Mission

The Digital Health Consortium drives research and training in digital health, as well as the digital transformation of the health system within the Université de Montréal ecosystem.

The Digital Health Consortium pursues the following objectives:

Build and deploy a strategic vision for digital health

Support the development, deployment, and use of responsible digital health technology and related data

Contribute to the consolidation and mobilization of knowledge in digital health

Promote the agility of health training programs to include digital technology, and the development of digital health programs

Facilitate the recruitment and integration of digital health professors/researchers and highly qualified professionals

Induce and facilitate collaborations across disciplines and sectors, between members and provincial, national, and international partners

Contribute to public policy discussions in support of the Consortium's strategic vision

The Université de Montréal Digital Health Consortium is funded through the Supplementary Project Grants (SPG) program of the Government of Canada's Research Support Fund. The Research Support Fund is a joint initiative of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

The amount granted to the Consortium for the 2019-2020 financial year is $1,113,910, for the 2020-2021 financial year it is $1,321,805, for the 2021-2022 financial year it is $1,786,200, for the 2022-2023 financial year it is $1,676,801 and for the 2023-2024 financial year it is forecast at $1,725,304.