On Friday June 11, as part of its annual general meeting, the ACRI Board of Directors invited Dr Paul C. Hébert to speak to groups of doctors both at the Moncton City Hospital and at the Dr. Georges-L-Dumont Hospital. 

 

Born and raised in Moncton, Dr Paul C. Hébert is now a Critical Care Physician at The Ottawa Hospital and a Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI). He also holds the rank of Full Professor in the Department of Medicine (Critical Care) at the University of Ottawa, with cross-appointments to the Departments of Anesthesiology and Surgery as well as Epidemiology & Community Medicine. During his 16 years on Faculty at the University of Ottawa, Dr. Hébert established the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the General Campus of The Ottawa Hospital (1998) and the University of Ottawa Centre for Transfusion Research (1999). In his role as Vice-Chair Research from 2003 to 2007 he was responsible for the overall strategic direction of research for the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Among other awards, Dr. Hébert was honored with the "Researcher of the Year Award" from the OHRI (2001) and also received a "Premier's Research Excellence Award" from the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (2002). On January 2, 2007, Dr. Hébert was appointed Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ). 

View his presentation : Strategy on Patient-Oriented Research

 

Article featured in the Times & Transcript following his visit to Moncton :