About the Research Institute

Bruyère Health Research Institute conducts world-class research to maximize quality of life and shape the future of health care. As part an academic sciences centre, our research supports evidence-based care with a focus on memory, aging in place, and long-term care, palliative care, rehabilitation and recovery, and social accountability.

Bruyère Health and its Research Institute are fully affiliated with the University of Ottawa, and have other regional academic, government, NGO, and industry partners engaged in collaborative research and innovation initiatives.

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We Strive to Change Health Care for the Better

Our research affects change across our health care system by leading best practice and exploring new and improved solutions to building system capacity and supporting care.

Situated in the national capital, Bruyère Health Research Institute is the research arm of Bruyère Health, an academic health sciences centre comprised of specialized hospitals and long-term care.

Our research priorities include Memory, Aging in Place, and Long-Term Care; Palliative Care; Rehabilitation and Recovery; and Social Accountability (encompassing Primary Care and Health Equity).

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We are comprised of world-class researchers and are host to:

• The Ontario Centres for Learning, Research and Innovation in Long-Term Care
• The Pan-Canadian Palliative Care Research Collaborative
• The World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity

We Have a Vision for the Future of Care

Vision

To be one of Canada’s leading research and innovation centres that advances care in aging and fosters resilience across Canada.

Mission

To build an ecosystem of research and innovation to support the health care needs of our patients, community, and country, allowing them to thrive.

Values

• Transform scientific excellence into system impact.
• Create with imagination and vision.
• Be driven by passion, compassion, and a respect for those we serve.

Our Research Priorities and Goals

• We will serve our aging population and improve long-term care across the province and country.
• We will improve end-of-life care experiences and relieve existential distress.
• We will develop ways of providing innovative rehabilitation in and out of hospitals.
• We will equitably serve the priority health needs of our communities and increase access to care locally and globally.
• We will be thought leaders in research and innovation.

Our Impact

Learn more about how research and innovation is changing the future of care:

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