35th anniversary issue on the way!

While we hope you find this current issue of Future Health provides the usual dose of compelling reading, we would also like to give you some advance notice about the next two issues of the publication. By way of marking the 35th anniversary of Canadians for Health Research, we have assembled a team with some of the country’s leading medical writers, who will be examining leading issues in a wide variety of fields. The result should be an outstanding treatment to mark an outstanding milestone, with some news and perspectives you will not find anywhere else.

At the same time, we are putting the finishing touches on our completely redesigned Web site. In keeping with the ever more interactive style of all things Internet, the CHR site will offer an extensive archive of material, new and old, along with a secure section for members to obtain the useful intelligence that is unique to our organization.

Finally, we are pleased to announce the winner of this year’s sanofi pasteur Medal For Excellence In Health Research Journalism. “Growing a new heart,” by Macleans magazine writer Kate Lunau, appeared in that publication’s 25 February 2009 issue. There she profiles cell technology that can literally restore a damaged heart, work that is being done by researcher at Toronto’s McEwan Centre, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute, the Ottawa Health Research Institute, and Dalhousie University. Her account will reassure anyone who wonders about the prospect of how we could keep on ticking, even after our tickers have taken a licking.                                                         

Tim Lougheed, Chair, CHR