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. Memorial ) University of Newfoundland Publications Mail Registration No. 551 988 ' Volume 32 Number 10 A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION January 13, 2000 Health benefits Photo by Chris Hammond New digs MUNSU President Leigh Borden stands outside the new University Centre. For more information about the new building, see page 4. Storm warning The next time you wake up to a raging blizzard, reach for your radio before reaching for your snow shovel (or an extra quilt, or a cup of cocoa). Memorial relies on local radio stations to get the news out when classes are cancelled due to inclement weather. When a class has to be cancelled on the St. John's campus — for a storm or any other reason — professors should contact departmental offices, which should then contact the Division of University Relations H at 737-8665. University Relations uses a U code when informing radio stations of class 1 cancellations so that bogus information I won't be accepted. | At the Marine Institute in St. John's, the j decision to close classes in wintry weather is I made in consultation with Memorial's presi- I dent. Some factors which influence the deci- I sion are whether the City of St. John's has declared a state of emergency and whether public transportation is still operating. If bad weather results in classes being cancelled at Memorial — including the Marine Institute — the information is provided to St. John's radio stations CHMR FM at Memorial, VOCM/ VOFM, CBC Radio, OZ FM, and Q Radio/KIXX Country. Students at Memorial's St. John's campus can also listen to these stations to find out about classes cancelled for other reasons. When stormy weather strikes Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Comer Brook — though class cancellations for this reason are rare — Dennis Waterman, director of Administration and Finance makes the call, in consultation with the nearby College of the North Atlantic. When in doubt, SWGC students should tune in to Corner Brook radio stations CFCB, KJXX Country, or CBC Radio. By Sharon Gray Memorial has a new centre to promote interdisciplinary and inter- faculty teamwork in funding proposals and research in the health field. The Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research was established to take advantage of a wave of national initiatives in funding for health research in general and applied health research in particular. The director of the centre is Dr. Stephen Bornstein, who joined Memorial as a faculty member in Political Science in September but is seconded to the Faculty of Medicine for five years. The centre is located on the first floor of the medical school and currently consists of Dr. Bornstein and an assistant, Gerona McGrath. Dr. Bornstein sees the staff growing to between five and seven people in the next few years. "We need full-time researchers to do research on grants and contracts and we need people with expertise in writing up grants and coordinating research teams." The reason Dr. Bornstein sees this expansion as possible and necessary has to do with new funding opportunities. The Medical Research Council of Canada will be replaced by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in April, 2000. It has a transitional budget of $225 million and a projected annual budget that will far exceed current funding for health within all the national granting councils combined. "The CIHR has a very broad mandate including basic bio-medical research, population health, applied clinical research, and health services research. The last three are right up the alley of this new centre." In addition, said Dr. Bornstein, the new Canadian Health Services Research Foundation has a mandate to encourage multi-disciplinary teams that can integrate research across fields and disciplines. "Our centre can help people write the grants, find the funding partners, find the collaborators, and later help administer the grant. We're here to help make things happen." The centre hopes to take advantage of these new funding opportunities for interdisciplinary health research by helping researchers across campus, in medicine and in other faculties and schools, to work more effectively with one another in interdisciplinary teams in a very broad target area — applied health research. The centre will work with existing research teams in the health sciences area and the Health Care Corporation such as the Patient Research Centre, the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, the Health Research Unit in Community Health and the new Nursing Research Unit, as well as other research teams that may develop across campus. In addition, the Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research has been designed to facilitate cooperation between university researchers, the public policy makers in government, and the health care HSIMS Photo Dr. Stephen Bornstein boards. The objective is to get researchers and decision makers working together in all stages of an effective research/policy loop — planning the research agenda, doing the work, implementing new policies based on the new scientific evidence, and evaluating the outcomes. Dr. Bornstein came to Memorial from McGill University, where he was a professor of political science and also served as associate dean of graduate studies and research. From 1990 to 1995, he worked for the Government of Ontario as assistant deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs. Grenfell meeting By Pamela Gill Researchers on the west coast of the island were given an introduction to the Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research recently. Director Dr. Stephen Bornstein met with researchers at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College to explain his organization's role within the larger scope of the new Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Memorial University's Centre for Applied Health Research promotes interdisciplinary and interfaculty teamwork in funding proposals and research. The centre encourages faculty to work with each other, as well as with partners in the community, such as health-related fund-raising organizations. At a small gathering of Grenfell faculty, doctors and nurses, Dr. Bornstein described the centre's role as "brokering partnerships." "There's a real possibility for long-term collaboration between the centre in St. John's and the centre here," he said, referring to Grenfell's Applied Research Unit, which matches research needs in the community with resources at the college. "This is a resource to help people connect with policy makers, researchers and the people with the money."
Object Description
Title by Date | 2000-01-13. MUN Gazette, vol. 32, no. 10 |
Publisher | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
Place of Publication | St. John's (N.L.) |
Date | 2000 |
Physical Description | ill. |
Description | The official newspaper of Memorial University of Newfoundland. |
Subject | Memorial University of Newfoundland--21st century--Periodicals |
Note | Range: 1968-present, biweekly during the university year and monthly during June, July and August. |
Indexed In | Newfoundland Periodical Article Bibliography |
Location | Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Avalon Peninsula--St. John's |
Time Period | 21st Century |
Type | Text |
Resource Type | Periodical |
Format | image/jpeg; application/pdf |
Language | eng |
Collection | MUN Gazette newspaper |
Sponsor | Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
Source | Print text held in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies. |
Repository | Memorial University of Newfoundland. Libraries. Centre for Newfoundland Studies |
PDF File | (1.95 MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/mun_gazette/MUNGaz_V32N10.pdf |
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Title by Date | Cover |
Description | MUN Gazette, Vol. 32, No. 10 (January 13, 2000) |
PDF File | (1.95MB) -- http://collections.mun.ca/PDFs/mun_gazette/MUNGaz_V32N10.pdf |
Transcript | . Memorial ) University of Newfoundland Publications Mail Registration No. 551 988 ' Volume 32 Number 10 A MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND PUBLICATION January 13, 2000 Health benefits Photo by Chris Hammond New digs MUNSU President Leigh Borden stands outside the new University Centre. For more information about the new building, see page 4. Storm warning The next time you wake up to a raging blizzard, reach for your radio before reaching for your snow shovel (or an extra quilt, or a cup of cocoa). Memorial relies on local radio stations to get the news out when classes are cancelled due to inclement weather. When a class has to be cancelled on the St. John's campus — for a storm or any other reason — professors should contact departmental offices, which should then contact the Division of University Relations H at 737-8665. University Relations uses a U code when informing radio stations of class 1 cancellations so that bogus information I won't be accepted. | At the Marine Institute in St. John's, the j decision to close classes in wintry weather is I made in consultation with Memorial's presi- I dent. Some factors which influence the deci- I sion are whether the City of St. John's has declared a state of emergency and whether public transportation is still operating. If bad weather results in classes being cancelled at Memorial — including the Marine Institute — the information is provided to St. John's radio stations CHMR FM at Memorial, VOCM/ VOFM, CBC Radio, OZ FM, and Q Radio/KIXX Country. Students at Memorial's St. John's campus can also listen to these stations to find out about classes cancelled for other reasons. When stormy weather strikes Sir Wilfred Grenfell College in Comer Brook — though class cancellations for this reason are rare — Dennis Waterman, director of Administration and Finance makes the call, in consultation with the nearby College of the North Atlantic. When in doubt, SWGC students should tune in to Corner Brook radio stations CFCB, KJXX Country, or CBC Radio. By Sharon Gray Memorial has a new centre to promote interdisciplinary and inter- faculty teamwork in funding proposals and research in the health field. The Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research was established to take advantage of a wave of national initiatives in funding for health research in general and applied health research in particular. The director of the centre is Dr. Stephen Bornstein, who joined Memorial as a faculty member in Political Science in September but is seconded to the Faculty of Medicine for five years. The centre is located on the first floor of the medical school and currently consists of Dr. Bornstein and an assistant, Gerona McGrath. Dr. Bornstein sees the staff growing to between five and seven people in the next few years. "We need full-time researchers to do research on grants and contracts and we need people with expertise in writing up grants and coordinating research teams." The reason Dr. Bornstein sees this expansion as possible and necessary has to do with new funding opportunities. The Medical Research Council of Canada will be replaced by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) in April, 2000. It has a transitional budget of $225 million and a projected annual budget that will far exceed current funding for health within all the national granting councils combined. "The CIHR has a very broad mandate including basic bio-medical research, population health, applied clinical research, and health services research. The last three are right up the alley of this new centre." In addition, said Dr. Bornstein, the new Canadian Health Services Research Foundation has a mandate to encourage multi-disciplinary teams that can integrate research across fields and disciplines. "Our centre can help people write the grants, find the funding partners, find the collaborators, and later help administer the grant. We're here to help make things happen." The centre hopes to take advantage of these new funding opportunities for interdisciplinary health research by helping researchers across campus, in medicine and in other faculties and schools, to work more effectively with one another in interdisciplinary teams in a very broad target area — applied health research. The centre will work with existing research teams in the health sciences area and the Health Care Corporation such as the Patient Research Centre, the Clinical Epidemiology Unit, the Health Research Unit in Community Health and the new Nursing Research Unit, as well as other research teams that may develop across campus. In addition, the Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research has been designed to facilitate cooperation between university researchers, the public policy makers in government, and the health care HSIMS Photo Dr. Stephen Bornstein boards. The objective is to get researchers and decision makers working together in all stages of an effective research/policy loop — planning the research agenda, doing the work, implementing new policies based on the new scientific evidence, and evaluating the outcomes. Dr. Bornstein came to Memorial from McGill University, where he was a professor of political science and also served as associate dean of graduate studies and research. From 1990 to 1995, he worked for the Government of Ontario as assistant deputy minister of intergovernmental affairs. Grenfell meeting By Pamela Gill Researchers on the west coast of the island were given an introduction to the Newfoundland Centre for Applied Health Research recently. Director Dr. Stephen Bornstein met with researchers at Sir Wilfred Grenfell College to explain his organization's role within the larger scope of the new Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Memorial University's Centre for Applied Health Research promotes interdisciplinary and interfaculty teamwork in funding proposals and research. The centre encourages faculty to work with each other, as well as with partners in the community, such as health-related fund-raising organizations. At a small gathering of Grenfell faculty, doctors and nurses, Dr. Bornstein described the centre's role as "brokering partnerships." "There's a real possibility for long-term collaboration between the centre in St. John's and the centre here," he said, referring to Grenfell's Applied Research Unit, which matches research needs in the community with resources at the college. "This is a resource to help people connect with policy makers, researchers and the people with the money." |