditions of inner
city health work. Agencies will benefit from access to expertly
trained researchers, access to research materials and evidence, and
the opportunity to shape the research agenda.

Required Curricular Elements

1. Mentorship in Developing an Independent Program of Inner City
Health Research
2. Collaborative Team Research Project for Inner City Health
3. Learning Modules in Research Methods, Knowledge Translation and
Research Ethics
4. St. Michael’s Hospital Research Community Participation

Approach: We are motivated by the CIHR’s goal to produce the next
generation of “creative agents for change,” and by the Institute of
Population and Public Health’s call for interventions research,
defined as “the use of scientific methods to produce knowledge about
policy and program interventions that operate within or outside of
the health sector and have the potential to impact health at the
population level.”

The Centre for Research on Inner City Health (CRICH) is part of the
Keenan Research Centre in the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St.
Michael’s Hospital. CRICH receives infrastructure funding from the
Ministry of Health and Long Term Care (Government of Ontario).

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Toronto, Ontario, CANADA - M3J 1P3
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