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Research Advisory Committee

CUHI’s governance structure is intentionally designed to facilitate engagement amongst a variety of academic and non-academic stakeholders. The Research Advisory Committee (RAC) is responsible for ensuring the Centre develops, promotes and maintains high quality, rigorous and innovative research.  This committee is made up of academic, community and policy members and provides a key opportunity for engaging the various stakeholders in CUHI’s research directions.

The RAC is convened by the Director of Research for peer review of seed grant proposals, evaluation of CBR award submissions and to review applications for junior faculty buy-outs and post-doctoral fellowships. 

Membership of Board

The membership of the board shall consist of the members with the following breakdown:

Policy Members: Loren Vanderlinden
Supervisor, Environment Protection Office, Toronto Public Health
Academic Members:  Ito Peng
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Patricia Erickson, Senior Scientist & Professor
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Dept. of Sociology & Dept. of Criminology, University of Toronto

Josee Johnston
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto

Community Members: Diane Dyson, Manager of Planning and Research
WoodGreen Community Services

Brenda Roche, Director of Community-Based Research
Wellesley Institute

CUHI Members: Dennis Magill, Managing Director
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives

John Myles, Principal Investigator
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives

Brenda Ross, Director of Research
Centre for Urban Health Initiatives


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