Network | CCHCSP

The CCHCSP network is grounded in our guiding principles to help navigate us into the future. With these guiding principles as our compass, we will be able to make a bigger and broader impact in the scientific community and as a result, better health outcomes for all.

NATIONAL REPRESENTATION

ACKNOWLEDGE AND EMBRACE INDIGENOUS WAYS OF KNOWING/DOING. PROMOTING HEALTH & WELLNESS

REPRESENTATION ACROSS ALL THEMES OF RESEARCH

EQUITY, DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

YOUTH, PARENT AND FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

INTERDISCIPLINARITY

TRAINEE REPRESENTATION

Partnered with 17 pediatric academic centres in Canada, a mentor is ready to help where ever you are.

The CCHCSP organizational structure provides our trainees with a formal and informal group of mentors who help develop core scientific skills, but more importantly, provide guidance in defining each trainee’s trajectory while maintaining a healthy work life balance. It’s our committees, centre leaders and the peer on peer mentoring among our trainees. It is access to the top clinician scientist in Canada across all disciplines within our program. This impact that we have left on each of our trainees, motivates them to give back and volunteer their time to our program on our committees and as informal mentors.

Executive Committee

Executive Committee has the ultimate authority over the program and provides the strategic direction and operational aspects of CCHCSP. The committee is responsible to ensure that the program maintains its focus on meeting the needs for child health clinician scientist training in Canada, and keeps pace with the changing research landscape. The committee has final authority over the trainee selection process, financial stewardship, policies, guidelines, and appointment of the Director and program staff. The Program Operations Committee (Director and Program Manager) will implement the program and report to the Executive. New Executive Committee members are nominated by existing committee members, and approved to serve a 2-year term. This 6-person committee has representation from each of the 3 regions (Region 1: Atlantic Provinces & Quebec; Region 2: Ontario; Region 3: Prairies and British Columbia. In addition, trainee a representative and two disciplinary representatives are included.

Members:

Jennifer Stinson

Executive Committee

Mario Cappelli

Executive Committee

Natasha Trehan

Executive Committee, Patient Partner

Roger Chafe

Centre Leader, Executive Committee

Ron Thomson

Executive Committee, Patient Partner

Sandra Hodgetts

Centre Leader, Executive Committee

Shannon MacDonald

Executive Committee

Thierry Lacaze

Executive Committee

Program Operations Committee

Susan Samuel

Director

Linda Pires

Program Manager

The Curriculum Committee oversees the operation and advancement of the CCHCSP Core Curriculum. The committee members work directly with the CCHCSP Director and Program Manager to ensure effective up-to-date content and tools within the existing infrastructure and potential for novel tools and advancement. Committee members are nominated from the CCHCSP community and approved by the CCHCSP Executive to serve a 5-year term. The committee also guides the development of the content for the CCHCSP annual symposia and address any centre based concerns.

Members:

Catharine Walsh

Curriculum Committee Chair

Cheri Deal

Curriculum Committee

Danijela Grahovac

Curriculum Committee, Patient Partner

Eric Benchimol

Centre Leader, Curriculum Committee Chair

Jaime Winkler

Curriculum Committee, Patient Partner

Mandy Archibald

Curriculum Committee

Sandra Peláez

Curriculum Committee

Selecting potential clinician scientists for the future of child health research in Canada is an extremely important task in which members of the Selection Committee play a crucial role. The purpose of the Selection Committee is to enhance and execute the recruitment, retention, and support of outstanding individuals who will advance Canadian child health across our entry disciplines. The Committee will carry out the CCHCSP applicant selection and adjudication process as described in the adjudication section. They will also participate in the evaluation of current trainees during the National symposium annually, meeting with both trainee and mentors separately. New Selection Committee members are nominated by committee members, and approved by the CCHCSP Executive to serve a 5-year term. The committee has representation from all four pillars of health research and includes at least one representative from medicine/surgery, psychology, nursing, rehabilitative sciences, and other disciplines to represent the cross section of CCHCSP trainees. Geographic representation is encouraged, with also a minimum two former trainees of the program.

Members:

Brendan Andrade

Selection Committee Co-Chair

Brenndon Goodman

Selection Committee

Gina Dimitropoulos

Selection Committee

Jean-Sebastien Joyal

Selection Committee

Jill Zwicker

Selection Committee

John Barnard

Selection Committee

Laurie Snider

Selection Committee

Lesley Pritchard (Wiart)

Selection Committee

Liz Crawford

Selection Committee

Mandi Newton

Selection Committee

Richard Keijzer

Co-Director, Selection Committee Chair

Samantha Anthony

Selection Committee

Shannon Scott

Selection Committee

Sumit Gupta

Selection Committee

An established clinician scientist serves as the CCHCSP Centre Leader in each of the 17 Pediatric Academic centres. In many centres, there will also be a co-leader who may be from another clinical discipline. Centre Leaders are nominated by the local institution and approved by the CCHCSP Executive to serve 5 year terms, with possibility for one additional term. The following outlines the roles and responsibilities of Centre Leaders.

Advocate and Advertise

Help identify upcoming stars across all disciplines for CCHCSP.

Meet with department heads regarding CCHCSP.

Promote the local sessions and build attendance.

Mentorship

Support and guide those within the program as funded trainees and those attending local sessions.

Interact and network with your trainees at the monthly sessions.

Direct the local centre-based curriculum sessions

Create a session schedule for the curriculum year (Sept – May).

Track attendance at each session.

Submit a list of students for certification before each annual symposium (Certification is provided to any student who attends 10 sessions within 2 years.)

Contribute to national network of CCCHSP mentors

Attend the annual symposium.

Attend 2-3 centre leader meetings per year.

Give feedback on curriculum.

Be available to assist trainees from other centres.

Prepare local applicants for CCHCSP award competitions

Meet and mentor the candidate: In order for a candidate to apply for a CCHCSP award, they must meet with the Centre Leader first. The Centre leader will mentor the candidate and help them put forward a strong application, in collaboration with the identified primary supervisor or mentor. The Centre Leader must approve all applications via an attestation signature in the application document.

Internal Review: The Centre Leader will facilitate an internal peer review to strengthen the application prior to submission. Internal peer review processes are different at each center, and may include a panel or one on one feedback prior to applying.

Dalhousie University

Jill Hatchette

Psychology

Laurentian University

Nancy Young

Physical Therapy

Laval University

Richard Belanger

Medicine

McGill University

Pia Wintermark

Medicine

McMaster University

Melissa Parker

Medicine

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Roger Chafe

Medicine

University of Alberta

Eytan Wine

Medicine

University of Alberta

Sandra Hodgetts

Occupational Therapy

University of British Columbia

Pascal Lavoie

Medicine

University of Calgary

Brian Brooks

Psychology

University of Calgary

Marinka Twilt

Medicine

University of Manitoba

Kristy Wittmeier

Physical Therapy

University of Montreal

Genevieve Mailhot

Registered Dietician

University of Montreal

Helene Decaluwe

Medicine

University of Saskatchewan

Darryl Adamko

Medicine

University of Sherbrooke

Audree-Jeanne Beaudoin

Occupational Therapy

University of Sherbrooke

Jean-François Lepage

Psychology

University of Toronto

Deryk Beal

Speech Language Pathology

University of Toronto

Eric Benchimol

Medicine

University of Western Ontario

Craig Campbell

Medicine

University of Western Ontario

Janis Cardy

Speech Language Pathology

This diverse network of national experts provides CCHCSP with the opportunity to provide formal annual reviews through individualized research development plans (IRDP) for our trainees and the mentor/supervisor. With 1-on1 meetings between trainees, mentors our committee members, we can provide the personalized follow up support that each of our trainees need to become the leader of their craft.