Minister Aglukkaq announces new appointment to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research

For immediate release –

2012-28

Ottawa (June 4, 2012) – The Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, today announced the appointment of Dr. Terry Klassen, to the Governing Council of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for a three-year term.

"I am delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Terry Klassen," said Minister Aglukkaq. "Dr. Klassen has been a leader in improving the emergency care of children in Canada. He will be a tremendous asset to CIHR's Governing Council where he joins an already outstanding group of Canadians."

Dr. Klassen is a pediatric emergency physician, a clinician scientist and one of Canada's top pediatric researchers. He is Director of Research for the Manitoba Institute of Child Health. At the University of Manitoba, he is Associate Dean, Academic, in the Faculty of Medicine and a Professor and Director of Research in the Department of Pediatrics and Child Health.

In 2011, Dr. Klassen and his colleagues received a CIHR-CMAJ Top Achievements in Health Research Award in recognition of their work in improving health outcomes of acutely ill and injured children visiting pediatric emergency departments across Canada.

Biographies for the members of CIHR's Governing Council can be found on the CIHR website.

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) is the Government of Canada's health research investment agency. CIHR's mission is to create new scientific knowledge and to enable its translation into improved health, more effective health services and products, and a strengthened Canadian health care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to more than 14,100 health researchers and trainees across Canada.

- 30 -

Media Contacts:

Cailin Rodgers
Office of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq
Minister of Health
613-957-0200

David Coulombe
Media Relations
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
613-941-4563