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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 />

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RESEARCH CENTRE/ URL CONTACT DESCRIPTION<br />

Centre of Excellence<br />

for Simulation Education<br />

& Innovation<br />

(CESEI)<br />

www.cesei.org<br />

Centre for International<br />

Health (CIH)<br />

www.cih.ubc.ca<br />

Division of Mathematical<br />

Modeling, UBC/<br />

B.C. Centre for Disease<br />

Control (BCCDC)<br />

http://www.mathmodeling.cdc.ubc.ca/<br />

index.htm<br />

3602-910 W. 10th Avenue<br />

Vancouver, B.C. V5Z 1M9<br />

Fax: 604-875-5832<br />

info@cesei.org<br />

Director of CESEI<br />

Karim Qayumi<br />

Tel: 604-875-5176<br />

qayumi@interchange.ubc.ca<br />

Contact: Marlene Woschee, CESEI<br />

Manager<br />

Tel: 604-875-4499<br />

woschee@interchange.ubc.ca<br />

430 – 2206 East Mall, UBC<br />

Vancouver B.C. V6T 1Z3<br />

Tel: 604-822-8952<br />

Fax: 604-822-9210<br />

ghealth@interchange.ubc.ca<br />

Dr. Jerry Spiegel, Director<br />

Contact: Karen Lockhart, Research<br />

Manager<br />

karen.lockhart@ubc.ca<br />

BCCDC<br />

655 West 12th Ave<br />

Vancouver B.C. V5Z 4R4<br />

English, Krista. Program Manager.<br />

T: 604-707-2476<br />

krista.english@bccdc.ca<br />

CESEI at Vancouver Coastal Health is an internationally recognized multi-disciplinary academic centre in medical education <strong>and</strong> research<br />

related to educational technology.<br />

CESEI is a high-tech classroom for medical students, physicians, nurses, Canadian Forces medical technicians <strong>and</strong> other health care workers.<br />

The subject matter ranges from basic patient interview skills learned by junior medical students to leading edge surgical techniques<br />

acquired by experienced surgeons.<br />

CESEI benefits surgical <strong>and</strong> non-surgical disciplines including:<br />

• Departments of Medicine<br />

• Anaesthesiology<br />

• Continuing Nursing Education<br />

• Obstetrics <strong>and</strong> Gynaecology<br />

• Ophthalmology<br />

• Emergency Medicine<br />

• Acute Care<br />

• Orthopaedics<br />

• Faculty of Applied <strong>Sciences</strong><br />

CESEI research is multidisciplinary, <strong>and</strong> includes the Departments of Surgery, <strong>and</strong> Medicine, Division of Educational Support <strong>and</strong> Development<br />

(Faculty of Medicine), Department of Mechanical Engineering (Faculty of Applied Science at UBC), Faculty of Computer Science<br />

(McGill University), School of Engineering Science (SFU), Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) at McMaster University.<br />

CESEI industry partners committed to collaborate in these projects are MacDonald Dettwiler & Associates (MDA), Intuitive Surgical <strong>and</strong><br />

Medical Education Technologies Inc. (METI).<br />

CIH is an organising centre for a broad network of members in the UBC community interested in international health. CIH is a unit of the<br />

College of Health Disciplines in collaboration with the Liu Institute for Global Issues. CIH aims to stimulate <strong>and</strong> support the contribution of<br />

UBC faculty, students <strong>and</strong> staff to better <strong>and</strong> more equitable health worldwide through the translation of knowledge into action:<br />

• Raise awareness of global health challenges <strong>and</strong> opportunities for tackling them<br />

• Stimulate greater involvement of UBC faculty students, <strong>and</strong> partners in international health.<br />

• Encourage excellence in research, capacity development, practice <strong>and</strong> knowledge translation for improving global health.<br />

Develops innovative mathematical tools to better underst<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> control the spread of infectious diseases. Provides mathematical<br />

modeling expertise to public health policy makers in B.C.; builds infectious disease transmission models to assist policy design in Canada.<br />

Projects include modeling HPV & influenza immunization strategies, treatments for HIV, hepatitis C <strong>and</strong> syphilis.

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