Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement (ICE) for Vulnerable Population Research

 “ICE” (Interdisciplinary Capacity Enhancement) is a generic term used by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for strategic research capacity building grants.  The goal of CIHR's Reducing Health Disparities Initiative is to "generate outstanding research and build excellent research capacity to document, analyze, and contribute to reducing health disparities."

To differentiate our ICE from other ICE grants and to provide a short label for the ICE related work of NELS, the acronym NELS ICE is used to mean the CIHR funded ICE work associated with the NELS.

NELS ICE research capacity developments will take place primarily within the Dalhousie University Faculties of Health Professions and Medicine, the Capital Health District Authority, Cancer Care Nova Scotia, and the IWK Health Centre.  NELS ICE is associated with local, national, and international research collaborations insofar as they promote the achievement of NELS ICE goals and objectives.

Overview of NELS ICE CIHR-Funded Grant (pdf)

NELS ICE Fact Sheet (pdf)

NELS ICE Research Frameworks Poster (pdf)

End of Life Care in Nova Scotia: Surveillance Report (pdf)

Listening to Stakeholder's Report: Report of Consultation on “End of Life Care in Nova Scotia Surveillance Report” (pdf)