OTTAWA, March 1, 2022 – Research Canada and the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus are proud to host the first Parliamentary Health Research Caucus (PHRC) event of the 44th Parliament. At this virtual invitation-only reception with Parliamentarians, the Honourable Jean-Yves Duclos, Minister of Health, will officially welcome new and returning Members of Parliament via a pre-recorded video on behalf of the Parliamentary Health Research Caucus (PHRC) and announce the new Chair, Vice-Chairs and Senate Representative of the 44th Parliament’s PHRC.
We will also be joined by the Parliamentary Secretary of Health and Sport, Mr. Adam van Koeverden who will offer his remarks followed by the first Game Changers in Health Research and Health Innovation event of 2022. This event, sponsored by Innovative Medicines Canada, Gilead Sciences Canada Inc. and BioCanRx, will feature our best and brightest Canadian health researchers and innovators who will share their game-changing health research and innovations that promise revolutionary change in human health and healthcare.
Date: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM ET
Social media: #HealthResearchCaucus
Who:
Ismail Ben Ayed, PhD
École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)
Research area: artificial intelligence and medical imaging
Lori Burrows, PhD, FAAM, FCAHS
McMaster University | GlycoNet
Research area: vaccine development for tuberculosis
Natasha Kekre, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI)
Research area: cellular immunotherapy for cancer
Rose McCloskey, RN, PhD, GNC (C)
University of New Brunswick
Research area: long-term care and infectious diseases
Randy McIntosh, PhD
Simon Fraser University
Research area: computational modelling and neuroimaging
Alexandre Prat, MD, PhD, FRCPc
Université de Montréal | CHUM Research Centre
Research area: multiple sclerosis
With Moderator:
Christopher Mushquash, PhD, C. Psych
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre & Research Institute | Lakehead University
With Special Guests:
Michelle Driedger, PhD
University of Manitoba
Research area: public health risk communication
Heather Hadjistavropoulos, PhD, R. D. Psych
University of Regina
Research area: internet-delivered mental health care
Parliamentary Health Research Caucus
Chair: Brendan Hanley, MP (Yukon)
Vice-Chairs: Stephen Ellis, MP (Cumberland—Colchester), Carol Hughes, MP (Algoma—Manitoulin—Kapuskasing)
Senate Representative: The Honourable Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, Senator (Newfoundland and Labrador)
Research Canada
Rosie Goldstein, MD, Chair
Deborah Gordon-El-Bihbety, President and CEO
About Research Canada
Research Canada is a national alliance dedicated to increasing investments in health research through collaborative advocacy and engaging government, academia, industry and non-profit sectors to build support for long-term health research funding. For more information, visit rc-rc.ca.
Since 2009, Parliamentary Health Research Caucus events on Parliament Hill have helped to educate politicians on the social and economic benefits of Canadian health research and innovation, as well as introduce them to the multi-sector partnerships among academic, private sector and health charity stakeholders essential to a robust health research enterprise and innovation system.
For inquiries:
Christie Tomkins
Manager of Policy and Public Affairs
613-234-5129
ctomkins@rc-rc.ca