Coordinating Centre
The CAN-ADAPTT Coordinating Center serves as the network's operational base and interface between member practitioners/providers and other individuals and organizations, such as investigators and other PBRNs and related agencies. Its primary function is to help facilitate opportunities for members to engage in research of particular relevance to their daily practice, and to support investigators who wish to conduct research in clinical or community based settings.
Personnel
Peter Selby, MBBS, CCFP, MHSc – Director
Dr. Selby is the Clinical Director, Addictions Program and Head of the Nicotine Dependence Clinic at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). He is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Family and Community Medicine, Psychiatry and Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto and a Principal Investigator (PI) with the Ontario Tobacco Research Unit (OTRU). His interests in transdisciplinary research in tobacco control range from preclinical studies to understanding the mediating mechanisms of pharmacotherapy to clinical trials to public health interventions. As CAN-ADAPTT Director, he provides leadership to coordinating efforts and oversees network membership and activities.
Louise Walker, BA, BSc(Hons) – Manager, Coordinating Centre
Louise has worked in tobacco control since 1989, with a number of organizations including the University of Waterloo, the Waterloo Regional Health Department, the Ontario Medical Association, and the Canadian Cancer Society. Her experience covers all sectors, including prevention, protection, policy and cessation. Louise has served on several advisory boards including the Expert Review Panel for the development of the RNAO’s Smoking Cessation Best Practice Guideline. At CAMH, she has managed the Smoke-Free Long-Term Care Homes Project and consulted on smoke-free policies.
Virginia Chow, BSc – Manager, Network Activities
Virginia has spent most of her career at the Addiction Research Foundation, now the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH). Virginia’s work focuses especially on project management in the areas of research, education and health administration. She has worked on a variety of tobacco control projects - Transdisciplinary Tobacco Rounds, PREGNETS, Web Assisted Tobacco Interventions (WATI), and Tobacco Use in Special Populations (TUSP) projects.
Tamar Meyer, MA – Ontario Provincial Coordinator
Tamar has extensive project coordinating experience with Youth Voices Research and the Public Health Gambling Unit at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. Her experience ranges from projects on youth gambling awareness, prevention and cessation; the use of online and networked technologies for health promotion; and the co-occurrence of posttraumatic stress disorder and pathological gambling. She graduated in 2005 with a Master of Arts in Sociology from York University. Contact Tamar at tamar_meyer@camh.net
Katie Hunter, MSc - Regional Coordinator
Katie is the regional coordinator for Eastern Canada. She has previous experience in clinical research and recently graduated from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine with a Master of Public Health. Her graduate dissertation examined the influence of the media on alcohol-related trial recruitment. Contact Katie at katie_hunter@camh.net
Janet Ngo, MA - Regional Coordinator
Janet has previously worked as a research coordinator at the University of Alberta's Population Research Laboratory, coordinating research projects for the public sector, academic, and not-for-profit clients. She continues to keep abreast of research activities in the western provinces, in her role as CAN-ADAPTT's coordinator for Manitoba and westward. Janet's academic background is in sociology and international development studies. Contact Janet at janet_ngo@camh.net