Northern research could make big splash.Northern Ontario could see up to $150 million in economic spin-offs from the industrialization industrialization Process of converting to a socioeconomic order in which industry is dominant. The changes that took place in Britain during the Industrial Revolution of the late 18th and 19th century led the way for the early industrializing nations of western Europe and and commercialization of research activities, states a report commissioned by the Northern Ontario School of Medicine The Northern Ontario School of Medicine is a medical school created through a partnership between Laurentian University in Sudbury, Ontario and Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Ontario. (NOSM NOSM Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Canada) NOSM Navy Occupation Service Medal (US Navy decoration) NOSM Network Operations and Systems Management ). The $685,000 report is an overview of opportunities for growth in the biomedical and pharmaceutical research industries based on the existing health sector infrastructure in the North. Research activities associated with NOSM will encompass biomedical, educational, clinical, public, health, population health, epidemiological, psychological, social sciences and health services research Health services research is the multidisciplinary field of scientific investigation that studies how social factors, financing systems, organizational structures and processes, health technologies, and personal behaviors affect access to health care, the quality and cost of health care, . The full report and video conference can be accessed at www.normed.ca. |
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