Grant: Patient-Oriented Research Collaboration Grants

Women's reproductive health is an important and complex issue around the world. Social, economic and health factors all influence the health of women that may impact their reproductive outcomes. Sensitivities around reproductive and sexual health topics mean that women do not often feel comfortable asking questions or discussing their issues and concerns with their partners or their health providers. And complex research studies that involve complicated technologies often make it difficult for researchers to disseminate research findings in a way meaningful to patients. Taken together, these factors underline the critical importance of patients, clinicians, researchers and policy-makers working together to design studies, ask patient-centered research questions and to disseminate the results to those who need them in a format that is meaningful. A one-day Forum is proposed to discuss the latest research findings in five key areas of women's reproductive health, to prioritize future research questions and to explore how to engage patents in all aspects of the research process. Together, researchers, clinicians, patients and policy-makers will discuss the latest research, will identify outcomes that are important to patients, will prioritize new research questions and will explore ways to involve patients in research. This workshop will be held in Toronto in June 2016.