Led by Dr. Pamela Catton, the Electronic Living Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Cancer Survivorship Research (ELLICSR) has been developed to study an innovative survivorship research strategy called a Community of Survivors. This approach investigates the role of survivors in the management of long-term adverse effects of cancer and its treatment and will lead to dynamic collaborations between survivors and researchers.
ELLICSR will open in the Spring of 2009 and has two main components. First, the Collaborative Environment for Survivorship Research (CESR), which is an 12, 000 foot2 facility located in the Toronto general campus of the University Health Network (UHN) and second, Survivorship Information Technology Infrastructure (SITI), which is intended to develop a virtual community, store research data and link survivors regardless of physical location.
By harnessing survivors’ drive and desire to participate in their care, there exists a new opportunity in survivor-centered research. The facilities at ELLICSR have been designed with the purpose of leading the world in this field of study.
ELLICSR focuses on four thematic research areas:
- Social networks and competency building
- Distributed models of care
- Health knowledge transfer
- Sustainability
The site will also investigate and promote three core research areas:
- Individual Survivors
- Groups of Survivors
- Communities of Survivors
As a physical place, ELLICSR stands as a self-contained living laboratory, but within and beyond the walls exist unique opportunities for research collaboration. By utilizing the resources of the Princess Margaret Hospital as well as Centre for eHealth Innovation, and other UHN research programs, ELLICSR can take advantage of the best and brightest minds at UHN and attract shining stars in the fields of survivorship care and research.
This page was last updated November 3rd, 2008 at 5:05pm.