Vision, Mission and Objectives
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Mission
The mission of the McLaughlin Centre is to build an academic program
of excellence in research and training in population health risk studies,
and to play a leadership role in developing effective population health
risk management strategies and policies in Canada and abroad. Working
with its partners, the ultimate goal of the Centre is to contribute
to the enhancement of the health status of the Canadian population
through effective risk management decision making.
Vision
To excel in research and training and produce original studies focused
on developing, understanding and measuring the determinants of health and well
being in order to enhance the health of Canadians through effective risk management
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Objectives
- To build and strengthen the scientific foundation for population
health risk assessment, using health risk science to elucidate the
genetic and biological, environmental and occupational, and social
and behavioural determinants of population health risk;
- To establish a foundation for evidence-based health risk policy
analysis in Canada;
- To offer world-class transdisciplinary training programs in population
health risk
assessment;
- To inform population health risk management decision making in Canada
and abroad.
Academic leadership for the Centre is embodied by the Chair in Population
Health Risk Assessment, who also serves as the Scientific Director of
the Centre for Population Health Risk Assessment. The Centre is guided
by an Advisory Board composed of internationally recognized authorities
who represent the interests of government, industry, health professionals,
and the public.
In delivering its program in health risk science, the Centre draws on
existing population health expertise within the University of Ottawa
within the faculties of medicine, health sciences, science, social sciences,
administration, and law. The Centre will also engage a number of adjunct
members from other institutions in Canada and abroad who will collaborate
on major population health risk studies.
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