COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Research and Innovation System
Life Sciences Ontario, in collaboration with Shift Health, is convening an online session, “COVID-19 and the Future of Our Health Research and Innovation System” on May 28 from 3:00 to 4:30 pm EDT. Speakers include: Dr. Jim Tartaglia, Vice-President R&D, Global Head of Projects, Sanofi Pasteur; Connie Côté, CEO, Health Charites Coalition of Canada; CIHR’s Institute of Infection and Immunity; Bogi Eliasen, Director of Health, Copenhagen Institute for Futures Studies; and Dr. Ryan Wiley, President, Shift Health. More details are available here. To read “COVID-19 and the Future of Health Research and Innovation”, a recent report published by Shift Health, please click here.

Effective January 1, 2020, Dr. Don Desserud begins his term as the Patient/Family Representative on the CCRA Advisory Board. Dr. Desserud participated in the 2019 Patient Involvement in Cancer Research Project (PIP) and is a survivor of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
Dr. Desserud is a Political Science professo...
The CCRA Advisory Board is happy to welcome the Indigenous Cancer Research Network (ICRN) as the CCRA’s latest member. ICRN will be represented by Marilee Nowgesic, CEO of the Canadian Indigenous Nurses Association (CINA).
The Indigenous Cancer Research Network (ICRN), originally known as t...