NewsYearly Archives: 2025


Celebrating a Decade of Impact: OSSU’s Research Day

This spring, the Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit (OSSU) celebrated ten years of advancing health research through patient-oriented approaches. On April 10th, OSSU marked this milestone with its Research Day—a vibrant event that convened over 200 in-person attendees and 120 virtual…

Francophone patient consults for research grants

By Kim Barnhardt Hot off the heels of a very successful first-ever research and innovation day, Dr. Sharon Johnston is energized. The event, hosted by OSSU’s COFFRE initiative (Communautés Ontariennes Francophones Facilitant la Recherche Équitable) at Montfort Hospital and sponsored…

Patient partners in the lab

By Kim Barnhardt How can patients be meaningfully engaged in preclinical research, that is, research usually done in a laboratory? Dr. Manoj Lalu’s Blueprint Translational Research Group at The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) has launched Lab Partners, a project…

Des patients partenaires dans le laboratoire

By Kim Barnhardt Comment peut-on faire participer les patients de manière significative à la recherche préclinique, c’est-à-dire à la recherche généralement effectuée en laboratoire? Le groupe de recherche translationnelle Blueprint du Dr Manoj Lalu à l’Institut de recherche de l’Hôpital…