Funding

Scientific Review Committee

The Scientific Review Committee evaluates all investigator driven research proposals for scientific merit and relevance to OHTN objectives using a rigorous peer-review process.

The primary role of the Scientific Review Committee is to:

Evaluate applications submitted for competition
Rate applications and rank them in order of priority
Recommend that the Board of Directors fund the successful applicants

The committee consists of Canadian and international scientists from all disciplines relating to HIV, as well as community members experienced in HIV research to ensure that the research is relevant to community needs.

Scientific Review Committee Members

Norbert Gilmore (Chair), Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Basic Science Track

Nicole Bernard, Montreal General Hospital
Matthias Gotte, McGill University, Dept. of Microbiology & Immunology
Charles Rinaldo (Track Chair), University of Pittsburgh
Velpandi Ayyavoo, Department of Infectious Diseases & Microbiology, University of Pittsburgh/GSPH

Clinical Science Track

Rick Novak (Track Chair), Infectious Diseases, Dept. of Medicine,
University of Illinois at Chicago
Malcolm Steinberg, Division of STI/HIV Prevention and Control, BC Centre for Disease Control

Epidemiology Track

Timothy Christie, Director, Ethics Services, Saint John Regional Hospital
Susan Kirkland, Departments of Community Health and Epidemiology and Medicine,
Dalhouise University
Patricia O'Campo, Centre for Research on Inner City Health
Kate Shannon, B.C. Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS

Socio Behavioral Track

Jacqueline C. Gahagan, Dalhousie University,
School of Health & Human Performance
Treena Orchard (Acting Track Chair), Assistant Professor Faculty of Health Sciences,
The University of Western Ontario
Catherine Worthington, Faculty of Social Work,
University of Calgary

Community representatives

Ron Rosenes (Community Chair), Canadian Treatment Action Council
Jose Sousa (Community Rep)
Angel Parks (Community Rep), Positive Youth Outreach Coordinator,
AIDS Committee of Toronto
Randy Jackson (Community Rep), Canadian Aboriginal AIDS Network

3,450 researchers, policy makers, community members and people with HIV attended our annual research conferences between 1998 and 2008

SRC Reviewer Site