Ivan Florez, University of Ottawa

Research

Living Guidelines Practice Guidelines Quality Assessment Reporting Guidelines Research Methodology

Latest funding

Standardizing and optimizing the assessment of risk of bias in vaccine effectiveness studies to improve evidence synthesis and guideline development
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$459,000
AGREE II Extension: Quality Appraisal of Living Practice Guidelines
CIHR · 2024 · Principal investigator
$478,126
COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) - Extension
CIHR · 2021 · Co-investigator
$1,100,000

All 3 grants and awards

Standardizing and optimizing the assessment of risk of bias in vaccine effectiveness studies to improve evidence synthesis and guideline development

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Sulis, Giorgia; Brouwers, Melissa C

Keywords: Evidence Synthesis; Reporting Guideline; Research Methodology; Risk Of Bias; Vaccine Effectiveness

$459,000

AGREE II Extension: Quality Appraisal of Living Practice Guidelines

Principal investigatorCIHR2024Project Grant

Principal investigators: Brouwers, Melissa C; Florez, Ivan D; Turner, Tari

Keywords: Living Guidelines; Practice Guidelines; Quality Assessment; Reporting Guidelines; Research Methodology

$478,126

COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making (COVID-END) - Extension

Co-investigatorCIHR2021Operating Grant: COVID-19 Evidence Network to support Decision-making Extension

Principal investigators: Lavis, John N; Grimshaw, Jeremy M; Santesso, Nancy A; Smith, Maureen M; Tricco, Andrea C

Keywords: Clinical Management Of Covid-19 & Pandemic-Related Decisions; Covid-19; Economic And Social Responses To Covid-19; Evidence Synthesis; Health-System Arrangements For Covid-19; Knowledge Translation; Public-Health Measures To Prevent Covid-19; Stakeholder Engagement

$1,100,000

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Living Guidelines Dear Professor Florez, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on living guidelines connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your CIHR-funded project "AGREE II Extension: Quality Appraisal of Living Practice Guidelines" (2024), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]