Conversation and Catch up. 
Sep 27 2023, 12-1pm EST. 

Join fellow research administrators for a conversation over lunch or coffee to discuss current topics of interest in the world of clinical research administration. This session is free for all CARA members and is hosted by N2 Canada and CARA and we invite everyone to attend, network with peers across the country, listen, learn and chat.
Presented by:

Rebecca Barnes
Rebecca Barnes joined N2 as its new Executive Director beginning February 2022. Rebecca
began her career as a bench cancer researcher and over the past 15 years has worked in
different leadership roles, all with the common thread of enhancing health research capacity
through sustainable systems and processes and robust stakeholder engagement. Prior to
joining N2 she was responsible for helping to lead the Canadian Tissue Repository Network, and
overseeing research engagement for the Vancouver Island Health Authority by serving as lead
of the CIHR Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) initiative within the Vancouver Island
region. Most recently she worked as Director of the University of Victoria’s Office of the Vice-
President Research and Innovation. She holds a Bachelor of Science (Biology) and a Master’s
degree (Environmental Toxicology/Carcinogenesis).

Sarah Lampson
Sarah was appointed Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Research Administrators in 2013 after more than a decade as a research administrator in various progressive roles at a leading university, a funding agency,one of the largest academic hospitals in Canada and at the largest health research organization in North America. Sarah co-authored the reference book The A-Z Guide to Research Contract Review and Steer Your Career: A Research Administrator's Manual for Mapping Success which are in use at more than 500 institutions globally. Sarah received national and international recognition for her contributions to research administration and is a faculty member in the Research Administration Certificate at Mohawk College.

Event Date: 27 Sep 2023 | City: | Venue: Online