Clinical Trials and Preclinical Infrastructure Asset Map - Life Sciences

CLINICAL TRIALS AND PRECLINICAL INFRASTRUCTURE ASSET MAP
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Name of Facility (URL) Description Contact
Pharmaceutical Outcomes and Policy
Innovations, B.C. Children’s Hospital
(POPi) (www.popi.ubc.ca)
University of Victoria Pharmaceutical
Outcomes and Policy Innovation (no
URL)
Pediatric research unit that fosters
pharmaceutical policy innovation through
proactive policy research, training and
knowledge translation concerning the effectiveness,
safety, and cost management
of prescription drugs. Its three general
components are: Drug Safety, Drug Effectiveness,
Drug Policy.
Research unit that studies drug effectiveness,
safety and costs to provide decision
makers with cost effective drug coverage
strategies that produce the best health
outcomes.
Carleton, Bruce, Director.
T: 604-875-3609.
bcarleton@popi.ubc.ca
Warburton, Rebecca. Assistant Professor.
T: 250-721-8066.
rnwarbur@uvic.ca
Epidemiology and Surveillance Facilities
B.C. is home to numerous epidemiologists who work in public/ population/ community/ environmental
health. This Asset Map lists some of the researchers that combine epidemiology with new treatment
options and/or interventions (lifestyle modification) in Appendix 6. In addition, a number of the Province’s
health research centres have epidemiology or surveillance divisions. Thirteen of these are listed in
Table 10; details can be found in Appendix 9 unless otherwise stated.
TABLE 10. Epidemiology and Surveillance Facilities
Facility (URL) Description Contact
Arthritis Research Centre of Canada,
VGH
Described above in Table 9.
B.C. Centre for Disease Control,
Epidemiology Division and Immunization
Programs
(http://www.bccdc.ca/util/about/div/
epidemioligy/default.htm)
Centre for Aboriginal Health Research
(CAHR) (www.cahr.uvic.ca)
• Epidemiology Division - Provincial reporting
centre for cases of communicable
disease - monitors and evaluates cases
and outbreaks, develops prevention and
control policies and programs, and supports
the implementation of immunization
programs
• Adverse events surveillance system for
monitoring the public administration
of vaccines (part of its Immunization
Programs).
Research projects in diverse areas of
Aboriginal health including: chronic
disease, disability, First Nations health,
knowledge translation, epidemiology,
global indigenous health, participatory
and collaborative community-based
research, and health disparities.
Epidemiology Division.
T: 604-707-2510.
Surveillance: Naus, Monika.
T: 604-707-2400.
Monika.naus@bccdc.ca
Lalonde, Chris. Associate Director.
T: 250-721-7535.
lalonde@uvic.ca