The document discusses recommendations from a research working group for CREST.BD, including how to define and foster CREST.BD research projects, track their progress, and identify working groups. It provides an overview of the group's meetings and outcomes in 2013-2014, which included establishing terms of reference and approving research on prevention, genetics, and clinical trials. It also introduces CREST.BD's 2014-2015 workplan to support its strategic priorities and prompts the group for input on populating the plan with specific actions and indicators. Finally, it starts a discussion on CREST.BD's leadership model and succession planning.

1. CREST.BD
Research Working Group

2. Getting on the front foot
• Purpose
– Support decision-making in regards to how projects will be supported
and cultured by CREST.BD in terms of both KE and research
support/involvement.
• Provide recommendations regarding:
– How we define a CREST.BD research project
– How we foster collaboration
– How we address and act on new ideas for research projects
– How do we track and monitor the milestones/status of research
projects from the idea stage to project initiation
• To identify working groups for all identified research initiatives.
– Preparatory investigation on issues related to international data
collection, ethics
– BD survey
– Attention to prevention and early intervention with a focus on genetic
psychiatric counselling
– New ideas to be tabled

3. Year in review
• Meeting 1: October 2013
• Meeting 1b: November 2013
• Meeting 2: March 2014
• Outcomes
– Effective working group
– Ratified terms of reference
– Prevention and genetics research
– IPSRT clinical trial
– (ORBIT)
– (EWOC)

4. Introduction to 2014/15 Workplan

5. • Annual workplan grows out of 2014-2019
strategic plan
– 5 strategic priorities, 12 goals, 26 broad actions
– Populate specific actions (add, remove, weight),
timelines, inputs/responsibilities, indicators
• Workplan plan
– Submit workplan in 4 weeks
– Populating throughout meeting
– Draft in your pack, flipcharts
– Now: overview document, prompt for group input

13. CREST.BD Leadership
• Erin-bus interaction
• Values of equity, integrity, strategic priority of sustainability
• Start a discussion about leadership models and succession for
CREST.BD
– Conclusion reported to CIHR summer 2015 in final report
– Add detail to workplan
– Next steps: town hall, webinar feedback about this discussion
• Some starting thoughts
– Status quo
– Add to leadership someone with lived experience
– Rotating leadership?
– Transitioning (director-elect)
– 2 or 3 person leadership model
– Process for making a decision?