Finance committee  Good morning, and thank you for the opportunity to address you today. I have structured my presentation on our proposal to create an innovative brain sciences centre at Sunnybrook around four questions. First, why is it important at this time to be focusing even more attentio

Finance committee  There are clearly advantages to concentrating research on very specialized and subspecialized areas. If I were to pick one example that we're growing at Sunnybrook right now, it would be high intensity focused ultrasound. That's what we refer to as the scalpel-less surgery. Howe

Finance committee  We're committed to delivering on the balance of the $30 million. It would be a combination of philanthropic support and support from the province. Today I'm unable to give you the exact specifics, but we're committed to raising the additional $30 million so that we can build the

Finance committee  The true benefit is bringing together the providers of care, doctors and other professionals, with the researchers and a spectrum of patients that include all brain sciences—those with diseases of the mind that may be cared for by psychiatrists, and stroke patients that may be ca

Finance committee  That's correct. It's based at the end of the day on the best outcome for the patients.

Finance committee  That's correct. There's already been a significant investment made in brain sciences. This is bringing it all together under one roof and ending up with the greatest productivity and, at the end of the day, the best outcomes.

Finance committee  There's been a lot of progress made in recent years around the de-stigmatization of mental illness. This takes it to the top level where you basically have all patients with diseases of the brain and mind being cared for, many on an outpatient basis, in the same facility.

Finance committee  I don't disagree with your assessment. What we have really had to this point in time is the lack of a purpose-built space. This would be a purpose-built space.

Finance committee  We're very fortunate in that we have many of those experts right now. What this is going to allow us to do is retain and attract even more expertise.

Finance committee  Absolutely. We've spoken perhaps slightly more about the clinical care side. The spinoff of high-quality research, including commercialization and the jobs that come from that, would be enormous.

Finance committee  Probably the best way to do so is to give a patient example. I'll talk about a patient who was treated last year in our organization. We're doing this right now. This is inventing the future of health care today. A man in his 60s had a debilitating tremor to the point where he w

Finance committee  We have had significant success with a number of research commercialization initiatives. We have one example in which some of our imaging equipment has been used, resulting in the creation of hundreds of new jobs. Clearly, building this facility would by itself result in some sti

Finance committee  To be clear, it wouldn't be a study that we're doing on the impact; it would be data that we have available, which we could share with the committee, that demonstrates the impact it's having on society.

Finance committee  Good afternoon, and thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today. The growing global significance of diseases of the brain and mind, including dementia, stroke, and depression, is not a secret. The World Health Organization reports that depression is now the leading

Finance committee  First of all, I want to build on something that Mr. Sculthorpe has already covered, which is that there's a close relationship between disorders like depression, stroke, and dementia. It's not well recognized, but if a person experiences depression, their risk of stroke and demen