Get ready for a whole week dedicated to research at The Ottawa Hospital!

Research Week celebrates all the trainees, research staff, scientists, clinicians and hospital staff who make research possible, as well as the patients who participate in studies and provide inspiration.

If you want to learn more about the groundbreaking research taking place at The Ottawa Hospital, present a poster, refine your research skills, network, or win a trainee prize, Research Week has something for you. Research Week is also an opportunity to learn more about the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) - the research engine driving discovery, conducting clinical trials and defining the best care across the hospital and around the world.

All members of The Ottawa Hospital and OHRI are invited to participate in Research Week (with supervisor permission for clinical staff). Further details will be added to the schedule below as they become available.

Schedule at a Glance

• Monday, November 10
  • Can cellular immunotherapy for cancer be harnessed to treat autoimmune diseases? Dr. Nancy Maltez describes her research and plans for an innovative CAR-T cell therapy clinical trial for scleroderma (12-1 p.m., General Campus + virtual)
  • Updates from the Research Ethics Board, Contracts Office and Quality Office (afternoon)
• Tuesday, November 11
  • Remembrance Day - no programming
• Wednesday, November 12
  • Platform trials: an innovative and adaptive approach for comparing different treatments – presentations and discussion with Dr. Tim Ramsay and Dr. Peter Greenstreet (12-1 p.m., General Campus + virtual)
  • Health Professions in Research Workshop (afternoon)
• Thursday, November 13
  • OHRI Research Day: Celebrating our Trainees (Infinity Convention Centre)
    • 150+ research posters (with 15+ awards)
    • 10+ oral presentations from trainees
    • Trainee of the year talks (Worton and Grimshaw Award winners)
    • Keynote lecture from Dr. P. J. Devereaux, a world-leading expert in perioperative medicine, cardiology and clinical trials
    • Patient speaker
• Friday, November 14
  • OHRI Clinical Research Training Day: a full-day session tailored for clinical research staff across the hospital and research institute

Additional events and tours will be added throughout the week. Please also keep an eye out for OHRI’s research booth near the main cafeteria. Departments and teams throughout the hospital are also encouraged to take the opportunity during Research Week to recognize all members of the team who contribute to research.

Registration

Registration and abstract submission will open in the first week of September 2025.