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Ontario Health Human Resources Research Network

The Ontario Health Human Resources Research Network is looking for researchers in Ontario interested in being part of a province-wide network dedicated to providing evidence-based advice to the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-term Care (MOHLTC) as well as participating collaboratively with OHHRRN researchers across Ontario.

This Program is funded by the MOHLTC under the umbrella of the Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network (OHHRRN) of the Applied Health Research Network Initiative (AHRNI).

GOAL: the goal of this network is to build capacity in health human resource research in the province And to have researchers available to respond to MOHLTC priorities, to share research ideas and innovations, and to integrate the OHHRRN research being conducted and planned for the future.

All network members are considered ‘Expert Resources’. The network will be composed of two levels:

1. Scientists - Would be willing to lead a response to MOHLTC priorities.
2. Affiliates - Membership in the network and potential to be a member of team responding to MOHLTC research priorities and can be co-leads on ministry-responsive questions.

To be eligible to be a Scientist and lead a response to the MOHLTC research questions you should be:

• Ontario based researcher
• appointed as faculty in a Canadian University
• willing to respond to MOHLTC questions as they arise (this can be a quick response to a longer term small research project)
• willing to provide the OHHRRN network with your areas of research competencies and areas of expertise
• willing to report your grants yearly to the OHHRRN network;
• if funding received from the OHHRRN network, willing to have your grants reported as leveraged by MOHLTC funds
• willing to provide up to one review per year for the proposed working paper series.

To be eligible to be an Affiliate you should be:

• Ontario based researcher or graduate student/post-doctoral fellow
• willing to be a member of a team responding to MOHLTC research questions
• willing to provide the OHHRRN network with your areas of research competencies and areas of expertise

Benefits to membership include:

• access to a competitive process for funding OHHRRN research trainees
• access to a competitive process for seed funding
• for scientists, eligible for research funds to respond to MOHLTC requests
• ability to share research ideas and results with a large network of OHHRRN researchers (increase collaboration and knowledge transfer within the OHHRRN community)
• exposure of your research to the MOHLTC of Ontario and knowledge of MOHLTC priorities

OHHRRN’s Online Database Directory:

The online database directory contains the names, areas of expertise and contact details of key researchers in Health Human Resources in Ontario.

The benefits of the database directory are:

• the ability for key researchers to create and edit their accounts,
• the ability to submit HHR related research, events and other HHR related documents to our OHHRRN Scientific Director for approval to showcase on the OHHRRN website.
• the ability to upload, update and display your CV and photo.
• the ability to choose how their information will be shared online by selecting one of two database directories:

1. Partners (i.e., open) database: information is publically shared on the OHHRRN website (i.e. anyone visiting the website can view this information). This database enables researchers to view/access partner information from the partners database only. To view the partners database please follow the link provided below.
2. Members database: information is only shared with other members of OHHRRN (i.e. not available on the public database). This is the only database that enables researchers to view/access information from both partners and members databases. To view/access this database, one must create an account and select the member only database function. Once an account has been created, one can login by clicking on the members tab on the home page of the OHHRRN website.

To view the open partners database, please click on the following link: View Partners Database.

If you are interested in becoming a partner/member or if you would like more information, please contact Chantal Demers, Research Coordinator of the Ontario Health Human Resource Research Network, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it ; 613-562-5800 x 8451.