Kerman University of Medical Sciences International Journal of Health Policy and Management 2322-5939 8 10 2019 10 01 The Health System Impact Fellowship: Perspectives From the Program Leads; Comment on “CIHR Health System Impact Fellows: Reflections on ‘Driving Change’ Within the Health System” 623 626 3653 10.15171/ijhpm.2019.59 EN Meghan McMahon Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, QC, Canada Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada Robyn Tamblyn Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Montreal, QC, Canada Department of Medicine and Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada Journal Article 2019 05 04 As the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) leads in designing and implementing the new Health System Impact (HSI) Fellowship program, we congratulate Sim et al for their thoughtful contribution to the nascent literature on embedded research, and for advancing our own learning about the HSI Fellowship experience. In our commentary, we describe the HSI Fellowship and its key components, discuss the factors that motivated and inspired the creation of the program, and highlight successes thus far. https://www.ijhpm.com/article_3653_9fa3189a76d3548b666e6b142fa13e60.pdf