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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP<br />

263<br />

RESEARCH CENTRE/ URL CONTACT DESCRIPTION<br />

Centre for Applied<br />

Research in Mental<br />

Health & Addiction<br />

(CARMHA)<br />

http://www.carmha.<br />

ca/<br />

SFU Faculty of Health <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

Suite 2400, 515 W. Hastings Street<br />

Vancouver B.C. V6B 5K3<br />

info@carmha.ca<br />

Benedikt Fischer<br />

Faculty <strong>and</strong> Interim Director<br />

Contact: Marilyn Sakiyama, Project<br />

Manager<br />

msakiyam@sfu.ca<br />

Tel: 778-782-5178<br />

3. CANCER SPECIFIC RESEARCH INSTITUTES<br />

B.C. Cancer Research<br />

Centre<br />

www.bccrc.ca<br />

675 West 10th Avenue<br />

Vancouver B.C. V5Z 1L3<br />

Tel: 604-675-8000<br />

Contact: Sue Smith, Executive Assistant<br />

to the Vice-President, Administration<br />

<strong>and</strong> Services<br />

Research Administration<br />

ssmith4@bccancer.bc.ca<br />

Tel: 604-675-8109<br />

Fax: 604-675-8187<br />

CARMHA m<strong>and</strong>ate is to conduct research that can be applied to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, <strong>and</strong> quality of mental health <strong>and</strong> addiction<br />

services in B.C. <strong>and</strong> beyond. CARMHA research activities often address innovative approaches to the development, implementation<br />

<strong>and</strong> dissemination <strong>and</strong> evaluation of health promotion activities, preventive strategies <strong>and</strong> treatment services, particularly those that can<br />

be applied at a system-wide, population level.<br />

CARMHA research activities are in the areas of:<br />

• Workplace Mental Health<br />

• Self-Care<br />

• System Reform<br />

• Quality, Access & Evaluation<br />

• Population Health<br />

• Primary & Collaborative Mental Health Care<br />

• Mental Health, Addictions & the Corrections System<br />

• Knowledge Translation.<br />

BCCRC performs basic, epidemiologic, <strong>and</strong> clinical research on cancer prevention, early diagnosis of cancer, the molecular <strong>and</strong> genetic<br />

characteristics of the cancer process, <strong>and</strong> basic research related to new treatments for cancer.<br />

BCCRC is the research arm of the B.C. Cancer Agency (BCCA), <strong>and</strong> is supported by the B.C. Cancer Foundation. With direct links to the cancer<br />

centres across the province, discoveries at the BCCRC are quickly translated into clinical applications.<br />

BCCRC is home to eight research departments, <strong>and</strong> BCCA Laboratory research takes place primarily in specific centres:<br />

• B.C. Cancer Agency’s Research Centre in Vancouver<br />

• Terry Fox Laboratory in Vancouver<br />

• Michael Smith Genome <strong>Sciences</strong> Centre in Vancouver<br />

• B.C. Cancer Agency’s Deeley Research Centre, Vancouver Isl<strong>and</strong> Centre in Victoria.<br />

BCCRC Research specialities include:<br />

• Advanced Therapeutics<br />

• Cancer Control Research<br />

• Cancer Endocrinology<br />

• Cancer Genetics <strong>and</strong> Developmental Biology<br />

• Cancer Imaging<br />

• Medical Biophysics<br />

• Molecular Oncology <strong>and</strong> Breast Cancer Program<br />

• Tumour Tissue Repository<br />

• Prostate Cancer Research Program.

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