Engaging. Relevant. Insightful.

We are lining up an incredible group of speakers to talk about current trends, opportunities, innovations and challenges facing our clinical trials community today – and in the future. Watch this space as we add to our line-up of speakers!

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Sickboy Podcast

North America’s Revolutionary Voice in Health and Wellness

Dr. Janet Smylie

Family Physician and Research Scientist, Unity Health Toronto; Professor, University of Toronto (Dalla Lana School of Public Health and Department of Family and Community Medicine); Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Advancing Generative Health Services for Indigenous Populations in Canada

Dr. Jason Field

President and CEO of Life Sciences Ontario

Dr. Bradly Wouters

Executive Vice President, Science and Research, University Health Network

Munaza Jamil

Chair, N2 Public Engagement Committee; Lead, Monitoring Program at MICYRN

Dr. PJ Devereaux

Director, Division of Perioperative Care at McMaster University; Senior Scientist and the Scientific Leader, Anesthesiology, Perioperative Medicine, and Surgical Research Group at the Population Health Research Institute; Professor, Departments of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact (HEI) and Medicine, McMaster University

Allen Chankowsky

Acclaimed Author, International Speaker, and resilient 33-year survivor of a rare form of stage-4 Androgen Receptor positive cancer

Dr. Megan Bettle

Executive Director for Clinical Trials, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Carley McPherson

Director of Research, Lakeridge Health

Dr. Stuart Nicholls

Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research Program Facilitator, Office for Patient Engagement in Research Activities (OPERA), The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute’s Methods Centre

Dr. Fahad Razak

Internist, St Michael's Hospital; Provincial Clinical Lead, Ontario Health; Co-Lead GEMINI: https://geminimedicine.ca/ ; Canada Research Chair in Data-Informed Healthcare Improvement, University of Toronto

Sharon Freitag

Senior Director, Research Ethics, Unity Health Toronto

Donna Lillie

Member of the CTO College of Lived Experience

Mike Lapenna

Member of the CTO College of Lived Experience

Michelle Audoin

CCTG Breast Disease Site Committee, OICR PFAC

Dr. Nir Lipsman

Neurosurgeon and Senior Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute and Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre; Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto.

Stay tuned for more speakers!