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 2018/2019 Board of Directors

Dr. Andrew Dean, PhD
Interim Chair of the Board; Vice-President, Research & Innovation, Lakehead University

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

Dr. Penny Moody-Corbett, PhD
Associate Dean of Research, Northern Ontario School of Medicine; Senior member, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Anne-Marie Heron
Executive Director of Capital Planning and Operations, Physical Plant and Operations, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre; (September, 2018 delegated by Chief of Staff, Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre)

Kathleen Lynch
President, Confederation College

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

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.

Stan Beardy
On leave of absense

Former Members

Dr. Mark Poznansky
(to November, 2018)

Jay Lefton
(to November, 2018)

Aldéa Landry, CM, PC, QC
(to August, 2018)

Tom Kehoe, MBA, CFA
(to November, 2018)

Clint Harris
(to August, 2018)

Dr. Abraham Rudnick, MD, PhD
(to September, 2018)

Dr. Jim Madder
(to August, 2018)