To improve practice of nutrition therapies in the critical care setting through knowledge generation, synthesis and translation in a manner that will translate into improved clinical outcomes for critically ill patients and improved efficiencies to our health care systems.

To be global leaders in critical care nutrition therapy research and practice.

Clinical Care Nutrition Team at ESPEN congress, Florence Sept 2008

• Knowledge Generation
  Goal: To conduct multi-center trials of nutritional interventions in the critical care setting.
  Strategy:

  • Conduct systematic reviews of nutrition therapy to determine optimal potential intervention.
  • Develop national and international networks and partners.
  • Facilitate training partners in research methodology 
  • Develop web-based data management platforms. 
• Knowledge synthesis
  Goal: To develop a "warehouse" of all randomized clinical trials of nutritional interventions in the ICU setting.
  Strategy :

  • Conduct ongoing systematic reviews of nutritional interventions
• Knowledge translation
  Goal: To develop and update comprehensive clinical practice guidelines (CPG's) and effectively disseminate them to local practitioners around the world.
  Strategy :
  • Develop  and maintain the CPGs with a multidisciplinary group.
  • Develop and maintain web-based dissemination "Tools" and "Training Kits" to empower local opinion leaders.
  • Audit performance with web-based survey of nutrition practice.