Transformative talent development in the Canadian biomanufacturing hubs
Members of the BioHubNet team at the program's kick-off meeting held at Hart House (L-R): Akshita Vincent, Darius Rackus, Gilbert Walker, and Molly Shoichet. Image courtesy of BioHubNet.
BioHubNet links research, training, translation, and industry partners to deliver a program that tailors training pathways with core and specialized components, including research, technical, transferrable and translational skills, with an industry-ready focus. Multidisciplinary experiential learning will embed trainees in research projects within and beyond academia through strong partnerships with industry and not-for-profit organizations and linkage with the five CBRF hubs will promote national mobility. BioHubNet will train 500+ interdisciplinary high-quality personnel (HQP) who will in turn support research programs to move through and beyond proof-of-principle, delivering real-world evidence and solutions including regulatory and clinical trials frameworks, policy briefs, technology dossiers, licensing agreements, and rapid multi-domain data analysis, and creating new companies through entrepreneurship and commercialization streams. This effort will deliver HQP and research advances essential for promoting the health and well-being of Canadians in future pandemics and health emergencies.
Project Directors:
Molly Shoichet (University of Toronto) Darius Rackus (Toronto Metropolitan University) Gilbert Walker (University of Toronto)
Team Members:
Upton Allen (The Hospital for Sick Children)
Cheryl Arrowsmith (University of Toronto)
Mamatha Bhat (University Health Network)
Claudia dos Santos (Unity Health Toronto)
Lawrence Goodridge (University of Guelph)
Jane Heffernan (York University)
Omar Khan (University of Toronto)
Radhakrishnan Mahadevan (University of Toronto)
Frank Merante (Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology)
Samira Mubareka (Sunnybrook Research Institute)
Micheline Piquette-Miller (University of Toronto)
Amber Simpson (Queen's University)
Lisa Strug (University of Toronto)
Valerie Ward (University of Waterloo)
Partners:
adMare BioInnovations
AmacaThera
BlueDot
Campus Biotech Digital
Canadian Advanced Therapies Training Institute (CATTI)
Canadian Alliance for Skills and Training in Life Sciences (CASTL)
Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)
