Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute

Our Mission

To be an international leader in health technology research and other strategic health innovation, that improves the health of the people of Northwestern Ontario and others.

Our Vision

Bringing Discovery to Life

Our Values

Excellence
Collaboration
Innovation
Integrity
Respect
Accountability

Our Philosophy

Patients and Families are at the centre of everything we do.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute

Incorporated as the Thunder Bay Regional Research Institute in December 2007 and renamed the Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute in November 2016, the organization is the research arm of the Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. Its mandate is to facilitate clinical research –particularly in the area of imaging and related fields– strategic to regional health care needs. Current research areas include but are not limited to cancer, cardiac disease, stroke, orthopaedics, Indigenous health, and lung disease.

The Health Research Institute also supports clinical trials at the Health Sciences Centre, which has been one of Canada’s Top 40 Research Hospitals since 2010 thanks in large part to the activities of the Health Research Institute.

TBRHRI 2017/2018 Board of Directors

Clint Harris
Chair of the Board, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute; Publisher and General Manager, The Chronicle-Journal

Jean Bartkowiak
CEO, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute and President & CEO, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Andrew Dean, PhD
Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Lakehead University

Tom Kehoe, MBA, CFA
Investor, Abiwin Ventures Ltd.

Dr. Penny Moody-Corbett
Associate Dean of Research, Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Former Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Studies for the Faculty of Medicine at Memorial University; Senior member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Aldéa Landry, CM, PC, QC
Lawyer & President, Landal Inc.; Former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, New Brunswick

Christine Napierala, CPA, CA
Financial Manager, Hydro One Remote Communities

Dr. Gordon Porter
(to December, 2017)
Chief of Staff, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre

Dr. Abraham Rudnick
(January, 2018 delegated by Chief of Staff)
Executive Vice President Research & Development, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre and Chief Scientist, Thunder Bay Regional Health Research Institute

Dr. Jim Madder
President, Confederation College

Stan Beardy
Chief, Muskrat Dam First Nation; Former Ontario Regional Chief

Dr. Pam Wakewich
Past Director, Centre for Rural & Northern Health Research; Sociology and Women’s Studies and Professor, Lakehead University

Jay Lefton
Partner, Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP.

Dr. Mark Poznansky
Past President & CEO, Ontario Genomics Institute; Past President & CEO, Robarts Research Institute/P>

Dr. Sheldon Tobe
Professor in Medicine, Staff Physician, Division of Nephrology, University of Toronto; Professor and Heart and Stroke Foundation Chair, Aboriginal and Rural Health Research, Northern Ontario School of Medicine.