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Suzanne Jay is the communications manager for the BC and Yukon division of the MS Society of Canada. 

On November 25, 2009, the Western-Pacific endMS Regional Research and Training Centre (RRTC) launched with a workshop event involving over 20 researchers and many aspiring trainees from British Columbia and Saskatchewan.

Hosted by Dr. Dessa Sadovnick and Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, the event allowed researchers and trainees to learn about each other’s work, be introduced to new research equipment and techniques and consider cross-disciplinary collaborations in MS research. 

Participants represented a very wide diversity of specialties and disciplines. The collaborative nature of MS research was very clear in the presentations as was the initiative that leading researchers are taking to mentor new MS-focused trainees.

Pictured left - right: Michelle Eisner, Western-Pacific endMS RRTC coordinator; Janet Palm, president of the BC and Yukon Division of the MS Society of Canada; Dr. Katherine Knox, director of the Saskatchewan MS Clinic and director, Western-Pacific endMS RRTC; Dr. Dessa Sadovnick, director, Western-Pacific endMS RRTC; and Dr. Anthony Traboulsee, director of the UBC MS Clinic.

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