Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Genome BC

APPENDIX 10. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS WHICH HAVE B.C.
CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS AS PIVOTAL PLAYERS OR MEMBERS
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This Appendix contains two tables. The first lists national and international networks in which B.C.’s clinical investigators play a pivotal role. The second
is a non-exclusive list of Networks to which B.C.’s investigators belong but are not on Executive or other Committees.
Networks In Which B.C.’s Clinical Investigators Play a Pivotal Role
Examples of National and International Networks In Which B.C.’s Clinical Investigators Play a Pivotal Role
Network Description
CNS
BRITISH COLUMBIA
National
Canadian Network of Multiple Sclerosis Clinics (http://cnmsc. Academic and community based clinics established for the advancement of patient services, education, and research in
org/Canadian-Network-Of-Multiple-Sclerosis-Clinics.aspx) MS. VCHRI’s Dessa Sadovnick is on the Executive Committee.
Canadian Northwest FASD Partnership
Under the leadership of CFRI in Vancouver, this network includes researchers in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,
(www.cnfasdpartnership.ca)
and the 3 northern territories. More than 150 research protocols pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)
are active within the network.
Canadian Stroke Consortium (www.strokeconsortium.ca) Academic alliance committed to the pursuit of anti-stroke therapies, Chaired by UBC’s Phil Teal (Director of the B.C.
Centre for Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases) and involving over 135 Canadian neurologists and research consultants.
Canadian Stroke Network (www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca) Canadian Federal government Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) based in Ottawa involved in stroke research. Brian
MacVicar, UBC, is one of the Theme Leaders (he does not work in clinical trials).
NeuroDevNet (www.neurodevnet.ca) This pan-Canadian NCE is focused on FASD, autism, and cerebral palsy. It is led by Dan Goldowitz of CMMT and CFRI (he
does not work in clinical trials). It involves clinicians and scientists from across Canada who are dedicated to studying
children’s brain development from both basic science and clinical perspectives.
PrioNet Canada (www.prionetcanada.ca) Based at UBC in Vancouver, this NCE is dedicated to prion research and directed by UBC’s Neil Cashman (he does not work
in clinical trials). Has researchers at nine Canadian universities (from Prince Edward Island to B.C.), two foreign universities,
23 government departments and agencies, and 8 industrial partners.
International
Pacific Rim Workgroup Against Epilepsy (no URL) CFRI’s Peter Wong is a founding member.