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Describes the Centre for Advance Studies (CAS), an applied research center formed in 1990 within the IBM Toronto Software Solutions Laboratory. Primary aim; Proven workable model; Primary partners; Background information; Lessons learned in CAS's operation.

Background: Past research suggests that medical students experience high levels of psychological distress., Objective: The aim of the current study was to investigate the relationships among engagement in self-care behaviours, dispositional mindfulness, and psychological distress., Methods: The sample consisted of 139 female and 68 male Australian medical students (N=207) aged 17-41 years (M=21.82, SD=3.62) across the 5 years of the Monash University medical course. Participants completed an online survey comprising a demographics questionnaire, the Five Facet Mindfulness Questionnaire, the Health-Promoting Lifestyle Profile II, and the Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scales., Results: Results revealed significant and interpretable multivariate correlations between distress and both mindfulness and self-care. Furthermore, the dispositional mindfulness observation subscale was found to be a significant moderator of the relationship between several dimensions of self-care and psychological distress., Conclusions: The present study points to the potential of self-care and mindfulness to decrease medical student distress and enhance well-being.

Sensitive health information is kept in Electronic Health Records (EHRs) which makes the data accessible, enabling its transfer against patient consent. Hence, the need for privacy-preserving mechanisms is a top priority. As a first step towards the development of privacy-preserving access control language, we used qualitative research methods to characterize scenarios of requests for disclosure of patient data and identify the entities involved, the context of the request, and the requested data.