that have improved health care, not only within the United States, but around the world. To
name only 2 examples, the IOM reports “To err is human: building a safer health system” and …

Background The CHC movement took hold in the United States in the 1960s amid rampant
poverty and racial tension in inner-city neighborhoods and rural communities 2 against the …

Brought together by the newly formed Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS),
recognized national leaders in the 6 health sciences disciplines consider the environment …

Launched just 3 years ago, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) has already
been established as a success story in which the health care community can take great …

Background Guidance on how different disciplines from the natural, behavioural and social
sciences can collaborate to resolve complex public health problems is lacking. This article …

A comprehensive system for translating basic biomedical research into useful and effectively
implemented clinical diagnostic, preventive, and therapeutic practices is essential to the …

Background: Interdisciplinary health research is a priority of many funding agencies. We
surveyed clinician and biomedical scientists about their views on the value and funding of …

Interdisciplinarity has become popular in health services research. Advocates suggest that
interdisciplinary approaches may produce more accessible, applicable, exciting and realistic …

(HMS) and the non-governmental organization Inshuti Mu Buzima (IMB) in Rwanda. This is
a work in progress and challenges remain, but we can identify a number of ways in which …

Interdisciplinarity has become a widespread mantra for research, accompanied by a
growing body of publications. Evaluation, however, remains one of the least-understood …