Governance
Governing Council
Training Platform Advisory Committee (TPAC)
The Governing Council is composed of the CANTRAIN grant principal investigators, co-applicants, and collaborators who are representative of nine provinces across the country. The council guides, monitors, and provides input across the entire organization in order to gain an accurate understanding of its current state, direction, and desired future.
Jean Bourbeau
MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS
CANTRAIN Principal Nominated Investigator
Liam Kelly
BSc, MSc, PhD
Emily Bell
PhD, GradCertHSM
Simon Bacon
PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR
Christine (Tina) Fahim
PhD, MSc
Linda Hunter
RN MScN, PhD(C)
Suzanne N. Morin
MD, MSc, FRCP, FACP
Lawrence Richer
MD, MSc
Elan C. Paluck
BSP, MSc, PhD
Diane Lacaille
MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC
E. Ann Yeh
MA, MD, FRCPC, Dip ABPN
Barry D. Stein
RI-MUHC Accountability
Oversight Committee
This committee is responsible for the active oversight and management of our CIHR grant funds, as well as for collaborating on meeting the financial, human resources, legal, and space requirements of CANTRAIN.
Rhian Touyz
MBBCh, MSc (Med), PhD Executive
Susan James
MBA
RI-MUHC MEMBER
CPA
CANTRAIN CIHR Grant Principal Investigators, Co-Applicants and Collaborators
Principal Investigators
CANTRAIN's CIHR Grant 20+ Principal Applicants are individuals from across the country who have the skills, knowledge, and resources necessary to lead the direction of our training platform and its associated activities.
David Collister
Lawrence Richer
Nadia Khan
Linda Li
Co-Applicants
CANTRAIN’s CIHR Grant 50+ Co-Applicants are individuals from across the country who play an active role in carrying our mission to develop clinical trial research competency through an efficient training environment.
Sean Bagshaw
Collaborators
Scott Jamieson
Members
Discover the 30+ institutions that came together to make CANTRAIN's CIHR Grant possible and who are using our training platform to build clinical trials capacity in Canada. Through a structured review process, the CRB provides clear, actionable feedback to our module development team. Their oversight helps us uphold the highest standards for scientific accuracy, ethical integrity and regulatory compliance—ensuring every learner receives trustworthy, effective and up-to-date training.
Allied Clinical Trials Training Platforms (CTTPs) & Pan-Canadian Consortium
Sister Clinical Trials Training Platforms
Our Sister CTTPs are the training platforms with whom we collaborate closely on two key programs: the Studentship/Fellowship Program and the Clinical Trials Training Summit.
Angela M. Cheung
Pan-Canadian Consortium: Accelerating Clinical Trials
DESCRIBE COLLABORATION WITH ACT
Allied Clinical Trials Training Platforms
DESCRIBE RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHER CTTPs
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