2024 Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research
Recognizing and supporting research excellence among Canadian Senior-Career Investigators working within Health Services and Policy Research
The CIHR Institute of Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR-IHSPR) is pleased to announce that Dr. Lauren Beaupre is the recipient of the 2024 Barer-Flood Prize in Health Services and Policy Research.
The Barer-Flood Prize is named in honour of the leadership, vision and innovative contributions of the first two Scientific Directors of CIHR-IHSPR, Drs. Morris Barer and Colleen Flood. In their roles as Scientific Directors, Dr. Barer and Dr. Flood made tremendous contributions towards advancing the field of health services and policy research in Canada, building a community of world-class researchers, and designing innovative new programs that foster evidence-informed decision making and improved health and health care for Canadians.
In 2022, the Barer-Flood Prize was adapted to recognize and support research excellence among Canadian Senior-Career Investigator and is since then awarded each year to the highest ranking Senior-Career Investigator in CIHR’s Project Grant competition who identifies as a woman and is working within the mandate of IHSPR. This prize is a supplemental grant to support research and/or knowledge mobilization.
In recognizing and supporting research excellence, IHSPR Career Awards are a key strategy to help advance IHSPR’s 2021-26 Strategic Plan: Accelerate Health Care System Transformation through Research to Achieve the Quadruple Aim and Health Equity for All and CIHR’s 2021-31 Strategic Plan: A Vision for a Healthier Future.
About the Recipient
Dr. Lauren Beaupre
Dr. Lauren Beaupre is a professor and Dr. David Magee Endowed Chair in Musculoskeletal Research in the Department of Physical Therapy at the University of Alberta. She also holds a joint appointment in the Division of Orthopaedic Surgery. Her research interests are in outcome and health services research for people living with musculoskeletal conditions or recovering from orthopaedic surgery. Dr. Beaupre leads a multidisciplinary research unit, Collaborative Orthopaedic Research (CORe) at the university.
Dr. Beaupre has published extensively in the areas of total joint arthroplasty and rehabilitation, hip fracture recovery and secondary fracture prevention, and upper extremity research. She is also interested in Implementation Science Research and worked closely with the Alberta Health Service’s Bone and Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network to implement and evaluate provincial programs to improve the health outcomes of Albertans. Her current work is focused on improving rural Albertan’s access to musculoskeletal care using virtual delivery approaches. Dr. Beaupre is also a past President of the global Fragility Fracture Network (FFN), the first Canadian and physical therapist to hold this role (2022-2023).
Dr. Beaupre’s CIHR-awarded research will examine how to effectively deliver virtual Group-based or Individual Physical Therapy to rural residents living with hip or knee arthritis. In addition, her CIHR-funded Implementation Science Team grant, Alberta’s Remote Management of ShoUlder Pathology (ARMS UP), is examining virtual shoulder specialist screening visits for rural Albertans living with shoulder pain. The goal of both projects is to allow rural residents to receive equitable access to healthcare closer to home.
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