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Article: BC adopts new health research strategy and launches $110-million foundation
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- April 4, 2001
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Foundation named in honour of late Dr Michael Smith
British Columbia's health research community has moved closer to parity with its provincial counterparts with the creation of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) (www.msfhr.org). Funded with $110
million in year-end money, the Foundation - named in honour of the late Dr Michael Smith - is aimed at building BC's research capacity to enable the sector to compete effectively for federal funding and recruit and retain highly skilled personnel. It also marks the first plank in the implementation of a new provincial health research strategy that was developed by the BC Health Research Coalition.
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