The Ontario Brain Institute is a provincially-funded, not-for-profit research centre seeking to maximize the impact of neuroscience and establish Ontario as a world leader in brain research, commercialization and care. We create convergent partnerships between researchers, clinicians, industry, patients, and their advocates to foster discovery and deliver innovative products and services that improve the lives of those living with brain disorders.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) is the research arm of The Ottawa Hospital and an affiliated institute of the University of Ottawa. Our research is focused on answering important health questions and translating new findings into benefits for patients and the community. Our goal is to make tomorrow’s health care possible today; bringing new hope to our patients, while advancing health research at a global level.
A Word about Our Facility
OHRI is a multi-sited research facility based at The Ottawa Hospital’s Civic, General and Riverside campuses, with additional space at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Medicine. With 215,000 square feet of dedicated basic and clinical research space, OHRI has a number of specialized facilities, including the Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, the Centre for Innovative Cancer Research, the Centre for Practice-Changing Research, a Clinical Investigation Unit for phase 1 and pharmacokinetic studies and three clinical grade Good Manufacturing Practice Laboratories.
Our Research
Our scientists, clinical investigators, trainees and staff are investigating virtually every major disease and condition. Our research spans the full spectrum of health science, from basic molecular biology and epidemiology, to clinical trials and the development of new therapies, to health services and knowledge translation research.
At OHRI we have made significant research contributions in treatments, such as promising therapies using cancer-fighting viruses, biotherapeutics for Duchenne muscular dystrophy and a treatment that uses gene-enhanced stem cells to help the heart repair itself after a heart attack. These three examples, developed from basic scientific discoveries by our scientists, are now in clinical trials or are very nearly at that stage. Each represents a potential breakthrough in how we treat these diseases. There are many other examples from the Clinical Epidemiology Program where researchers working in decision rule research have determined key practice changing results, such as the Ottawa Ankle rules.
Ozmosis Research Inc. offers services provided by traditional contract research organizations and site management organizations, with a distinct advantage – our oncology and drug development expertise. Ozmosis Research Inc. works with pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies as well as investigators to design and implement Phase I, II and III clinical trials.
Peak Research and Peak Medical Specialty Centres are new, state-of-the-art respiratory clinics located in Calgary, Edmonton, Red Deer, Medicine Hat and Strathmore that offer a full array of pulmonary diagnostic equipment and treatments. We are located in various centres in conjunction with Pinnacle Medical Centres which comprise of family physicians, health care providers and therapists. The health care professionals at Peak are passionate about offering patient focused care and are committed to providing the best possible treatment for their patients. All our Respiratory Therapists are Certified Respiratory Educators (CREs) or are in the process of becoming CREs. As such, we are developing a Respiratory Research Program in order to further enhance patient care. Since we operate in nine (9) new facilities across the province our patients have the benefit of shorter wait times and physicians that are easily accessible. This approach also allows healthcare providers and physicians from different medical fields (Family Medicine, Internal Medicine, Physiatry, Neurology, Physiotherapy, etc.) to collaborate and communicate, further enhancing patient care. Peak Research Group and Peak Medical Specialty Centres are excited about the opportunity of working with various pharmaceutical companies in offering improved patient care as we understand that this is of the utmost importance to patients and the community.
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Pfizer Canada inc. est la filiale canadienne de Pfizer Inc., l’une des principales entreprises biopharmaceutiques à l’échelle mondiale. Notre gamme diversifiée de produits de soins de santé comprend des médicaments, des vaccins et des produits grand public figurant parmi les plus populaires et les plus prescrits dans le monde. Tous les jours, les employés de Pfizer Canada travaillent afin d’offrir des traitements qui améliorent substantiellement la vie des patients. Nous mettons à profit la science et nos ressources mondiales pour améliorer la santé et le bien-être de la population canadienne, à toutes les étapes de la vie. Notre engagement se reflète dans tout ce que nous faisons, qu’il s’agisse d’initiatives de sensibilisation aux maladies ou de partenariats communautaires. Pour en savoir plus sur Pfizer Canada, visitez le site pfizer.ca ou suivez-nous sur Twitter (twitter.com/PfizerCA) ou Facebook (facebook.com/Pfizer.Canada).