Medical Information Commons to Support Learning Healthcare Systems: Examples From Canada

Tania Bubela¹, Shelagh K Genuis¹, Naveed Z Janjua¹+4

• ¹Tania Bubela, Ph.D., J.D., F.C.A.H.S., is an expert in health and intellectual property law and policy, combining her training in genetics (Ph.D. Biology, University of Sydney) and law (Gold medalist, University of Alberta). She is the Dean of Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, British Columbia), developing sector-leading policies, processes, practices, and infrastructure to support excellence in interdisciplinary education, research, and engagement that will improve health, health equity, and well-being. Shelagh K. Genuis, Ph.D., is the project manager for the Genome Canada's Precision Medicine Policy Network, based in the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Alberta, Alberta. Naveed Z. Janjua, M.D., Ph.D., is a Senior Scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control and Clinical Associate Professor at School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia. Mel Krajden, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., is the Director of BC's Public Health Laboratory and the Medical Head, Hepatitis at the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control. He is also a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has extensive clinical trials expertise and is a Co-investigator/Mentor on the CIHR funded National Research Training Program (CanHepC). Nicole Mittmann, Ph.D., is the Chief Research Officer at CCO. She is an Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto in the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology and an Associate Scientist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Katerina Podolak is the Group Manager for Data Acquisition and Disclosure at Cancer Care Ontario, working with data partners to bring data into CCO, and health system partners who want access to CCO data. Katerina has extensive experience with information management in the hospital setting, as well as Ontario's Ministry of Health and Long-term Care. Larry Svenson, Ph.D., F.R.S.P.H., is the Provincial Health Analytics Officer and Executive Director for Analytics and Performance Reporting at Alberta Health. He is also an Associate Professor with the Division of Preventive Medicine at the University of Alberta and an Adjunct Professor with the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta and the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.