Minister Dosanjh Appoints Three New Members of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Governing Council

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OTTAWA, June 14, 2005 - The Honourable Ujjal Dosanjh, Minister of Health, today announced the appointment of three new members of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Governing Council. They are: Dr. Bill Thomlinson - Executive Director of the Canadian Light Source Synchrotron facility in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan; Dr. Patrick John McGrath - Professor of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry at Dalhousie University; Mr. H. Arnold Steinberg, a principal of Cleman Ludmer Steinberg, Inc., an investment holding company. "The broad experience that these new members will bring to CIHR's Governing Council table will contribute greatly to ensuring that CIHR achieves its mandate to support the creation of new knowledge to improve the health of Canadians," said Minister Dosanjh. CIHR is the Government of Canada's agency for health research. Its objective is to excel, according to internationally accepted standards of scientific excellence, in the creation of new knowledge and its translation into improved health for Canadians, more effective health services and products and a strengthened Canadian health care system. Composed of 13 Institutes, CIHR provides leadership and support to close to 10,000 health researchers and trainees in every province of Canada. The biographies for the members of the CIHR Governing Council can be found at: www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/7079.html - 30 - For media assistance contact: Janet Weichel McKenzieCanadian Institutes of Health ResearchTel: (613) 447-4794 Adèle BlanchardOffice of the Honourable Ujjal DosanjhTel: (613) 957-0200

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