Marie-Laurence Tremblay

Manager, Research Ethics @Nova Scotia Health Authority

CA

Oversees the onboarding, education, and operations of the provincial Research Ethics Board, which includes four working groups and 100 board members from diverse backgrounds. Working within the health care system, manages the office that communicates and supports hundreds of clinicians, Principal Investigators, and research team members that span 30 divisions and areas of clinical research on ~1400 projects. Advancing the strategic directions of the Atlantic Clinical Trials Network through co-chairing the Research Ethics Board working group that aims to shift the tides of Research Ethics Board reviews in Atlantic Canada.Co-leading a team in designing and implementing a Human Research Protection Program at NS Health, building processes and policies to ensure compliance with National standards of Canadian in Human Research while successfully leading teams to adopt new practices through a well-designed collaborative and inclusive approach.Active champion in leading decentralization of clinical trials in the province to increase access to innovative treatments in support of modernization of the clinical trial landscape.

Saint Mary's University

Certificate in Policy Development and Implementation

Dalhousie University

Bachelor of Science (BSc), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Chemistry

Dalhousie University

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Biochemistry and Molecular Biology