Julie Dessureault
Julie Dessureault CANTRAIN Chief Transformation Officer Collaborating for the Future “What I’m looking forward to at the Summit is to be surrounded by open-minded experts in the clinical trial ecosystem, having thought-provoking conversations and exchanging ideas, to foster innovation in how we deliver training,” says CANTRAIN Chief Transformation Officer Julie Dessureault. The 2025 Clinical Trials […]
Lauren Lindsey
Lauren Lindsey CANTRAIN Awardee Reaching Indigenous Communities Lauren Lindsey, from Mississippi, USA, is a doctoral candidate at the University of Alberta, conducting community-driven health research on Helicobacter pylori infection in Arctic Indigenous communities, where the prevalence of infection is 52% compared to 30% in multiple southern provinces. An asymptomatic infection typically acquired in childhood, it causes […]
Michele Monroy-Valle
Michele Monroy-Valle CANTRAIN Awardee Improving Bone Health in the Young Dr. Michele Monroy-Valle holds a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Saskatchewan, where she is currently a Postdoctoral Researcher, working on the role of milk and yogurt on bone health in young Canadians. A highly accomplished and award-winning researcher, Monroy-Valle has multiple degrees and […]
Dan Nguyen
Dan Nguyen CANTRAIN Awardee New Ways to Treat Lung Disease Hailing from Ottawa, and now based in Montreal, Dan Nguyen is a Master’s student at McGill University. His research focuses on how to improve the lives of patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. “I did my Bachelor’s at McGill in kinesiology, and doing an honors […]
Linda Hunter
Linda Hunter CANTRAIN National Stream Lead, Community Partners & Patients Stream A Brighter Future for Patients in Clinical Trials “Patients used to be called subjects in clinical trials. We don’t use that word anymore,” explains Linda Hunter, CANTRAIN National Stream Lead, Community Partners & Patients Stream. “Patients aren’t just participants in clinical trials: they can […]
Lisa Goos
Lisa Goos CANTRAIN Chief Operating Officer Creating a Community of Practice “British Columbia has a very well-organised and active clinical trials ecosystem and we have a lot of award winners that come out of BC,” says CANTRAIN Chief Operating Officer Dr. Lisa Goos on the choice of Vancouver for the 2025 Clinical Trials Training Summit. […]
Jean Bourbeau
Jean Bourbeau CANTRAIN Principal Nominated Investigator Making Clinical Trials More Representative “This is our second conference,” says Dr. Jean Bourbeau, CANTRAIN Principal Nominated Investigator, Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University, and physician specializing in lung disease. “We had one in Montreal last year. If it’s a national platform, then the annual conference […]