Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit. Strategy for Patient Oriented Research.

Governance

OSSU, a not-for-profit organization, is accountable to a Board of Directors. The following committee provides expert advice and guidance:

Operational Management Team — is responsible for the successful start-up, completion, implementation and evaluation of all OSSU initiatives. It includes representatives from the Ministries of Health and Long-Term Care, and Research, Innovation and Science, and the 15 Research Centres.

Patients are involved in all aspects of OSSU’s work, with active patient representatives on the Board and the Operational Management Team.

Board of Directors

Dr. Bernard Leduc President and CEO, Hôpital Montfort — **Dr. Bernard Leduc**
President and CEO,
Hôpital Montfort

**Mr. Marcel Castonguay**
Executive Director,
Hamilton/Niagara Community Health Centre

**Ms. Anna Greenberg**
Vice Chair, Board of Directors,
Chief, Strategy and Planning, Ontario Health

Elizabeth Carlton Ontario Hospital Association — **Ms. Elizabeth Carlton**
Vice President, Policy and Public Affairs
Ontario Hospital Association

MSmith_headshot — **Ms. Maureen Smith**
Patient Partner

Observers

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan – Executive Director, OSSU
Dr. Dean Fergusson – Scientific Lead OSSU

Operational Management Team

Dr. Dean Fergusson, Scientific Co-Lead — **Dr. Dean Fergusson**
Scientific Lead

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan, Chair, OMT Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Ms. Anne Hayes, Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (MOHLTC)
Mr. Charles Victor, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES)
Dr. Colin Macarthur, Ontario Child Health SUPPORT Unit
Dr. Dean Fergusson, Ottawa Methods Centre and Provincial KTE Network
Dr. Diana Urajnik, Health Equity for Northern Ontarians
Dr. Jeremy Grimshaw, Ottawa Methods Centre
Dr. John Lavis, McMaster Health Forum
Dr. Julia Abelson, McMaster Health Forum
Mr. Keith Taylor, Patient Partner
Dr. Kirk Nylen, Ontario Brain Institute
Dr. Martin Osmond, Ontario Child Health SUPPORT Unit
Dr. Maureen Markle-Reid, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging
Dr. Michael Green, INSPIRE-Primary Health Care Research Network
Dr. Michael Schull, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Dr. Moira Stewart, INSPIRE-Primary Health Care Research Network
Dr. Paula Rochon, Women’s Xchange, Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Parminder Raina, McMaster Institute for Research on Aging
Dr. Peter Jüni, Applied Health Research Centre
Dr. Robert Reid, Trillium Health Partners
Dr. Robin Mason, Women’s Xchange, Women’s College Hospital
Dr. Sharon Straus, Provincial KTE Network
Ms. Susan Marlin, Clinical Trials Ontario
Dr. Tara Gomes, Ontario Drug Policy and Research Network
Dr. Tom Mikkelsen, Ontario Brain Institute
Dr. Walter Wodchis, Health System Performance Network

Working Groups

Six working groups provide expertise in the SUPPORT Unit core-function areas and three additional groups provide cross-cutting expertise across content areas of great interest to Ontario (Indigenous, Francophone and Sex & Gender issues).

Pragmatic Trials
Patient Partners
Knowledge Translation
Data Platforms
Training and Capacity Building
Performance Measurement

Cross-Cutting Themes

Indigenous Working Group
Francophone Working Group
Sex and Gender