Grant: Planning Grants - Priority Announcement: Circulatory and Respiratory Health

This proposal is a response to the priority announcement for planning grants under "Circulatory and Respiratory Health" to "support the development of national networks in areas under ICRH's [Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health] mandate". We will convene a consensus conference aimed at establishing the framework for a national imaging network. Recently, numerous research teams have been established in imaging areas associated with the mandate of ICRH (e.g. Canadian Atherosclerosis Imaging Network(CAIN), ICRH-sponsored clinical imaging teams). In addition, broader imaging collaborations are emerging (e.g. Medical Imaging Trials Network(MITNEC), and numerous groups supported by the Centres of Excellence in Commercialization Research including the Centre for Probe Development and the Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization). The challenge for this consensus conference is to identify the gaps and associated future platforms that would better integrate team activities in support of a stronger international research profile for Canadian imaging efforts and more expeditious translation of these efforts into cost-effective improvements in population health.