Thank you, Chair, and again, thank you to all the presenters.
I would like to begin with the institute. I'll make a comment prior to going to questions.
Research is crucial to helping us move forward and create programs, supports and benefits right across the table, but research is more recent in the centres of excellence based on chronic pain and PTSD. It is somewhat new in a sense. We are learning more and more about it and we are moving towards that target, but we can't forget the challenges to women. The purpose of this study on women is to make sure our focus ends up being on those challenges.
First of all, how are we doing with the sharing of information? In Dartmouth we have the OSI clinic, which is extremely important and supportive of our veterans. We have two centres of excellence. Are we talking to each other? One is for PTSD, and the other one is for chronic pain, but if we're talking about women, we need the two of them. What discussions are being had? What sharing is taking place between the OSI clinic and others? That was the objective of the centres of excellence—to share the wealth of knowledge.
I will start there. If we have time, my second question will be about data, because I think Dr. Rodrigues made reference as well to some of the challenges that are more particular to studies on women.
Let's start off.