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Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

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APPENDIX 10. NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS WHICH HAVE B.C.<br />

CLINICAL INVESTIGATORS AS PIVOTAL PLAYERS OR MEMBERS<br />

This Appendix contains two tables. The first lists national <strong>and</strong> international networks in which B.C.’s clinical investigators play a pivotal role. The second<br />

is a non-exclusive list of Networks to which B.C.’s investigators belong but are not on Executive or other Committees.<br />

Networks In Which B.C.’s <strong>Clinical</strong> Investigators Play a Pivotal Role<br />

Examples of National <strong>and</strong> International Networks In Which B.C.’s <strong>Clinical</strong> Investigators Play a Pivotal Role<br />

Network Description<br />

CNS<br />

National<br />

Canadian Network of Multiple Sclerosis Clinics (http://cnmsc.<br />

org/Canadian-Network-Of-Multiple-Sclerosis-Clinics.aspx)<br />

Canadian Northwest FASD Partnership<br />

(www.cnfasdpartnership.ca)<br />

Academic <strong>and</strong> community based clinics established for the advancement of patient services, education, <strong>and</strong> research in<br />

MS. VCHRI’s Dessa Sadovnick is on the Executive Committee.<br />

Under the leadership of CFRI in Vancouver, this network includes researchers in B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,<br />

<strong>and</strong> the 3 northern territories. More than 150 research protocols pertaining to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD)<br />

are active within the network.<br />

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.<br />

Centre for Stroke <strong>and</strong> Cerebrovascular Diseases) <strong>and</strong> involving over 135 Canadian neurologists <strong>and</strong> research consultants.<br />

Canadian Stroke Network (www.canadianstrokenetwork.ca) Canadian Federal government Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) based in Ottawa involved in stroke research. Brian<br />

MacVicar, UBC, is one of the Theme Leaders (he does not work in clinical trials).<br />

NeuroDevNet (www.neurodevnet.ca) This pan-Canadian NCE is focused on FASD, autism, <strong>and</strong> cerebral palsy. It is led by Dan Goldowitz of CMMT <strong>and</strong> CFRI (he<br />

does not work in clinical trials). It involves clinicians <strong>and</strong> scientists from across Canada who are dedicated to studying<br />

children’s brain development from both basic science <strong>and</strong> clinical perspectives.<br />

PrioNet Canada (www.prionetcanada.ca) Based at UBC in Vancouver, this NCE is dedicated to prion research <strong>and</strong> directed by UBC’s Neil Cashman (he does not work<br />

in clinical trials). Has researchers at nine Canadian universities (from Prince Edward Isl<strong>and</strong> to B.C.), two foreign universities,<br />

23 government departments <strong>and</strong> agencies, <strong>and</strong> 8 industrial partners.<br />

International<br />

Pacific Rim Workgroup Against Epilepsy (no URL) CFRI’s Peter Wong is a founding member.

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