CANTRAIN - Key Persons
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- Administrative Assistant, Quebec
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- Manager, Administration & Finances, Quebec
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- - National Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, As Ex - Officio, Non - Voting Member
- National Executive Director & Chief Business Officer, Quebec
Dr. Bruno Battistini has over 25 years of professional experience in the health/medical research sector. Before becoming President, CEO and Scientific Director of a Provincial Health Research Foundation, he occupied senior positions in the private sector (CSO, VP, (Senior) Director), was a Health Research Scholar and Assistant-Professor (Medicine) at Université Laval, and Scientist at Hôpital Laval - Quebec Heart & Lung Institute, and still lectures at the Université de Sherbrooke and Adjunct-Professor at uOttawa.Bruno fostered strategic investment plans, developed many new programs/value demonstration initiatives, partnered and established alliances with many charities, federal agencies, national programs in aging, and the private sector, fostering an overall exponential increase in the Foundation's activities and investment in the Health Research Enterprise and the knowledge economy.Bruno created several Chairs at universities and the first NCE-AgeWell National Innovation Hub called APPTA who he Chaired from the start. He served on several provincial and national advisory committees, peer-review committees, and boards, was Co-Chair of www.naphro.ca and the Forum of Health Research Funders, continue to Chair the Research Oversight Committee of the $100M FACS program at CQDM for the past 4 years and is the recipient of many national awards and honors, >125 publications and >350 presentations.
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- Team Leader Program Designer & Developer, Quebec
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- Administrative Assistant, Quebec
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- Clinical Research Educator, Nova Scotia
Jacquie has over 25 years of professional experience as a clinician, researcher, and educator in health sciences. She was a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Postdoctoral Fellow with the Emergency Concussion Research team at The Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEORI) and sport physiotherapist. In addition to teaching undergraduate and graduate students as an adjunct lecturer and clinical supervisor (Physical Therapy) at the University of Toronto and a guest lecturer (Physiotherapy) at the University of Ottawa, Jacquie was the founder of an evidence-based concussion education program.
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- Clinical Research Educator ( CRE ), Alberta
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- Consultant Partnership Engagement, Eastern Canada
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- Clinical Research Educator ( CRE ), Alberta
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- Program Designer & Developer, Nova Scotia
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- Clinical Research Educator ( CRE ), Newfoundland & Labrador
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- IT Consultant for the Respiplus
- Research Software Developer, Quebec
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- Manager / Administrator, IT Systems, Quebec
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- National Coordinator, Graduate & Postdoctoral Trainee Stream, Quebec
As the National Coordinator focusing on the Postgraduate Training stream of CANTRAIN, Ms Christina Farant's objectives are to include high-quality connected online and experiential learning and training, as well as broadening the range of possible careers for postgraduate students interested in clinical trials and regulatory affairs.
Christina previously worked as the Training Coordinator for the Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training (DCAT) of the McGill University Health Centre's Research Institute (RI-MUHC, Montréal). Her primary responsibility was to plan and coordinate postgraduate trainees' career exploration and development training programs, activities, and events. Christina is passionate about instructional and graphic design and is committed to expanding her education and skill set in order to provide students with the finest experience possible.
Outside the office, Christina enjoys reading novels and listening to true crime and history podcasts. In her hometown of Montreal, Quebec, she enjoys spending time with her husband, young daughter, and their two cats.
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- Program Designer & Developer, Quebec
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- Clinical Research Educator ( CRE ), Ontario