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Department to Launch Major Fundraising Campaign

Work has begun on a $6 million fundraising campaign for the Department. The campaign theme is “Ideas and Innovation for Health Care Leadership” and highlights our role as the leading source for innovative thinking in health policy, management and evaluation and the training ground for future health care leaders.

The campaign identifies three key needs and the funds required to support them:

• Create our new College Street facility – an environment that will foster collaborative research and interaction between students and faculty -- $3 million
• Endow faculty support by creating Chairs, helping the Department to attract creative and committed researchers -- $2 million
• Develop and launch the Centre for Strategic Leadership in Health Care, which will offer training opportunities for senior administrators and foster and support research in the area of health leadership -- $1 million

We are working closely with the Faculty of Medicine Advancement Office on the campaign, and are benefiting from their support and expertise. A brochure has been developed to support the campaign and will be available more widely on our website.

Watch for more information about the campaign in the coming months as plans continue to develop.

HPME Goes to College in the Fall

The long-anticipated departmental move to College Street is about to become a reality. HPME will share the new seven-story building (formerly occupied by the Toronto District School Board) with the department of Public Health Sciences and the Faculty of Nursing. This newly renovated space will offer more and larger classrooms, more student workspace, meeting rooms and lounges and more office space for research staff. The new Health Sciences Building promises to bring HPME faculty and staff together, facilitating collaboration with health researchers from a wide range of disciplinary backgrounds. The move is scheduled to take place in early Fall. Classes will be held in the Health Sciences Building in September.

Ahmed Bayoumi New Associate Director of Clinical Epidemiology

Ahmed Bayoumi, an active member of the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care program since 1998, is the new Associate Director of the program effective April 1, 2005 . Dr. Bayoumi is also the Course Director for Clinical Decision Making and Cost Effectiveness Analysis, lectures in several other courses, supervises students and sits on committees. He completed his MSc in Clinical Epidemiology in HPME in 1997.

Research Day Awards

The Department of HPME's held its Annual Research Day on Wednesday, May 4, 2005 . The winners of awards were:

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