Review of the Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health – Management Response Action Plan (MRAP)
Evaluation: Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health
Evaluation completed: 2019-2020
Evaluation lead: CIHR
| Recommendation | Response (Agree/Disagree) | Management Action Plan | Responsibility | Timeline |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Recommendation 1: The Panel recommends that Governing Council review the current mandate and consider integrating a life-cycle approach thereby embracing and contributing to a paradigm shift in the scientific landscape. This would include an emphasis on parental and not just maternal health and on the psychosocial and biological causes of disease. | Agree | As identified in CIHR's new strategic plan, CIHR will undertake a review of the Institute model as part of its commitment to organizational excellence (associated action plan strategy 2). Any results from that review will inform the overall Institute model. | The Executive Vice President in collaboration with Governing Council | 2024/25 |
| Recommendation 2: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH engage its broad researcher and stakeholder communities to identify ways to address current research gaps and emerging areas of research and to apply novel research approaches as well as new and developing tools. | Agree | A new IHDCYH strategic plan will be developed in consultation with IHDCYH stakeholders and Institute Advisory Board that will include consideration of ways to address gaps and emerging areas, including new and developing tools | The Vice-President, Research Programs and the Chief Financial Officer | 2021/22 |
| Recommendation 3: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH enhance partnerships related to the health of Indigenous children and families to increase capacity especially focused on Indigenous researchers and communities. | Agree | As appropriate and in collaboration with CIHR more broadly, IHDCYH will enhance partnerships with First Nations, Inuit and Métis stakeholders in support of CIHR's Strategic Plan priority on accelerating the self-determination of Indigenous Peoples in Health Research, and CIHR's Action Plan on Indigenous Health Research | The Vice-President, Research Programs in collaboration with the Scientific Director, IHDCYH | 2023/24 |
| Recommendation 4: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH and CIHR develop a predictable and sustainable funding pipeline across all career stages by continuing to embed capacity building activities in all of its funding opportunities. Specifically, this would entail including financial, mentorship, and training components in capacity-building activities and leveraging other capacity-building programs. | Agree | A new IHDCYH strategic plan will be developed in consultation with IHDCYH stakeholders and Institute Advisory Board that will include consideration of support for training and capacity building, including alignment with CIHR's broader commitments in this area. | The Vice-President, Research Programs in collaboration with the Scientific Director, IHDCYH | 2021/22 |
| Recommendation 5: The Panel recommends that CIHR, in collaboration with Institutes, address the challenges associated with the peer review of interdisciplinary research across CIHR's four research themes and of emerging and high-risk areas of research. | Agree | CIHR will review its peer review structure and models as part of the implementation of the new strategic plan. CIHR is also engaging with Tri-Council partners to continue to build on existing efforts and enhance strategies for review of interdisciplinary research. | Vice-President, Research Programs | 2023/24 |
| Recommendation 6: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH continue to build capacity to develop innovative ways to translate knowledge to clinicians, policy makers, organizations, and the public in order to develop more effective therapeutics, practices, policies and services to improve the health of Canadians and the health care system. | Agree | A new IHDCYH strategic plan will be developed in consultation with IHDCYH stakeholders and Institute Advisory Board that will include consideration of continued development of innovative mechanisms of knowledge mobilization to improve the health of Canadians, aligned with CIHR's broader strategic plan priorities in this area | The Vice-President, Research Programs in collaboration with the Scientific Director, IHDCYH | 2021/22 |
| Recommendation 7: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH's next SD continue to work hard to mainstream the life-cycle concept and to highlight and embed the importance of children and parents within CIHR and its Institutes and, more broadly, with its national and international research partners and stakeholder communities. | Agree | IHDCYH's Scientific Director will advocate for the lifecycle concept and consideration of children and parents where appropriate to support CIHR's implementation of its strategic plan. | The Vice-President, Research Programs in collaboration with the Scientific Director, IHDCYH | 2023/24 |
| Recommendation 8: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH's SD continue to work collaboratively with CIHR to build awareness of large national and international platforms like HeLTI, leverage partnerships that help sustain and promote the use of such platforms, and engage with other national cohorts, pediatric trial networks, biobanks, and databases. | Agree | IHDCYH's Scientific Director will help to continue to build awareness of and promote large national and international platforms through her role as a member of Science Council and with other internal and external engagements. | The Vice-President, Research Programs in collaboration with the Scientific Director, IHDCYH | 2023/24 |
| Recommendation 9: The Panel recommends that IHDCYH incorporate sustainability planning at the time of the design of funding opportunities (e.g. phase two funding, wind-down or knowledge translation funding) to provide more predictable and sustainable funding mechanisms, and monitor key performance measures related to the impacts of funding opportunities. | Agree | End-stage management plans will be considered in the design of new major initiatives; performance measurement will be based on a risk-based approach (considering size, complexity, etc). | Vice-President Research Programs | 2023/24 |
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