Delilah Ofosu-Barko

July 9, 2024

With over 17 years of experience, Delilah is passionate about the education, engagement, and promotion of health research, innovation and improvement. Recognized as a national and international solution-focused leader in research administration and operations Delilah builds and maintains synergistic, dynamic and highly engaged teams of leaders.

Leveraging strategic networks, Delilah is committed to enhancing the enabling supports and services for health research, innovation, and improvement, including the tools, processes, and approaches to effectively manage research, innovation, and improvement activities at the corporate, provincial, and national level.

In her role as Director, Delilah leads the operations of the Institute for Better Health by enhancing the enabling services available to researchers, innovators and project leads across Trillium Health Partners. She is an active member of the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards (as the current President and Co-Director, Conference Planning); Public Responsibility in Medicine & Research; and the Canadian Association of Research Administrators. Delilah lends her expertise to the Peel Institute of Research and Training as a Senior Research Advisor, Scientific Committee Member, and Governance Committee member.

Delilah continues to serve on various regional committees. Nationally, she has contributed to the creation of the Pan-Canadian genomic core consent, and currently serves on the Minimal Consent Advisory Committee. Previously, she served as a Research Methods Tutor and Guest Lecturer for the Mississauga Academy of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

A recipient of the 2024 Outstanding Black Leadership in Public Health and Health Systems Award from the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, and the 2024 Black Excellence Award for Health Services from the City of Mississauga, Delilah is also a recipient of a Faculty Teaching Award for Excellence in Small Group Teaching from the University of Toronto, Mississauga Academy of Medicine. Her research interests include public accountability and responsibility in health research, innovation, and improvement, with a particular interest in health research, innovation, and improvement governance and accountability frameworks.

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