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CanPath Access Office Hours featuring HDRN Canada’s Data Access Support Hub (DASH)

Posted March 11, 2025

Access Office Hours: Discover how HDRN Canada and CanPath can help you navigate multi-regional data access through DASH

Date:: April 2, 2024
Time:: 1:00 pm
to 2:00 pm
Location:: us02web.zoom.us

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About the office hours

Join the CanPath Access Office and HDRN Canada’s Data Access Support Hub (DASH) to learn how to leverage comprehensive, multi-jurisdictional health data for your research.

Members of the Access Office and DASH will be available to answer questions:

Nouar Elkhair, CanPath Access Officer
Sheraz Cheema, CanPath Data Manager
Treena McDonald, CanPath Biosamples Coordinator
Joanna Ou, DASH Coordinator

Learning objectives

Understand how access to high-quality, multi-jurisdictional data can enhance the accuracy and reliability of research outcomes.
Learn about the letters of support available for grant applications from HDRN Canada and CanPath.
Discover the resources available to navigate the data access process.
Explore how DASH can help overcome the challenges of working with multi-regional data.

The “Access Office Hours” series offers quarterly opportunities to ask questions about CanPath data, biosamples, the access process, or the CanPath Portal.

This seminar will be hosted in English. If you need support in French, please connect with us at info@canpath.ca.

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