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The O'Brien Institute for Public Health (previously "Institute for Public Health" and originally known as the Calgary Institute for Population and Public Health) was launched in 2009. It’s mission is to catalyze excellence in population health and health services research for the benefit of local, national, and global communities (should we link this to our page, as a reference?). The O'Brien Institute for Public Health supports the research of more than 415 members from a wide variety of disciplines, including Medicine, Nursing, Social Work, Arts, Business, Education, Veterinary Medicine, Kinesiology, Environmental Design and Public Policy, in addition to Alberta Health Services and the City of Calgary staff and policy makers. Guided by a mission of ‘better health and health care,’ the O’Brien Institute is the seventh and newest research institute affiliated with the Cumming School of Medicine and the University of Calgary.

Research
Institute researchers focus on a variety of topics pertaining to three priority themes - public and population health, enhancing health system performance, and creating innovative tools and methods for health care. The stated goal of Institute members is to make strides towards improving public health and health care by innovating better, more effective and safer care models, methods and tools. Researchers from the O’Brien Institute are prominent in their respective fields, often making Thomson Reuters most cited global list.

The O’Brien Institute for Public Health has further defined the three specific research dimensions in several internal research groups, such as Environmental Health and Aboriginal Peoples Health, The Global Health, Health Economics and Technology Assessment, Population Mental Health and Geography of Health and GIS Analysis.

The Institute’s lead platforms within the three priority research areas are W21C ,in the enhancing health system performance theme, and The Methods Hub, within the innovative tools and methods for health care theme. As of July 2015, there is an ongoing effort to grow and strengthen the Institute’s Population and Public Health platform.

Ward of the 21st Century
Ward of the 21st Century or W21C is an initiative that aims to improve patient safety and quality of care. Through strategic research and innovation agenda W21C contributes to better health care for present and future generations. Within this context, four sub-themes and areas of focus (described below) define specific research categories for all projects and activities occurring in W21C. The four sub themes of research are Technology Integration; Data, Information, and Knowledge Flow; Communication and Interaction; and Organizational and Regulatory Factors. W21C is located at the University of Calgary- Foothills Medical Centre in the TRW Building. W21C is considered the O’Brien Institutes flagship in the development and research regarding enhanced Health Systems Performance.

WHO Collaboration
The O’Brien Institute for Public Health became an official World Health Organization Collaboration Center for Classification, Terminology and Standards in May 2015. This collaboration will help researchers and physicians around the world better track and monitor disease and mortality. It becomes the third academic member of a WHO network that includes the Mayo Clinic and Stanford University. The three institutions will collaborate and advise the WHO's International Classification of Diseases (ICD) standard, which shapes how health professionals, scientists and policy makers around the world communicate and share information for better health. This partnership is led by O'Brien Institute member Dr. Hude Quan through his work with The Methods Hub with a goal to improve multiple facets of Public Health around the world.

Notable Members
Members have indicated their intent to contribute to a broad agenda of research, education, knowledge translation and community engagement that will have a positive impact on the health and well-being of the people of Calgary, Alberta, Canada and the World.
 * William A. Ghali, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, AHFMR Health Research Scholar, Canada Research Chair in Health Services , O'Brien Institute for Public Health Scientific Director
 * Lynn McIntyre, MD, MHSc, FRCPC, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Medicine, O'Brien Institute for Public Health Associate Scientific Director, former Chair of the Canadian Public Health Association
 * Tom Noseworthy, MD, MSc, MPH, FRCPC, FACP, Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Associate Chief Medical Officer - Strategic Clinical Networks and Clinical Care Pathways, Contributor and Advisor during the establishment of the O'Brien Institute for Public Health
 * Hude Quan, MD, PhD, University of Calgary, Department of Medicine, Director of World Health Organization collaboration centre at University of Calgary.
 * Tom Feasby, MD, FRCPC, founder of the Calgary Neuromuscular and ALS Clinics, former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Calgary from 2007-2012, oversaw the creation of the O'Brien Institute for Public Health
 * Brenda Hemmelgarn, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
 * John Conly, MD, FRCPC, former Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary and  Alberta Health Services, founder of the Ward of the 21st Century (W21C) and Medical Director
 * Norman Campbell, MD, FRCPC, Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary and Canada Research Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control
 * Gilaad Kaplan, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Associate Professor, University of Calgary, CIHR New Investigator & AI-HS Population Health Investigator Co-Director, Environmental Health Research Group

Recognition

 * Order of Canada – Cy Frank, Tom Noseworthy , Norm Campbell


 * Tom Noseworthy – Canadian Institutes of Health Research Barer-Flood Prize for Health Services and Policy Research, 2012 Diamond Jubilee Medal


 * Douglas Hamilton - NASA Exceptional Engineering Achievement Medal


 * William Ghali – Killam Award


 * John Conly - Canadian Association of Professors of Medicine Ronald Christie Award


 * Brenda Hemmelgarn - Royal College Medal Award in Medicine, Induction into Canadian Academy of Health Sciences


 * Juliet Guichon – Canadian Medical Association Medal of Honour


 * Ian Mitchell – Dr. William Marsden Award in Medical Ethics


 * Sachin Penderharkar – Governor General Gold Medal


 * Michael Hill - Michael S. Pessin Stroke Leadership Award, Henry J.M. Barnett Scholarship Award


 * Marja Verhoef – Dr. Rogers Prize for Excellence for Complementary and Alternative Medicine


 * Gilaad Kaplan - Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Young Investigator Award

Awards
The O’Brien Institute Awards recognize excellence among our membership, inform nominations for external awards, and stimulate research career development. The Institute distributes awards in two major research categories, which are as follows:
 * The O’Brien Institute Emerging Research Leader Award - presented to an individual who has, at an early career stage, made outstanding contributions to research.
 * The O’Brien Institute Research Excellence Award - presented to an individual who has made outstanding contributions to research.
 * The O’Brien Institute Outstanding Service Award - presented to an individual who has made significant contributions of time and talent to the operations of the O’Brien Institute for Public Health, through interactions with the membership, leadership, and stakeholders

Sources and external links

 * O'Brien Institute for Public Health
 * W21C
 * WHO
 * University of Calgary