Queen’s Emeritus Professor Elected to TVN Board

Published on: 2015/06/25 - in Featured News

Today, the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network (TVN) announced Dr. Andreas Laupacis and Kingston’s Dr. Duncan Sinclair have been elected to the TVN Board of Directors.

Both are described by TVN as renowned health care academics and researchers, with Dr Sinclair being an Emeritus Professor of Physiology and Fellow of the School of Policy Studies at Queen’s University, where he was Canada’s first non-MD Dean of Medicine and Vice Principal of Health Sciences.

They were additionally lauded for bringing considerable public policy experience to the TVN Board, as well as having a passion for public engagement in health care and policy, which is a primary focus for TVN.

In a TVN release, Chair of the TVN Board, Russell Williams, stated that Dr. Sinclair and Dr. Laupacis will bring extraordinary experience in health policy and system planning to the TVN Board.

“Dr. Sinclair is well regarded for his many years of helping to guide the transformation of Ontario’s health care system,” said Mr. Williams. “As a former member of the Premier’s Council on Health, Wellbeing and Social Justice, and as chair of the Health Services Restructuring Commission, his accomplishments in helping to steer a progressive course for health care reverberate today.”

Dr. Laupacis is a general internist and palliative care physician at Toronto’s St. Michael’s Hospital, in addition to being the Executive Director of the hospital’s Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute.

He is also a professor at University of Toronto’s Department of Medicine and Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation; as well as Adjunct Scientist, and former CEO of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences.

Mr. Williams described Dr. Laupacis as being an effective advocate for public participation in health system planning and policy, adding that his leadership “is eagerly sought by health transition boards and advisory panels throughout Canada, and his numerous awards speak to an impeccable record of achievement.”

According to the Technology Evaluation in the Elderly Network website, the organization is funded by the Government of Canada through the Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE). It facilitates evidence-based research, knowledge sharing and clinical practices that improve healthcare outcomes for frail elderly Canadians, their families and caregivers.


Photo source (Dr. SinclairPhD, MSc, DVM, LLD): TVN