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Network B.C. Investigator’s Role
National Cancer Institute of Canada
Clinical Trials Group (NCIC CTG) (www.
cancer.ca/research/)
BRITISH COLUMBIA
TABLE 13. Examples of National and International Networks In Which B.C.’s Clinical Investigators
Play a Pivotal Role (cont’d)
Kim Chi is on the Genitourinary (GU) Disease Site Executive Committee; Chair of the
sub-site Advanced Prostate group; and Executive Committee Member and Chair-elect
of the Investigational New Drug Site; Stephen Chia is on the Clinical Trials Committee
and Breast Site Executive Committee; Hagan Kennecke is on the GI Executive
Committee; Christopher Lee is on the Lung Site Executive Committee; Martin Gleave
is past Chair of and continues to be a member of the GU Clinical Trials Group Executive
Committee.
International
Australian-Canadian Prostate Cancer The Vancouver Prostate Centre is the Canadian Hub of this alliance and a founding
Research Alliance (www.aus-canpros- member.
tatealliance.org)
National Cancer Institute (U.S.)-Canada BCCA’s Kim Chi is on the Prostate Cancer Task Force Committee; BCCA’s Hagan Ken-
Clinical Trials Group (www.cancer.gov/ necke is on the Neuroendocrine Task Force Committee.
cancertopics/factsheet/NCI/clinical-trialscooperative-group)
Pediatric Bone and Marrow Transplant CFRI’s Kirk Schultz is past Chair.
Consortium (PBMTC) (www.pbmtc.org)
Infectious Diseases
National
CAIRE - Canadian Association for Im- BCCH’s David Scheifele is Chair.
munization Research (www.caire.ca)
CIHR Canadian HIV Trials Network Based at St Paul’s Hospital, Vancouver B.C. National Director is Martin Schechter,
(www.hivnet.ubc.ca)
PHCRI.
Pan-Provincial Vaccine Enterprise (PRE- A Canadian western regional office is located at BCCDC, Vancouver.
VENT) http://www.prevent-cecr.ca/
Pediatric Investigators Collaborative BCCH’s David Scheifele is a leading member.
Network on Infections in Canada (see
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/
PMC2827737/)
PrioNet Canada (www.prionetcanada.ca) Based at UBC, Vancouver B.C. See above.
Public Health Agency of Canada - The Rapid Vaccine Trials are led by David Scheifele of BCCH, and BCCDC.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Influenza Research Network (PCIRN)
(www.pcirn.ca)
International
SARS Accelerated Vaccine Initiative Based at BCCDC and UBC, this is a B.C.-led international consortium.
(SAVI) (www.savi-info.ca)