A Year in Review from Bruyère Health Research Institute
12/16/2024
As 2024 comes to a close, we are looking back at how the Research Institute is driving change and supporting better care for Canadians and celebrating the scientists who make a difference here at Bruyère Health and beyond.
This year, we launched our Imagine a Future series – researchers sharing their vision for the future of care, and the work they are committed to in order to see it happen. Each story has been an inspiration for how research has the potential to change care across the country and make a difference for patients, residents, and our community.
Alongside their visionary stories, 16 Bruyère Health researchers were also recognized for their impactful contributions to research, appearing on Elsevier’s list of the top 2% of most-cited scientists in the world.
Several scientists shared the hope their research brings patients, with Dr. Andrew Frank covering the developments around new Alzheimer’s disease treatments in The Globe and Mail and Barbara Farrell, PharmD, highlighted the growing concerns of polypharmacy in older adults with the New York Times. Amy Hsu, PhD spoke to the Toronto Star about palliative care access in the community, and Dr. Daniel Myran shared insights to the links between substance use and mental health disorders with the Ottawa Citizen.
As an organization, we were grateful to that Bruyère Health was once again recognized as one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals, moving up the ranks four places, and also ranking first for research spending growth, third for researcher intensity, and sixth for research spending among hospitals in its tier.
Among our dedicated scientists, palliative physician and researcher Dr. Paul Hébert was appointed as President of the Canadian Institutes for Health Research. We saw additional leadership from Vivian Welch, PhD and Arne Stinchcombe, PhD who were awarded Applied Public Health Chairs, focusing on their work in health equity for older adults, and Dr. Daniel Myran was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Social Accountability.
As the sector faces new challenges and opportunities at the intersection of health, technology, and the law, our partnership with the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics will uniquely address how a health, ethics, and legal lens can unpack the complexities of our time.
This year we have celebrated the strength of our scientists, and the impact research has on the health outcomes of our community and country. We are excited to step into 2025 with a renewed commitment to research excellence.