Robarts Research Institute

Robarts Research Institute

London, ON

Company Overview

Robarts Research Institute is a Canadian success story. Since its inception as Canada's only privately operated and directed medical research centre, the Institute has quickly progressed to be a top ranked medical-research facility. Robarts has realized major discoveries, won prestigious awards, and made vital contributions to medical science and technology commercialization. Currently, the Institute employs over 500 people including 48 leading medical scientists. The research focus includes the cardiovascular system, the central nervous system, and the immune system, with a strong and core of scientists in the medical imaging laboratories as well as home to Robarts Clinical Trials, a contract research organization with proven expertise in conducting academic grant based and industrial multi-centered clinical trials. Robarts also takes an entrepreneurial approach to creating value from our intellectual assets from capturing intellectual property to exploitation through licensing and venture formation. In addition, sponsored research is actively pursued with third parties where there exists a mutual interest between the Robarts Scientist and the industrial company.

Company Information

Physical Address

100 Perth Dr.
London, ON N6A 5K8
CA

Mailing Address

P. O. Box 5015
London, ON N6A 5K8
CA

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Additional Details

Legal Name: Robarts Research Institute

Number of Employees: 500

Country of Ownership:

CA

Technology Profile:

The infrastructure support provided to the scientists within the Institute include: a Barrier Facility, a DNA Sequencing Facility, DNA Gene Chip Reader, FACS Analysis Suite, and a Confocal Microscopy Suite.

Plant Information:

180, 000 sq. ft.

Distribution of Employees:

48 Scientists (Ph. D. and/or M. D.) 170 Trainees 182 Graduate Students / Post- doctoral fellows 214 Research Associates and Technicians 40 Support Staff (including administration & building)

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Michael F. Crowley

Title: Vice President

Area of Responsibility: Management Executive

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Mark Poznansky

Title: President

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Marion Fraser

Title: Vice President

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Susan Horvath

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Services

  • Dna Sequencing Facility
  • London Clinical Trials Research Group - Cro

    LCTRG is an academic contract research organization with proven expertise in conducting multicentre clinical trials since 1986, and is partnered with The John P. Robarts Research Institute, and London Health Sciences Centre. LCTRG offers a multi- disciplinary team of experienced clinicians, biostatisticians, clinical epidemiologists, information systems specialists, project managers, data managers and clinical monitors.

Additional Information

NAICS:

541710