Posting Expiry
Research area: Prevention and management of chronic diseases, health services evaluative research
Research site: Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (Montreal, Quebec, Canada)
Fellowship description
The fellow will participate in the execution of funded research projects related to the Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program (CHAP) and, more specifically, in the current randomized trial conducted in social housing in the Montérégie region of Quebec. Projects will be selected taking into account the fellow’s areas of competency and academic record. The project(s) may use qualitative or quantitative methods, depending on the fellow’s interests. Examples of topics that could be pursued during the fellowship include:
- A profile of CHAP volunteers in Quebec
- The care paths of tenants in public housing
- A qualitative analysis of the impacts of CHAP on social cohesion and the feelings of isolation experienced by tenants of social housing
- Economic analysis of CHAP in social housing
Requirements
- Doctorate in Public Health, Community Health, Epidemiology, Family Medicine Research, Social Sciences, Psychology or another related discipline;
- Excellent academic record;
- Demonstrated initiative, ability to work independently, rigour, good organizational skills and leadership;
- Excellent command of French and English;
- The candidate will need to begin the postdoctoral fellowship in the winter of 2018 or the spring of 2019.
Financial support: Full-time postdoctoral fellowship ($45,000)
Term: 12 months
To submit an application
Send a cover letter describing your research interests, a complete resume including a list of publications, and the contact information of three references to: magali.girard.chum@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
La Chaire Docteur Sadok Besrour en médecine de famille
Our mission
Since its launch in the summer of 2001 as Canada’s first chair in family medicine, the Chair has helped improve family medicine by expanding research capacity in this field and by integrating knowledge and care in their clinical and organizational dimensions.
The Chair focuses on three priority problems: access to the services of a family physician, the lack of coordination and continuity of care, and the judicious use of resources.
Our core values
- Interdisciplinary collaboration
- Strong and systematic links with clinical settings and educational institutions
- Independent action vis-à-vis the directions taken by government and industry
- The ultimate goal of all activities is quality care for the public
The Chair is based at the Centre de recherche du CHUM, one of Canada’s largest health research centres.
Cardiovascular Health Awareness Program
CHAP is a community program designed to prevent and manage cardiovascular disease (CVD). Facilitated by volunteers and supervised by health professionals, a CHAP session includes measuring blood pressure, conducting health risk assessments, sharing educational tools and community resources, and receiving feedback from a family physician. Based on the evidence gathered to date, CHAP can:
- Identify adults with undiagnosed or uncontrolled high blood pressure
- Significantly reduce participants’ blood pressure
- Optimize drug regimens
- Reduce cardiovascular-related hospitalization rates and health care system costs in the communities where it is implemented
Investigators at the Centre de recherche du CHUM, the Université de Montréal and McMaster University are working on implementing and assessing CHAP in social housing in the Montérégie region of Quebec and the Niagara region of Ontario, to improve health and optimize the utilization of health services by residents.
Principal investigators: Dr. Janusz Kaczorowski and Dr. Marie-Thérèse Lussier