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Videos: Living With IBD
We're excited to see these 4 new videos from the GI Society on living with IBD. Topics covered include nutrition, sexuality and medications. Check them out here: www.badgut.org/livingwithibd
We Want Your Input!
The IMAGINE Network wants your input! Help inform research priorities within our network that are important to you and where we should be focusing to be more responsive to patient needs. Fill out this survey to help shape our future research:...
IMAGINE’s MAGIC study published on BMJ Open
IMAGINE's protocol for the main cohort study, MAGIC, has been published on BMJ Open. You can read the full publication here.
IMAGINE Monthly Webinar Series: October 2020 Dietary Studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjiOieBWZ3w
IMAGINE network Virtual Annual Meeting 2020
IMAGINE's 2020 Annual Meeting is going to be virtual via Zoom. See below for our official invite and click on the image or click here to register! After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.
TNT Postdoctoral Recruitment
Please see below for an opportunity for a Postdoctoral position: We are seeking to recruit a post-doctoral fellow for the Eyes High Postdoctoral Program (details attached) for a large CIHR-funded research study, described below. We are reaching out to you today to...
IMAGINE Network Newsletter #14
Introducing PORCHH
We are excited to see that the Patient-Oriented Research Curriculum in Child Health (PORCCH) online modules are now live! TO ACCESS THE MODULES GO TO www.porcch.ca PORCCH is a series of interactive, online modules for patients and families, researchers, clinicians,...
IMAGINE Monthly Webinar Series: September 2020 Patient-Oriented Research and Patient Engagement in Research
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcXr4OoSfvQ&t=15s IMAGINE Co-Principal Investigator and Patient Engagement working group Co-Lead Dr. Deborah Marshall from the University of Calgary along with IMAGINE's Patient Engagement working group Co-Lead and Patient Research...
CDDW 2021 Abstract Deadline
CDDW 2021 will be taking place virtually March 6-7, 2021. Abstracts The abstract system will be opening shortly with an extended deadline of November 15, 2020 to accommodate late exams and unexpected work disruptions. We will be accepting abstracts for GRIT, Research...
IMAGINE Monthly Webinar Series: August 2020 Metabolomics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovEC_v_cCYw IMAGINE's August webinar took place on August 25 and featured Dr. Karen Madsen from the University of Alberta discussing how to optimize the use of metabolomics in clinical research studies. Topics discussed included: The...
Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News: For Better Clinical Trials, Engage Patients
Congratulations to IMAGINE Patient Research Partner, Sandra Zelinsky, on being featured in June's Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News! Full article below: [pdf-embedder...
IMAGINE Network Newsletter #13
IMAGINE Monthly Webinar Series: July 2020 IBD Clinical Studies
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmRB2RieDW0 IMAGINE's July 2020 Webinar took place on July 21 and featured Dr. Charles Bernstein, IMAGINE IBD Research Lead and Site Director from the University of Manitoba. Topics discussed included: What to consider when designing an...
IMAGINE Funding Support: Travel and Conferences
IMAGINE launches 2 new Capacity Building Initiatives: Conference Sponsorship & Travel Award for trainees Funding will be considered to support local/national conferences, symposia, workshops or other events that are relevant to IMAGINE’s research mandate. Funds...
OSSU EMPOWER Awards
The Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) is inviting proposals from qualified groups for additional knowledge translation and implementation funding to empower patient oriented research projects to achieve broader impacts on health, health policy and health system for...
The MOB Tells All
This article will discuss our experience of going through the University of Calgary PaCER Certificate Program in January 2019, generously sponsored by IMAGINE. Our Team, IBD National (also affectionately called The MOB (standing for Manitoba, Ontario, British...
The PaCER Perspective
The PaCER Perspective July 2020 Who are we? Our inter-generational, diverse team brings together parents of IBD patients, siblings of IBD patients, patients themselves and various professional voices to coalesce into an effective research group able to empathize with...
June 11: COVID-19 Updates: IBD Clinic of the Future
Crohn's and Colitis Canada will be holding a webinar on Thursday June 11 from 7:15-8:15pm to discuss how IBD clinics will change post COVID-19, what they have learned from COVID-19 to improve patient care, and what this means for patients in the future. Click on the...
June 9 & 25: Ensuring Optimal IBD Care in the ERA of COVID-19
The Autoimmune Learning Network will be hosting two live webinars on June 9 and June 25 discussing how to manage IBD patient care during the COVID-19 pandemic. To register, click on the image below or here:
Upcoming CCC Webinar: COVID-19 Updates: Mental Health and Wellness
Join Crohn's and Colitis Canada (CCC) along with IMAGINE researchers, Dr Charles Bernstein and Dr. Lesley Graff as they discuss mental and physical wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic. WHEN: Thursday, May 28th 2020, 7:00-8:00 pm ET Panel experts will provide...
IMAGINE Monthly Webinar Series June: FMT
Introducing IMAGINE's Monthly Webinar Series! Aimed at young researchers and trainees to increase their expertise and skills in various areas, these training webinars will be hosted monthly by one of our IMAGINE investigators to address some important methodological...
Stakeholder Dialogue: Supporting rapid learning and improvement for select conditions in Canada
IMAGINE is proud to present the results of our work with the McMaster Health Forum along with SPOR Networks, CHILD-BRIGHT and the Chronic Pain Network (CPN), to bring you the stakeholder dialogue about supporting rapid learning and improvement for select conditions in...
IMAGINE on the Let’s Gut Real podcast
IMAGINE research coordinator at the University of Calgary, Simone Withecomb, talks about our research and her own struggles with IBS on the latest episode of Let's Gut Real. Listen to it here:...
