Gateway Rural Health Research Institute launchs Friday Sept 26

Mark Friday September 26 on your calendar! 4:00pm - 7:00pm reception for invited guests 7:00pm - 9:00pm open to the public for information and a get-acquainted session Venue to be the lawn fronting Seaforth hospital off Highway 8 and will be under cover so weather will not be a factor. Special guest speaker to be Dr Baretta Casey director of the University of Kentucky Center for Excellence in Rural Health. She is also professor and vice chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine, UK College of Medicine. During her 34-year career, Casey’s dedication to rural health has included extensive research and policy efforts at the state and national levels http://www.mc.uky.edu/ruralhealth/drcaseynrha.asp Keynote address by Claudio Munoz, MD PhD, Head of Research. Claudio Munoz has an MD degree from Chile, and MSc and PhD degrees in Pharmacology and Toxicology from University of Western Ontario. Since 1988, he has participated as a co-investigator or sub-investigator in more than 50 clinical trials of new cardiovascular drugs in Canada, first at the Hypertension Research Unit, and since 1996 at the Stroke Prevention and Atherosclerosis Research Centre (SPARC) of the London Health Sciences Centre and the Robarts Research Institute, London. This event is made possible by the generosity of the Heartland Credit Union and Huron East Seaforth Development Trust.