MANAGEMENT TEAM
CANTRAIN Management Team
Bruno J. Battistini
BSc, MSc, PhD
National Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer
+1 (819) 345-8448
Bruno fostered strategic investment plans, developed many new programs/value demonstration initiatives, partnered and established alliances with many charities, federal agencies, national programs in aging, and the private sector, fostering an overall exponential increase in the Foundation’s activities and investment in the Health Research Enterprise and the knowledge economy.
Bruno created several Chairs at universities and the first NCE-AgeWell National Innovation Hub called APPTA who he Chaired from the start. He served on several provincial and national advisory committees, peer-review committees, and boards, was Co-Chair of www.naphro.ca and the Forum of Health Research Funders, continue to Chair the Research Oversight Committee of the $100M FACS program at CQDM for the past 4 years and is the recipient of many national awards and honors, >125 publications and >350 presentations.
Caroline Béland
MA
Executive Assistant
+1 (514) 373-7485
Caroline’s experience in diverse environments allowed her to become aware of the issues relating to changes in companies, which led her to pursue studies at HEC Montréal in Organizational Leadership. Her expertise, her systemic vision and her human-centric approach are welcome in our emerging national clinical trials training program.
Sandra Peláez
BEdPsy., MSc, PhD
National Director, Clinical Trials Training Programs' Streams (CTTP)
+1 (514) 586-9171
Sandra is an adjunct professor at the Université de Montréal (Canada) and an affiliated researcher at the Research Centre of the St. Justine Hospital (Montreal, Canada). Sandra has a Bachelors in Educational Psychology, completed at the Universidad Nacional de Lomas de Zamora (Bs. As., Argentina), a Masters in Sport and Exercise Psychology from the Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (Madrid, Spain), a Doctorate in Interdisciplinary Sciences at Concordia University (Montreal, Canada) and two postdoctorates, one from McGill University (Montreal, Canada, 2011-2013) in which she was trained in health education, and another one from the Institut national de recherche scientifique, Centre Armand-Frappier (Montréal, Canada, 2015), in which she immersed herself in the field of epidemiology.
This training and expertise allowed her to join the Institut national d’excellence en santé et services sociaux (INESSS) as a scientific professional (Montreal, Canada, 2019 -2022). During her studies, Sandra was supported by multiple training awards.
Lisa M. Goos
HBScH, BEd, MA, PhD
National Director, Mentorship Program & Competency-based Learning Experience
+1 (416) 516-1684
An exceptional corporate change agent, Lisa has held senior research administration positions at Baycrest Health Sciences, the Rotman Research Institute and The Hospital for Sick Children. In these roles, Lisa has driven institutional capacity development in order to optimize success in clinical research. She has developed both corporate and divisional strategic plans, led teams through the completion of large strategic projects, and implemented operational systems and procedures to support the effective management of the research enterprise.
Mohamed Mahfoudi
Manager/Administrator, IT Systems
+1 (438) 518-2015
During his career, Mohamed also worked as a consultant, network and web administrator with several companies where he had to manage computers, network parks, web servers and websites.
Aude Le Rendu
M AMES
Manager, Administration & Human Resources
+1 (514) XXX-XXXX
Subsequently, she joined a hospital group as manager of the consultation centers. Her function was to supervise the administration and operations of paramedical teams. In cooperation with the hospital’s medical team, she also contributed to the creation of a consultation center dedicated to women’s pathologies.
In her spare time, Aude enjoys continuing to discover Montreal, her adopted city, and spending time with her husband, son and friends.
Luis Armando García Garza
BEng
Research Software Developer
+1 (438) 495-0376
In his Canadian experience in Montreal, Quebec, Luis Armando has served as an IT Consultant for the Respiplus organization (www.respiplus.com), implementing the graphic design of teaching materials, the development for an online exercise learning platform, and the well-known ‘’Living Well with COPD’’ series. He also served as technical coordinator for the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Center, contributing to the rebranding and design for the new website of the Canadian Cohort Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (CanCOLD www.cancold.ca).
Caroline Buote
BSc, MSc
National Programs' Designer & Developer of CTTP
+1 (819) 943-1825
Caroline later moved to the South Shore of Montreal and, while working part-time for the NPO Sherbrooke Genomic Medicine as a next-gen sequencing (NGS) data analyst, began working as a clinical research coordinator in oncology at the Centre for Innovative Medicine (CIM) within the RI-MUHC. Having worked there for more than 5 years, she has managed clinical trials on head and neck cancers, sarcomas, gastrointestinal cancers, breast cancers and melanomas.
Within the last 3 years, she has been specializing in training: building content, developing an onboarding program including hands-on practice, workshop and training delivery for staff and C&RA Experience students, creating eLearning modules integrated to a learning management system, authoring multiple working instructions as a subject matter expert (SME) and being a big part of the CIM compliance committee
Katie Bainbridge
BA, MIS
National Coordinator, Trialists Stream of CTTP
+1 (416) 662-4561
Previously, Katie helped coordinate the SickKids Clinical Research Secretariat which oversaw the launch and development of the patient and family engagement in research program, the education and training program, and the redesign and launch of a streamlined clinical research approvals process.
Katie has several years’ experience in information management, publishing, and communications.
Christina Farant
BSc, MSc, PhD
National Coordinator, Graduates & Postgraduate"s Trainees Stream of CTTP
+1 (514) XXX-XXXX
Christina previously worked as the Training Coordinator for the Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training (DCAT) of the McGill University Health Centre’s Research Institute (RI-MUHC, Montréal). Her primary responsibility was to plan and coordinate postgraduate trainees’ career exploration and development training programs, activities, and events. Christina is passionate about instructional and graphic design and is committed to expanding her education and skill set in order to provide students with the finest experience possible.
Outside the office, Christina enjoys reading novels and listening to true crime and history podcasts. In her hometown of Montreal, Quebec, she enjoys spending time with her husband, young daughter, and their two cats.
Lucie Couderc
BSc
Quebec Provincial Coordinator, Streams of CTTP
+1 (514) 809-1651
Before joining CANTRAIN, Lucie worked as a scientist and trainer. Beyond training her colleagues and developing educational materials, she was responsible for ensuring the transfer of knowledge and the standardization of processes across the various sites of her company. Lucie is convinced that by offering the appropriate tools and resources to students and professionals, we allow them to achieve professional success and broaden their horizons.
Outside of work, Lucie is passionate about sports, especially Pilates and rugby, which she has been practicing for several years.
Mei Li
BN, MHM
Institutional Clinical Research Educator (CRE)
+1 (514) 839-3118
Mei is a professional in developing teaching dossiers and course materials for adult learning in health care settings, and conducting evaluations on learning activities. Mei has been involved in different healthcare training programs, including capacity building for primary health care, enhancing the capacity of health professionals in rural areas in China, and women’s sexual rights and health in marginalized communities. In addition to ensuring the deliverables based on the program plan, Mei is proactive in providing the learners with resources and assistance for their academic and professional development, adopting the learner-oriented approach virtually and in person.
As a researcher, Mei has engaged with research projects in the domain of family caregiving, primary health care, chronic disease management and women’s health.
