Perspectives magazine is an annual glossy supporting the Mount Sinai Hospital Auxiliary, Mount Sinai Hospital and the Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute.
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C I R C L E O F C A R E A N N O U N C E S N E W C E O C A R E Y L U C K I Carey Lucki has been appointed to the new role of Chief Executive Officer, Circle of Care and Vice-President, Sinai Health System. Previously, Carey served as Interim President and Vice-President of Client Services with Circle of Care. Carey began her career as an occupational therapist and over the past 28 years has held various operational, administrative policy and programming, project management, quality and risk and strategic planning roles in both acute and home/community care settings. As ceo of Circle of Care, Carey will be the operational leader responsible for delivering timely, efficient and safe care to over 13,000 clients. In addition, Carey will play a crucial role in accomplishing Sinai Health System's mission to provide exceptional care in hospital, community and home by providing guidance and leadership on integration of care in the home and community sector. A R T H R I T IS R E S EA R C H F O U N DA T I O N J O I NS F O R C E S W I T H S I NA I H EA L T H F O U N DA T I O N In December, Arthritis Research Foundation (arf ) entered into an exclusive arrangement with Sinai Health Foundation in order to advance arthritis and related autoimmune disease research. arf is now the sole fundraising arm for arthritis and related autoimmune disease research at Sinai Health System, and the arf team has relocated to the Sinai Health Foundation offices. Arthritis Reserch Foundtion C A R E G I V E R F R I E N D L Y H O S P I TA L A N D C O M M U N I T Y H U B A N N O U N C E D Family caregivers are often not fully integrated into a patient's care team, which means that their role, expertise and needs may not be acknowledged. With that in mind, and a three- year, $2.5 million grant from e Change Foundation, Sinai Health System and WoodGreen Community Services have partnered to change the way that hospital care and community services are designed, offered and evaluated. e new Caregiver Friendly Hospital and Community Hub project, which will be based at Bridgepoint Active Healthcare, will partner with family caregivers to build a caregiver-friendly environment that views caregivers as key partners and extends broadly from the hospital and into the community. T H E C E N T R E F O R P H E N O G E N O M I C S AWA R D E D $ 1 5 M I L L I O N G RA N T e Centre for Phenogenomics (tcp), a world-class research facility jointly operated by Sinai Health System's Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute and the Peter Gilgan Centre for Research & Learning at e Hospital for Sick Children, has been awarded a grant of $15.41 million over the next five years from the Canada Foundation for Innovation. e tcp designs and generates mouse models for studying human diseases. Genetically engineered mice from the tcp are used by scientists from across Canada and around the world to study neurodegeneration, cancer, diabetes and developmental disorders such as autism. To learn how arthritis and autoimmune research is changing the lives of patients, read "The promise of precision medicine" on page 12. 2 SHS News