About the Research Institute

Who We Are

Bruyère Health Research Institute conducts world-class research to maximize quality of life and shape the future health care. As part an academic sciences centre, our research supports evidence-based care with a focus on memory, aging in place, and long-term care, palliative care, rehabilitation and recovery, and social accountability.

Bruyère Health and its Research Institute are fully affiliated with the University of Ottawa, and have other regional academic, government, NGO, and industry partners engaged in collaborative research and innovation initiatives.

Learn more about our investigators.

What We Do

We strive to change health care for the better. Our research not only benefits our patients but affects change across our health care system by leading best practice and exploring new and improved solutions to building system capacity and supporting care.

Our research priorities include Memory, Aging in Place, and Long-Term Care; Palliative Care; Rehabilitation and Recovery; and Social Accountability (encompassing Primary Care and Health Equity).

Learn more about our research priorities.

We are comprised of world-class researchers and are host to:

• The Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care
• The Pan-Canadian Palliative Care Research Collaborative
• The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity

Vision

To be Canada’s leading research and innovation centre for our patient populations and be an internationally recognized model.

Mission

To build an ecosystem of research and innovation to support the healthcare needs of our patients, community, and country.

Our Impact

Learn more about how research and innovation is changing the future of care:

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