About
The Covenant Health Research Centre (CHRC) is dedicated to promoting innovation, facilitating inquiry, developing partnerships and bringing research into practice in alignment with Covenant Health’s mission, vision, values and strategic directions.
Strategic focus areas
- serving vulnerable populations in the areas of mental health, continuing care, rural care, and palliative and end-of-life care
- developing transdisciplinary teams
- supporting new researchers
Why we conduct research
Research aligns with our values and is inherent in our Transform and Grow strategy. The Health Ethics Guide — a document produced by the Catholic Health Alliance of Canada that directs Covenant's practices — upholds research as important to supporting others. The guide also promotes the broader benefits of research.
Covenant values the benefits research opportunities bring to participants. Patients experience best practices in care and have access to new drugs, devices and other treatments, while staff and physicians learn and grow in providing quality patient care.
We also believe that participating in and/or facilitating academic research in partnership with academic institutions is important to building knowledge that benefits the wider community.
History
The CHRC formally began operating in March 2003. Before then, research was performed independently at the Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton General Continuing Care Centre and Misericordia Community Hospital. Since 2008, the CHRC has provided research services to all Covenant sites.
Partners
We work with many partners to create a culture of research excellence in Alberta.
Provincial
National
Covenant centres of excellence
- Ethics and Discernment Centre
- Institute for Reconstructive Sciences in Medicine
- Network of Excellence in Seniors' Health and Wellness
- Northern Alberta Vascular Centre
- Palliative Institute
Academic
Contact
Wayfinding and approval process
Development, grants and knowledge exchange
researchprojects@covenanthealth.ca