Webinar objectives:
Identify various funding strategies for pediatric and perinatal clinical trials in Canada, including academic grants and industry partnerships.
Develop realistic expectations regarding the timeline and effort required to fund clinical trials through shared examples.
Understand different strategies when approaching industry and academic funders and identify key factors for successful proposals.
Meet the speakers!
Dr. Ebele Ola is the Vice-President of Medical Affairs at Janssen Canada. She leads a team of Medical Affairs Professionals dedicated to the generation, analysis, and unbiased dissemination of scientific data to health care professionals, to support improved patient outcomes. She is a member of the Janssen Canada Leadership Team.
Ebele has been with Janssen in Canada since 2008. Prior to joining Johnson & Johnson, Ebele was Medical Director and Principal Investigator, overseeing a team of over 100 clinical research professionals in the conduct of Phase I to Phase III Clinical trials. During this period, the company grew by 50 percent and inpatient capacity increased four-fold.
In 2016, Ebele was recognized as a Healthcare Businesswomen’s Association Rising Star. She is passionate about Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, and she is the Executive Sponsor for the Janssen Women's Leadership & Inclusion.
Ebele obtained her Medical Degree from the University of Toronto in Canada, followed by a residency in Family Medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto and a Sports Medicine Fellowship. Outside of her professional life, she enjoys salsa dancing and traveling to new destinations with her husband and daughter.
Dr. Srinivas Murthy is Board certified in Pediatric Critical Care and Pediatric Infectious Diseases. His research focuses on stemming this burden through optimizing their management in a variety of settings. Additionally, the ability of various settings and healthcare systems to cost-effectively manage critically ill children, especially those with infection, is an area of focus.
Dr. Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil was appointed professor of Pediatrics at the University Paris 11 in 1997. He then moved to Edmonton, Alberta, in 2003 to become the inaugural director of the Women and Children Health Research Institute (WCHRI) in 2006. In 2010, He was recruited as a senior scientist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute and was the scientific director of the Clinical Research Unit at CHEO from 2011 to 2015. From 2016 to 2021, Thierry has been the section head of Neonatology at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. Since May 2021, he dedicates most of his time to MICYRN, expanding capacities and providing services of Academic Research.