FPP was created with the assistance of the University of British Columbia UILO (University Industry Liaison Office) to make life saving treatments available.
Dr. Kendall is the former and first Provincial Health Officer of the Province of British Columbia. It was Dr. Kendall who declared the opioid crisis to be a public health emergency in April 2016. Dr. Kendall has previously served as Medical Officer of Health for the city of Toronto from 1989-95 and as President of the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario from 1995 to 1998.
Dr. Martin Schechter was a Lead Investigator of the NAOMI and SALOME trials that demonstrated the effectiveness of diacetylmorphine and hydromorphone for the treatment of opioid dependence. The trials pioneered the use of diacetylmorphine in North America and of hydromorphone treatment in the world.
Both Drs. Kendall and Schechter are faculty members of the School of Population and Public Health within the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and both members of the Order of Canada and the Order of British Columbia.