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Hilton Lac-Leamy

Oct 26, 2026 7:30 AM - Oct 27, 2026 4:00 PM

3 Boulevard du Casino, Gatineau, QC J8Y 6X4, Canada

Canada Annual Meeting

The Canada Annual Meeting offers three tracks, Regulatory, Clinical, Safety and Pharmacovigilance!

Session 4, Track B: Supporting the Interface Between Community-led Engagement and Researchers: Partners in Clinical Trial Development

Session Chair(s)

Erin M Cherban, MSc

Erin M Cherban, MSc

Chief Clinical Research Officer, Centre for Advancing Health Outcomes, Canada

Katalin  Bertenyi, MSc

Katalin Bertenyi, MSc

Manager, Centre for Blood, Blood Products and Biotherapeutics, Health Canada, Canada

Clinical trials development has advanced to full inclusion of patient-partners in proposing and participating in the early development phase of clinical research studies and trials. This session will focus on the educational tools and resources that community members have developed for training new community members and researchers to assist in early development of trials. This session will also feature a presentation from Health Canada that provides an overview of Health Canada’s clinical trials transparency initiative that includes a searchable Canadian clinical trials portal.

Creating Training With Community, For Community Muluba Habanyama, Ontario AIDS Network

Clinical Trials Modernization - Transparency Initiative: Canadian Clinical Trial Search Portal and Guidance Document

Sarah Topham, Health Canada

Patient Perspective on Clinical Trial Development Josephine Sirna, Thalassemia Foundation of Canada

Mariya Chigrinova, Health Canada

Learning Objective :
  • Gain understanding principles for collaborating with community on clinical trial development
  • Understand balance between engaging community members in a tokenistic fashion versus meaningful collaboration
  • Learn about training resources to assist your company with meaningful community engagement
  • Learn about Health Canada’s new tool for community members to search for Canadian clinical trials

Speaker(s)

Muluba  Habanyama

Creating Training With Community, For Community

Muluba Habanyama

Knowledge Mobilization Lead, Cihr's Pan-Canadian HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Network.?, Canada

Josephine  Sirna, MSc

Patient Perspective on Clinical Trial Development

Josephine Sirna, MSc

President, Thalassemia Foundation of Canada, Canada

Sarah  Topham, MSN

Clinical Trials Modernization - Transparency Initiative: Canadian Clinical Trial Search Portal and Guidance Document

Sarah Topham, MSN

Policy Analyst, Health Products and Food Branch, Health Canada, Canada

Mariya  Chigrinova, MSc

Speaker

Mariya Chigrinova, MSc

Policy Analyst, PDD BPSIP, Health Canada, Canada

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