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Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination

The Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination advisory panel is an external advisory body of Health Canada. It is chaired by Mark Walport, former Government Chief Scientific Adviser.[1]

History

In August 2023, Health Canada collaborated with the Public Health Agency of Canada, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and the Office of the Chief Science Advisor to convene an "independent expert panel to conduct a review of the federal approach to pandemic science advice and research coordination."[2] The panel's report was published October 10, 2024.[3]

Membership

Name Position Notes
Mark Walport Chair Government Chief Scientific Adviser (GCSA), Imperial College London, UK Research and Innovation
Éric Cohen Member University of Montreal, Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM)
Bev Holmes Member Michael Smith Health Research BC
Thomas Marrie Member -
Shannon McDonald Member First Nations Health Authority
Allison McGeer Member University of Toronto Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Fahad Razak Member Canada Research Chairs Program, St. Michael's Hospital

  1. Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination. (2024, January 29). Health Canada. http://archive.today/2024.02.07-224126/https://www.canada.ca/en/health-canada/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/review-federal-approach-pandemic-science-advice-research-coordination.html ↩︎

  2. Wagantall, C. (2024, January 29). Q-2022 [Government’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic] by Mrs. Wagantall (Yorkton-Melville), November 24, 2023 = Q-2022 [Réponse du gouvernement à la pandémie de COVID-19] de Mme Wagantall (Yorkton-Melville), 24 novembre 2023. Library of Parliament. https://parl-gc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/discovery/delivery/01CALP_INST:01CALP/12159414420002616?lang=en ↩︎

  3. Walport, M., Cohen, É. A., Holmes, B., Marrie, T., McDonald, S., McGeer, A., & Razak, F. (2024, October 10). Report of the Expert Panel for the Review of the Federal Approach to Pandemic Science Advice and Research Coordination: The Time to Act is Now. Health Canada. https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/hc-sc/documents/corporate/about-health-canada/public-engagement/external-advisory-bodies/review-federal-approach-pandemic-science-advice-research-coordination/time-to-act/time-to-act.pdf ↩︎