Healthier children and youth through collaborative research
The Maternal, Infant, Child and Youth Research Network (MICYRN) is a multi-disciplinary initiative to support world-class clinical research nationwide. The vision is that the synergistic strength gained from a formal collaborative network of leading researchers and integrated infrastructure will spur tremendous advances that are unattainable by individual groups. Research partners consist of established and emerging clinical teams, research networks and groups committed to integrating resources to maximize returns. MICYRN’s core objectives are to build innovative platforms to address gaps in the clinical research environment. MICYRN has established core programs in research partnerships, training, knowledge translation (KT), research methods, research ethics and regulatory affairs and funding partnerships. This network will also establish integrated access to innovative tools in data management, genomics and biobanking. All core programs will support a diverse range of quality clinical research as part of a coordinated and aggressive research effort to optimize health behaviour, interventions and overall health care from pre-conception to maturity.
Through the building of key infrastructure, MICYRN will:
- Generate new and innovative research programs by linking trans-disciplinary expertise;
- Increase the efficiency, quality and standards of clinical research practice, which will lead to improvements in patient recruitment, data management and regulatory adherence as well as more efficient completion of randomized trials;
- Create a mentored, comprehensive, trans-disciplinary curriculum to train highly qualified clinical research personnel; and
- Dramatically improve the rate of knowledge translation (KT) and the impact of evidence on policies and practices in maternal and child health.
Our goal is to build Canada’s maternal, infant and child health researchers into one community dedicated to improving the health of Canadian mothers and children.
