Innovation Fund
TRAC-PG and SickKids has completed its 4rth Annual Call for Abstracts for the Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research.
Deadline for submission for the 2012 funding year is October 17th, 2012 and applications will not be accepted beyond the deadline date.
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The Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research is a fund gifted by families and individuals, including the Sasha Bella Fund for Family Centred Care and the SickKids Foundation in support of Canadian pediatric palliative care research. The Fund was initiated in 2008 and has offered an annual gift of up to $10,000.00 to TRAC-PG to support new innovations in children’s palliative care research. Funds may be used to support grant writing, program/evaluation development, LOI’s, educational activities related to research, clinical projects with an evaluation component or for pilot or seed grant research projects of innovative clinical and basic science research in children’s palliative care. Possible topic areas include but are not limited to communication; family centred care; end of life care; interprofessional practice; quality of life; pain and symptom management; instrument development; program/systems evaluation; grief and bereavement and legacy making.
Innovation Fund in Children’s Palliative Care Research Overview
Granting Year One (2008)
Number of Applications Received = 4
Number of Grants Funded = 2
Total Grant Money = $6,674.00
Granting Year Two (2009)
Number of Applications Received = 10
Number of Grants Funded = 4
Total Grant Money = $`8,464.00*
*The Social Work Research Endowment Fund at SickKids partnered on 2 studies providing an additional $2,000.00 per study where the PI was a SickKids social worker
Granting Year Three (2010)
Number of Applications Received = 4
Number of Grants Funded = 1
Total Grant Money = $9,860.00
Granting Year Four (2011)
Number of Applications Received = 8
Number of Grants Funded = 3
Total Grant Dollars = $10,000.00
Total Grants Funded = 10
Total Grant Dollars = $48,919.00
2011 Grant Review Committee members
Laura Beaune (Chair, non-voting)
Christine Newman (TRAC-PG Rep)
Winnie Seto (Parent Rep)
Valerie McDonald (Parent Rep)
Barbara Muskat (SickKids member)
Beverly Guttman (community member)
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
2010 Winner of the Innovation Fund:
Ceilidh Eaton Russell, CCLs, MSc (candidate) Max & Beatrice Wolfe Children’s Centre, Temmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Mount Sinai Hospital, Maru Barrera, Ph.D c. Psychology, Haem/Onc Program, Department of Psychology & Research Institute, SickKids; Laura Beaune, MSW, Palliative and Bereavement Care Services, SickKids; Susan Cadell, MSW, PhD, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work, Wilfrid Laurier University; Adam Rapoport, MD, Division of Pediatric Medicine, SickKids, Pediatric Palliative Care Consultant, Max & Beatrice Wolfe Children’s Centre; Maria Rugg, RN, MN, CHPC(C), Palliative and Bereavement Care Service, SickKids; Rose Steele, RN, PhD, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health, York University; Kimberley Widger, RN, PhD (c), CHPCN(C), Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing, University of Toronto. “Sibling’s Perspectives: Toward a Better Understanding of their Involvement with a Dying Child”.
Amount Awarded: $9,860.00
2009 Winners of the Innovation Fund
Mary Ellen Macdonald, PhD, Stephen Liben, MD, Montreal Children’s Hospital; Susan Cadell, PhD, Wilfrid Laurier University; Ms. Lorie Kloda, Life Sciences Librarian, McGill University. ” A systematic review of bereavement after the death of a child: A meta-synthesis of literature on family bereavement experiences and interventions.”
Amount Awarded: $4,459.00
Simone Stenekes RN, MN, CHPCN(c), Mike Harlos MD, CCFP, FCFP, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA); Carla Ens PhD, Manitoba FASD Centre; Devon Brown RN, BN, Harvey Max Chochinov MD, PhD, FRSC, University of Manitoba; Susan Kuling, Royal University Hospital, Saskatoon Health Region. “Perinatal Palliative Care: Measuring the Impact of Manitoba’s Pediatric Symptom Management and Palliative Care Service (PPCS)”.
Amount Awarded: $4,015.00
Dr. David Nicholas, PhD, University of Alberta; Laura Beaune, MSW, Res. Dip. SW, Dr. Maru Barrera, PhD, The Hospital for Sick Children; Jonathan Bloomberg, The Wire. Understanding the experiences and support needs of fathers of children with life-limiting illnesses.
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00 plus $2,000.00 from the SickKids Social Work Research Endowment Fund
Barbara Muskat, PhD, MSW, RSW, Samantha Anthony, MSW, RSW, Res.Dip.SW, Laura Beaune, MSW, Res Dip. SW, David Brownstone, MSW, RSW, Pam Hubley, RN, MSc, ACNP, Christine Newman, MD FRCP(C), Adam Rapoport, MD, FRCPC, MHSc, The Hospital for Sick Children. Experiences and perceptions of paediatric health professionals providing end of life and palliative care
Amount Awarded: $5,000.00 plus $2,000.00 from the SickKids Social Work Research Endowment Fund
2008 Winners of The Innovation Fund
Susan Cadell PhD, MSW, Rose Steele RN, PhD, and Anita DeLongis PhD.“Better Understanding How Couples Cope with a Child’s Life-Threatening Illness”. Manulife Centre for Healthy Living, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work.Wilfrid Laurier University. $1800.00
Kimberley Widger RN PhD(c), CHPCN(c) Ann Tourangeau, RN, PhD, Rose Steele RN, PhD, David Streiner, PhD. “Development and testing of an instrument to measure parents’ perspectives of the quality of children’s end-of-life care. Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. University of Toronto.$4,874.00
