Pandemic pREparedness engaging Primary cARe and Emergency Departments
PREPARED is a multi-faceted initiative that engages primary care clinics and emergency departments across Canada to improve patient care, health system efficiency, and Canada's national response to pandemics.
PREPARED will:
- Enhance surveillance by creating a system to alert government agencies and researchers of new pathogens
- Accelerate biomanufacturing by providing real-time samples for faster vaccine, treatment and diagnostic development
- Facilitate linkage to clinical trials
In addition to shielding Canada against future health emergencies, PREPARED will launch a Talent Development Program to guide the next generation of primary care, emergency care, and public health professionals. The program equips trainees with the knowledge and practical skills to understand, monitor, manage and combat pandemics and emerging health threats. Learning streams focus on surveillance, data science, implementation science, and community-based participatory research.
Project Director
Andrew Pinto (Unity Health Toronto)
Team Members
- Peter Daley (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
- Rubee Dev (The University of British Columbia)
- Michelle Greiver (University of Toronto)
- Benita Hosseini (University of Toronto)
- Michelle Howard (McMaster University)
- Alan Katz (University of Manitoba)
- Fiona Kouyoumdjian (Ontario Ministry of Health)
- Marie-Thérèse Lussier (Université de Montréal)
- Emily McDonald (Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre)
- Allison McGeer (Sinai Health System)
- Jean-Sébastien Paquette (Université Laval)
- Laura Rosella (University of Toronto)
- Haolun Shi (Simon Fraser University)
- Frank Sullivan (University of St Andrews)
- Jeff Wrana (Sinai Health System)
Partners
- Alliance for Healthier Communities
- Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences
- INSPIRE Primary Health Care Research Network
- Manitoba Primary Care Research Network
- MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions
- McGill Primary Care Practice-Based Research Network
- McGill University
- McMaster University
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
- Newfoundland and Labrador Health Services
- North York General Hospital
- Northern Alberta Primary Care Research Network
- Northern Ontario School of Medicine University
- Ontario Ministry of Health
- Public Health Agency of Canada
- Queen's University
- Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
- Simon Fraser University
- Sinai Health System
- Université de Montréal
- Université de Sherbrooke
- Université Laval
- University Health Network
- University of Alberta
- University of British Columbia
- University of Calgary
- University of Manitoba
- University of Ottawa
- University of St Andrews
- University of Toronto
- Upstream Lab
- VITAM – Centre de recherche en santé durable
- Western University
Funding
$18.98M from the Canada Biomedical Research Fund (CBRF) for Research and Talent Training