Governance
The new Research Institute will be created initially as a virtual entity with its central hub model being the Roger Guindon (RG) campus. The recent provision of over $6 M in CFI construction money for the development of basic and preclinical Brain and Mind laboratories secures the development of the uOBMRI hub at Roger Guindon campus, and will provide the necessary visibility and high profile. In recent months, there has also been a consolidation of Brain and Mind research efforts at the RG campus.
Currently, 50% of Brain and Mind Faculty Members are located on the RG campus that includes the Faculty of Medicine and the Ottawa Hospital (General site). This consolidation further justifies the hub and spoke model for the Institute with the RG campus acting as the central hub. The remaining 50% of Brain and Mind Faculty members is distributed amongst seven additional sites.