Government of Canada Announces New Personalized Health Research Projects Across Canada - Photo Gallery

Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan–St. Paul, on behalf of the Honourable Leona Aglukkaq, Minister of Health, announced an investment of $13.7 million to support four projects in Ontario in genomics research.

CIHR President, Dr. Alain Beaudet, speaks during a personalized health funding announcement at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) in Ottawa on March 26, 2013.

Dr. Kym Boycott, Clinical Geneticist, CHEO Research Institute, speaks about her project that will identify the genes implicated in many rare disorders and test treatment against the identified genes.

Left to right: Dr. Alain Beaudet, President of CIHR; Joy Smith, Member of Parliament for Kildonan–St. Paul; Dr. Cindy Bell, Executive Vice-President, Genome Canada; Dr. Kym Boycott, Clinical Geneticist, CHEO Research Institute; Dr. Martin Osmond, CEO and Scientific Director, CHEO Research Institute.