Teamwork advances research - Special Episode

Shafik and Rachel from the University of Ottawa interview Dr. Manoj Lalu. Dr. Lalu is an associate scientist from the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and an associate professor at the University of Ottawa. He is also a co-leader of the Blueprint team, a research team aiming to improve the translation of preclinical to clinical research. Dr. Lalu is with us today to discuss his ongoing research monitoring the first Canadian multicentric preclinical study investigating a wide range of treatments against sepsis. Dr. Lalu shares with us his discoveries on the factors that can help preclinical scientists work with other labs successfully. 

Learn more: https://www.ohri.ca/profile/mlalu 

Shafik Algharbi (Voice), Rachel Friesen (Voice), Arvin Zaker (Post-production), Osama Mahdi (Post-production)

00:00 - Introduction
03:01 - Description of the research
03:48 - Existing barriers of multi-centric research
05:49 - Benefits of multi-centric research
07:33 - The thing that surprised Dr. Lalu in his study
09:07 - Drawbacks of multi-centric research
10:07 - Suggestions for scientists
11:14 - Outro

Music by Coma-Media from Pixabay