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 Ministry of Health, the 14 Research Centres and 8 Research Initiatives.
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
Chair, Board of Directors
Vice Chair, Board of Directors
Treasurer, Board of Directors
Secretary, Board of Directors
Observers
- Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan – Executive Director, OSSU
- Dr. Dean Fergusson – Scientific Lead OSSU
- Ministry of Health Representative
Operational Management Team
Scientific Lead
- Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan, Chair, OMT Ontario SPOR SUPPORT Unit
- Dr. Brenda Vrkljan, McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging
- 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. Duminda Wijeysundera, Applied Health Research Centre
- Dr. Jennifer Walker, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute
- Dr. John Lavis, McMaster Health Forum
- Dr. Jordan Antflick, Ontario Brain Institute
- Dr. Julia Abelson, McMaster Health Forum
- 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. Nav Persaud, St. Michael’s Hospital (EDI)
- Dr. Noah Ivers, Women’s College Hospital
- Dr. Onil Bhattacharyya, Women’s College Hospital
- Dr. Paul Kurdyak, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Dr. Paula Rochon, Women’s Xchange, Women’s College Hospital
- Dr. Rebecca Ganann, McMaster Collaborative for Health and Aging
- Dr. Robert Reid, Trillium Health Partners
- Dr. Robin Mason, Women’s Xchange, Women’s College Hospital
- Mr. Roger Farley, OSSU Patient Partner Advisory Council
- Dr. Roger Zemek, Ontario Child Health SUPPORT Unit
- Dr. Sharon Johnston, Institue du Savoir Montfort(Francophone Initiative)
- Dr. Sharon Straus, Provincial KTE Network
- Dr. Stuart Nicholls, Ottawa Methods Centre
- Ms. Susan Marlin, Clinical Trials Ontario
- Dr. Tara Gomes, Ontario Drug Policy and Research Network
- Dr. Walter Wodchis, Health System Performance Network
- Ministry of Health Representative
Four Pillars
Four ‘pillars’ provide expertise in the SUPPORT Unit core-function areas.
- Learning Health System
- Data Platforms and Services
- Capacity Building
- Patient Partner Advisory Council