Press Release: CRIR launches the Knowledge Translation Hub for emerging researchers in health and social services!

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Montreal, February 1, 2023 – Start-up: Knowledge translation hub for the next generation of health and social services research

 

The Scientific Direction of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR) and its four partners are pleased to announce the launch of the Knowledge translation hub for the next generation of health and social services research.

The Hub is an infrastructure financed by the Fonds de Recherche du Québec – Santé for a period of four years (2022-2026). The Hub will implement and sustain a service of workshops, internships and mentoring that will provide training in cross-cutting skills to graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. The goal is to guide students through training in project management, leadership, communications, creativity, etc., to enhance their employment prospects, regardless of their career path.

The Hub is an initiative of five research centers located in the Montreal area:

  • Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation of Greater Montreal (CRIR)
  • Research Centre of the Geriatric University Institute of Montreal (CRIUGM)
  • Centre de recherche en santé publique (CReSP)
  • Center for Research and Expertise in Social Gerontology (CREGÉS)
  • SHERPA University Institute – Immigration, diversity, health

“Together, these five research centers bring together more than 1,100 students in the health and social services field”.

 

      

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