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Dr Louis Hugo Francescutti, Director of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control and Research, has been named Campus Dean for NOMS-West, the site of the Northern Ontario Medical School (NOMS) based at Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Canada. He will begin his fulltime position with NOMS in July 2003. “Injury prevention and control have been brought to the forefront thanks to the work Francescutti has done on behalf of the Centre and for injury prevention in general”, says ACICR Co-Director Kathy Belton. “He will be greatly missed for his innovative approaches to injury prevention and control and his ability as a communicator. His work has allowed Alberta to advance as a leader in the field of injury control”. Dr Francescutti played a pivotal role in the establishment of the Alberta Centre for Injury Control & Research, has developed several innovative injury prevention programs, and has been a tireless advocate for the cause.

Alan Bryden, formerly Director General of France’s national standardization institute, AFNOR, has been appointed Secretary-General of ISO (International Organization for Standardization). His appointment comes at a point when international standardization is called on to respond to the globalization of trade, the issues posed by new challenges such as sustainable development, and the requirements of the information society. Since Alan Bryden took up the leadership of AFNOR in October 1999, he has undertaken a thorough transformation of the organization. AFNOR today is a group of services with an extended scope of standardization and a wide ranging participation in international standardization. In addition to the creation of certification, and training and consulting subsidiaries, AFNOR has become a true “e-enterprise” in all its business activities. Between 1981 and 1999, Alan Bryden, who has French and British nationalities, was Director General of the French national testing laboratory (Laboratoire National d’Essais), …