Annual Symposium and Research Innovation Grant

Hold the Date!  4rth Annual Pediatric Palliative Care Research Symposium: “A Day about Grief & Loss”. Wednesday October 24rth, 2012 at SickKids. Stay tuned for conference details and registration information.

The Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research grants $10,000 annually from families through the Sasha Bella Fund for Family Centred Care and the SickKids Foundation to support innovative pediatric palliative care research. Eight applications were received from across the country and the following 3 studies were selected as the recipients of the 2011 Innovation Fund grants:

2011 Winners of the Innovation Fund
C. Meghan McMurtry, PhD, C. Psych , Department of Psychology, University of Guelph, Shannon Marshall, RMT, Jennifer Stinson, RN, PhD, CPNP. Chronic Pain Program, The Hospital for Sick Children, Adam Rapoport, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Palliative and Bereavement Care Service, The Hospital for Sick Children, Maria Rugg, RN, BScN, MN, CHPC(C) Manager, Psychosocial Oncology & Supportive Care, Peel Regional Cancer Centre, Credit Valley Hospital, Mississauga “Feasibility and initial effectiveness of massage therapy for pain and anxiety reduction and improved quality of life in palliative children with cancer “
Amount Awarded: $4,000.00

Simone Stenekes RN, MN, CHPCN (c) - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Palliative Care Service - WRHA Palliative Care Program; Clinical Nurse Specialist – Canadian Virtual Hospice, Genevieve Thompson - RN, MN PhD - Faculty of Nursing, University of Manitoba, Research Associate - Manitoba Palliative Care Research Centre, CancerCare Manitoba, Mike Harlos MD, CCFP, FCFP Medical Director, WRHA Palliative Care Program & Pediatric Palliative Care Service; Professor and Section Head, Palliative Medicine, University of Manitoba; Physician Consultant – Canadian Virtual Hospice, Marie-Claude Proulx RN, MScN - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Pediatric Palliative Care - Montreal Children’s Hospital, Jamie Penner RN, MN - Doctoral Student, School of Nursing, McGill University, Stephen Liben MD - Director, Pediatric Palliative Care Program - Montreal Children’s Hospital, Grace MacConnell RN, MN - Clinical Nurse Specialist, Palliative Care Service - IWK Health Centre, Marie-Claude Gregoire MD, MSc, FRCPC - Physician, Palliative Care Service - IWK Health Centre, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics & Anesthesia, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS “Development of a Perinatal Palliative Care Survey”
Amount Awarded:  $4,000.00

Laura Beaune, MSW, Res Dip SW, Research Coordinator, Palliative and Bereavement Care Service, SickKids, Dr. Lee Ford-Jones, MD, Social Pediatrics, Pediatric Medicine, SickKids, Lee Ann Chapman, Lawyer, Family Legal Health Program, SickKids, Stanley Ing, Clinical Research Project Coordinator, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, Research Institute, SickKids, Dr. Adam Rapoport, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, Medical Director, Palliative and Bereavement Care Service, SickKids, Randi Zlotnik Shaul J.D., LL.M., Ph.D., Bioethicist, Department of Bioethics, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids, Rachel Vanderlaan, PhD, MD (candidate), Medical Student, Social Pediatrics, SickKids “The Prevalence of poverty among families of children with life-limiting illnesses: an exploratory 5 year review of children receiving care from the Palliative and Bereavement Care Service at SickKids”
Amount Awarded: $2,000.00

For further inquiries and applications, contact Laura Beaune at .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address).