Family Medicine Research

What happens in the doctor’s office begins with research. The latest health-care research informs all aspects of patient care, whether that’s treatment of chronic illness, the management of age-related conditions or simply the best way to patch up road burn.

When you choose to pursue research during your residency, you’ll be contributing to better patient care, better patient outcomes and participating in cutting-edge research.

Research Areas

We do research in a number of areas, including:

  • Clinical research
  • Educational research
  • Health services and systems 
  • Indigenous health
  • And many more, including care of the elderly, Black health, anti-racism in medicine as well as community and private sector engagement.

Explore Areas of Research

Once a year, we celebrate the research that is done within the department at our Annual Family Medicine Research Day. Featured above, the 2025 DFM Resident Award for Patient Centeredness presented to Dr. Rachel Hamilton.

Research Supports and Contact

Have a question about research? Reach out to our research team! Our team has a broad range of expertise and experience and is happy to help you navigate your next steps. For general inquiries, email fmresearch@ualberta.ca.

Department Administration Directory

Additional Research Supports

Ethics Review

All research projects must receive ethics review. Find out more.

ARISE (Alberta Research Information Services)

Ethics applications are all done electronically. Find out how to use ARISE.

Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry Research Office

This office provides support to Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry researchers.

51ÁÔÆæ Research Services Office

This office provides support for the whole UofA research community.

Research Policies and Guidelines

Find the policies and guidelines around research at the U of A.

Research Mission & Values

Mission

  • Promote, support, create, and disseminate research knowledge and scholarly activity in the discipline of family medicine.
  • Increase research capacity in the Department of Family Medicine.
  • Enhance the research skills of faculty members, residents and students.

Values

  • Excellence and quality in research and scholarly activity
  • Interdisciplinary collaboration on research projects
  • The highest ethical standards in the conduct of research projects
  • The diversity of general family practice and the research questions that arise.