PRESCRIBING THE RIGHT MEDICINE FOR CHILDREN
8.4 million in new research funding for national partnerships
June 16, 2017
Today, the University of Manitoba announced more than $8.4 million in new research funding provided by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Research Manitoba, and the Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba in partnership with other institutions across Canada.
Led by Dr. Terry Klassen in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba, the SPOR Network – Innovation in Pediatric Clinical Trials (IPCT) Project will use real patients under carefully controlled situations to measure how well a medication works and how safe it is. Knowledge gained from trials will help doctors choose which medicines to prescribe.
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Photo from left to right:
Dr. Jay Doering, Associate Vice-President (Partnerships), University of Manitoba
Mr. Terry Duguid, Member of Parliament for Winnipeg South, and Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Status of Women
Dr. Terry Klassen, CEO and Scientific Director Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba; Professor and Head, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Medical Director, Child Health Program, WRHA; and Academic Director, CHI
Dr. Brian Postl, Dean, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences & Vice-Provost (Health Sciences), University of Manitoba, and Chair, Research Manitoba
The Honourable Cliff Cullen, Minister of Growth, Enterprise and Trade, Province of Manitoba
Mr. Lawrence Prout, President and CEO, Children’s Hospital Foundation of Manitoba Inc.