"Addressing the Acute Shortage of Clinician Scientists in Canada"

1:00pm - 3:00pm, Thursday, May 4, 2006

Held in conjunction with the
National Research Forum for Young Investigators in Circulatory and Respiratory Health

Winnipeg Convention Centre
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Program Co-Chairs: Dr. Aubie Angel and Dr. Henry G. Friesen introduce four noted speakers who explore various perspectives on this topic:

Clinician Scientists in Training: Successful Models Dr. Melvin Silverman, Professor of Medicine, Director of MDPHD and Royal College Clinical Investigator Programs, University of Toronto.

The Challenges and Opportunities for Women in Health Research Dr. Janice Richman-Eisenstat, Assistant Professor, Departments of Medicine, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, and Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, University of Manitoba.

The Clinician Scientist Pipeline: Increasing the Flow Dr. John Cairns, Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Past Dean of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Leader of Clinical Research Initiative, CIHR.

Realizing Our Vision Dr. Peter Liu, Scientific Director Designate, CIHR, Institute of Cardiovascular and Respiratory Health; Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto.

The afternoon concludes with a question period. Discussant: Dr. Gregory Downey, Professor and Vice-Chair, Department of Medicine, and Director, Division of Respirology, University of Toronto.

Proceedings of the Symposium will be published and available through the offices of FCIHR at a later date. As additional information comes available it will be posted on this site.

For more information please download the 2006 Symposium brochure (3 MB PDF, English & French).

Update: Symposium Abstracts are now available (307 KB PDF, English only). Information on the YI Forum is available at www.yiforum.ca.