Governance Committee
The Governance Committee is made up of people with HIV and other stakeholders in the Ontario HIV community. It determines who can access specific datasets and for what purpose. Each request is assessed regarding the soundness and ethics of the data’s intended use.
The purpose of the OCS Governance Committee is to:
- Recommend policies relating to the security and confidentiality of data collected, transferred and stored in the OCS.
- Recommend policies relating to the research to be carried out using the OCS.
- Review applications requesting OCS data for research and/or as a sampling frame for scientific validity and ethical soundness.
- Provide recommendations to the OHTN Board of Directors on which protocol requests to:
- Approve
- Reject
- Send back for revision and re-submission
OCS Governance Committee Members
- Evan Collins, University of Toronto
- Curtis Cooper, The Ottawa Hospital
- Patrick Cupido
- Tony DiPede , Canadian Treatment Action Council, Toronto
- Brian Finch, Canadian Treatment Action Council, Toronto
- Clemon George, St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto
- Michael J. Hamilton (OHTN Board)
- Rick Kennedy (OHTN Board), Ontario AIDS Network, Toronto
- Ken King, Canadian Treatment Action Council
- Shari Margolese, Canadian Treatment Action Council, Mississauga
- Lori Stoltz, Goodman and Carr, Toronto
For more information on the purpose and function of this committee, download the OCS Governance Committee Terms of Reference