POPCORN Awarded CIHR Interim Funding to Advance Child and Maternal Health Research

POPCORN is proud to announce that we’ve received 2 years of interim funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to continue strengthening child and maternal health research across Canada. This new funding will support ongoing pandemic preparedness, continue to make critical health data accessible, and engage patients and families in research that informs policy and care.

Funds will be used to strengthen POPCORN’s national networks and enhance core data systems, support centralized biostatistics and data management, advance equity, diversity, and inclusion across its projects and teams, and maintain meaningful patient and family engagement.

Launched in 2022, POPCORN has brought together 16 children’s hospitals, maternal health centres, and national research networks to share data and deploy studies more quickly, train researchers, and help doctors, researchers, and policymakers make better decisions.

We would like to thank and congratulate everyone whose work led to the success of this grant funding!