Partner Linkage Tool for the Catalyst Grant: 2025-26 Partnering for Impact

Overview

The 2025-26 Partnering for Impact – Catalyst Grant funding opportunity will foster the creation and strengthening of partnerships that reinforce trust and mutual understanding between researchers, knowledge users and knowledge holders. The catalyst grants are intended to support the time and enablers required for meaningful co-production activities that are driven by the needs of people and communities, knowledge users and/or knowledge holders.

This Partner Linkage tool (below) is intended to facilitate connections between researchers, communities, people with lived and/or living experience, knowledge holders, policy- and decision-makers, health providers, community organizations and health organizations, should there be interest. The Partner Linkage Tool includes information of people and organizations interested in partnering and their priorities of interest.

This is not a mandatory tool. The information is provided on a voluntary basis and in no way confers any advantages in the evaluation and funding of applications. Applicants may also pursue opportunities with people/organizations that are not profiled below, but that meet the definition of “knowledge user” or "applicant partner" as defined in the funding opportunity.

Are you a researcher, knowledge user or knowledge holder looking to collaborate on the Partnering for Impact Catalyst Grants? Fill out our Partner Linkage Tool online form. Your entered data and profile will be posted on the partner linkage tool soon, which will be updated weekly until the application deadline.

By completing and submitting this form, you are consenting to having your responses posted, and in the language in which it was submitted (English or French). You may request to have your information edited or removed at any time by sending a request to support-soutien@cihr-irsc.gc.ca.

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The information is provided in the language in which it was submitted by the respondent.

Contact Information Participant Type Funding Pool of Interest Area(s) of interest Additional Information

Sylvain Iceta, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry and Neurosciences, Laval University
sylvain.iceta.1@ulaval.ca

Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
  • Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry
  • Eating Disorders (including binge eating and food addiction)
  • Obesity & Metabolic Disorders / Type 1 Diabetes & Mental Health
  • Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
  • Mental-Physical Health Multimorbidity – co-occurring chronic physical and mental illnesses
  • Neuropsychology & Cognitive Function
  • Knowledge Translation/Mobilization
Is a psychiatrist-researcher specializing in the interface of mental health and chronic physical condition. Current research program focuses on the co-occurrence of mental illness with obesity and diabetes, aiming to uncover underlying mechanisms and improve patient outcomes. Eager to collaborate on co-produced research initiatives that bridge clinical practice and research in these areas. With experience in interdisciplinary study design (including quantitative clinical studies and qualitative patient-oriented research). Welcomes partnerships with community organizations, patient advocacy groups, healthcare providers, and other knowledge users to co-develop meaningful research projects that reinforce trust and mutual understanding between researchers and the communities they serve.

Sofia Ramirez
Research Impact - Osler Research Institute for Health Innovation
sofia.ramirez@williamoslerhs.ca

Community or Health organization
  • General Pool
  • Health Services and Policy Research, in the area of primary care
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of public health systems
Knowledge Mobilization Interested in collaborating

Shelly-Anne Li
Scientist, University Health Network
shellyanne.li@uhn.ca

Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee
  • Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)
  • Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies
  • Health Services and Policy Research, in the area of primary care
  • Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of structural determinants of health (Moving Upstream)
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of public health systems
Community engagement, underserved communities, artists' health, knowledge mobilization, implementation science, research methods, clinical practice guidelines, medical education Skills in research methods, arts-based approaches, knowledge mobilization, implementation science, collaboration, community engagement. Has resources to contribute (matching funds, in-kind support, other resources that can be leveraged with affiliated institutions -University of Toronto, University Health Network)
Genaro Guevarra
Founder
glguevarra@gmail.com
204-955-5602
Morning Breeze
info@morning-breeze.ca
Manitoba
Community or Health organization General Pool

Digital Infrastructure between healthcare providers and the underserved Indigenous Communities in the remote and rural communities in Manitoba.

Digital infrastructure for the remote and rural Indigenous and First Nations communities.

Knowledge mobilization.

Access for database of knowledge keepers from within the Indigenous and First Nations community

Daniel Bordenave
CEO
david@bisepinnovations.com
Community or Health organization
  • General Pool
  • Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of global health
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of public health systems
We are a medical device company that has a device to help with patient transferring and ambulation training. We are interested to find a partner Healthcare Organization & Researcher for a potential project. For a project we can contribute our knowledge, product and past data from other research projects
Hardeep Singh
Assistant Professor
hardeepk.singh@utoronto.ca
500 University Avenue
416-946-3724
Ontario
Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee
  • Health Services and Policy Research, in the area of primary care
  • Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of global health
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of structural determinants of health (Moving Upstream)
Stroke; rehabilitation services; health care; health equity Skills in qualitative research methods, knowledge mobilization, and arts-based.
Isabelle Goupil-Sormany
Médecin clinicien enseignant - agrégée
isabelle.goupil-sormany@fmed.ulaval.ca
Québec
Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee
  • Pandemic Preparedness and Health Emergencies
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of global health
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of climate justice
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of structural determinants of health (Moving Upstream)
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of public health systems
Spécialisée dans les inégalités sociales de santé liée à l'environnement, incluant la justice environnementale et la justice climatique. Aussi médecin spécialiste en santé publique avec un large éventail d'expérience et de lieu de travail (autant au niveau ministériel durant la pandémie) qu'au niveau local et régional. Idéation, révision, évaluation, accompagnement, collaboration, collecte de données.
Morgan Price
UBC Associate Professor; Director of the primary care Innovation Support Unit (ISU)
morgan.price@ubc.ca
BC
Innovation Support Unit
Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee
  • General Pool
  • Canada's Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR)
  • Health Services and Policy Research, in the area of primary care
I am a health informatics and action researcher. I like to apply design thinking and systems thinking methods to complex or "wicked" problems. The ISU's work is typically very engaged and focused on rapid iterative change in primary care, we are also branching out into adjacent areas like mental health. We have some tools like our Team Mapping facilitation method and our CapEs CAPacity EStimator to help primary care workforce planners explore options for team-based primary care. Examples on our website isu.ubc.ca
Kevin
Professor, Research Chair, Dept Family Medicine, Dalhousie University
kpottie@dal.ca
Nova Scotia
Kevin Pottie - Dalhousie University
Researcher: early career, mid-career, senior, trainee
  • Health Services and Policy Research, in the area of primary care
  • Population and Public Health, in the area of global health
Advancing health equity (knowledge mobilization) in diabetes and obesity using dual (physical and patient) education initiatives, focusing on immigrant and refugee populations, and internationally trained health professionals interested in engaging newcomer patients, advocates, international trained health professionals and primary care practitioners
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