Building a Platform for Meaningful Patient Partnership to Accelerate "Bench-to-Bedside" Translation of Promising New Therapies

Affiliations

• ¹ An MSc (Epidemiology) candidate at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON. Her research interests include patient engagement in all areas of biomedical research and patient partner recognition.
• ² A senior scientist and director of the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ottawa, ON. Dean conducts systematic reviews and pragmatic clinical trials mainly in the field of transfusion medicine with a focus on transfusion alternatives and the effectiveness of blood products.
• ³ A clinical research associate for the Blueprint Translational Research Group in Ottawa, ON. Her primary research interests include identifying barriers and enablers to clinical practice change and patient engagement.
• ⁴ A cancer survivor, patient advocate and professional engineer. He has a special interest in patient-oriented cancer research, where he contributes his lived experience as a patient partner and patient advisor.
• ⁵ An aspiring school teacher. Stefany is currently in remission from acute lymphoblastic leukemia and lives in Montreal, QC.
• ⁶ A patient partner who currently lives in Prince Edward Island. She graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island and later went on to manage a number of RBC Royal Bank branches for more than 25 years.
• ⁷ Has worked in social work and corrections. Now retired, Michelle is pursuing her interests in writing, photography and advocacy for blood cancer survivors.
• ⁸ Has been appointed to the Department of Medicine in the Division of Hematology within the Blood and Marrow Transplant Program at the Ottawa Hospital in Ottawa, ON. Her research is focused on developing early phase clinical trials and moving home-grown therapeutic strategies into patients.
• ⁹ A scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an associate professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, ON. His research interests include behaviour change of healthcare professionals and understanding health behaviours of patients.
• ¹⁰ A clinical research coordinator working at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ottawa, ON. Her research interests include qualitative methods, addressing barriers and enablers to health behaviours and patient and public engagement in health research.
• ¹¹ A clinical research associate with the Blueprint Translational Research Group in Ottawa, ON. His research interests include systematic reviews and meta-research.
• ¹² An associate scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program and Regenerative Medicines Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute in Ottawa, ON. He co-leads the Blueprint Translational Research Group with Dean A. Fergusson, which uses evidence-based approaches to prepare for early phase clinical trials. Manoj can be reached by e-mail at mlalu@toh.ca.