Workshop report:  developing a pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases network and data platform in Canada.
The purpose of the workshop was to receive input from the Canadian pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases research community to develop a research funding opportunity for a Canadian pediatric inflammatory bowel diseases network and data platform supported by the Canadian Institutes for Health Research, in partnership with the Foundation for Children with Intestinal and Liver Disorders. Leaders from across the country came together, with the objectives of identifying the scientific goals for a Canadian pediatric inflammatory bowel disease network, the required infrastructure, and an appropriate governance structure needed to achieve such a network and data platform, as well as other elements needed to ensure the successful implementation of a network.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. philip.sherman@sickkids.ca
Philip M
PM
Sherman
Sally
S
Brown
Keeley
K
Rose
Tim
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Murphy
Mary-Jo
MJ
Makarchuk
William
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Paterson
Paul
P
Belanger
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