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Dr. Jason Acker is an outstanding mentor, educator and advisor who is internationally recognizedfor his leadership and scholarly contributions to the transfusion sciences and cryobiologycommunities. He is an innovative scientist whose paradigm-shifting research discoveries haveadvanced the preservation of cell-based therapeutics. He is a collaborative researcher whosuccessfully brings together multidisciplinary teams to support the translation of novel discoveriesinto innovative products. Through his service with national and international organizations he hasactively contributed to improving ...

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Calgary

Dr. Jean Addington is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary and holds the Novartis Chair in Schizophrenia. She has published over 300 manuscripts on her expertise of schizophrenia, early psychosis and early prevention of serious mental illness. Her internationally recognized research is attested by Clarivate Analytics naming her one of 2018's Highly Cited Researchers. Her clinical research programs have fostered better predictors of youth and adolescents who are at risk for serious mental illness, and the development of psychosocial treatments for those at risk for psychosis. ...

Professor, Division of Neurology, McGill University

Albert Aguayo is currently the President of the Paris-based International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the former Director of the Centre for Research in Neuroscience at McGill University. His main scientific interest is in the study of the central nervous system’s capacity for regeneration and repair. A member of several editorial boards, he has authored more than 150 scientific publications and is the recipient of several awards and distinctions including the Gairdner (Canada), Wakeman (USA), Ameritec (USA), lpsen (France), Cotzias (USA), Leo Parizeau (Canada), F.N.G Starr (CMA), ...

Michel is a Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine whose career has been devoted to HIV and STD prevention research.  He received the Mark Wainberg Lecturer Award from the Canadian Association for HIV Research in 2008, and the Researcher Emeritus Award from the Quebec Population Health Research Network in 2016. He was President of the International Society for STD Research (2007-11) and chaired its 2011 international conference in Québec. Michel is currently the Director of Population Health Research at the CHU de Québec. 

Department of Pediatrics Dean, College of Medicine; Profess, University of Saskatchewan

William Albritton is Professor of Pediatrics and Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He has practiced pediatric infectious diseases since 1976 and general pediatrics since 1994. He has special interests in frequent infections, immune deficiency states, including HIV/AIDS. In addition, he has special clinical interests in providing general pediatric continuity care to children with special needs, development delay, and a wide variety of clinical conditions in early infancy. Dr. Albritton’s current research interests are in the evaluation of healthcare delivery ...

Vice Chair, Research - Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

A.J. Latner Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic, Surgery, Vice Chair Research, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto An internationally reknown academic orthopedic surgeon and scientist, Dr. Alman has devoted his career to increasing our understanding of the molecular biology of musculoskeletal diseases such as aggressive fibromatosis. With over 120 peer-reviewed publications, and continuous grant funding from peer-reviewed agencies, Dr. Alman has received invitations to lecture worldwide on his subspecialty areas of interest in orthopedics. As the AJ Latner Chair of the Division of ...

VP of Research, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou is the Vice President of Research and Director of the Bloorview ResearchInstitute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitationhospital. She is also a child neurologist and professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto. Sheis a senior clinician scientist and co-leads of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) at Holland Bloorviewand University of Toronto. She holds a Canada Research Chair in translational therapeutics inautism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the Dr. Stuart D. Sims Chair in Autism at Holland Bloorview. ...

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, McMaster University

Dr. Sonia Anand is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, Senior Scientist of the Population Health Research Institute and Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation/Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research. Her research focuses on environmental and genetic determinants of vascular and cardiovascular disease in women, populations of varying ancestral origin, and high-risk vascular patients. She has more than 300 peer-reviewed ...

Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry, Queen's University

Tassos Anastassiades is Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Queen’s, having trained at McGill and Rockefeller Universities. He was a Fellow and Scholar of both the MRC and the Arthritis Society (TAS) and was Head of the Division of Rheumatology at Queen’s for over 30 years. He played a central role in educational and research program development and has been internationally recognized for his research, which spans both basic and clinical science. He served at various levels in TAS, the ClHR (MRC) and the RCPS and is chair of the musculoskeletal research focus at Queen’s. His current ...

Hematologist, Professor & Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

One of those rare individuals: a genuine "quadruple threat" - an outstanding researcher, clinician, administrator and teacher. He is an international leader in coagulation disorders whose studies define our standards of clinical care, appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine. His clinical expertise extends from the patient to the nation, caring for individuals while working to establish national standard of care protocols. He is a dedicated teacher and administrator, having been Chair of the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie and now Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie. He ...

Professor of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary Dr. Anderson is an internationally recognized clinician-scientist at the University of Calgary with a research interest in the study of human blood vessel function. Three of Dr. Anderson’s publications have been cited over 1000 times. He is the Head of the Department of Cardiac Sciences, the Director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, the chair of the Scientific Review Committee of Heart and Stroke Foundation, and cochair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society dyslipidemia guidelines panel. Internationally, he is the chair of the ...

Professor Emeritus, Medicine; President, Friends of CIHR, Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR)

Aubie Angel MD, BSc(Med), MSc (Exp Med), FRCPC, FCAHS: Professor Emeritus: President, Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Senior Fellow, Massey College (Member of Corporation), University of Toronto. Dr. Angel is an Endocrinologist with research interests in adipose tissue and lipid/lipoprotein metabolism. His earlier research concerned fat formation and storage in adipose tissue and discovered that in obesity, total body cholesterol is enlarged because of the accumulation of cholesterol in fat tissue. He also found that fish oil diets resulted in smaller fat stores compared to ...

Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

Jack Antel is a Professor of Neurology at McGill University where he has served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Prior to his work at McGill, Dr. Antel was Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago. His interests include interactions between the immune and central nervous systems and inflammatory demyelinating disorders, including multiple sclerosis. He has served on editorial boards for numerous neurological journals and on advisory boards for such organization as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of the United States, the American Neurological ...

Dr. Mehran Anvari, O.C., O.Ont, is a pioneer in robotics, telerobotics and minimally invasive surgery in Canada. His leadership and contributions in these fields have been recognized by his appointments to the Order of Canada and Order of Ontario. Dr. Anvari is a tenured Professor of Surgery at McMaster University and an Adjunct Scientist for the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). He is the founding director of the Centre for Minimal Access Surgery (CMAS) and Scientific Director and CEO of the Centre for Surgical Invention and Innovation (CSii), which recently partnered with ...

Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta

Paul Armstrong is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Alberta.He serves in a broad range of consultative, editorial, and research leadership roles. In recognition of his academic leadership, Dr. Armstrong has received numerous awards for scholarly and societal contributions. He publishes extensively, frequently lectures in national and international academic forums,and plays an active leadership role in the conduct of a number of ongoing cardiovascular clinical trials. He serves as an associate editor of Circulation: Heart Failure, a senior advisory editor for ...

Dr. Robert Armstrong has made outstanding contributions in clinical care, education, research, and service to government. While Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UBC, he has also served as President of Pediatric Chairs of Canada. His major contributions include innovation in developmental pediatrics and provincial, national, international leadership to ameliorate health outcomes for children with disabilities. He is actively involved in global child health, working with rural born infants in Pakistan, fostering educational innovation in Uganda, supporting Chinese capacity for improved ...

Professor and Nutrition Clinician-Scientist in Pediatrics, McMaster University

Dr. Stephanie Atkinson is a tenured Professor and nutrition clinician-scientist in the Department of Pediatrics, Associate Member, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University and Special Professional Staff in McMaster Children's Hospital and former Associate Chair, Research, Department of Pediatrics. Her career-long research in vitamin D and bone health extend from premature infants to children at risk of skeletal disorders due to nutritional deficiencies, glucocorticoid drug exposure and/or diseases such as lymphoblastic leukemia and ...

Dr. Isabelle Aubert leads collaborative and interdisciplinary research programs. Her work aims to promote the capacity of aging brain cells to survive, adapt, regenerate, and function. Together with her team of students, post-doctoral fellows, research associates, technicians, and other scientists, Dr. Aubert discovered the regenerative potential of non-invasive, transcranial focused ultrasound for blood-brain barrier modulation. She is exploring brain health and repair using drug, cell and gene therapies. Her work is key to the development of clinical trials for patients with Alzheimer ...

Directeur de la recherche CR/FRSQ & Directeur du LOEX Centre, Université du Québec

Le développement de la carrière scientifique du François Auger a été marque par 3 éléments principaux, 1) la création et le développement d’un groupe de recherche en génie tissulaire (le Laboratoire d’Organogenèse Expérimentale (LOEX)), 2) obtention d’une subvention d’infrastructure de la FCI (Fondation Canadienne pour I’ Innovation), et 3) son activité scientifique principale. II a mis sur pied, en 1985, les premiers éléments de la présente équipe, grâce a I’ impulsion donnée par les chirurgiens plasticiens, menant au procède de culture épidermique au Canada. La Fondation des Pompiers du ...

Jehannine is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry & Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Translational Psychiatric Genomics. She is also executive director of the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute. She graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bath, a PhD in Neuropsychiatric Genetics from the University of Wales College of Medicine, and a MSc in Genetic Counseling from the University of British Columbia. Her research work involves studying the impact of genetic counseling for people with ...

Richard Austin is a Professor of Medicine, Amgen Canada Research Chair in Nephrology and Career Investigator of the Heart and Stroke. As Director of the Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research, he combines biomedical and genetic research strategies to better understand how cellular stress pathways drive cardiovascular and kidney disease. With >150 publications in high-impact scientific journals, Dr. Austin’s seminal discoveries have contributed to the development of new medicines for these diseases. As a passionate scientist, he serves on numerous grant panels and is a celebrated mentor of ...

Professor Emeritus, Western University

Dr. William Avison is a sociologist with expertise in the sociology and epidemiology of mental health. He is Professor Emeritus at Western University and a Scientist in the Lawson Health Research Institute, and the Division of Children's Health and Therapeutics of the Children's Health Research Institute. Widely published in international sociology and psychiatry journals, his research focuses on social disparities in maternal and child health and on the study of families experiencing stress across the life course. He was the recipient of the 2009 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished ...

Peter Backx has been at the forefront of medical research designed to better understanding themolecular and ionic underpinnings of the heart’s electrical and contraction properties, particularlyin relationship to disease. His work has bridged information gaps related to cardiac arrhythmiaswhich is causes ~50% of deaths related the cardiovascular system. These studies have led directlyto new concepts and approaches for treating arrhythmias including ongoing clinical trials for ironoverloadrelated cardiomyopathies. More recent studies have focused on the most commoncardiac arrhythmia, atrial ...

University Distinguished Professor Emerita, University of British Columbia

Patricia Baird is currently a University Distinguished Professor at the University of British Columbia. In 1978, Baird became the first woman to head the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia. With a specialty in the area of mental retardation, birth defects and genetics disorders such as Down syndrome, Dr. Baird’s research also focuses on examining the social, ethical and health consequences of new knowledge of human reproductive biology and genetics. As a result of her achievements, she is widely quoted and respected for her work on genetics and on issues ...

Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta

Glen Baker is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta. He was Chair of the Department of Psychiatry from 2000 to 2005, an Associate Vice-President Research from 2013 to 2016 and is a former Tier I Canada Research Chair. He has served on numerous national and international grant review and conference organizing committees and is a past president of the Canadian College of Neuropsychopharmacology. Dr. Baker was Series Co-Editor of the book series Neuromethods and has served on the editorial boards of several journals. His research interests include mechanisms ...

Charles H. Hollenberg Chair in Medicine; Physician-in-Chief,, University of Toronto

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. G. Ross Baker was the principal investigator of the Canadian Adverse Events study, which laid the groundwork for patient safety research, policy and system changes in Canada. He has carried out research on team communication, patient safety culture and other factors influencing safe practice. Dr. Baker adapted the framework for the “balanced scorecard” performance reporting framework for hospitals later implemented in Ontario through the “Hospital Report” project. His work on high performing healthcare systems published in 2008 has been presented in Europe, England, Australia and the US. ...

Clinical Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Penny Ballem has made major contributions across a remarkable array of fronts including transfusion medicine, platelet immunology, complications of obstetrics, women’s health research, and health policy. After a successful career in hematology research, she turned to women’s health by founding and leading the BC Centre for Excellence in Women’s Health. In 2001, she joined the BC government as Deputy Minister of Health. As one of the longest serving and respected Deputy Ministers in Canada, she oversaw major reforms of the health care system and pioneered a number of innovations that brought ...

Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, University of Alberta

Barbara Ballermann is internationally recognized for the quality of her discovery research in endothelial biology in kidney disease. A nephrologist by training, she has made important discoveries toward reducin the human costs of this disease. She has taken on important leadership roles at the academic division and departmental levels at the University of Alberta and has been an advocate for research and for the career development of her faculty members. She was president of the Canadian Society of Nephrology and volunteers her expertise to the Kidney Foundation of Canada.

Professor, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research

Morris L. Barer is Professor and Director, Division of Population Health and Health Services Research, in the Department of Health Care and Epidemiology at UBC, and was the founding Director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. His recent research has focused on the determinants of health care cost increases (with an emphasis on pharmaceutical sector); pharmaceutical policy in Canada; separating fact from fiction in arguments about access to care, wait lists, the effects of an aging population, and health care financing; use of health care services, particularly by seniors; ...

Professor, Department of Medicine, McGill University

Professor of Medicine and DG Kinnear Chair in Gastroenterology. Director, Digestive Endoscopy; Chief Quality Officer of the Division of Gastroenterology, McGill University Health Centre; and Clinical lead, Quebec colorectal cancer screening program. Recipient of national and international awards, he has published over 600 peer-reviewed articles and abstracts and given over 600 international presentations on emerging and established digestive endoscopic technologies with emphasis on methodological, clinical and cost-effectiveness trials of treatments for upper gastrointestinal bleeding (UGIB), ...

Ronald Barr, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, is a Canada Research Chair in Community Child Health Research; Director of the Centre for Community Child Health Research; and Director of the Experience-based Brain and Biological Development Program of the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research. He is a member of the Governing Council of the Society for Research in Child Development and Executive Council of the International Society of Infant Studies. He was President of the Society for Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, a Fellow at the Centre for Advanced ...

Professor & Director,Segal Cancer Centre/Jewish General Hosp, McGill University

Gerald Batist is the Minda de Gunzburg Professor and Chairman of Oncology at McGill University. He founded the McGill Centre for Translational Research in Cancer, based at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, and expanded that into the highly innovative Segal Cancer Centre. He has led on many fronts that improved cancer therapy, including the study of cellular detoxification in therapeutic resistance to anti-cancer treatment, pre-clinical and early phase clinical trials of novel therapeutics. He has been the driving force behind major infrastructure and network projects that ...

Les réalisations et les contributions du Dr Battista se situent aux niveaux universitaire, provincial, national et international, et se regroupent autour de trois thèmes: 1 ‘intégration des services préventives a la pratique clinique ; le développement et 1 ‘implantation de lignes directrices en pratique clinique; et l’évaluation des technologies de la santé. En effet, il a été très présent sur la scène internationale dans le développement de la culture d’ évaluation des technologies et des modes d ‘intervention en santé par des contributions de plusieurs types: conceptuel et de recherche, ...

An internationally-renowned health services research leader in cancer screening and surgery. She conducts important research surrounding health service delivery that has an immediate and meaningful impact on patient care and policy. She has >150 publications, receiving numerous awards, including the 2014 CIHR Institute for Health Services and Policy Research Article of the Year. She has held leadership roles nationally, provincially and locally, including Chair of the Quality and Safety Committee of the American Society of Colon and Rectal Surgeons, Provincial Endoscopy Lead for Cancer ...

Ahmed Bayoumi is the Baxter and Alma Ricard Chair in Inner City Health at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. His research has been instrumental in improving the health of people experiencing marginalization, including people who use drugs and people living with HIV. He has led highly impactful studies and has received the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine David Sackett Senior Investigator Award, the Society of Medical Decision Making Distinguished Service Award, and several teaching awards. He has extensive experience in translating research to policy and has held ...

Professor and Head, Allergy & Clinical Immunology, University of Manitoba

Allan Becker is Professor and Head of the Section of Allergy & Clinical Immunology, Department of Pediatrics & Child Health at the University of Manitoba. He is among Canada’s premier academic pediatric allergists and is nationally and internationally recognized for pioneering studies in early childhood asthma and allergies. He has made seminal contributions to allergy and asthma research and education, including an influential asthma education program across Canada, and highly cited research into gene-environment interactions in the development and prevention of allergic diseases and asthma, ...

Professor Emeritus, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, University of Alberta

(BSc, University of Alberta, 1970; MSc, University of Toronto, 1972; PhD, Glasgow University, Scotland, 1975; postdoctoral fellow, McMaster University 1975-78). Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, 2017. Dean has been on faculty in McMaster University (1978-1985), University of Calgary (1985-1992), and University of Alberta (1993-present). He has been a Sabbatical Scientist at the MRC Research Unit, The Gambia, West Africa (1983), Zymogenetics Inc. Seattle, WA (1991-92) and the Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico (2004-2005). Dean is Professor ...

Director, McGill International TB Centre, McGill University

Dr. Behris theDirector ofthemso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:EN-CA;mso-fareast-language: EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">McGillInterdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity (MI4)andtheDirectorof theline-height:107%;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-theme-font: ...

Professor, Western University

Dr. Beier is the Chair of the Department of Physiology and Pharmacology at the University of Western Ontario, and the Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Research. His research is on the area of osteoarthritis, and in particular in the genetic and molecular basis of this disorder. He has published close to 150 peer-reviewed articles and made major contributions to our understanding of the molecular and cellular mechanisms driving osteoarthritis. He is the 2019 recipient of the OARSI Basic Science award, one of the main international awards in his field.

Professeur titulaire, University of Montreal

Professeur au Département d'administration de la santé de l'École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal (ÉSPUM), François Béland se consacre depuis près de 30 ans à la recherche en gérontologie et il a mené des projets de recherche au Canada, en Europe et en Amérique latine. En collaboration avec des acteurs du système de santé, il s'intéresse à l'organisation des services pour personnes âgées fragiles, à l'utilisation de ces services et à leurs coûts ainsi qu'aux inégalités de santé dans la population. Membre émérite de l'Association canadienne de gérontologie, il est également ...

John Bell received his PhD in Virology and Immunology from McMaster University in 1982. He is a Senior Scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. John is the Scientific Director of BioCanRx, a Network of Centres of Excellence developing novel immune based therapeutics for the treatment of cancer and making them available to Canadian cancer patients. He is an internationally recognized leader in the development and commercialization of therapeutic viruses that selectively replicate in and kill cancer cells. Dr. Bell is a Fellow ...

Prof. of Medicine; Nephrologist, University of Alberta

Aminu Kasarawa Bello is a Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), University of Alberta (U of A). He trained at Usmanu Danfodio University, Sokoto, Nigeria, University of Sheffield, UK and U of A, Edmonton, Canada. His work has produced over 200 scientific publications, and is internationally recognized for his work in the development of Global Kidney Health Atlas under the auspices of the International Society of Nephrology (ISN), the largest project of its kind and the first to determine the capacity for kidney care at a global scale. This work has led to collaborations with renowned ...

Dr. Susanne Benseler is a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is an international leader in childhood inflammatory diseases research. She established BrainWorks, a global precision medicine research program for children with brain inflammation - Brain on Fire – resulting in devastating strokes and intractable seizures. BrainWorks research enabled early recognition, effective treatment, and improved outcomes around the world. Her work in the Understanding Childhood Arthritis Network (UCAN) advances precision health strategies for childhood arthritis integrating genomic ...

Associate Professor Dept. Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Philip Berger has a distinguished history as a defender of human rights. He is a founding member of the Amnesty International (English) Canadian Medical Network, the Canadian Centre for Victims of Torture and the Toronto HIV Primary Care Physicians Group. He was the first team leader in 2004 for OHAfrica, a project that twinned Canadian health care professionals with an AIDS clinic in Lesotho. As chief for 15 years of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at St. Michael's Hospital he has built it up to be one of the premier departments of its kind in Canada.

Michel G. Bergeron est le fondateur et directeur du Centre de recherche en infectiologie de L’Université Laval, I’ un des plus importants au monde dans le domaine des maladies infectieuses. II est I’ auteur de 387 publications scientifiques et a donne plus de 350 conférences a I’ échelle nationale et internationale. II a été co-fondateur et président de plusieurs sociétés scientifiques et a siège sur des comites prestigieux (SRAS, Santé Canada, VIH, Wellcome Trust). Grâce à ses recherches sur I’ADN, il est possible d’identifier certains microbes responsables d’infections en 1 heure au lieu de ...

Professor, Family Medicine and Medicine (Geriatrics), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University

Howard Bergman, MD, FCFP, FRCPC, FCAHS C.Q., is Professor of Family Medicine and Medicine (Geriatrics) with associate appointments in Oncology and the Schoolof Population and Global Health.He was Chair of the Department of Family Medicine from 2012-2019 and Assistant Dean, International Affairs from 2019-2023.He was the inaugural Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Chair in Geriatric Medicine from 2001 to 2015 and from 1993 to 2009, Director of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University. In 2001-2002, he was acting Physician-in-Chief and Chief of Medicine at the Jewish General Hospital (JGH). From 2009 to 2011, ...

President and CEO, CIFAR

Alan Bernstein is the president and CEO of CIFAR. In that capacity, he leads Canada's premier research organization bringing together some of the world's top scientists to address questions of importance to the world. Prior to that he was the Executive Director of the Global HIV Vaccine Enterprise. Before that, he was the inaugural President of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Canada’s lead agency for the support of health research. An internationally respected researcher, mentor and scientific leader, he has made key contributions to our understanding of embryonic ...

Distinguished Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Dr. Bhandari is a Professor and Academic Chair of the Divisionof Orthopaedic Surgery at McMaster University and a distinguished Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal Trauma. His research interests include the management of patientswith traumatic injuries, and most recently,he has shifted his focus to identifying and assistingwomen with these injuries resulting from intimatepartner violence. Most regard Dr. Bhandari as the foremost authority in the translation of knowledgefrom orthopaedic research to clinicalpractice. He has received numerous awards in recognition of his work, including the ...

Professeur de médecine, pharmacologie et physiologie, Universite de Montreal

Premier néphrologue à devenir chercheur de carrière du Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du Québec puis Chaire de Recherche du Canada, niveau 1, Génétique des Maladies Rénales, le docteur Daniel G.Bichet a profondément modifié l’identification, l’évaluation et le traitement des polyuries héréditaires, en particulier le diabète insipide néphrogénique lié à l’X. Chercheur de notoriété internationale ses publications font oeuvres de références dans l’évaluation des anomalies du tubule collecteur rénal, le traitement de la maladie de Fabry et le traitement de la polykystose rénale autosomique ...

Past Dean, Professor, University of Montreal

Première ophtalmologiste à devenir chercheure-boursière puis chercheure nationale du Fonds de recherche en santé du Québec, première directrice du Réseau provincial de recherche en santé de la vision, la docteure Hélène Boisjoly est également la première femme doyenne d'une faculté de médecine au Québec. Elle a marqué sa discipline en transplantation cornéenne et en développement de traitements de l'herpès oculaire. Chercheure de notoriété internationale en ophtalmologie, elle est aussi chef de file en médecine universitaire reconnue notamment pour ses initiatives inter sectorielles et inter ...

Prof. Dept Microbiology-Immunology & Infectious Diseases, Laval University

Dr. Guy Boivin is a professor in the Department of Microbiology-Immunology and Infectious Diseases of the Faculty of Medicine at Laval University. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Emerging Viruses and Antiviral Resistance, as well as a "Foundation" grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). He is also co-principal investigator of major grants, such as the FPQIS ($ 12M), for the development of new generation influenza vaccine in the elderly. Dr. Boivin is the author or co-author of 300 scientific publications and 350 presentations at various international conferences ...

Christopher Booth is a Medical Oncologist and Health Services Researcher at Queen’s University where he holds the Canada Research Chair in Population Cancer Care. In 2022 he received the Exceptional Healer Award from Kingston Health Sciences Centre, granted annually to one physician who embodies compassion, respect, and clinical excellence. His research program explores access, quality, and value of cancer care in Canada and globally. He is a member of the WHO Essential Medicine List Cancer Working Group, Advisor to the National Cancer Grid of India and Honorary Consultant at Pallium India. ...

Clinician-Scientist, Unity Health Toronto

Dr. Gillian Booth is an internationally recognized researcher who investigates and designs evidence based solutions to address the social, environmental, and healthcare factors behind the diabetes epidemic. She discovered important links between neighbourhood characteristics (such as walkability and retail food options) and residents' risk of diabetes. Her new ways to measure the prevalence of diabetes and its complications reset the standard for diabetes surveillance research. Public health agencies and governments use Dr. Booth's research findings to monitor diabetes in the population, ...

Research Professorship in the Dept. of Oncology, McGill University

Dr. Borchers is an internationally recognized proteomics researcher. His research interests are mass spectrometry (MS)-based structural proteomics, quantitative proteomics, and metabolomics -- for biomedical and clinical applications. He uses crosslinkers to determine drug binding sites, protein protein interaction sites, and protein conformation, and has developed "top-down" structural methods for studying protein misfolding, a key factor in "mad-cow" disease, Alzheimer's', and Parkinson's. His research in multiple reaction monitoring involves the use of proven stable-isotope labeled ...

Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics, Dalhousie University

Pioneer pediatric infectious disease specialist. In 1982 he responded to a major outbreak of listeriosis in Nova Scotia by discovering the responses of infants to listeria and developing models for studying this and other diseases. His international reputation in listeriosis continues today. He has been a mentor and supporter of clinician scientists in Canada and internationally through his Handbook for Clinician Scientists and the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist program. His passion for global health led him to cofound "Micro Research" where clinician scientists in developing ...

Dr. Jean Bourbeau is an international researcher and leader in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). He is the founder of the landmark Canadian Cohort Obstructive Lung Disease (CanCOLD), and "Living Well with COPD" for professionals and patient self-management with their international impact on healthcare, policy development and practice guidelines. He is the Past President of the Canadian Thoracic Society (CTS) and Director of the Center for Innovative Medicine, McGill University Health Centre. He was honoured with the "Distinguished Scientist Award", McGill University (2020-2025), ...

Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

Dr. Charles Bourque is a Professor of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University and a senior scientist in the Brain Repair and Integrative Neuroscience Program at the McGill University Health Centre. His team investigates the molecular and cellular mechanisms by which the brain monitors body hydration. Dr. Bourque has identified the mechanisms underlying osmoreception, revealed how the brain's central clock contributes to body fluid homeostatis, and showed how dietary salt can increase blood pressure by affecting the brain's osmoregulatory networks.

Prof., Dept. Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of Montreal

Michel Bouvier is an internationally renowned molecular pharmacologist who published extensively (more than 150 papers) on cell signaling through the largest class of therapeutic targets, the G protein-coupled receptors. His pioneering work on inverse agonism and on the role of receptor oligomerization directly impacts on the drug discovery process. He received numerous awards and currently holds the Canada research Chair in Signal Transduction and Molecular Pharmacology. He has been the president of Canadian Hypertension Society (1997-1998), the Chair of the Department of Biochemistry at the ...

Ian Bowmer is Emeritus Professor of Medicine (infectious diseases) at Memorial University of Newfoundland and was Dean of the Faculty until December 2003. He was President of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons from 2019 to 2021. From 2006 to 2019, he was CEO and Registrar of the Medical Council of Canada.Dr Bowmer joined the Memorial faculty in 1975 and practiced infectious disease and HIV care in the Health Care Corporation of St. John’s for 45 years. He was President of the Medical Council of Canada in 1991 and a member of the Council of the Royal College of Physicians and ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Bradley's main contributions to the health of Canadiansare his breakthroughs on the causes, consequences, treatment and diagnosis of sleep apnea. In patients with heart failure, he showed that sleep apnea reduces survival and its treatment may improve survival. He demonstrated that sleep apnea increases stroke risk,and its treatment improves stroke recovery. He also observed that fluid movementfrom the legs intothe neck at night causes sleep apnea and reducing this fluid movement alleviates it. Finally, by developing a portable device for diagnosing sleep apnea at home, Dr. ...

As a CanadaResearch Chair, Dr. Brawley's researchexamines why some people successfully adopt physical activity as a healthylifestyle change, while others struggle.Understanding the psychology of this changeis essential to help people sustain the activity needed to promote health and prevent diseases.To this end, he has developed novel group-­motivated interventions that successfully encourage individuals to maintainchanges in their physical activity. Dr. Brawley has served on the Board of the Canadian Fitness and LifestyleResearch Institute for 20 years, helped developCanada's public health ...

Professor Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia

Bernie Bressler has demonstrated a lifelong commitment to health research. He is VP Research of Vancouver Coastal Health and Executive Director of the VCH Research Institute, which has become one of Canada’s most comprehensive and dynamic hospital-based research facilities. While VP Research at the University of British Columbia, he developed UBC’s first strategic research plan, created an award-winning brand for UBC research, and helped make the UBC University Industry Liaison Office a world leader in technology transfer. A leader in BC’s life sciences sector, he is Chairman of Discovery ...

Associate Vice President of Research; Professor of Pathology, University of British Columbia

Don Brooks has brought a new culture of service and support to the health research community at UBC as Associate Vice-president Research at the University of British Columbia. He has led the development of a program of mentorship, review and financial assistance to that research community that has helped elevate them to a leading position in Canada. He has also played a central Advisory role in the large number of successful major CFI projects in the health sciences at UBC, both on campus and at the affiliated Teaching Hospitals, and is active in promoting health research provincially and ...

B.Eng. McGill University M.Eng. McMaster University M.D. McMaster University Internal Medicine / Cardiology Université de Montreal PhD Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McGill University Fellow Canadian Cardiovascular Soceity FCCS Fellow American College Cardiology FACC Fellow Royal College of Canada FRCP Professor of Medicine & Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, McGill University Staff cardiologist, McGill University Health Centre Research interests: clinical research, cardiovascular epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health technology assessment, medical decision ...

Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland

John Brosnan is Professor of Biochemistry at Memorial University of Newfoundland. A world authority on amino acid metabolism and diabetes mellitus, his work has defined the role of the kidney and the liver in regulating the body’s acid-base status, in the interconversion of urea cycle amino acids, and in gluconeogenesis. His recent work has focused on the metabolism of homocysteine, its regulation by insulin, and its role in renal disease. He has served as president of the Canadian Society of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology, Chair of the Research Council of the Canadian Diabetes ...

Dr. Lori Brotto is internationally recognized as a leader in sexual health research. She has led teams to develop and establish effective psychological interventions to improve sexual dysfunction and genital pain, which collectively affect up to a third of women. Her work has influenced practice around the world, with mindfulness being implemented in sexual medicine centres and in international guidelines. In recognition of her contributions to the field, she is a Canada Research Chair in women's sexual health and received the Researcher of the Year (2017) award from the Society for ...

Brain Research UK Professor & Chair of Neurosurgery, University College London

Rob Brownstone was appointed as the BrainResearch UK Chair, and Professor & Head of Neurosurgery at the UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology in 2015. Prior to that, he practiced in Canada for 20 years as a neurosurgeon-scientist, first in Manitoba and then at Dalhousie University, where he held the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Spinal Cord Circuits. Brownstone’s focus throughout his career –in both his clinical and scientific roles – has aimed at improving quality of life in people with neurological diseases or injuries. As a functional neurosurgeon, Brownstone has focussed on ...

Professor Emerita, University of Toronto

Patricia Brubaker is Professor Emerita in the Departments of Physiology and Medicine at the University of Toronto. She is recognized internationally for her innovative research to characterize the secretion and function of the intestinal hormones, glucagon-like peptide (GLP)-1 and GLP-2. Her studies have contributed to the development of novel treatments for patients with Type 2 diabetes and obesity, conditions that affect millions of Canadians, as well as for rare individuals with intestinal failure. She has been honoured with ‘Lifetime Achievement Awards’ from Diabetes Canada and the ...

Professeur - CRC en biologie cellulaire bactérienne, University of Montreal

Professor at the Université de Montréal and Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology, Dr. Yves Brun is a world leader in microbiology. His transformative development of cell biology methods has greatly improved the study of many basic processes in bacteria and their evolution such as growth and division, differentiation, and biofilm formation. His methods to study the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall have revolutionized an area of critical importance for the development of antibiotics. His methods to visualise adhesive pili are transforming the study of biofilm formation, ...

Drug use contributes significantly to morbidity and mortality in Canada and worldwide. Dr Bruneau’s work centers on advancing best practices to enhance wellbeing and prevent HIV, hepatitis C, and other harms among people who use drugs. Her research has contributed to a better understanding of factors impeding and facilitating efforts to reduce HIV and hepatitis C transmission in this population and to the implementation and evaluation of novel interventions supporting equitable access to quality health care. A clinician and a researcher, Dr. Bruneau’s accomplishments have transformed harm ...

Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University

Alain Brunet is a scientist-practitioner at the Douglas Institute and Professor of Psychiatry at McGill University. His research team was the first to show in a patient population that one could treat a psychiatric disorder by selectively blocking the reconsolidation of specific memories. The applications of this finding to date include the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder, addiction, and adjustment disorders. This brieftreatment method was taught as an emergency measure to 200clinicians in France who, in turn, successfully treated hundredsof victims in the aftermath of the ...

An Ophthalmologist-Cornea specialist and Professor of Ophthalmology who, throughout her career, has been an indefatigable spokesperson for the advancement of vision science. Dr. Brunette is a true visionary leader in ophthalmology research in Canada and abroad, recognized by her peers at the national and international levels. She is committed to influence public and private authorities of the importance of unifying ophthalmology research community across the country for the ultimate benefit of the patient. Based on her track record she will succeed.

Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Dean, Simon Fraser University

Dr Bubela is Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. Previously she was Professor, School of Public Health and Adjunct Professor, Alberta School of Business at the University of Alberta. She holds a PhD in biology from the University of Sydney and a JD from U Alberta. She joined the faculty of U Alberta in 2004 after clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada and being admitted to the Law Society of Alberta in 2005. Her research program in intellectual property and health law related to translational biomedical research brings together her legal training ...

Emeritus, Chief of Research and Senior Scientist, Hospital for Sick Children

Manuel Buchwald served as the Chief of Research at The Hospital for Sick Children, one of the premier research hospitals in the world, where he introduced a new matrix structure to bring together scientists from disparate disciplines and professions. He is one of the co-discoverers of the Cystic Fibrosis gene, a milestone in human genetics research. Dr. Buchwald also transformed research in Fanconi anemia by defining its genetic heterogeneity and cloning the first gene. Dr. Buchwald is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Professor, McMaster University

Prof. Lori Burrows is a world leader in the study of bacterial interactions with surfaces, key to establishing chronic infections through the formation of antibiotic-tolerant biofilm communities. Her innovative work at the Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Infectious Disease Research is leading the fight against drug-resistant superbugs. Her outstanding research accomplishments, international leadership in the microbiology community, and dedicated mentorship of the next generation of scientists were recognized with election in 2017 to the prestigious American Academy of Microbiology and the ...

Emeritus Professor, Family Medicine, University of Ottawa Visionary change agent, consensus-builder, and internationally recognized authority on medical education and physician resource planning. Led transformative change from 2005-2013 as President and CEO of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada; positioned AFMC as the lead organization for medical education and research in Canada, and become 'the face of Canadian academic medicine' nationally and internationally. During his tenure, Nick conceived The Future of Medical Education in Canada project (FMEC) leading to undergraduate ...

Prof. and Western Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience, Western University

Dr. Tim Bussey is a pioneer in our understanding of memory and perception and has made remarkable contributions to both science and the broader science community in Canada and internationally. The focus of his work is the neuroscience of cognition, and to facilitate translation of that understanding from animal models to humans and back. He is recognized internationally for his innovative development of groundbreaking touchscreen technology to investigate learning and memory in mice. Touchscreen systems allow rodent models to be assessed on complex cognitive tests, similar or identical to ...

Professor, Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

Dr. Cairncross discovered a chemosensitive brain cancer and led the international clinical trial that established the role of chemotherapy in the treatment of oligodendrogliomas. He also co-discovered with David Louis (Boston) a molecular marker that is used worldwide to diagnose oligodendrogliomas and guide the treatment of patients with this disease. He is a pioneer and champion of precision medicine in the brain cancer field, striving to improve patient care through genomic analysis of cancer. He continues to lead a wet lab research program at the Cumming School of Medicine and Directs the ...

Professor of Medicine and Dean Emeritus, University of British Columbia

Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) UBC. Early research on modification and non-invasive measurement of myocardial infarct size, later antithrombotic therapies for acute ischemic syndromes and atrial fibrillation, and post-myocardial infarction arrhythmias. Over 200 peer-review publications, co-edited textbook "Evidence-Based Cardiology" (3 editions). Practiced cardiology in Ontario, focus on acute coronary care and invasive cardiology. Has served on Editorial boards, grant committees of peer-review agencies and executives of professional/scientific societies, chaired DSMBs of large clinical ...

Prof Emeritus, Pacific Parkinson`s Research Centre, University of British Columbia

Donald Calne is Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia where he served as Director of the Neurodegenerative Disorders Centre from 1991-2001. In July 1999 he chaired the World Federation of Neurology’s Xlllth Congress on Parkinson’s Disease and in 2001, was elected chair of the World Federation of Neurology Research Committee on Parkinsonism and Related Disorders. Dr. Calne is the founding editor of the journal Parkinsonism and Related Disorders and has received numerous awards for his contributions including Officer of the Order of Canada, the Frederic Newton Gisborne ...

Professor of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke

André Cantin received his MD degree from the University of Sherbrooke. He is a respirologist with the Pulmonary Division at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaie de Sherbrooke (CHUA) and Professor of Medicine at the University of Sherbrooke. Dr. Cantin directs the Adult Cystic Fibrosis clinic and a specialized clinic in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis at the CHUS. His research focuses on lung inflammation, oxidants and antioxidants in cystic fibrosis and pulmonary fibrosis. He has authored over 100 articles on lung disease. He has served as the Chair of the Medical/Scientific Advisory Committee ...

Professor Medicince, Université de Sherbrooke

Professor of medicine and CIHR-GSK Chair in Diabetes. Founding Director of the FRQS Research Network in Cardiometabolic Health, Diabetes and Obesity. An internationally acclaimed integrative physiologist and expert in lipid and carbohydrate metabolism, he has developed original methods and protocols to measure organ-specific dietary fatty acid and brown adipose tissue oxidative metabolism applicable in animals and in humans. He published over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts, gave over 100 invited lectures, and received 30 awards, including the 2012 CDA-CIHR Young Investigator Award.

Serge Carrière is now active in Biotechnology sector following a distinguished career in academic medicine. He previously served as head of the department of Physiology and then, Head of Medicine at the University of Montreal. From 1983 to 1988, he was the President of the Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec. Dr. Carrière’s last position before retirement in 1995 was as the Dean of the University of Montreal Medical School. His academic career is now followed by activities in the Biotechnology sector by participating in the starting up of new enterprises and venture capital funds, ...

George Carruthers is an internist, clinical pharmacologist and hypertension specialist who has pursued excellence in therapeutics through patient care, education, research and pharmaceutical policy. He has served government and related agencies such as PMPRB, pharmaceutical company advisory boards and the legal profession on a range of drug-related issues, and has promoted the disciplines of clinical pharmacology and hypertension through leadership in national specialty societies. Dr. Carruthers has encouraged content expertise through the formal accreditation of North American training ...

Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Neil Cashman, Professor in the Division of Neurology and Director of the ALS Clinic at GF Strong Rehabilitation Hospital, is a world leader in research and clinical activities pertaining to prion and neurodegenerative disease. His contributions are the foundation for our understanding of protein misfolding disease, including mad cow disease, and motor neuron diseases, such as ALS. He is a pioneer in these fields, and his work has transformed the research landscape in Canada, leading to generation of several policy and research networks, including the $35 million federally funded Network ...

Prof. Emerita Oncology & Adjunct Prof. Biochemistry, University of Alberta

Dr. Carol Cass is Professor Emeritus (Oncology) and Adjunct Professor (Biochemistry) at the University of Alberta. A former Canada Research Chair in Oncology (2001-2008) and recipient of career awareds from the former National Cancer Institute of Canada for 25 year (1974-1999), Dr. Cass`s research interests are in discovery and translational research in nucleoside therapeutics with a focus on membrane transport proteins and their roles in physiology and pharmacology of nucleosides and nucleoside drugs. Dr. Cass is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of numerous research ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Montreal

Vincent Castellucci is the Biology and Assistant Dean of Research, Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. His major research interest is how the nervous system is modified by experience and learning. He collaborated for 20 years with Dr. Eric R. Kandel, Nobel Prize winner for physiology and medicine in the year 2000 and used the marine mollusc Aplysia californica as a model system to study the physiological changes associated with behavioural modifications. Based on this research he developed a model of experimentation to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms of neurological ...

Full Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

Les activités de recherche du professeur Chabot ont permis de développer une expertise canadienne dans le domaine de l`ARN. Son leadership en recherche fondamentale et la qualité de ses travaux ont été intimement associés à un souci de développement technologique. Les travaux de recherche du professeur Chabot contribuent de façon importante à la compréhension des mécanismes contrôlant la diversité protéomique et la fonction des gènes tout en encourageant le développement de thérapies originales, notamment dans la lutte contre le cancer.

John Challis’ research has uncovered fundamental processes contributing to both premature birth and birth at term. He has uncovered the role of different hormones in the birth process, and has developed the concept that in women, the control of labor results from local hormonal interactions within the uterus and placenta. He has made major contributions to our understanding of how adverse circumstances in the uterus during pregnancy can result in predisposition to disease in the later life of the offspring. His role as founding Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, ...

Professor Emerita, Western University

Ann F. Chambers, PhD, FCAHS, FRSC, is Professor Emerita, Western University, in the Departments of Oncology, Medical Biophysics, and Pathology. She is an internationally renowned expert on tumor progression, tumor dormancy and metastasis, the cause of most cancer deaths. Among her achievements in basic and translational cancer research aimed at benefitting patients are the development of novel ways to image metastasis, identification of dormant cancer cells that resist treatment and later form metastases, and development of approaches for studying biomarkers of cancer progression in patients. ...

Larry Chambers has authored 145 articles and books on quality improvement in long-term care homes, community prevention and control of cardiovascular disease among older adults, and innovative approaches for continuing professional development. International journals have published his work on design, measurement and evaluation of health programs such as organizational change to improve prevention and control of influenza in healthcare organizations. He has enhanced capacity of governmental and non-governmental partner agencies by connecting research and innovation projects to policy and ...

Dr. Chan is a Professor/Pediatric Hematologist and holds a McMaster Children’s Hospital/Hamilton Health Sciences Chair in Pediatric Thrombosis and Hemostasis and is a recipient of the Order of Ontario. He is recognized nationally and internationally as an expert in the field of pediatric thrombosis and bleeding disorders. In addition, he shares his expertise in thrombosis by providing around-the-clock free consultation, through the 1800-NOCLOTS service, to pediatric healthcare professionals worldwide seeking assistance with the treatment of children with complex thrombotic problems. He holds ...

Dr. Laurie Chan, Professor and Canada ResearchChair in Toxicology and Environmental Health at the University of Ottawa, is an internationally renowned scientist in Aboriginal Environmental Health. He has been conducting cutting edge researchusing a unique multidisciplinary approachspanning from molecular biology to ecosystemhealth for 20 years. His work helps to improve understanding of how chemical contaminants alter the environment and human health and has broad application for ecosystems and population health in Canada and around the world. His work is making a differencein many areas ...

Porfessor and Director, Artificial Cells and Organs Research, McGill University

While still an undergraduate at McGill, Thomas Chang invented artificial cells. He published his first paper in Science in 1964 and 486 papers since, including seminal works in Nature, Nature Medicine, Nature Biotechnology and Nature Review Drug Discovery. He has delivered over 300 international invited lectureships and assigned twenty-five patents to McGill University. Dr. Chang’s original ideas were years ahead of the modern era of nanotechnology, regenerative medicine, gene therapy, stem cell/cell therapy and blood substitutes. Evidence of his stature within the international scientific ...

Dr. Davy Cheng is theFounding Dean & Presidential Chair Professor, School of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China. He was Dean (Acting) & Distinguished University Professor at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. He held the Chair in Evidence-based Perioperative Clinical Outcomes Research (EPiCOR) and was the co-founder and Medical Director of the Centre for MEDICI (Medical Evidence, Decision Integrity, Clinical Impact), which is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Center in the study of global perioperative surgery ...

Professor, Dept. of Medicine (Neurology), Baycrest Health Sciences, University of Toronto

Howard Chertkow is a Professor of Neurologyat McGill University. His laboratory has carried out majorproductive researchon the early diagnosis and cognitive changesin Alzheimer's disease and he has published extensively in these areas ofresearch. Three of his papers have over 1000 citations in theliterature. Dr. Chertkow hasplayed a leadership role in national dementia research, and is currently directing the initiative to establish anational Canadian Consortium for Neurodegeneration and Aging to catalyse this research community. He represents Canada on the executive of severalinternational ...

Dr. Angela M. Cheung is Professor of Medicine, KY and Betty Ho Chair of Integrative Medicine and Founding Director of Centre of Excellence in Skeletal Health Assessment at University of Toronto. She is a Senior Physician Scientist and Founding Director of the Osteoporosis Program at University Health Network. She obtained her M.D. from Johns Hopkins University in 1988, and her PhD from Harvard University in 1997. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada and has been in clinical practice for >30 years. She currently holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Musculoskeletal ...

Dr. Chitayat is a Professor of Paediatrics, Obstetrics & Gynecology, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and Molecular Genetics, the head of the Prenatal Diagnosis and Medical Genetics Program at Mount Sinai Hospital, the Medical Director of the MSc Program in Genetic Counseling at the University of Toronto and a staff at the Division of Clinical and Metabolic Genetics at HSC. He has received many awards in recognition of his significant contributions and has published over 15 book chapters and over 400 peer reviewed papers in the field of Medical Genetics. His research interests include ...

Professor, University of Manitoba

Harvey Chochinov is an international leader, role-model, and scholar within the field of palliative care. His pioneering research has played a large role in the definition of core-competencies and standards of care for practitioners around the world attending to the needs of the dying and their loved ones. His many empirical papers, book chapters and his textbook in psycho-oncology and palliative care have helped to establish the importance of psycho-social considerations in comprehensive end-of-life-care. Dr. Chochinov has been a keynote speaker for every major palliative care/psycho-onclogy ...

Professor of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases; Dir, University of British Columbia

Anthony Chow is currently Professor of Medicine, Director of the MD/PhD Program and Director of the CIHR-UBC Strategic Training Program for Translational Research in Infectious Diseases at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Chow has authored over 350 papers and book chapters on various aspects of infectious disease clinical syndromes, diagnosis, and treatment. He is a former member of the Antimicrobial Use and Clinical Trials Committee of the Infectious Disease Society of America and a past chair of the FDA Antibiotic Review Group. He also served as the Chair of the Grants and Awards ...

Professor, Program Director and Senior Scientist, Diseases o, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Michel Chrétien is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and Program Director, Diseases of Aging, Ottawa Health Research Institute. Previously, he was scientific director of the IRCM and the Loeb Institute. Dr. Chrétien has made major contributions including the prohormone theory, subsequently applied to neuropeptides, growth factors, receptors, enzymes, adhesion molecules, viral glycoproteins, bacterial toxins and transcription factors. He also discovered the important proprotein convertases. It is estimated that 10-15% of the genome codes for convertase substrates, ...

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Université Laval

Professor Cicchetti’s research work aims to understand the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of neurodegenerative diseases with the goal to identify novel therapeutic targets. Her interests combine fundamental and clinical research and as such, a number of her discoveries have led to patents and are now being considered for clinical trials. Aware of the societal impact of these disorders, Professor Cicchetti is actively involved in disseminating scientific breakthroughs to the general public via various media whom solicit her expertise, in organizing patient ...

Dr. Jocalyn Clark is Canada's pre-eminent international medical journal editor who has raised global awareness of neglected health issues. Her academic work documents underrepresentation of vulnerable groups in research, and the value of the social sciences in health. Her outstanding editorial leadership as Executive Editor of The Lancet, and in earlier leadership roles at BMJ and PLOS Medicine, has advanced global understanding of the social sciences applied to health, interests of women and gender, and Canadian academic health sciences and policy within a global context. She is ...

Professor - Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep, University of Saskatchewan

Professor, Division of Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine in the College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan Dr. Donald Cockcroft is a renowned and highly cited expert in asthma who has made significant contributions to respiratory medicine. His pioneering achievements have played a key role in our understanding of asthma and have impacted asthma diagnosis and management. He has been heavily involved in developing asthma guidelines with organizations such as the Canadian Thoracic Society. He is one of the founders of the AllerGen Network of Centres of Excellence Clinical ...

Professor, IRCM - (Montreal Clinical Research Institute)

His creative approaches have led to the discovery of two virulence factors (Vpu and Vpr) encoded by HIV and his pioneering studies on the interactions between HIV and antiviral effectors of the host innate immune response have fostered a transforming understanding of HIV persistence and opened new avenues for the development of HIV curative strategies. Dr. Cohen is currently leading the Canadian HIV Cure Enterprise, a large research endeavor that is part of Canada's contribution to the global efforts towards an HIV cure. 

Dr. Cohn is a world leading expert in muscle disease in childhood. He was trained in Germany and the USA, moving in 2011 to the University of Toronto to assume a leadership role in genetics at the Hospital for Sick Children. His accomplishments are many and varied and include excellence in clinical care and patient advocacy, teaching of medical and biomedical research trainees at all levels and cutting edge research in his field. He had rapidly emerged as a health care leader with a strong vision of the direction(s) of health care in the short and long term. 

Professor Emerita, Queen's University

Professor Susan P.C. Cole (PhD, FRSC) is internationally renowned for her ground-breaking and paradigm-shifting pioneering studies related to the discovery and characterization of the human ATP binding cassette transporter, MRP1, a membrane protein which mediates the extrusion of drugs and other organic molecules from normal and malignant cells. Her work on the biochemical mechanisms of drug resistance over the past 25 years has had a major impact not only in our understanding of how cancer cells can survive in the presence of cytotoxic agents, but also of how such agents are distributed ...

Professor, Medicine & Associate Dean Research, Faculty of H, McMaster University

Stephen Collins, Distinguished University Professor, is a leading international clinical and academic figure in Gastroenterology, pioneer and expert on the microbiome’s impact on the host immune and nervous systems, maintains an active research program and is recipient of several awards. He is a frequent plenary session speaker with over 200 peer review publications and an enviable h factor: 53. He built a McMaster’s Gastroenterology Program into one of 5 top centres world-wide, and attracted philanthropic endowment to establish the Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute. As ...

John Conly is Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine for the University of Calgary, a past member of the National Advisory Committee on Immunization, a member of the National Steering Committee on Infection Control Guidelines, a founding Co-Chair of the Canadian Hospital Epidemiology Committee, a Past-President of the Canadian Infectious Disease Society and is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Canadian Committee on Antibiotic Resistance. A past recipient of the CSCI Young Investigator Award, he has published over 150 papers with a focus on antimicrobial resistance, ...

Professeur Titulaire, Département d`Administration de la san, University of Montreal

André-Pierre Contandriopoulos, économiste de formation, est professeur titulaire au département d’Administration de la santé de l’Université de Montréal dont il fut le directeur pendant huit ans (1992- 2000) ainsi que chercheur au Groupe de Recherche Interdisciplinaire en Santé (GRIS) dont il est le fondateur et a assumé sa direction pendant quatorze ans (1977-91). Il a également été directeur du programme de Ph.D. en santé publique (1978-1985). Ses domaines d’expertise sont : les systèmes de santé, la main-d’oeuvre médicale, l’évaluation, la santé des populations. Il a participé à plusieurs ...

Professor of Medicine, Clinical Epidemiology & Biostatistics, McMaster University

Deborah Cook is a prolific, world-renowned scientist and educator in critical care medicine and research methodology. She has advanced our scientific knowledge in many ways, notably in the prevention and management of the often lethal problems of pneumonia, bleeding and deep venous thrombosis among critically ill patients. Her discoveries have saved many lives and are used around the world. She has also been a pioneer in compassionate end-of-life care. She holds a Canada Research Chair, is a Fellow of the Royal Society, and has received local, provincial, national and international awards for ...

Professor of Neurosciences, University of Ottawa

Dr. Corbett is a Professor of Neurosciences at the University of Ottawa and is Scientific Director and CEO of the Heart and Stroke Foundation Centre for Stroke Recovery. Dr. Corbett’s pioneering research on the protective effects of prolonged hypothermia is used worldwide for treating cardiac arrest patients. Recently he has identified critical issues regarding the timing, intensity and complexity of rehabilitation needed to optimally enhance recovery from stroke. The Canadian Stroke Network recognized his teaching and mentoring excellence by awarding him the inaugural Paul Morley Mentorship ...

Professor - Kinesiology, Sport, and Recreation, University of Alberta

"Professor, Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation, and Adjunct Professor, Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta" Dr. Courneya's research program examines the role of physical activity in helping cancer patients cope with treatments, recover after treatments, and improve survival. Traditionally, many cancer patients were often recommended rest as the best strategy for getting through treatments and recovering afterwards. His internationally recognized research program has demonstrated that exercise is not only safe but also beneficial for ...

VP & Professor, University of Toronto

Professor Leah Cowen has pioneered genome-scale analyses of deadly fungal pathogens to understand how they cause disease and evolve resistance to the limited arsenal of drugs available to kill them. Her interdisciplinary approaches to understand host-pathogen interactions and identify new antifungals and their targets have catalyzed the discovery of novel strategies to treat fungal infectious disease. Cowen is developing life-saving medicines as co-Founder and Chief Scientific Officer of Bright Angel Therapeutics and is transforming global scientific communities by leading both the CIFAR ...

Professor Emeritus of Psychology, University of British Columbia

Dr. Kenneth Craig has made landmark contributions to recognition, measurement and treatment of pain in infants, children, adults, and, specifically, populations with communication impairments, including people with brain impairments and older persons with dementia. His innovative nonverbal measurements have also had a widespread clinical impact and led to novel strategies for measuring pain in nonhuman animals. The work has led to re-conceptualization of the importance of social parameters in understanding and controlling pain. He has inspired and led a whole new field while training a new ...

Senior Scientist, KITE- Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-UHN

Dr. Cathy Craven is a Senior Scientist at the KITE Research Institute within University Health Network and a Professor of Medicine (Division of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation) at the University of Toronto. She is internationally recognized as leader in spinal cord injury rehabilitation, medical rehabilitation of sublesional osteoporosis, and health services research. Her work has helped improve the quality and transparency (monitoring) of spinal cord injury rehabilitation across Canada. She is the Founder and Inaugural Chair of the Canadian Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation ...

Chair, Dept of Medicine, McMaster University

Dr. Mark Crowther, MD from the University of Western Ontario, is a leading Hematology expert at McMaster University, with a specialized Research Fellowship in Thromboembolism. Holding several leadership positions including Chair of McMaster’s Department of Medicine and Past Treasurer of the American Society of Hematology, his clinical and research focus is on thromboembolic disorders and their management. His research contributions, particularly in the prevention of venous thrombosis and optimization of anticoagulants, are globally recognized with nearly 600 publications and an H-index of ...

Prof. Orthopedic Surgery & Member of the Centre for Medical, McGill University

Richard L. Cruess is Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, as well as a Member of the Centre for Medical Education at McGill University. He previously served as Chair of Orthopedics (1976-1981), and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University (1981-1995), and as President of the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges (1992-1994). He is an Officer of The Order of Canada and of L’Ordre National du Québec. Since 1995, he has carried out independent research on professionalism in medicine.

Dr. Cusimano received his MD and PhD from the University of Toronto, his Masters degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a Fellowship in Skull Base and Microvascular Surgery from the University of Pittsburgh. Since 1992, Dr. Cusimano has been a Staff Neurosurgeon at St. Michael's Hospital with a cross appointment at the Hospital for Sick Children and UHN. Since 2005 he has been a full Professor of Neurosurgery, Education and Public Health at University of Toronto. He was the first practicing surgeon in the world with a PhD in Education. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of ...

Director, Brain Research Centre

Max Cynader, a Canada Research Chair in Brain Development, is Director of the Centre for Brain Health, the largest neuroscience research enterprise in Canada. He is also one of Canada’s leading neuroscientists. His work focuses on understanding the processing performed by the cerebral cortex, and on the molecular mechanisms underlying the development and adaptability of the cortex. His work has been widely cited and recognized, and he has received many academic honours. In addition, he has been instrumental in fostering community outreach, providing public policy advice, organizing ...

Senior Scientist, McLaughlin-Rotman Centre; UHN Professor of, University of Toronto

Abdallah Daar is a founder of the world-renowned Canadian Program on Genomics and Global Health, which over 5 years has received $50 M in research grants, including from Gates Foundation’s Grand Challenges program. Daar holds the world record for performing the youngest kidney transplant. He is a biomedical scientist, bioethicist and global health expert working with WHO, UNESCO (Laureate of its 2005-6 Avicenna Prize) and the African Union. One of Canada’s most innovative researchers, Daar has over 300 publications and has trained over 100 graduate students. His research is aimed at ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Alain Dagher is a neurologist at the Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University. He was trained at the University of Toronto, McGill, Cornell University, and Hammersmith Hospital, London. His research has two components: (1) understanding of Parkinson's disease; (2) identify the neural mechanisms that support motivated decision-making, with application to obesity and over-eating. His research uses functional brain imaging in human subjects, including anatomical and functional magnetic resonance imaging, positron emission tomography, EEG and transcranial magnetic stimulation. ...

Director, CCTG, Queen's University

Dr. Janet Dancey is an international leader in novel trials of targeted cancer therapies with associated biomarkers, and for rare cancers patients. As Director of the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG), Canada's largest cancer trial network, she advanced its research strategy and expanded its portfolio of trials evaluating targeted agents, immunotherapy and application of genomics. She has championed expanding the roles of patients in setting research priorities and activities. Dr. Dancey has expertise in drug and biomarker development, and trials methodology. A prolific author with an ...

Staff Physician - Endocrinology, Hospital for Sick Children

Paediatrician-in-Chief, The Hospital for Sick Children Dr. Denis Daneman is Paediatrician-in-Chief at The Hospital for Sick Children and Chair of the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. Dr. Daneman has enhanced our understanding and treatment of diabetes and endocrine disorders through his over thirty years spent engaged in research and care. As a national leader in child health, Dr. Daneman is also actively engaged in health system improvement through participation on numerous committees. Building on his deep commitment to training and mentorship, as leader of the largest ...

Professor, Division of Neurology, Dalhousie University

Dr. Sultan Darvesh is a Professor of Medicine (Neurology/Geriatric Medicine) and Medical Neuroscience at Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada. He is the DMRF Irene MacDonald Sobey Chair in Curative Approaches to Alzheimer's Disease in the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University, Adjunct Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Physics, Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, Canada and Research Associate in the Department of Chemistry, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, Canada. From 2012-2019, he was the Assistant Dean, Research-Clinical Departments in the Faculty of Medicine, ...

Medical Council of Canada

Dr. Dale Dauphinee is the former Chair and Professor in the Department of Medicine at McGill University who also served as the founding Director of the Division of Clinical Epidemiology at the Royal Victoria Hospital, the Associate Dean of Medicine (Medical Education) and the Director of the McGill Center for Medical Education Research. From 1993-2006 he was the Executive Director of the Medical Council of Canada where he established its first in-house research program, an external research grants program, directed their pioneering move adaptive on-line assessment methods, and created the ...

Prof. Dept. OB GYN & Adj Prof. Dept. of Physiology, University of Alberta

Dr. Sandra Davidge is a Canada Research Chair and Director of the Women and Children's Health Research Institute at the University ofAlberta. Her research and leadership in women and children's health have had a major impact on improving health outcomes. Her pioneering studies on vascular health in the dire pregnancy complication preeclampsiaare leading to new therapies to improve pregnancy outcomes. Her work further explores strategies to prevent chronic cardiovascular diseases that can arise in children born from complicated pregnancies. She has received international recognition for her ...

Professor, Faculty of Medicine; Director of Hyperlipidemia, University of Montreal

Jean Davignon is Director of the Hyperlipidemia and Atherosclerosis Research Group of the Clinical Research Institute of Montreal (IRCM), Emeritus Physician of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital of Montreal, Professor of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Montreal and Adjunct Professor of the Department of Experimental Medicine at McGill University. Dr. Davignon’s research focuses on hyperlipidemia, atherosclerosis, lipid-lowering agents and the nutritional aspects of cardiovascular diseases. This extensive research has resulted in the publication of several hundred scientific articles. He is ...

Vice President Continuing Health Care Education and Improvem, University of Toronto

Dave Davis is a Professor in the Departments of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Family and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Canada and is the leader of the Knowledge Translation Program of the Faculty. His interests have focused on continuing medical education. Dr. Davis has served as chair of the CME Committee of the Ontario Council of the Faculties of Medicine; president of the Standing Committee on CME for the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges; the president of the Alliance for CME, the largest organization of CME providers in the US and ...

Laval University

Dr. De Koninck is world-renowned for his ground-breaking work on the neurochemistry of pain transmission and other neurological and psychiatric diseases. He has made seminal contributions to identifying the neural substrates of chronic pain, leading to development of a novel class of analgesics as well as therapeutics for related nervous system diseases. He has made significant contributions to understanding the neural substrates of senile dementia as well as unraveling fundamental principles of how our nervous system processes information. He is furthermore heavily involved in the ...

Graduated from Medicine at Queen's and pursued training pediatrics and endocrinology in Montreal, Ottawa and Winnipeg. She was an academic clinician and held numerous leadership positions at the University of Manitoba as well as external agencies such as the Diabetes Canada and the RCPSC. Major research interests were type 2 diabetes in children, transition of adolescents with diabetes to adult care and Interprofessional Education. She retired in June 2015 as Professor Emeritus.

Queen's University

The ground-breaking work of Dr. Roger Deeley, recognized as one of the top cancer researchers in Canada, helps to explain how cancers resist chemotherapy and suggests ways of overcoming that obstacle. The discovery and cloning of the Multidrug Resistance Protein MRP1 opened the door to what proved to be a family of proteins that can transport many compounds, including therapeutic drugs, out of both normal and malignant cells. His innovative findings, which have garnered major awards, patents and close to 16,000 citations, also provide insight into genetic disorders and barriers to drug ...

Marc Del Bigio is Tenured Professor in the Department of Pathology (Rady College of Medicine) at the University of Manitoba in Winnipeg Canada. He has worked as a diagnostic neuropathologist and clinician-scientist since 1994. He held the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Developmental Neuropathology from 2004-2017. He chaired the Specialty Committee in Neuropathology within the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada from 2008-2014. He served as president of the Canadian Association of Neuropathologists from 2015-2018 and then became a council member for the International Society ...

Professor & William J. Walsh Chair in Medicine, McMaster University

A world-renowned scholar, scientist, teacher and leader. As Scientific Director and CEO of the Allergy, Genes & Environment(AllerGen) Network of Centres of Excellence, hosted by McMaster University, he has pioneered several important and innovative biological concepts. Through hisclinical investigations, he has facilitated the translation of allergy and immune-inflammatory disease discoveries into therapies and clinical practices to improve individual and community health. Dr. Denburg has also had a profound influence on a generation of experts in key positions in clinical care,academic ...

Professeur titulaire, Département d`administration de la san, University of Montreal

Jean-Louis Denis est titulaire de la Chaire FCRSS/IRSC sur la Transformation et la gouverne des organisations de santé à l’Université de Montréal. Depuis plus de vingt ans, il s’intéresse à la transformation et à la maîtrise des processus de changement dans les organizations complexes en prenant pour champ d’application les organizations et les systèmes de santé. Outre ses travaus de recherché, il participe activement à différentes initiatives pour favoriser l’application des connaissances pour l’amélioration de la gouvernance et de la gestion des systèmes de santé. Ses travaux sont reconnus ...

Professor & Chair/Chief, Department of Surgery, Western University

John Denstedt joined the University of Western Ontario in 1991. He has served as Chief of Urology, Program Director, and is currently a full Professor and Chair of the Department of Surgery at Western and its affiliated teaching hospitals. He is internationally renowned for his contributions in the field of Urology and minimally invastive surgery including over 175 publications and book chapters. Dr. Densedt is the recipient of numerous awards and has served as guest professor over 200 times in countries throughout the world. His research interests include minimally invasive surgery; ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Allan S. Detsky is Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and Medicine at the University of Toronto, and staff physician at Sinai Health System and University Health Network. He obtained his BSc and PhD in Economics at MIT, and his MD at Harvard. His research in clinical medicine, clinical epidemiology and health economics has been published in over 300 papers. He has served on the editorial board of the New England Journal of Medicine and as a Contributing Writer for the Journal of the American Medical Association. He is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Director, Division of Perioperative Care, McMaster University

Philip James (P.J.) Devereaux is the pre-eminent scientist who has developed the area of modern perioperative care. He established the first international research group involving >30 countries, and led many large trials and observational studies that have resulted in novel discoveries, which has improved care globally. Devereaux established the first Division of Perioperative Care at McMaster University, which uses reliable evidence from rigorous research, an innovative clinical fellowship training program, and a new clinical service model which systematizes care before, during, and after ...

Chief Medical & Scientific Officer of Canadian Blood Services and UBC Professor in the Centre for Blood Research, roles through which she provides critical scientific leadership to Canada's blood system. Internationally recognized for her impact on the field of blood transfusion through both research and mentorship. Her innovative efforts to improve blood product quality have shifted our approach to transfusion products. Her work to establish new structures to foster transfusion science in Canada has helped to create a renewed transfusion research community.

Distinguished Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Devel, University of Manitoba

Naranjan S. Dhalla is a Distinguished Professor and Director of Cardiovascular Developments at the University of Manitoba’s Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences at the St. Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg. He is currently serving as Executive Director of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences and Editor-in-Chief of a major medical journal, Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry. He served both as Secretary General and as President of the International Society for Heart Research for more than 20 years. His research in the field of cardiovascular pathophysiology over the years ...

Dr. Vincenzo Di Nicola's work addresses the unmet health needs of three vulnerable groups – children, families, and ethnocultural communities – producing transdisciplinary syntheses with practical impacts. He developed an important clinical guide for work with immigrant families, providing tools for effective therapy with ethnocultural communities, migrants, and refugees. His work on child psychiatric problems across cultures remedies gaps in understanding problems such as eating disorders, selective mutism, and trauma by integrating ethnocultural factors into child psychiatric treatment. ...

Head, Section of Clinical Biochemistry, Biochemist-in-Chief, Professor & Head, Mount Sinai Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto For his distinguished contributions to the field of genomics and pathobiology of serine proteases, especially the kallikrein family, his group cloned the most kallikrein genes and characterized their locus on human chromosome 19.q13.4. For development of novel reagents for kallikrein research and the demonstration of the pivotal roles of these enzymes in cascade enzymatic reactions, and their involvement in human diseases, especially cancer, his ...

Distinguished Professor, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Dillon is internationally acknowledged and respected for her many contributions to research, public health initiatives and strategic advice surrounding sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). She has held influential leadership positions in government and academia, as well as with national and international scientific organizations. An award-­winning scientist, Dr. Dillon promotes STD public health initiatives through her international consultations, collaborations and interdisciplinary research. She is an esteemed mentor to undergraduate and postgraduate students from around the world, as ...

Professor Emeritus, Queen's University

Henry Dinsdale undertook clinical and research training in neurology at the Maudsley Hospital and National Hospital, Queen Square, London and the Harvard Neurology Unit. He returned to Queen’s where he was chair of Neurology, Professor and Head of Medicine and Associate Dean for Research. Dr. Dinsdale’s main research interests and publications are in the area of stroke and the effects of high blood pressure on cerebral blood flow. Dr. Dinsdale was member of Council and Vice-president of the Medical Research Council, Past-President of the National Council on Ethics in Human Research and of the ...

Senior Fellow of Massey College and Professor Emeritus of Me, University of Toronto

John Dirks is a Senior Fellow of Massey College and Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Dirks was Director of Nephrology, McGill (1965-76), Head, Department of Medicine, UBC (1976-87), Dean of Medicine, University of Toronto (1987- 91) and Dean-Rector, Aga Khan University, Pakistan (1994-96). Since 1993 he has been President of the Gairdner Foundation and has chaired the International Society of Nephrology Commission for the Global Advancement of Nephrology (COMGAN) since 1994. In 2005 he was awarded the Roscoe Robinson Award for excellence in teaching by the ISN ...

Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University

Allan Donner has attained international recognition as a driving force in the develoment of biostatistical methodology in the design and analysis of cluster randomization trials, where he is co-author of the leading text, and in statistical methods for the analysis of interobserver agreement studies. In addition to his independent research, Dr. Donner has collaborated extensively in Canada and with internationally respected health research organizations, including the World Health Organization, the International Vaccine Institute and the Centers for Disease Control. He is a Fellow of both the ...

Distinguished Researcher, CCHSA, University of Saskatchewan

James Dosman was the first head of the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1986, he was instrumental in creating the Centre for Agricultural Medicine to do research and carry out programs relevant to the health of Saskatchewan farmers. He has served as director of the Centre since its inception and has expanded and diversified its programs to the point in 2001 when, under his leadership, it became the Institute of Agricultural, Rural and Environmental Health. Dr. Dosman has published 7 edited books and 140 scientific publications in areas related to lung ...

Dr. James Douketis is Staff Physician in General Internal Medicine and Clinical Thromboembolism at St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton, and Professor of Medicine at McMaster University. He received his M.D. and did his residency in internal medicine at the University of Toronto followed by a thrombosis fellowship at McMaster University. Dr. Douketis' research interests include: perioperative anticoagulant and antiplatelet management and guideline development (2008, 2012, 2019 [in preparation] ACCP Guidelines); and prevention, treatment and prognosis of patients with venous thromboembolism. Dr. ...

Full Professor, Dept. of Neurology & Neurosurgery, McGill University

Dr. Doyon is Full Professor in the Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery at McGill University. He is also the Director of the McConnell Brain Imaging Centre at the Montreal Neurological Institute, as well as Director of the Quebec Bio-Imaging Network. Research in his laboratory aims at investigating, through imaging techniques like functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), electroencephalography (EEG), magnetic resonance spectroscopy (MRS) as well as psychophysical and lesion studies in humans, the nature and contribution of the neural substrates mediating the different phases of ...

Director, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

Jacques Drouin est directeur du Laboratoire de génétique moléculaire à l'Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal. Il est membre de la Société royale du Canada et il a reçu un diplôme Honoris Causa de l'Université d'Aix-Marseille. Ses contributions portent sur les bases moléculaires de la fonction, du développement et des pathologies de l'hypophyse. Il a découvert des facteurs de transcription qui contrôlent la différenciation cellulaire et l'organogenèse de l'hypophyse, et a montré leur implication dans les déficiences hormonales chez l'homme. Il a aussi identifié des mécanismes de ...

Professor Emerita, Queen's University

Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, Professor Emerita, Queen's University, is at the forefront of medical history in Canada and has garnered a distinguished international reputation for advancing understanding and appreciation of the field to a broad audience. A practicing physician, hematologist, and historian, Duffin held the Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine from 1988 to 2017 and taught in Medicine, Philosophy, History and Education. She has an exceptional ability to combine her training and medical experience into ground-breaking historical research and is one of the first scholars to ...

Director, Cardiovascular Research Group, University of Alberta

A biomedical scientist who has achieved national and international peer recognition for his contributions to cardiovascular disease research. The quality, quantity and impact of his work are substantial and have contributed to his outstanding international reputation in his field. Dr. Dyck has extensive leadership experience at local, provincial, national and international levels. He has successfully fostered collaborations and built teams of researchers from multiple disciplines to work together to improve the treatment of patients. He is an innovative scientist who works toward expanding ...

Professor Emeritus (Pediatrics), University of British Columbia

Dr. Allison Eddy is Professor & Head of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia and Chief, Pediatric Medicine, BC Children's & Women's Hospital. She has held prior faculty positions at U. Toronto (12 years) and U. Washington (15 years), also serving as the Director of a NIH-funded Child Health Research Center (UW) and the inaugural Director of the Tissue and Cell Sciences Research Center at Seattle Children's Research Institute. Dr. Eddy is internationally recognized for her basic research discoveries on the cellular and molecular mechanisms of kidney fibrosis and for training the ...

Vice-Principal of Health Affairs & Dean, Faculty of Medicine, McGill University

Dean and Vice Principal, Health Affairs; former Chair of Medicine and Physician-in-Chief of the MUHC; and President of the Canadian Association of Chairs of Medicine. Current leadership roles were preceded by a productive period of research in pulmonary morphology and lung mechanics in inflammatory disease, especially emphysema and asthma. His laboratory elaborated a lung explant model and exploited a rate model of asthma. He has a keen interest in medical education and participated in the development and implementation of a new curriculum at his Faculty. 

Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist and clinical epidemiologist, is a recognized leader in the health sciences. He made important contributions to the creation of national and international guidelines that provide physicians with much-needed consensus on the literature and allow them to integrate current research findings into clinical practice. His research on the many aspects of treatments for cardiovascular disease, as well as on the ways to prevent it, has revolutionized the way physicians treat their patients. Deeply committed to training the next generation of clinician scientists, he ...

Professor Emerita, Department of Oncology, Queen's University

Dr. Eisenhauer is an international leader in the field of cancer clinical trials. Through her founding and leadership of the Investigational New Drug Program of the NCIC Clinical Trials Group, Dr. Eisenhauer has overseen >200 phase I-III trials that included almost 5,500 patients and tested > 100 new anti-cancer drugs. Her work led to new standards of cancer treatment, new understandings of how molecular mechanisms of cancer can be altered by therapeutic invention, and placed Canada at the international forefront of anti-cancer therapy development. Her commitment to the translation of ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Manitoba

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John Esdaile, previously Director of the Division of Rheumatology at McGill University and, for the last 10 years, Head of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of British Columbia, has been a pivotal figure in rheumatology research in Canada. He has mentored many trainees who have gone on to make their own mark in the field of rheumatology, both in research and clinical practice. He has contributed 220 publications to peer-reviewed journals and established the Arthritis Research Centre of Canada at the University of British Columbia. A founding director of the Canadian Arthritis ...

Professor, Department of Medical Microbiology & Immunology, University of Alberta

Dr. Evans is a virologist with basic and applied interests in Orthopoxviruses as well as being a accomplished research administrator. His building and recruiting efforts have made Edmonton a centre of excellence in virology due to investments in virus research from the CFI, the Province of Alberta, and the Li Ka Shing Foundation. He co-founded Alberta-based Prophysis Inc., and his patented virus technologies are license and commercialized worldwide. Dr. Evans sits on the WHO smallpox committee, serves frequently as reviewer, and consults for public and private agencies. He is currently ...

Professor, University of British Columbia

Robert Evans is Professor of Economics and Health Care and Epidemiology at the University of British Columbia, and is one of the world’s leading health economists. As a distinguished scholar, he has conducted groundbreaking comparative studies of various health care systems and funding strategies. His book on the subject, Strained Mercy: The Economics of Canadian Health Care is considered a classic. He has made an enormous contribution to our understanding of the socioeconomic determinants of health as the founding director of the Program in Population Health at the Canadian Institute for ...

Professor of Medicine; Cardiologist, University of Alberta

Dr. Ezekowitz has demonstrated a clear passion and commitment to advance academic health sciences. His research and clinical focus is on the care of patients with heart failure (a major cause of morbidity and mortality in North America). He is internationally recognized for conducting high quality clinical research on heart failure involving interdisciplinary research teams that include the full spectrum of scientists from discovery-based through population health-based researchers. He works closely with NGOs, specialty societies, and health systems in Alberta, in Canada, and elsewhere to ...

Professor and Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Dr. George Fantus is an internationally recognized clinician, scientist and academic leader in the field of Endocrinology and Metabolism. His research into how the hormone insulin acts on tissues to lower blood sugar has provided new insights into what goes awry in people with diabetes. His research has also identified new metabolic pathways by which high sugar levels lead to the complications associated with diabetes, such as kidney failure. This research has been recognized by numerous national and ...

Dean of Medicine; Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosci, University of Calgary

Dr. Feasby received his MD degree from the University of Manitoba, trained in Neurology at the University of Western Ontario, completed a research fellowship at the Institute of Neurology in London, UK, and trained in health services research at the RAND Corporation in Santa Monica, California and UCLA. He founded Canada's leading stroke program in Calgary, and the Calgary Neuromuscular and ALS Clinics. As Head (1991-2002), he built the Department of Clinical Neurosciences in Calgary into the leading department in Canada. His early research focused on the pathophysiology and treatment of ...

Michael Fehlings is recognized as one of the world's leading clinical and translational researchers in the field oftraumatic and non-traumatic spinal cord injury. His pioneering research has been critical in defining the mechanisms of secondary injury after spinal cord injury and the role of demyelination in post-traumatic neurological deficits. His ground breaking findings regarding cellular and molecular mechanisms of spinal cord injury have led to fundamental improvements of clinical practice and developing novel treatments strategies, including stem cell transplantation. In 2017 he led ...

Dean of Alzheimer’s Disease and Neurodegenerative Research, University of California

Howard Feldman, Professor and Head of the Division of Neurology at UBC, Director of the UBC Hospital Clinical for Alzheimer Disease and Related Disorders, and a Senior Investigator at the Brain Research Centre, is internationally-renowned for his research into geriatric cognitive disorders, Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. He has lead several international randomized clinical trials of experimental therapeutics for Alzheimer’s disease, and has lead several large-scale national epidemiological studies. He recently identified a new gene, called progranulin, in which null mutations ...

His major contributions are in prevention and control of hypertension, specifically in the knowledge translation of optimal treatment. He was the first Chair of the Canadian Hypertension Education Program. As well, he served as the founding President of Hypertension Canada, now the second largest cardiovascular disease not-for-profit agency in Canada. He is the author of more than 200 original manuscripts, reviews and book chapters. His clinical research focuses on development of innovative strategies to improve blood pressure control. His fundamental research focuses on elucidation of novel ...

Professor and Vice-Dean, McGill University

Dr. Lesley Fellows is an expert on the neurobiology of human decision-making. Her interdisciplinary work has shown how the frontal lobes guide everyday choices, from basic decisions about what foods to eat, to complex social choices such as voting. A neurologist-scientist, she studies the effects of stroke or Parkinson's Disease on decision-making and emotion, and how cognitive and mental health can be optimized for people living with chronic health conditions, such as HIV. A leader in her university and internationally, she has championed inclusion to ensure that academic medicine benefits ...

Professor, Western University

Dr. Aaron Fenster is Director of the Imaging Research Laboratories at the Robarts Research Institute, Professor at The University of Western Ontario, and Director of the Centre for Imaging Technology Commercialization and Research. He is a medical physicist whose research focuses on the discovery, development and translation of advanced technological innovations to transform the manner in which disease is diagnosed and treated. He has pioneered and invented 3-dimensional ultrasound imaging systems for use in radiology, urology, and vascular imaging, with a number of successful technologies ...

Professor, University of Ottawa

Dr. Stephen Ferguson is an internationally recognized leader in the Molecular Pharmacology of G protein coupled receptors (GPCRs) whose ground-breaking research contributions have tremendously advanced our current understanding of GPCR trafficking and physiology. GPCRs account for the majority of drug targets and Dr. Ferguson's research focuses on understanding how GPCR trafficking and altered pharmacological regulation, contribute to disease progression and treatment in hypertension, mental health and neurodegenerative disease such as Alzheimer's and Huntington's disease. He is the founder ...

Senior Scientist and Full Professor, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Dr. Dean Fergusson is an established international leader in evidence-based transfusion medicine and clinical trial methods. Throughout his career, he has received over $160 million in peerreviewed research grants (including 134 CIHR grants), over $39 million as a principal investigator (including 35 CIHR grants), and major salary awards from CIHR and the Province of Ontario. He is one of the most cited and impactful researchers, having published over 500 peer-reviewed journal articles, many in high impact journals. His current H-index is 94 and his global citation numbers rank in the top 1% ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Catherine J Field is an international leader in human nutrition, studying ways that long chain fatty acids (LCFA) benefit the immune system. Her work contributed adding LCFA to infant formula and in improvements in women's diet during pregnancy and when fighting breast cancer. Her leadership experience is vast and wide-ranging, including having been President of the American Society of Nutrition, the largest professional nutrition society in the world. She is passionate about serving and supporting collaboration across disciplines to integrate nutrition into health science and apply this ...

Professor & Fellow at Morris J. Wosk Centre, Simon Fraser University

Dr. Diane T. Finegood, PhD is a Professor and Fellow at Simon Fraser University's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue. Her academic career has spanned a broad range of disciplines and leadership experiences. She is currently the Executive Director of the Canadian Health Services and Policy Research Alliance. She served as President & CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research(2012-2016) and inaugural Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes (2000-2008).Diane is also an internationally recognized academic ...

Professor, University of British Columbia

B. Brett Finlay is a Professor in the Michael Smith Laboratories, and the Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, and Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Finlay’s research interests are focused on host-pathogen interactions at the molecular level. He has won several prestigious awards including the E.W.R. Steacie Prize, the CSM Fisher Scientific Award, a MRC Scientist, four Howard Hughes International Research Scholar Awards, a CIHR Distinguished Investigator, BC Biotech Innovation Award, the Michael Smith Health Research Prize, the IDSA Squibb ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. David N. Fisman is a recognized expert on the translation of cutting-edge epidemiological and modeling efforts for the quantification and control of infectious diseases into public health practice. He has made transformative contributions to provincial, national and global health policy through his scholarship, extensive voluntary service, and deep commitment to teaching and public education. His work has had direct impact on responses to major public health crises around the world, including the SARS, H1N1 and MERS coronavirus pandemics. He is one of the most prominent voices helping ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

John Floras is Professor of Medicine in the Divisionof Cardiology, University of Toronto. From 2004 to 2018 he held theCanada Research Chair (Tier 1) inIntegrative Cardiovascular Biology. He pursues innovative patient-oriented translational research into circulatory and cardiac control mechanisms withtherapeutic implications for conditions as diverse as hypertension, heart andkidney failure, diabetes and sleep apnea. Regarded internationally as a leadingexpert on hypertension, Dr. Floras has also broken new ground withcollaborative work on the prevalence of obstructive and central sleep apnea ...

Médecin biochimiste, Jean-Claude Forest mène une carrière académique remarquable à titre de chercheur, de clinicien, d’enseignant et de gestionnaire. Ses intérêts de recherche concernent principalement le développement de marqueurs biologiques pour le dépistage et le diagnostic de conditions associées a la grossesse et a la période néonatale. Ses travaux ont mené a 103 publications, plus de 230 communications, 3 brevets. Le Dr Forest a présidé l’Association des médecins biochimistes du Québec, la Société canadienne des clinico-chimistes et le Comite exécutif de la Division scientifique de la ...

Dr Fortin completed his training in medicine at the University of Sherbrooke in 1983 and obtained his certification in family medicine at the same university in 1985. He completed a master's degree in epidemiology at Laval University in 1997. He is Professor and research director of the department of family medicine at the University of Sherbrooke. He is holder of the Research Chair on chronic diseases in primary care, University of Sherbrooke. His research interest is focused on patients who present multiple chronic medical conditions (multimorbidity). Initially, his work addressed the ...

An internationally recognized scientist with expertise in reproductive health and toxicology whose many contributions to the field have been recognized through salary awards from the Ontario Women's Health Council, teaching awards and election to leadership positions for professional societies such as the Canadian Fertility and Andrology Society and the Society of Toxicology. A strong advocate of science, Warren serves on numerous editorial boards and expert advisory panels on the National and International stage. Frequent media inquiries and invited community presentations provide further ...

Dr. William Foulkes has made seminal contributions to cancer genetics in Canada. As a clinician, he has offered counselling and advice to thousands of individuals at increased risk for cancer. In the laboratory, he has identified the cause of some forms cancer and has studied their clinical-pathological correlates. His work has been highly cited and its excellence has been recognized both nationally and internationally. He is the scientific director of the biennial hereditary breast and ovarian cancer symposium which in 2016 attracted over 500 attendees from 28 countries.

Professor, University of Manitoba

Dr. Keith Fowke is Professor and Head in the Department of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases at the University of Manitoba. He has conducted research to determine the mechanism of resistance among women who are intensely exposed to HIV, yet remain uninfected. Dr. Fowke's team is currently testing a novel HIV prevention strategy using the safe, affordable and globally available anti-inflammatory drug, aspirin. He demonstrates national leadership by chairing CIHR's HIV advisory committee and as President of the Canadian Association for HIV Research. Internationally he helped ...

Professor & Chairman, Dept of Oncology, McGill University

Eduardo L. Franco, DrPH, FRSC, FCAHS, OC, PhD (Hon.)is James McGill Professor and Chairman,Department of Oncology, and Director, Division of Cancer Epidemiology, McGillUniversity, Montreal. Since 1985, he has conducted epidemiologic research onthe causes of cancer and on the means to prevent it or to improve patientsurvival, topics on which he has published 460 articles and two books. He is mostly known for his contributions to our understanding of human papillomavirusinfection as the cause of cervical cancer and using this knowledge to prevent this cancer via vaccination and improved ...

Professor & Chair, Public Health Research and Policy, University of Edinburgh

John W. Frank is a Professor in the Department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto. He was the founding Director of Research at the Institute for Work & Health in Toronto from 1991 until 1997, and is currently a Senior Scientist there. Dr. Frank was a Scholar, and then a Fellow, with the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Population Health Program, from 1987 to 2004. As a physician-epidemiologist, with special expertise in prevention, his main areas of interest are the biopsychosocial determinants of health status at the population level, and health in developing ...

Paul Frankland holds a Canada Research Chair in Memory Research. His research has addressed classical questions in the memory field: Why do we lose our earliest childhood memories? Are memories are broadly distributed or localized in the brain? How does the brain forget? Is it possible to implant memories? In addressing these questions, Frankland has combined an acute grasp of history with the early adoption of powerful new technologies in neuroscience. This has enabled his group to visualize and manipulate neural ensembles involved in memory encoding, consolidation and storage and, in doing ...

Université de Sherbrooke

William Fraser is recognized internationally as a leading perinatal clinical trialist whose research on obstetrical labour has led to changes in practice that benefit women and their newborns. He contributed to the development of national and international research networks that collaborate to address important obstetrical questions through large simple trials. He has acted as a leader in the broader obstetrical academic community through his role in the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology which, along with CIHR, sponsors the National Training programme in Research in the ...

Professor of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary

Dr. Richard Frayne is a tenured Professor at the University of Calgary. He is an imaging scientist whose research bridges natural science and engineering to clinical applications of neurovascular diseases. The TRICKS technology that he co-developed is licensed by MR equipment vendors. Dr. Frayne chairs the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada's National Scientific Review Committee, which sets science funding policy in cardio/cerebrovascular research, and links the scientific community and the foundation's Board. Locally, Dr. Frayne was the Scientific Director of the Seaman Family MR Centre, ...

Professor of Peds & Emerg Med, University of Calgary

Dr. Freedman is Professor of Pediatrics and Emergency Medicine at the University of Calgary. He completed his residency at The Hospital for Sick Children (Toronto) and a pediatric emergency medicine fellowship and a Master’s of Science in Clinical Investigation at Northwestern University (Chicago). He is the Alberta Children’s Hospital Foundation Professor in Child Health and Wellness and the Associate Dean, Clinical Trials at the University of Calgary. His research focuses on applying clinical research to improve outcomes in children seeking emergency department care. He has dedicated his ...

Dr. Fried is Professor and Chair of Surgery at McGill University. He has made major contributions to the surgical care of patients by introducing innovative minimally invasive therapies and to patient safety by developing validated simulation-based programs to teach and verify proficiency in them. He was elected to Presidency of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Central Surgical, and James IV Association of Surgeons, and sits on the Boards of 9 major medical organizations. His educational contributions were recognized by the national John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Education, ...

Alberta Health Services

A cancer epidemiologist and pioneer in research of the role of physical activity in cancer control.  Her contributions to identifying the role that physical activity plays in reducing cancer risk, improving coping, rehabilitation and survival after cancer diagnosis are internationally recognized.  She is a leader and collaborator who brings commitment, passion and integrity to her endeavours. Her pursuit of excellence and her keen desire to mentor and train the next generation of scientists are particularly recognized.  

Dr. Friedman is a medical geneticist whose research bridges clinical genetics and more fundamental studies in genetics and genomics. He holds MS and MD degrees from Tulane University, a PhD in genetics from the University of Washington, and fellowship in the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists, the American Board of Medical Genetics, and the American Association of Pediatrics. His research focuses in three major areas: (1) using advanced genomic technology to identify genetic causes of intellectual disability; (2) using birth defects ...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Henry Friesen’s discovery of the human pituitary hormone prolactin and its role in health and disease, defining it as a major cause of infertility, and his collaborating with others in the introduction of new therapies have resulted in the effective treatment of tens of thousands of women worldwide. Dr. Friesen has published over 400 papers and mentored more than 80 post-doctoral fellows and graduate students. In the 1990's, Dr. Friesen served Canada with great distinction as the seventh President of the Medical Research Council of Canada and set the stage for its transformation into the ...

Professor Emeritus, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Marvin Fritzler is a clinician-scientist who has an international reputation in the fields of autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases. He has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications and is noted for identifying over 20 novel autoantigens that are applied in clinical assays that provide early and accurate diagnoses of specific autoimmune illnesses. These diagnostic assays are used worldwide and several have prognostic significance. He is the founder and medical director of Mitogen Diagnostics Corporation (MitogenDx) Dr. Fritzler has held numerous leadership positions in professional ...

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics.., McGill University

Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University Rebecca Fuhrer is Chair of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health and holds the Strathcona Chair of Preventive Medicine at McGill University. She is the recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Psychosocial Epidemiology. Her research centers on social determinants of mental health, particularly gender, social integration, and social position. Recent research covers: access to care for first episode psychosis; hippocampal changes and depression in aging; life course SES and ...

Professor, Depts. of Medicine, Pathology & Oncology, McGill University

Abraham Fuks is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Pathology and Oncology at McGill and served as the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. His research interests have included the immunogenetics of diabetes, tumour-associated antigens and cell adhesion molecules and ethical aspects of trials involving human subjects. He was Chairman of the Institutional Review Board at McGill for a number of years and has also had experience teaching immunology, molecular aspects of malignancy and research ethics. He has an ongoing scholarly interest in the language of medicine and its metaphoric ...

Full Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

Dr Fulop's outstanding contributions are in the field of aging. He contributed to the better care of elderly subjects as a medical doctor but also as a researcher by progressing our understanding of the biological changes occurring with age. He mainly changed our view in the field of the Immunology/Inflammation by developing a new concept of immunoadaptation helping to use these changes in the advantage of elderly such in the field of vaccination. His publication activity is also outstanding as he published almost 300 papers and several reference books. He contributed to the formation of ...

University of British Columbia

Professor, Endocrine and Diabetes Platform, University of Toronto

Herbert Gaisano is Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto. He is an award winning and internationally recognized expert on the molecular basis of secretion, specifically exocytosis-the fusion of secretory granules with cell membrane. His work in exocytosis of insulin and digestive enzymes from the pancreas has uncovered mechanisms of distorted exocytosis to be a basis for diabetes and pancreatitis, towards which he is finding new ways of treating these diseases. His work has changed the prevailing views, impacting the whole field of biology since similar mechanisms ...

Department of medicine | Service of endocrinology, Université de Sherbrooke

Les approches variées utilisées dans les travaux de recherche du Pr Gallo-Payet ont permis d’apporter des contributions majeures aux connaissances à la frontière de deux disciplines : l’endocrinologie et les neurosciences. Le Professeur Nicole Gallo-Payet est en effet considérée par ses pairs comme l’un des plus grands chercheurs en neuroendocrinologie de sa génération. Elle est connue internationalement pour sa contribution majeure à la compréhension des mécanismes de régulation des cellules corticosurrénaliennes. En particulier, ses travaux sur les modifications morphologiques et ...

Prof. & Head - Dept of Pathology & Lab Med, University of British Columbia

Dr. Zu-hua Gao has been the Chair of Department of Pathology at McGill University and Chief of Pathology at McGill University Health Center since 2012. During his tenure, the department's academic performance and international reputation have excelled. Dr. Gao is recognized as an international authority in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education. He has edited 3 extremely popular textbooks; Clinical Skills Review, Gross morphology of Common Diseases and Pathology Review and Practice Guide. As a distinguished scientist in cancer and transplant immunology research, Dr. Gao ...

Professor Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, Western University

Dr. Amit X. Garg, Professor of Medicine (Nephrology), and Epidemiology and Biostatistics, has made many meaningful contributions to advancing academic health sciences over the last 18 years. He provides care and conducts research to improve health outcomes for patients with kidney disease including those receiving dialysis or a kidney transplant. His innovative research has had demonstrable impacts in areas ranging from advancing the safety and practice of living kidney donation, to improving the safety of prescription drugs in patients with kidney disease, to the prevention of peri-operative ...

Professor of Medical Oncology, University of British Columbia

Dre Germain est directrice du Centre de recherche en organogénèse expérimentale de l'Université Laval/LOEX au CRCHU de Québec, professeure au département de chirurgie et elle a été Vice-Doyenne à la recherche et aux études supérieures de la faculté de médecine de l'Université Laval. Elle travaille sur les cellules souches post-natales et a participé à l’invention d'une nouvelle méthode de génie tissulaire pour reconstruire des tissus vivants. Ces substituts sont produits à des fins de recherche et de clinique pour remplacer des organes endommagés ou malades. --------------Dr.Germain ...

Dr. Hertzel Gerstein is Professor of Medicine and Deputy Director of the Population Health Research Institute at McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences. His transdisciplinary perspectives and collaborations have enabled him to design and lead several large international controlled trials that substantially expanded the evidence pertaining to the prevention and treatment of diabetes and its consequences. In addition to pioneering and firmly establishing international patient-important outcomes trials as the norm for clinical diabetes research, he continues to identify and test ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. William Ghali is a researcher, professor, holder of a Canada Research Chair, and the recipient of a Senior Health Scholar Award from Alberta Innovates. His research program focuses on health care delivery for four common and inter-related conditions - cardiac disease, diabetes, cerebrovascular disease, and venous thromboembolic disease. He is one of the leaders of the Ward of the 21st Century Initiative (www.w21c.org). His research program has produced over 250 publications in peer reviewed journals, and he has mentored numerous successful trainees. He is a notable contributor to several ...

Richard Gilbert is Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Head of the Division of Endocrinology at St. Michael's Hospital in Toronto. His major interests are in the treatment and prevention of diabetic complications with an emphasis on translational research in kidney disease and heart failure. Professor Gilbert has published over 260 peer-reviewed manuscripts and has numerous patents on novel treatments for kidney disease and heart failure. He co-founded Fibrotech, a biotechnology company that has brought anti-fibrotic therapies from the bench to early phase human trials in ...

Dr. Dafna Gladman, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute, has changed the way rheumatologists manage psoriatic arthritis (PsA). She found that PsA is more common and more severe than previously thought. She has identified factors that lead to the development of PsA among patients with psoriasis, and factors that are associated with more severe PsA. She also alerted the medical community to the fact that PsA was associated with important comorbidities including coronary artery disease, diabetes, obesity and depression. She has also led a ...

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President and Vice-Chancellor, University of Waterloo

Vivek Goel is a Professor in the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto. On July 1, 2021 he will become the seventh President and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Waterloo. Professor Goel is a distinguished scholar with an extensive background in teaching, research and university administration. He obtained his medical degree from McGill University and completed post-graduate medical training in Community Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Goel obtained an M.Sc. in Community Health from U of T and an ...

Professor Medicine, Physiology and Oncology, McGill University

Phil Gold is the Douglas G. Cameron Professor of Medicine, and Professor of Physiology and Oncology, at McGill University. He has served as Chairman of the Department of Medicine at McGill and Physician-in- Chief at the Montreal General Hospital. He is presently the Executive Director of the Clinical Research Centre of the McGill University Health Centre. Dr. Gold’s early research led to the discovery and definition of the Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA), for which he has been recognized nationally and internationally. Honours have included the Gairdner Foundation Annual International Award, ...

Self Employed

Larry Goldenberg is a dedicated surgeon and visionary leader who co-founded the Prostate Centre at VGH, the largest and most comprehensive prostate-specific research and treatment facility in Canada. An internationally renowned clinician and researcher, he was a pioneer in the use of intermittent hormone withdrawal, which is now considered a standard treatment option. He also developed a low dose antiandrogen/DES protocol that was the principal therapy used in BC for advanced prostate cancer until the mid-90's. His work has led to numerous clinical trials, with the promise of bringing ...

David Goltzman is Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Physiology of McGill University, Senior Physician in the Endocrine Division of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC), and Co-Director of the McGill Centre for Bone and Periodontal Research. He served as National Principal Investigator of the Canadian Multicentre Osteoporosis Study (CaMos) and was Director of the Calcium Research Laboratory at the McGill University Health centre. From 1988-1993, he served as Professor and Chair of the Department of Physiology at McGill. From 1994-2004 he was Chairman and Physician-in-Chief of ...

Professor, Division of Respirology, University of Saskatchewan

John Gordon is a leading Canadian immunopathologist who is internationally recognized for his cutting edge work to eliminate asthma and food allergy-induced anaphylaxis. For over 30 years, Dr. Gordon has conducted research on immunotherapeutics in allergic and other inflammatory diseases and has published landmark, highly-cited, studies on mast cells. Dr. Gordon is the Past-president of the Canadian Society for Immunology, was a member of the Gairdner International Prize selection committee, and is a member of the advisory board for CIHR's Institute of Infection and Immunity, and the ...

Professor and Chair, Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, F, University of Toronto

Avrum Gotlieb is an innovative and dedicated leader of academic laboratory medicine and pathology. He is an award winning teacher, excellent mentor, and a creative and productive cardiovascular researcher. His contributions to the promotion of health sciences include innovative leadership of a very large multidisciplinary university department that is recognized for the strong link its members have developed between quality teaching and creative high impact research on mechanisms of human disease. His leadership in Canadian and international scientific societies has an impact on the academic ...

Mayank Goyal is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary. He is the Director of Imaging and Endovascular treatment at the Calgary Stroke Program. Dr. Goyal's passion and main research interest is acute stroke imaging, workflow and intervention. He has over 200 publications in peer-reviewed journals. He was one of the Principal Investigators in two global multi-centric trials in the field: ESCAPE and SWIFT PRIME (both published in NEJM). Dr. Goyal is world renowned for his ground-breaking work in efficiency and workflow in acute stroke ...

Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program, University of Ottawa

Dr. Ian Graham has transformed the study of how health science discoveries are adopted in practice. He has successfully brought in a social science perspective through his theoretical and practical research into the socio-cultural-cognitive complexity of professional behaviour change. His knowledge to action model has been adopted internationally as has his knowledge translation research. Through his work at CIHR, he has changed the way research knowledge is used and has demonstrated to funding.  

Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine & Emergency Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke

Paul Grand'Maison MD, MSc, FCFPC, FCAHS, FRCPSC(Hon), CQ Paul Grand'Maison has significantly contributed to the evolution of Medicine and Family Medicine, in Quebec, in Canada and internationally. Faculty at Université de Sherbrooke faculty of Medicine since 1976, he is an expert in medical education: curriculum reform, distributed education, human resource development, global health, social accountability. He has a major interest in humanity in medicine, more specifically in compassionand accompaniment of end of life persons; in 2016, he published the book "Guérir est humain" on that ...

Professor of Immunology, Associate Dean, BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Michael Grant started his career as the only biomedical scientist in Atlantic Canada studying HIV. His innovative interdisciplinary work significantly influenced our understanding of immunology and infectious disease and helped put Canadian HIV research on the map. His exemplary leadership record is highlighted by election to president, Canadian Association for HIV Research, member, Ministerial Council on HIV/AIDS, chair, CIHR HIV/AIDS Research Advisory Committee, chair, CIHR Virology and Viral Pathogenesis Review panel and chair, Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research Scientific Advisory ...

Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University

Jean Gray, CM, MD, FRCPCProfessor Emeritus, Medical Education, Medicine, Pharmacology, Dalhousie University (Halifax, NS)Jean Gray is Professor Emeritus, Medical Education, Medicine, Pharmacology at Dalhousie University.Dr. Gray graduated from the University of Alberta in Chemistry (1963) and Medicine (1967). She joined the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie and was the founding Head of the Dalhousie Division of General Medicine, Associate Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education (1988 to 96) and Associate Dean of Continuing Medical Education (1996 to 2002).Dr. Gray has served as President of the ...

Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Jane Green has been at the fore-front of genetic research of hereditary cancers and hereditary eye diseases for 35 years. Her studies led to the discovery of novel genes in Newfoundland and Labrador families and a new understanding of pathways to development of cancer and blindness. In 1993, her research was key to identifying a major colon cancer gene and to the provision of genetic testing. Green pioneered the development of screening programs for earlier and more successful treatment of hereditary tumours. Her work has saved lives and profoundly improved health and quality of life for ...

Professor, Faculty Clinician (Department Head), Queen's University

Dr. Michael Green was appointed as the Brian Hennen Chair and Head of the Department of Family Medicine on July 1, 2017. He is Professor of Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queen's University, was the inaugural Clinical Teachers Association of Queen's University Chair in Applied Health Economics/Health Policy from 2014-2017 and formerly served as Director of the Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. He is a Senior Adjunct Scientist at the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES). In 2018 he was elected as a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences and ...

Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Jeremy Grimshaw, whom Canada was extremely fortunate to recruit from the UK in 2002, leads the Clinical Epidemiology Program at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital Research Program. Dr. Grimshaw quickly established himself as a leader in applied health research in Canada and is Director of the Canadian Cochrane Centre and Network. An outstanding mentor, he is a world leader in Knowledge Translation and has had a significant impact through his advocacy for rigorous scientific methods in assessing the effectiveness of practice and the organisation of healthcare.

Dr. Gullane is Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Toronto, Otolaryngologist-in-Chief and Wharton Chair at University Health Network. He is known worldwide for his innovation in the management of patients with head and neck cancers. He has published more than 250 peer reviewed papers and nine books on the subject of head and neck surgery. The international recognition of his expertise was demonstrated by his selection as a faculty member in the 1st Educational World Tour of the International Federation of Head and Neck Oncologic Societies. In 2010, Dr. Gullane was appointed as a ...

Prof. & Stephen M. Drance Chair, University of British Columbia

Dr. Gupta is a recognized leader with numerous awards for contributions to eye health and vision science research. Investigating relationships with other health conditions, she has identified new ocular targets to fight blindness, introduced novel glaucoma drugs through clinical trials, and pioneered surgical methods to treat patients. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Glaucoma and President of the International Council of Ophthalmology. Championing global collaborations, she spearheaded international guidelines for eye care training and standards of care. Her work with the World ...

Ronald D. Guttmann is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and former Founding Director of the McGill University Centre for Clinical Immunobiology and Transplantation. He is a cofounder, Director, and Executive Vice President of Clinical and International Development, of BioMosaics Inc., a cancer biomarker company. Dr. Guttmann was the Director of the first multidisciplinary Transplant Service in Canada at the Royal Victoria Hospital (1970). Dr. Guttmann is an author of >310 original publications and has been an active consultant in the biomedical and biotechnology industry since 1985. He is a ...

Prof. - Dept. of Medicine & Clinical Epidemiology, McMaster University

Dr. Gordon Guyatt is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University. He is a general internist and epidemiologist who has written 700 publications on topics such of quality of life, technology assessment, and clinical decision-making. He has conducted randomized trials in heart and lung disease, evaluated many health services, and he has led new methodologic developments for systematic reviews and practice guidelines. Dr. Guyatt coined the term ‘Evidence Based Medicine’. Under his leadership, practitioners worldwide have learned ...

Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Western University

Vladimir Hachinski of the University of Western Ontario pioneered the early treatment and prevention of stroke and cognitive disorders and discovered a crucial area in the brain that controls the heart. He also pioneered acute stroke units with J. W. Norris, and coined the term ‘brain attack’. He also crystallized the concepts of ‘vascular cognitive impairment’ and ‘multi-infarct dementia’ and devised the simplest, most widely used method of diagnosing them (the Hachinski ischemic scale). He is currently working on developing a common approach to prevention of stroke and cognitive disorders ...

Dr. Elie Haddad is a clinician scientist in pediatric immunology, Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Montreal. His clinical research focuses on primary immune deficiency. He is President-Elect of the Clinical Immunology Society and he is one of the three PI of the Primary Immune Deficiency Treatment Consortium, an NIH-funded consortium of 47 North-American Centers. The major activity of his fundamental research is on immunotherapy, mostly in the field of NK-cell and stem-cell-based cellular therapy. Dr. Haddad has also set up a humanized mice platform to develop innovative ...

Professor and Canada Research Chair, University of Manitoba

A Professor of Physiology and Pathophysiology,Andrew is an internationally recognized authority in the pathobiology ofchronic lung disease, contributing seminal work that shows how smooth muscleand fibroblasts can contribute to asthma pathogenesis, paving the way for noveltherapies. He is a renowned regional, national and international leader,launching research networks, developing a National Respiratory ResearchStrategy and a multidisciplinary training and career development program forthe Canadian Lung Association. He is the second ever PhD President of theCanadian Thoracic Society, and was ...

Dr. Judith G. Hall is a Clinical Geneticist and Pediatrician. She trained at Wellesley College, UW School of Medicine and Johns Hopkins Hospital. She was chair of Pediatrics at UBC & BC Children's Hospital from 1990-2000. She is presently Professor Emerita of Pediatrics & Medical Genetics at UBC based at Children's & Women's Health Centre of BC. Her areas of research interest are human congenital anomalies, natural history of genetic disorders, and non-traditional mechanisms of genetic disease.

Professor, University of Calgary

Benedikt Hallgrímsson is an international leader in the study of birth defects and the developmental genetics of anatomical variation. He was awarded the Rohlf Medal for orphometrics in 2015 and elected AAAS Fellow in 2019 for integrating imaging and morphometrics with developmental biology. Funded by CIHR, NSERC and NIH, his 160 publications have over 9000 citations. Hallgrimsson has held leadership roles at the University of Calgary where he led creation of the Bachelor of Health Sciences and co-led the successful proposal to create a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine. He is currently ...

Professor, Division of Nephrology & Immunology, University of Alberta

Philip Halloran is Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology & Immunology at the University of Alberta, and is director of the Alberta Transplant Institute project. His research focuses on gene expression in transplanted organs, development of immunosuppressive therapy, and somatic cell senescence. He is Editor-in-Chief of the American Journal of Transplantation and chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Roche Organ Transplant Research Foundation. Dr. Halloran is an elected member of the American Society of Clinical Investigation, and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.

Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University

Scott Halperin is a professor of Pediatrics and Microbiology & Immunology at Dalhousie University and Head of Pediatric Infectious Diseases at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. Following his education and training (Stanford University, Cornell University, University of Virginia, University of Minnesota), he moved to Canada in 1985 to establish an academic career with a primary research interest in vaccines for the prevention of pertussis and other infectious diseases. Dr. Halperin has focused on establishing interdisciplinary research teams at his own university (he is Director of the ...

Pavel Hamet is a Canada Research Chair on Predictive Genomics, Chief, Gene Medicine Services, Member, Endocrinology Services at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM), and past Director-Founder of its Research Centre from 1996-2006. He is also a tenured Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal, Adjunct Professor in the Departement of Medicine at McGill University and Visiting Professor at the First Faculty of Medicine at Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic. Doctor in medicine in 1967 from Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Ph.D. ...

Associate Dean, Research, Schulich School of Medicine & Dent, Western University

Victor Han is Associate Dean, Research at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario, and the Director of the Children’s Health Research Institute. He is a neonatologist, clinician scientist and Canada Research Chair in Maternal and Fetal Health. His research focuses on fetal and placental growth, and perinatal diseases such as low birth weight and preeclampsia, and their long-term impact on child and adult health. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed articles and has chaired the IAB of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, Child & Youth Health and ...

Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, University of British Columbia

R.E.W. (Bob) Hancock OC, OBC, FRSC. A Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver Canada, and a Canada Research Chair in Health and Genomics, his research interests include small cationic peptides as novel antimicrobials and modulators of innate immunity, the development of novel treatments for antibiotic resistant infections, the systems biology of innate immunity and Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and antibiotic uptake and resistance. He has published more than 570 papers and reviews, has 42 patents awarded, and is an ISI highly cited author in ...

Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University

Dr. Stewart Harris has achieved international renown for his research on Type 2 diabetes mellitus in high-risk populations, including Aboriginal Canadians and new immigrants, as well as translational research on improving the management of diabetes in primary care settings. Dr. Harris is Professor of Family Medicine at Western University, where he holds the Ian McWhinney Chair in Family Medicine Studies as well as Canadian Diabetes Association Chair in Diabetes Management, one of two nationally funded Chairs in Diabetes by the Canadian Diabetes Association.

Professor, University of Calgary

David A. Hart is a Professor of Surgery and a Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. He is also a Member of the McCaig Institute for Bone & Joint Health. He has published >510 original papers, reviews and book chapters in a variety of areas (molecular & cell biology, wound healing, biology of sex differences, stem cells/regenerative medicine, arthritis, and obesity). Current research is focused on intervertebral disc disease, tendon healing, and use of stem/stromal cells and extracellular vesicles in the repair of tissues such as articular cartilage and tendons, as ...

Professor, University of Calgary

David A. Hart is a Professor of Surgery and a Professor of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary. He is also Scientific Director of the AHS Bone & Joint Health Strategic Clinical Network, Co-Chair of the Canadian Space Agency Human Spaceflight Consultation Committee, and a Member of the CAHS SCA. He has published >400 original papers, reviews and book chapters in a variety of areas (molecular & cell biology, biology of sex differences, stem cells/regenerative medicine, arthritis, and obesity)

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Hawker's research has expanded understanding of the determinants and consequences of care fopeople with osteoarthritis,especially joint replacement surgery. Her findings resulted in a shift in research emphasis from area variations in use of ‘preference-sensitive' surgeries to disparities in access and appropriate health care use. Tools and measures to assist clinicians and patients in their osteoarthritis treatment decision making have been developed, evaluated and implemented. Knowledge gained through her research has informed the establishment of a national strategy for arthritis for ...

Professor Emeritus, McMaster University

R. Brian Haynes OC, MD, PhD, FRSC, is a world leader in medical information research and knowledge translation as a means to improve clinical and health care through improving the retrieval, distillation, synthesis, dissemination and application of validated health care research knowledge. A co-founder of evidence-based health care, he has created and disseminated information resources that define what is currently best evidence for health care decisions. He has led the advancement of knowledge translation research and implementation science in Canada. His work is widely known and used around ...

Marie-Josée Hébert est une néphrologue transplanteuse dont la recherche translationnelle a renouvelé les concepts, fondamentaux et cliniques, de l'insuffisance rénale progressive et du rejet de greffe. Ayant découvert et caractérisé des autoanticorps et des structures subcellulaires à l'œuvre dans la réponse immunitaire, elle a créé des outils diagnostiques et établi de nouvelles cibles d'intervention pour prévenir le rejet et la dysfonction rénale chez les personnes transplantées. Elle a conduit plusieurs initiatives interdisciplinaires et collaboratives, notamment comme cofondatrice et ...

CRCHUM

Paul Hébert is currently the Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ, Canada’s top scientific journal focused on publishing medical knowledge that matters. Dr Hebert has rebuilt CMAJ’s editorial team and the journal’s editorials, reviews and research contributions raise major health and social policy concerns. Through his editorial direction, CMAJ regularly enjoys high profile media coverage and is able to have significant public policy influence. Working with the President of CIHR and a scientific advisory committee, Paul Hébert formulated a nationwide strategy for patient-oriented research. With respect of ...

Réjean Hébert is Professor of Family Medicine and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at the Université de Sherbrooke. He was the founding Director of the Research Centre on Aging at Sherbrooke and the Quebec Research Network on Aging (FRSQ). He was also the founding Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aging. His research has focused on the maintenance of autonomy in the elderly. In 2005, Dr. Hébert was awarded the joint prize of the Canadian and Quebec Associations of Occupational Therapists.

Robert Hegele of the University of Western Ontario is one of Canada’s leading clinician scientists studying the genetic basis of diabetes and cardiovascular disease. He is internationally recognized for identifying the causative genes for 10 diseases, including pioneering work in patients with inherited diabetes. His approach of studying rare subtypes of common diseases has revolutionized our understanding of the molecular basis of insulin resistance. These discoveries have been implemented worldwide as routine diagnostic tests that have improved patient care and outcomes. Author of over 350 ...

Dr Brenda Hemmelgarn is a clinician scientist and Professor and Head of the Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary. Her research interests are in the study of chronic medical conditions including chronic kidney disease, diabetes, and cardiovascular disease, as well as knowledge translation strategies to improve care provided to this patient population. She is the recipient of the Roy and Vi Baay Chair in Kidney Research, has over 400 peer-reviewed publications.

Professor Emerita, Family Medicine UWO; Adjunct Faculty, UBC, Western University

Carol Herbert is Professor Emerita of Family Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University, and Professor Emerita of Family Practice at UBC Faculty of Medicine. She was formerly Dean at Schulich,Head of the UBC Department of Family Practice, founding Head of the Division of Behavioural Medicine, and a founder of the UBC Institute of Health Promotion Research. She was a pioneer in developing services for sexually abused children and co-founded the Sexual Assault Service for Vancouver. She is internationally known for her leadership in primary care research, and ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Margaret Herridge is a Professor at the University of Toronto and a Senior Scientist and Respiratory/Critical Care Physician at the University Health Network. An international leader in patient and family caregiver outcomes after critical illness, she has published over 250 articles/book chapters, has been co-editor of 2 international textbooks on ICU Outcomes, is a frequent international speaker and currently leads the national RECOVER/CANCOV( co-lead) Programs. She has received national and international awards including:Honorary Member, European Society of Intensive Care Medicine( ...

Distinguished Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

Canada Research Chair in Global Health and Social Policy, McGill University; Founding Director Institute for Health and Social Policy; Professor Department of Epidemiology, Dept of Political Science Jody Heymann's groundbreaking work in global health and social policy has won recognition around the world. Heymann's pioneering research includes developing WoRLD, the first initiative to examine policies and their impact in over 190 UN countries. Her studies of working families around the world led to fundamental advances in our understanding of the impact of parental working conditions on child ...

Dr. David Hill is a Professor at The University of Western Ontario and Scientific Director of the Lawson Health Research Institute, London. His research has focused on mechanisms for pancreatic islet regeneration, and how an adverse environment in utero and can program a lifelong risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes. He has made long-standing contributions to original research and international, national and provincial research leadership and advocacy. He has provided national leadership in the health charity sector as Chair of the Board of Directors, Canadian Diabetes Association, and in ...

Dr. Hill is an internationally recognizedclinical researcher who specializes in stroke neurology. He has multiple contributions to the stroke field and is now leading/ co-leading major randomized clinical trials to revolutionize acute stroke care. His group's significant discoveries resulted in their award of the CIHR-CMAJ TopAchievements in Health Research (2012). He has also been an avid communityvolunteer for the betterment of stroke care and stroke research through theCanadian Stroke Strategy and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Canada. Hehas successfully trained multiple young ...

University of British Columbia

Dr. Kendall Ho's academic focus is on eHealth –the use of modern information and communication technologies in health service delivery, research, and education. At UBC Faculty of Medicine, he coordinates provincial telehealth research and evaluation, and introduces eHealth education in the medical school. He is a member of the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada-Health-Infoway eHealth Leadership Committee, and therecipient of AFMC inaugural eHealth award in 2012. He supports provincial and national health policy makers on issues related to eHealth policy, and is a collaborator with ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Tom Hobman is a distinguished cell biologist and virologist whose research is focused on understanding how RNA viruses manipulate host cells to allow replication. He has served in important leadership roles, including on the executive for CIHR panels and journal editorial boards. Recently, Dr. Hobman finished his term as Associate Dean Research Facilities where he oversaw the creation of a network of core facilities that provide expertise and access to state-of-the-art infrastructure for cellular imaging, genomics, transgenics, flow cytometry, lipidomics, and other platforms to hundreds ...

Dr. Hodaie is a neurosurgeon, Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist at the Krembil Research Institute. Her surgical and research expertise centers on trigeminal neuralgia, a debilitating neuropathic pain disorder. Her research employs advanced brain imaging and artificial intelligence methods to enhance the understanding of neuropathic pain. These approaches have increased objectivity in the study of pain and helped identify factors that lead to successful treatment outcomes. Her scientific contribution has been internationally recognized, and has generated ...

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University Health Network

Brian D. Hodges, MD, PhD, FRCPC is Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto; the Richard and Elizabeth Currie Chair in Health Professions Education Research at the Wilson Centre and Executive-Vice President Education and Chief Medical Officer at the University Health Network (Toronto General, Toronto Western, Princess Margaret, Toronto Rehab Hospitals and the Michener Institute). He is a practicing psychiatrist and teacher. His research focuses on assessment, competence, compassion and the future of the health ...

Dr. Hofer is an internationally renowned leader in major research networking initiatives, such as the Integrative Analysis of Longitudinal Studies of Aging (IALSA) and the UK's HALCyon programme, both of which uncover markers that predict later-life health outcomes. He is Past President of the Society of Multivariate Experimental Psychology and Fellow of the American Psychological Association, the Gerontological Society of America, and the Royal Statistical Society. His research focuses on lifespan determinants of changes in cognition and the use of intensive research designs which permit ...

Emeritus professor, University of British Columbia

James Hogg is an Emeritus Professor of Pathology at the University of British Columbia and former Vice President – Research of St. Paul’s Hospital where he is an active investigator in the iCAPTURE center. He joined McGill University as an Assistant Professor of Pathology in 1971 and in 1977, he and Dr. Peter Pare moved to the University of British Columbia to set up a pulmonary research laboratory at St. Paul’s Hospital. This laboratory became UBC’s iCAPTURE center for cardiopulmonary research and currently has 20 fulltime investigators and a staff of nearly 200. Dr. Hogg’s research relates ...

Dr. Jayna Holroyd-Leduc is an academic geriatrician, Professor and Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of Calgary and Alberta Health Services (AHS) Calgary zone. Her research utilizes knowledge translation (KT) science to improve care for older adults. She is the UCalgary Brenda Strafford Foundation Chair in Geriatric Medicine and the Academic Lead for the UCalgary Brenda Strafford Centre on Aging. She plays a leadership role within the Canadian Frailty Network, and was previously an Associate Editor for the Canadian Medical Association Journal (2010-2020).

Professor & Head, Dept. Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

Jack Bell Chair, Professor and Head Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia Dr. Honer is a Canadian Leader in schizophrenia research. His laboratory studies identified abnormalities in proteins related to nerve cell communication as a fundamental mechanism of illness. His clinical research spans from the first episode of psychosis, to the more treatment resistant forms of illness. These studies demonstrated the benefits of antipsychotic medications in reducing symptoms, and in preventing relapses, but also the limitations of widely used strategies involving combinations of ...

Professor of Medicine and Physiology, University of Toronto

Richard L. Horner, PhD, is a Professor of Physiology, and Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research identifies mechanisms of sleep, sedation and anesthesia, and their impact on vital functions such as breathing and cognition. He is author of over a hundred research papers in peer-reviewed journals, and chapters in textbooks such as Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine and the Textbook of Respiratory Medicine. For his body of research in sleep and breathing, Dr. Horner was elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2017. Dr. Horner also leads undergraduate and ...

Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

Catherine Hudon is Professor at the Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine Department of Université de Sherbrooke and member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada. She conducts an innovative research program mobilizing many national and international partners to improve care integration, equity in health and health of people with complex care needs facing interacting challenges among physical, mental, and social health. Adopting a participatory approach, she uses mixed methods to develop, implement, and evaluate innovations to better answer the needs of this population and improve ...

A world authority on the cardiovascular health effects of spaceflight and how these changes parallel consequences of aging. In scientific literature and in radio, television, print and internet media he has described how dramatic reductions in physical activity and the absence of daily adaptations to gravity with spaceflight or bed rest impact regulation of arterial blood pressure and brain blood flow, and accelerate arterial stiffening. His work promotes the benefits of physical activity as a primary intervention to slow the impact of age on vascular and cerebrovascular health.

Professor, University of British Columbia

Dr. Huntsman is a pathologist and clinical molecular geneticist. Through a combination of genetic and pathology approaches, Dr. Huntsman has redefined our understanding of ovarian and several rare cancers, including hereditary stomach cancer, leading to significant improvements in management. He proposed, developed, and promulgated the subtype-specific approach to ovarian cancer research, prevention, and treatment that is now the international standard. He discovered the key mutations in several ovarian cancer subtypes. His research has been published in prestigious journals, is highly cited, ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Mansoor Husain is a leading clinician-scientist whose research is focused on uncovering the pathophysiological mechanisms that regulate human cardiovascular disease. His research approaches include molecular and cellular studies in model systems, and extend to both early late phase clinical trials. His work has revealed multiple pathways that influence the risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Novel relationships that he has uncovered that regulate these diseases have revealed new treatment targets and strategies that may improve cardiovascular outcomes.

Dr. Hutnik has cared medically and surgically for patients suffering from the most common worldwide cause of blinding eye disease. Her translational research has focused on novel treatments. Her leadership roles have included President of the Canadian Glaucoma Society, Board member of the Glaucoma Research Society of Canada and advisor in the creation of Ontario Glaucoma Quality standards, as well as the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health for Minimally Invasive Glaucoma Surgeries. She brings this experience to her current roles as Governing Chair of the Academic Medical ...

Professor Emeritus Eileen Hutton, RM, PhD, DSc (HC) was Assistant Dean in the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of Midwifery at McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario 2007-18. Dr. Hutton held a part time endowed chair position from 2010-15 as Professor of Midwifery Science at Vrije University in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Her undergraduate degree is from Queen’s University School of Nursing (BNSc) and she holds graduate degrees from The University of Toronto, School of Nursing (MScN) and Institute of Medical Science - Clinical Epidemiology (PhD). In 2006 Dr. Hutton was recognised by ...

Dr. Stephen Hwangis one of the world's leading researchers on homelessness, the connections between housing and health, and health problems and access to care among people experiencing homelessness. His researchhas resulted in important new insights into mortality among homeless people, the connections between traumatic brain injury and homelessness, and interventions to improve the health of people who are homeless.As a research scientist and a physician providing health care for homelesspeople for more than two decades, Dr. Hwang has been a dedicated voice for health equity and a tireless ...

Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics; Professor of Neurology, University of British Columbia

Dr. Judy Illes is Professor of Neurology at the University of British Columbia (UBC),UBC Distinguished University Scholar, and Director of Neuroethics Canada.She held the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Neuroethics from 2007-2021, and was appointed to the Order of Canada in December 2017.Her research, teaching and service focus on ethical, legal, social and policy challenges specifically at the intersection of the brain sciences and biomedical ethics.Her latest books are a series on Developments in Neuroethics and Bioethics (Elsevier Press), focusing in pain, global mental health, ...

Prof & Chair, Dept.Health Research Methods, Evidence & Imp, McMaster University

Dr. Alfonso Iorio is an internationally renowned hematologist whose research harnesses information technology and communications strategies to augment the transfer and application of best evidence at the point of care for patients with hemophilia and allied bleeding disorders. Lay citizens and patients are fully included at all stages of his research, which has resulted in more efficient, timely ways to incorporate new evidence into education, practice, and procedures. His research findings have been transferred into software applications used by thousands of doctors and patients in more than ...

Meredith Irwin, MD was appointed Chief of Paediatrics (Hospital for Sick Children) and Chair of the Department of Paediatrics (University of Toronto) in 2020. She received her MD from Harvard Medical School and completed training at Boston Children’s Hospital and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute. She joined Sick Kids as a Clinician-Scientist Oncologist in 2002. Her research focuses on genes and pathways involved in the childhood cancer neuroblastoma. As Chair of the Neuroblastoma Biology committee of the Children’s Oncology Group Dr. Irwin leads the identification of biomarkers and optimization ...

Professor and Chair, University of Toronto

Alex Jadad works to improve health and wellness for all, through innovative uses of information and communication technologies. As a medical student, he became a leading expert on cocaine in Colombia. Holder of a PhD from Oxford University on how to make sense of large amounts of health information, he developed the most widely used tool to assess clinical trials in the world known as “The Jadad Scale”. He leads the Centre for Global eHealth Innovation at the University of Toronto that is both a simulator of the health system of the future; and a virtual platform for global collaboration.

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. David Jenkins is a University Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and, a Staff Physician in the Division of Endocrinology and metabolism, Director of the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center and Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto. He researches dietary prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer. His team was the first to define and explore the glycemic index of foods and show that soluble fibre can lower blood glucose and cholesterol. These nutrition concepts ...

VP Research, Hamilton Health Sciences

Dr. Marc Jeschke has been caring for burn patients for nearly 20 years and is a global leader in burn care, research, and education. Dr. Jeschke has over 350 peer-reviewed articles, books, and book chapters on burn care. He has a significant track record of successes with federal funding agencies and private foundations resulting in total lifetime funding of over $20,000,000 as principal or co-investigator. His work is translational and his research interests include investigating the profound metabolic alterations post-burn injury and novel techniques for wound coverage and skin ...

Professor Jha is an influential figure in epidemiology and economics of global health. He leads the "Million Death Study" (MDS) in India, one of the largest health studies ever done. The MDS has demonstrated that smoking kills about 1 million adults annually, that malaria kills far more than estimated from earlier hospital records, but that the AIDS deaths are fewer than feared earlier. These studies have transformed Indian and global health. His research showing that prenatal sex determination followed by selective abortion in India accounted for up to 6 million missing females led to policy ...

Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta

Jack Jhamandas received his BSc in Applied Physics and MSc in Biophysics from the University of Alberta. Following the completion of his MD at the University of Calgary, he completed his clinical training in Internal Medicine and Neurology at the Toronto Western Hospital and the Montreal Neurological Institute. He subsequently obtained his PhD in Neuroscience from McGill University as a Medical Research Council (MRC) Centennial Fellow and in 1987 joined the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta as a MRC Scholar. He is currently Professor of Neurology in the Department of Medicine & ...

Vice-recteur adjoint rech et Professeur Fac de medecine, University of Montreal

Le Dr Yves Joanette est Professeur titulaire à l’École d’orthophonie et d’audiologie de la Faculté de médecine de l’Université de Montréal, nommé depuis le 1ierseptembre 2019 premier directeur du Consortium en santé numérique de l’Université et vice-recteur adjoint à la recherche depuis juin 2020. Jusqu’à récemment (2011-2019), il était le directeur scientifique de l’Institut du vieillissement des Instituts de recherche en santé du Canada (IRSC). Précédemment, il a été président-directeur général du Fonds de la recherche en santé du Québec et président de son conseil d’administration après ...

Professor, Microbiology & Immunology, Dalhousie University

Dr. Gerry Johnston is currently the Scientific Director of the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute (BHCRI) headquartered within the Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University. BHCRI provides a broad range of supports for cancer researchers and their trainees within Atlantic Canada. Following his training in genetics with Dr. Leland H. Hartwell (University of Washington), in 1975 he was recruited to Dalhousie University where he developed a cancer research program focused on control of cell division using yeast cells as a model system, building an international reputation. At the national ...

Research Director CGP, McGill University

Yann Joly, Ph.D. (DCL), FCAHS, Ad.E. is the Research Director of the Centre of Genomics and Policies (CGP). He is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Human Genetics cross-appointed at the Bioethics Unit, at McGill University. He was named advocatus emeritus by the Quebec Bar in 2012 and Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2017. Prof. Joly is a member of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCU) Sectoral Commission for Natural, Social and Human Sciences. He is the current Chair of the Bioethics Workgroup of the International Human Epigenome ...

Professor, School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of Waterloo

Lyndon Jones is a Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) at the University of Waterloo. He graduated in Optometry from the University of Wales in 1985 and gained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Biomaterials Research Unit at Aston University, Birmingham, UK in 1998. He is a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and a past Chair of the Research Committee of the AAO. His research interests primarily focus on the interaction of novel and ...

Head of Bioinformatics and Associate Director, BC Cancer Agency

Dr Jones gained his PhD at the Sanger Institute, Cambridge, where he was involved in the C. elegans genome project. Currently, he is Head of Bioinformatics and Co-Director of the Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer. Dr Jones has played a role in numerous other genome projects, including that of the human, mouse, rat, bovine, fruitfly and the SARS coronavirus. He is a Professor at the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University. Dr Jones's research focus is in the computational analysis of DNA sequence and the analysis of genomic and transcriptomic data. In healthcare research, ...

Prof. Joober is a psychiatrist who dedicated his research and clinical work to improve the care for patients with Neurodevelopmental disorders like schizophrenia, attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder and autism. He contributed to the identification of several genetic variants and environmental risk factors implicated in these disorders or in how these disorders respond to medications. He also contributed to the betterment of services offered to patients with neurodevelopmental disorders and their families through the conceptualisation and the advocacy of new, comprehensive, and more ...

Professeur, Université Laval

Clinical Epidemiologist & Internist, Jewish General Hospital

Founding Director of the Jewish General Hospital's Centre of Excellence in Thrombosis and Anticoagulation Care and the McGill Thrombosis Fellowship Program.  Dr. Kahn's internationally-recognized research focuses on prevention and treatment of venous thromboembolism. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair and was a Chercheur National of the Fonds de recherche du Québec-Santé. She was recently awarded a prestigious 7-year CIHR Foundation grant, and a 5-year CIHR grant to lead a national venous thrombosis research network. She has published more than 200 papers in peer-reviewed journals.

Jawahar (Jay) Kalra is a Professor of Pathology in the University of Saskatchewan and has served as Head of the Department of Pathology and Head of the Department of Laboratory Medicine, Saskatoon Health Region. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada, Canadian Academy of Clinical Biochemistry and Elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Medicine UK. Dr. Kalra has served as the President of the Canadian Association of Medical Biochemists, the Intersociety Council of Laboratory Medicine of Canada, the Canadian Chairs of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, the ...

University of Toronto

Dr. Rita Kandel is a clinician-scientist at Mt.Sinai Hospital who conducts leading-edge research that utilizes regenerativemedicine approaches to develop novel treatments for arthritis and back pain.She has published over 195 papers and obtained or submitted applications for 6patents. She has been continuously funded by peer review grants for over 20years. In addition to her productive research program, Dr. Kandel works as a pathologistand is the head of her clinical department. As a Professor in the Department ofLaboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, she isactive ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. Gilaad Kaplan is a gastroenterologist and epidemiologist who is internationally renowned for studying the global epidemiology of digestive diseases. He is the Past Chair of the Scientific and Medical Advisory Counsel of Crohn's and Colitis Canada (CCC), as well as the co-chair of CCC's National COVID-IBD Taskforce. He was inducted as a Fellow of the American Gastroenterological Association and named by Healio Gastroenterology as one of the top 200 leading innovators in the field of gastroenterology. In 2020, Clarivate, Web of Science named him a Highly Cited Researcher in recognition of ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Satyabrata Kar was trained in India, England and Canada and is a Professor at the University of Alberta. His research, producing more than 115 peer-reviewed publications, has yielded crucial insights into the selective loss of neurons in Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. His current work focuses on biodegradable nanoparticles as novel therapeutic reagents. Dr. Kar has received many academic awards and recognitions and has created and taught multiple courses for undergraduate and graduate students. His research program has been supported continuously by federal funding agencies ...

Dr. Charu Kaushic is recognized internationally for her interdisciplinary research and training program in women’s reproductive health, spanning basic, clinical and translational research examining susceptibility and immune response to sexually transmitted viruses. As the Scientific Director of CIHR’s institute of infection and immunity, she has played key leadership roles in shaping Canada’s national and international research response to COVID-19 pandemic. She is known for passionate dedication and support for community based research, equity, diversity and inclusion in research environment ...

Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Cyril Kay is one of Canada’s leading protein biochemists. He was the founding co- Director of Canada’s first MRC Group – The Protein Structure and Function Group at the University of Alberta. Dr. Kay is the author of over 340 peer-reviewed articles. His research focused on the structure and function of muscle and calcium binding proteins. For this work, he has won many distinctions including The Ayerst Award of the Canadian Biochemical Society (1970), Fellowship in the Royal Society (1978), the Order of Canada (1995), and the ASTech Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006. Four years after his ...

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Dr. Kelleher brings significant experience and is recognized internationally for innovation in academic health leadership and administration, clinical care, research and education. Dr. Kelleher joined UBC in the summer of 2015 as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine. Prior to his appointment at UBC, Dr. Kelleher served as Vice-President Health and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Imperial College London, where he also held a concurrent appointment as Dean of the Lee Kong Chian Medical School in Singapore until 2014. Dr. Kelleher has also served as Head of the School of Medicine and Vice Provost ...

Exec. Dir of the Michael G. DeGroote Initiative, McMaster University

Dr. John G. Kelton is currently serving his third term as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Vice- President for McMaster University. He has an active clinical practice and research focus into platelet and bleeding disorders with a particular focus on bleeding disorders of pregnant women and heparin induced thrombocytopenia. He is the author of five books, 80 book chapters, and more than 300 scientific publications. He graduated (cum laude) from the University of Western Ontario in 1973. Following specialty and research training at Duke University and McMaster University, he ...

Principal Investigator of the Canadian BiomarkerIntegration Network in Depression and the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Depression and Suicide Studies at the University of Toronto and St. Michael's Hospital. As a research psychiatrist, he has significantly advanced discovery of biological markers of treatment response, pioneered deep brain stimulation as an intervention for previously non-responsive depression and participated in the development of novel therapeutic agents. He is the founding Chair of the Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments and has continued to develop ...

Professor, Departments of Bioethics and Pediatrics, Dalhousie University

Kevin M. W. Keough is former President and CEO of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research and Adjunct Professor at Memorial University. Previously he was Chief Scientist at Health Canada, Vice-president (Research and International Relations), Head of Biochemistry and a Professor in Biochemistry and Pediatrics at Memorial. His research interests include the molecular organization and function in lipid-protein systems. He has made special contributions to understanding of the structure and function of lung surfactant. His senior national appointments include Deputy Chair of the ...

Surgeon-in-Chief, Sprott Surgery, University Health Network

Shaf Keshavjee is Surgeon-in-Chief at University Health Network. He is Director of the Toronto Lung Transplant Program & Professor of Thoracic Surgery. He built "Doctors of Thoracic Surgery"- a leading team of thoracic surgeons providing leading edge patient care, research in cancer, & transplantation. Dr. Keshavjee developed a technique for lung preservation that became the world standard. He also developed ex vivo lung perfusion -a technique to keep the lung alive outside the body -to treat and repair lungs with gene stem cell therapy. This technique is being extended to treat other ...

Professor Karim Khan, MD, PhD, MBA, is recognised for clinically-relevant research in tendon injuries, osteoporosis, falls prevention and exercise for health. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, was editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) for 13 years, and has co-authored 5 editions of the internationally renowned Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine textbook. He is passionate about research impact and patient engagement. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and received honorary doctorates from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences ...

Professor, University of Saskatchewan

Malcolm has pioneered advancements in respiratory therapy that have improved mucus clearance in cystic fibrosis and chronic obstructive lung disease and minimized aerosolization of airborne pathogens, reducing the spread of airborne diseases including tuberculosis and influenza. Through leadership roles in provincial, national and international organizations, he has lead the national effort to build capacity in Aboriginal health research by improving Indigenous community engagement in health research, providing more opportunities for Aboriginal trainees, and mentoring health researchers and ...

John Kingdom is an obstetrician clinician-scientist who has made seminal contributions to understanding the functions of the placenta in normal and pathologic pregnancies. He pioneered the model of a “placental clinic” for pregnant individuals that has been adopted by many centres worldwide. He has been elected to leadership roles in learned societies, built research teams, and fostered postgraduate training programs locally and in Western Kenya. He has served as advisor to governments, research organisations and academic perinatal programs. During his decade as Chair of Obstetrics and ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Walter Kipp’s primary interests have been infectious diseases since his appointment as Medical Director in Mbale, Uganda 1981/82. Armed with only a medical degree, his desire to know more about international health led him to complete graduate degrees in epidemiology from the University of Hawaii in 1986 and international health from Johns Hopkins in 1998. Since joining the University of Alberta in 1997 he has designed and implemented graduate programs in global health. The results of Dr. Kipp’s most recent applied research project show that anti-retroviral treatment can be successfully ...

Laurence J. Kirmayer is a world leader in thefield of cultural psychiatry, studying the impact of culture on mental healthand illness as well as healing and recovery. He has made major research contributions to the areas of primary care psychiatry, Aboriginal mentalhealth, immigrant and refugee health, and the anthropology of psychiatry. Hisresearch on Indigenous mental health has focused on risk and protective factorsfor suicide, cultural and community sources of resilience, and mental healthpromotion. He developed a widely influential model of cultural consultation in primary care to ...

Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology, and Pharmacology, University of Manitoba

Professor, Dept. of Physiology, Director, Research Development, Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba Dr. Lorrie Kirshenbaum is an internationally recognized authority in the field of viral gene therapy, both cell cycle and cell death proteins in human disease. His ground-breaking discoveries have revolutionized our basic understanding of human disease paving the way for development of novel therapies for heart failure, cancer and neurodegenerative diseases. Dr. Kirshenbaum was also invited to serve as chair of the National Institutes of Health study section on Myocardial Ischemia and ...

Pediatric Neurologist, Prof., University of Calgary

Dr. Kirton is Professor of Pediatrics and Clinical Neurosciences at the University of Calgary and an attending Pediatric Neurologist at the Alberta Children’s Hospital. He holds the Dr. Robert Haslam hair in Pediatric Neurology. Dr. Kirton’s research focuses on applying neurotechnologies to generate new opportunities for life participation for children with severe disabilities. He directs the Calgary Pediatric Stroke Program (perinatalstroke.com, @PedStrokeYYC) and ACH Brain Computer Interface Laboratory (BCI4kids.com, @BCI4kids).

CEO, CHRIM, University of Alberta

Terry Klassen has been Professor and Chair of the Department of Pediatrics, University of Alberta and Regional Clinical Program Director for Child Health since 1999; Director of the Alberta Research Centre for Child Health Evidence and Director of the Evidence-based Practice Center. His major research interests have been in developing a strong evidence base in child health through the conduct of randomized controlled trials and systematic reviews with particular interests in injury control and acute respiratory disease. In 2003, he received the Research Award from the Ambulatory Pediatric ...

Professor of Medicine, McGill University

Dr. Klein is a senior Clinician Scientist and Research Director of the McGill University Health Centre Chronic Viral Illness Service and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair. She is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of HIV and hepatitis C virus (HCV), observational research and clinical trials. She has promoted treatment access for viral hepatitis globally as governing council member of the International AIDS Society. She leads a highly successful interdisciplinary research program aimed at evaluating and implementing interventions to improve health outcomes for HIVHCV ...

Dr. Klip’s research is focused on understanding how the body controls the levels of glucose in the blood and how this fails in type II diabetes. Her seminal studies have revealed how the GLUT4 glucose transporter is recruited to the cell surface in response to insulin and why obesity blocks this recruitment, leading to diabetes. Her highly cited work has been published in over 200 original publications and about 80 review articles and she has received recognition from national and international agencies including the American Physiological Society, the Canadian Federation of Biological ...

Professor of Physiology & Pharmacology, Western University

Marlys L. Koschinsky, PhD, is the Scientific and Executive Director for Robarts Research Institute, Professor in the Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, and member of the Senior Leadership team of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University. Koschinsky's research is in the broad areas of atherosclerosis and thrombosis and focuses on the understanding of mechanisms of action of emerging risk factors for cardiovascular disease. She is an internationally recognized expert in the study of the cardiovascular risk factor lipoprotein(a), and is a well-respected ...

Professor, University of British Columbia Dr. Krassioukov is a world leader in spinal cord injury research. He specializes in cardiovascular problems in people with spinal cord injury. Dr. Krassioukov has pioneered multi---disciplinary research in this area. He has made fundamental discoveries about the biology underlying these cardiovascular problems and has developed evidence---based guidelines for clinical management of these individuals. He has worked with the International Paralympic Committee to study wheelchair athletes and to increase fairness in international competition. At present, ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr Kubes leads the Vice President’s priority in Infection Immunity and Chronic Diseases. He has built major infrastructure at UCalgary, including Imaging, Microbiome and a Level 3 Centre through CFI, philanthropy and government support. His own work is geared towards understanding how the immune system behaves in infections and chronic diseases using live cell imaging techniques.

Director, Professor - Health Information Science, University of Victoria

Dr. Kushniruk is an internationally recognized educational leader and researcher in the area of health information science. He has been a key researcher on national and international collaborative projects that focus on the evaluation of human computer interaction in health care. He has developed novel methods of video analysis of computer uses that have brought about inexpensive, practical usability assessment. He holds adjunct appointments at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, in the Faculty of Engineering and Science in Aalborg University (Denmark), and in the Faculty of ...

The Honourable, Senator, Senate of Canada

Stanley Kutcher holds the Sun Life Financial Chair in Adolescent Mental Health at Dalhousie University, is the former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry, and is an internationally recognized expert in adolescent psychiatry and a leader in mental health education. In addition to making substantive research contributions in the field of adolescent psychiatry with over 200 peer-reviewed publications, he has played a major role in developing guidelines in Canada and in the United States for several psychiatric disorders. Internationally, he is Director of WHO Collaborating Centre in Mental ...

Professor titulaire, University of Montreal

Jean-Claude Lacaille is professor of Physiology at the Université de Montréal. He was director of the Department of Physiology from 2001-05, and is a founding member of the Research Group on the Central Nervous System. He holds the Canada Research Chair in Cellular and Molecular Neurophysiology and his research focuses on understanding cortical network activity at cellular, molecular and genetic levels, with applications for learning, memory, and epilepsy. His laboratory is specialized in the use of electrophysiological, cellular imaging and molecular biological techniques in brain slices ...

Positions:Professor of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, CHUMPrevious Head, Endocrine division, Hotel-Dieu and Director Endocrine Training program, Université de MontréalChairman, Department of Medicine CHUM 2002-2008Associate Director General for Medical and Academic Affairs at CHUM (2008-2012).President of the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism (2005-2007)Chairperson of the International Society of Endocrinology (2016-20)Editor of the Adrenal Section of UpToDate (Boston, MA), Editorial boards EJE, JCEM .AwardsMedical Leadership award from CHUM Foundation in 1999Robert ...

Professor and Assistant Dean, Western University

A widely recognized leader in Canadian health research in the area of cell biology for over two decades, Dale has received notable awards, many high profile publications and numerous leadership roles on strategic committees. He is the foremost researcher in the study of cell to cell communication and connection to over a dozen diseases raising the awareness that connexin-linked diseases are amongst the most common inherited diseases in society. His research program transcends conventional approaches as he employs tissue relevant cells, genetically-modified mice and humans to investigate cell ...

Professor and BC Leadership Chair in Depression Research, University of British Columbia

Dr. Lam is Professor and BC Leadership Chair in Depression Research at the University of British Columbia. He is internationally recognized for his clinical research in depression and its treatments. His studies pioneered light therapy as an evidenced-based, nonpharmacological treatment for seasonal and nonseasonal depression. He led development of Canadian Network for Mood and Anxiety Treatments (CANMAT) guidelines for depression that are widely used internationally, and global mental health initiatives through the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC), focusing on digital and mobile ...

Dr. Anthony Lang is an international leader in the neuroscience field of movement disorders. His broad-based, highly cited, transformative award-winning research contributions span the fields of clinical evaluation, genetics, epidemiology, electrophysiology, neuroimaging, neuropathology, neuropharmacology, rating scales, clinical trials and functional neurosurgery. His work has been extremely influential on all aspects of current international standards of medical and surgical care for Parkinson’s disease, has helped define and understand previously unrecognized or poorly characterized ...

Dr. Lang is an internationally recognized leader in academic emergency medicine as well as evidence-based medicine, knowledge translation and clinical practice guidelines. He is currently Professor and the Department Head for Emergency Medicine in the Calgary Zone. He is also the Scientific Director for the Alberta Health Services Emergency Strategic Clinical Network. He is also the Chair of the Academic Section of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians and a member of the Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care. Dr. Lang has led the evolution of guideline development globally ...

Professor of Psychiatry, Western University

Ruth A. Lanius, M.D., Ph.D. is a Psychiatry Professor and Harris-Woodman Chair at Western University, where she is the director of the Clinical Research Program for PTSD. Ruth has received numerous awards, including the Banting Award for Military Health Research. She has published over 150 research articles and book chapters focusing on brain adaptations to psychological trauma and novel adjunct treatments for PTSD. Ruth regularly lectures on the topic of psychological trauma both nationally and internationally. Ruth has co-authored three books: The Effects of Early Life Trauma on Health and ...

Maryse Lassonde est une chercheure reconnue mondialement pour ses travaux quasi-pionniers sur le développement cognitif de l’enfant ayant subi des atteintes au cerveau. Détentrice d’un doctorat de l’Université Stanford, obtenu à l’âge de 23 ans, elle a depuis contribué de façon remarquable au développement d’une nouvelle discipline, soit celle de la neuropsychologie de l’enfant. En particulier, elle a investigué les effets de l’épilepsie infantile et ceux résultant de commotions cérébrales suite à l’exercice de sports. Détentrice d’un grand nombre de prix, incluant une Chaire de Recherche du ...

Andreas Laupacis was President and CEO of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences and Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto. He is a general internist health services researcher who has conducted studies that established the effectiveness of cyclosporine in transplantation, erythropoietin in renal disease, hip arthroplasty, and antithrombotic therapy in atrial fibrillation. He articulated the concept of the number needed to treat, and has developed decision aids to help patients make decisions about their own ...

Professor of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, McMaster University

John Lavis is a leading authority on supporting the use of research evidence in policymaking. A professor of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact at McMaster University, he is renowned for his efforts to build capacity for evidence use, make it easier to find and use evidence, and spark action using evidence informed deliberative dialogues. He founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum, a globally recognized hub that works with policymakers from across Canada and supports partners to do similar work in dozens of countries internationally. He is a member or chair of many advisory ...

Professor Emeritus,Psychology, University of Victoria

Dr. Bonnie Leadbeater is a Professor Emeritus in the Psychology Department, University of Victoria. Dr. Leadbeater has made internationally recognized contributions to research on adolescent parenting emerging adulthood, adolescent depression and substance use, resilience in high-risk youth, and the prevention of peer victimization in elementary school children. She is an author and evaluator of the WITS and WITS LEADS elementary school programs for the prevention of peer victimization that are used in schools across Canada. She is highly committed to efforts to translate theory and research ...

Sen. Assoc. Dean – Faculty Affairs, Cumming School of Med, University of Calgary

Dr. Richard Leigh is one of Canada's leading asthma specialists, recognized internationally for his work in improving asthma patient care. As a highly regarded clinician-scientist, he has successfully linked translational and clinical research findings to enhance our understanding of and improve treatments for asthma. His work is regularly highlighted through his impressive publication record, numerous invited talks and multiple awards for both clinical and research excellence. His commitment to academic leadership and mentoring (capacity building) has been recognized by his appointments as ...

Dr. Leiter is a Professor of Medicine and Nutritional Sciences at the University of Toronto and former Head of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at St. Michael's Hospital (2000-2010). His work on clinical trials on the prevention of atherosclerosis, especially in diabetes, has helped bring together the fields of diabetes and cardiology. He has played leadership roles within the scientific community and established new therapies to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease in diabetes and he has made major contributions to knowledge translation through both clinical practice ...

Professeur titulaire, University of Montreal

Depuis plus de trente ans, Franco Lepore explore les mystres du fonctionnement cérébral. Professeur au Département de psychologie de l’ Université de Montréal et directeur fondateur du Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition (CERNEC), l’un des principaux centres en son genre au pays, Franco Lepore poursuit une remarquable carrire académique par laquelle il a contribue â l’avancement trs significatif des connaissances fondamentales et appliquées en neuropsychologie, tant chez l’individu normal que chez le sujet atteint d’un déficit neurologique. Il a aussi fortement favorisé ...

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Peter Leung is a highly accomplished scientist known internationally for innovative research. He pioneered the cloning and characterization in humans of a key regular of the reproductive system, the gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) receptor. He developed the concept of a multi-faceted role of GnRH across the reproductive axis, which challenged and revolutionalized the field. His numerous original research publications have been highly cited and he is the author of authoritative reference texts on ovarian biology. Dr. Leung’s innovative discoveries in multiple areas of reproductive ...

Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia

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Chair of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, McGill University

Leonard A. Levin, MD, PhD, FRCSC is Distinguished James McGill Professor of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences and Neurology & Neurosurgery at McGill University. Dr. Levin's research is devoted to understanding how diseases of the optic nerve result in loss of connections between the eye and the brain, finding ways to prevent and reverse that damage, and translating those findings to treating people with eye disease. He also addresses the challenges associated with bridging the gap between what is discovered in the laboratory and what is effective in patients, and is developing novel ...

Dr. Levin is former Vice-Principal for Health Affairs and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University, and a Professor of McGill’s Department of Medicine, Cardiology Division. He has been past President of the New York and Heritage affiliates of the American Heart Association as well as President of the Council of Deans of the Faculties of Medicine of Quebec. Prior to his McGill appointment in September 2006, Dr. Levin was Vice Dean for Education, Faculty and Academic Affairs, Division of Cardiology at New York University School of Medicine. He has been awarded four patents, both for ...

Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Mitchell Levine is a Professor at McMaster University and Assistant Dean for the Masters and PhD program in Health Research Methodology. He is a leader in the safe, effective, and appropriate use of medications in Canada, achieving this distinction through his research productivity, educational roles and activities as an advisor to governments relating to pharmaceutical policies. Mitchell has demonstrated leadership in many pharmacological societies in Canada and internationally, and was editor-in-chief for two peer-reviewed scientific journals. He has been the director of two research ...

Membre de la Direction du Centre de recherche, CHU Sainte-Justine Research Centre

Doctor Levy is a world leader in the field of lipoprotein and lipid absorption / transport from the intestinal tract. His early work on inherited disorders of lipid absorption such as chylomicron retention disease and abetalipoproteinemia led him to study the molecular and cellular biology of cholesterol and fat transport and their eventual contribution to obesity and to cardiovascular disease. Other major contributions include identifications of genetic and basic defects leading to a better understanding of several intestinal diseases and of the role of oxidative stress and of omega-3 fatty ...

Profesor, University of Toronto Dr. Gary Lewis completed his medical training in 1982 at the University of Witwatersrand in South Africa, followed by specialty training in Internal Medicine and then Endocrinology at the University of Chicago. He joined the staff of the Toronto General Hospital in 1990, was appointed Head of the Division of Endocrinology at University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospitals in 2001, Director of the University of Toronto Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism in 2008 and Director of the Banting and Best Diabetes Centre, U of T, in 2011. He is a Full ...

Professor of Biochemistry, University of Toronto

Peter Lewis is Professor of Biochemistry and Associate Vice President, Research at the University of Toronto. Previously, he was Chair of the Department of Biochemistry from 1991-2001 and Vice Dean, Research and International Relations from 2002- 2010. He is internationally recognized as an expert in the area of epigenetics and protein folding. As an educator he has taught thousands of undergraduates and trained many graduate students, some of whom are faculty across Canada. In both roles, his leadership resulted in research and teaching endeavours that are at the top nationally and very ...

Doctor and Professor, School of Health Policy and Management, York University Joel Lexchin is a medical doctor with the University Health Network and a Professor in the School of Health Policy and Management in York University’s Faculty of Health. Dr. Lexchin’s knowledge of pharmaceutical policy and drug therapy has been recognized provincially, nationally, and internationally. He is a superb teacher and author of highly influential textbooks and journal articles. Dr. Lexchin’s unique expertise has resulted in opportunities to influence policies around the world, including work on behalf of ...

University Health Network

Professor Ren-Ke Li is a Senior Scientist of the Toronto General Research Institute and the University of Toronto. He was the first investigator to demonstrate that cell transplantation into the injured heart improved cardiac function and these results stimulated extensive clinical trials. His original research into cell therapy and tissue engineering has received international acclaim and recognition. His creative and clinically relevant approaches have resulted in novel clinical therapies for disabled patients. His research program has translated novel basic science discoveries to new ...

Assoc. Dean & Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Xin-Min Li is an academic psychiatrist and clinician scientist who has pioneered work on the protective function of antipsychotics on brain white matter changes observed in schizophrenia and depression and is exploring innovative use of cerebral low field magnetic stimulation and ultrasound for treatment resistant depression. As a former Academic Psychiatry Department Head and current Associate Dean (International) Dr. Li continues to provide leadership in academic health sciences, training of clinician scientists and allied research scientists and is currently leading international ...

Dr. Victor Ling is the founding President and Scientific Director of the Terry Fox Research Institute www.tfri.ca. He is a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer Agency. He served previously as VP of Research at the BC Cancer Agency and Assistant Dean at UBC. In that capacity he was instrumental in launching the Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre in Vancouver and the construction of the $90 million BC Cancer Research Centre that currently is home to over 650 staff including over 200 trainees. Dr ...

Dr. Lorelei Lingardis a leader in healthprofessions education researchin Canada. Her research focuses on the study of languagewithin the walls of clinics,hospitals, and medicalschools—how communication is learned by trainees and how it influences collaborative care delivery by healthcare teams. She is a professor at Western University and Director of the Centre for Educational Research & Innovation. She has developedinitiatives to improve patientsafety by improving team communication. By bringing scholars of languageinto a field where words are used so personally and with such high ...

Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Physiology, University of Toronto

Dr. Liu is a Professor in the Departments of Psychiatry, Physiology and the Institute of Medical Science, at the University of Toronto. She is an internationally-known neuropharmacologist who has significantly advanced theunderstanding of molecular mechanisms underlyingpsychiatric disorders. She has published in Nature, Cell andNature Medicine, many important discoveries that are beingtranslated into a completely new approach to treating braindisorders. She is also Director of the Division of Brain andTherapeutics, the largest division in Department of Psychiatry,with over 250 basic and ...

Dr. Fei-Fei Liu is Chief of the Radiation Medicine Program at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Professor and Chair in the University of Toronto Department of Radiation Oncology, and Head of the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University Health Network. Dr. Liu is an internationally recognized radiation oncologist, who has dedicated her 30 year career to improving cancer outcomes for patients around the world. Her academic and clinical expertise in the treatment of breast and head & neck cancers, commitment to education, and contributions to international oncology initiatives ...

Chief Scientific Officer & VP of Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Peter Liu is the Director of the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence for cardiovascular research at the University of Toronto. Dr. Liu has focused his research on the causes of heart failure. His laboratory has identified the role of inflammation in changing heart structure and function and uncovered novel treatment strategies. He has also identified how viruses and bacteria can accelerate coronary artery disease and heart failure, and has developed vaccines in their treatment and prevention. Dr. Liu also chairs the Canadian consensus panel on heart failure treatment, the ...

Professor, Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University

Dr. Mark Loeb is internationally recognized in the field of infectious diseases clinical trials and epidemiological studies. He is distinguished for his original work on influenza vaccination and herd immunity in Canadian Hutterite communities and for pivotal work on respiratory mask protection against influenza. This work has been recognized by international infectious disease societies as influential. Dr. Loeb has led pioneering clinical trials on prevention and management of infections in the frail elderly. He has developed international research networks and has served on national and ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Richard Long is a clinician-scientist with a national and international reputation in tuberculosis prevention and care. His interest in tuberculosis, social justice, and health equity stems from volunteer and research work at Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti. He created the Tuberculosis Program Evaluation and Research Unit at the University of Alberta where he supervised the training of multiple graduate students, postdocs and clinical fellows, developed a wholly public health/academic service delivery model, including virtual care to remote communities, and elevated the standard of ...

Vice-President (Research), Memorial University of Newfoundland

Vice-President (Research), Memorial University of Newfoundland (retired) Christopher Loomis served as Professor of Pharmacology and Vice-President (Research) at Memorial University of Newfoundland until his retirement in 2017. His research interests focused on the mechanisms of spinal analgesia and the spinal pharmacology of neuropathic pain early after nerve injury. His academic positions in Medicine and Pharmacy reflect a record of accomplishment as a dedicated teacher, researcher and academic leader. He is a past member of the Governing Council of the CIHR, the Science Advisory Board of ...

Professor, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

Professor and Dan Family Chair in Neurosurgery; RR Tasker Chair in Functional Neurosurgery, Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience, Tier 1, University of Toronto, University Health Network. An internationally leading neurosurgeon and pioneer in the field of deep brain stimulation surgery, his research has focused on understanding the organization and function of human brain circuits controlling movement, mood and cognition. Dr. Lozano has identified new brain targets that are being used to help patients with neurological and psychiatric disorders. His discoveries have led his group to new ...

Dr. Stephen Lye is a Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Physiology and Medicine at the University of Toronto. His research into pregnancy complications has been recognized worldwide for its innovation and he has challenged our thinking around the approach to caring for women with Premature Labour. He is the inaugural Executive Director of the Fraser Mustard Institute of Human Development and leads a large multi-disciplinary group of investigators focused on how the first 2000 days of life influence subsequent health, learning and social functioning. He is a passionate advocate for the ...

Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine, McGill University

A world-wide leader of participatory research with Indigenous communities, Ann received her medical degree from the University of St. Andrews, Scotland and immigrated to Canada in 1970. At McGill University, Department of Family Medicine, she became the leader of the Centre for Participatory Research (PRAM) and the Kahnawake Schools Diabetes Prevention Project. Her advocacy for respectful research partnerships has resounded around the world and resulted in her membership in the National Academy of Medicine (formerly Institute of Medicine) and induction into the Order of Canada among other ...

Dr. MacDonald has developed ground breaking vision research at two universities (Alberta and Ottawa). As an Ontario Ministry of Health Career Scientist, he established the first vision science laboratory in the Departments of Ophthalmology and Biochemistry, University of Ottawa. He was intimately involved in the planning and construction of the Eye Institute of the University of Ottawa, in particular its basic science laboratories. Since 1992, in his role as Chairman of the Department of Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, he has built and shaped its academic program into one of the leading ...

Professor Paediatrics, Dalhousie University

Dr. Noni MacDonald is a Professor of Paediatrics at Dalhousie University with a clinical appointment in Paediatric Infectious Diseases at the IWK Health Centre in Halifax. She is a member of the Canadian Centre for Vaccinology, Halifax and is head of the Health Policy and Translation Group. She is the former Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University. Prior to coming to Dalhousie in 1999, Dr. MacDonald worked for 18 years at the University of Ottawa, the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and the Ottawa General as a professor, teacher, clinician and researcher in paediatrics and ...

Dr. James MacKillop is internationally recognized for his major contributions to the scientific study of addiction. In community and clinical populations, his work has elucidated the psychological determinants of addiction, including the roles of drug reinforcing value, self-regulatory capacity, alternative reinforcers, and social networks. Concurrent with his behavioural research, he has advanced the field by characterizing the underlying neural and genomic foundations of these processes. Critically, his work has pioneered the translation of insights and methods from basic research into ...

Stuart MacLeod is Executive Director, Child and Family Research Institute, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, UBC and Vice President, Academic Development of the BC Provincial Health Services Authority. From 1987-1992 Dr. MacLeod served as Dean of Canada’s most innovative medical school at McMaster University. Since 1973 he has been an international leader pursuing optimal drug therapy. His contributions span pediatric and adult medicine, but major impact has been on the basic and clinical investigation of therapies for children and youth with a parallel focus on safe medication use, ...

Distinguished University Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Harriet MacMillan is a pediatrician, psychiatrist, and scientist whose research has transformed how family violence, including child maltreatment and intimate partner violence, is understood, responded to, and prevented. Her pioneering work has led to a better understanding of the impact of exposure to violence, and its link to mental health outcomes. She has influenced national and international guidelines and led the development and evaluation of prevention and intervention efforts. Dr. MacMillan has furthered our knowledge of the individual and societal impacts of child maltreatment ...

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Andrew Macnab is Professor of Pediatrics at the University of British Columbia, a gifted and committed critical care clinician, outstanding and dedicated mentor, creative and passionate educator, and innovative interdisciplinary researcher. He has published more than 125 peer reviewed papers and is the author of the best selling textbook “Care of the Critically Ill Child”. He has received major national and international awards for his contributions to research, public health, education, technical innovation, improvements to prehospital care including transport of critically ill children, and ...

Professor, University of British Columbia

Brian MacVicar is a superb electrophysiologist and a pioneer in the development and application of cellular imaging to models of normal and pathological brain function. His fundamental contributions have advanced knowledge about cell excitability, synaptic transmission, glial cell function, and neuronal trauma. Most importantly, his research has direct application to topics of immense clinical relevance, including stroke, epilepsy, and Alzheimer’s disease. He has established local and international research partnerships, provide an exemplary training environment, and shown tremendous ...

Dr. Joaquin Madrenas is an internationally renowned immunologist and a leader in the field of T cell biology and the development of immunity. He is the Tier I Canada Research Chair in Human Immunology, and professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology & Immunology at McGill University. He was awarded the first FOCIS Centre of Excellence in Clinical Immunology in Canada and led the establishment of the Centre for Human Immunology at Western. He is also a leader in the promotion of health research in Canada and in the dissemination of the benefits of this research to the public.

Ashok Malla is a Professor of Psychiatry, McGill University and a Tier-1 Canada Research Chair in Early Psychosis and Early Intervention in Youth Mental Health. He is an international leader in research in schizophrenia and other psychoses and early intervention. He has made enormous contributions to our understanding of and interventions in improving outcome in serious mental disorders, especially at onset in youth. His work has had substantial impact nationally and internationally on health policies on early intervention in psychoses and service transformation in youth mental health. ...

Professor, Department of Medicine; Chair, Department of Medi, University of British Columbia

Paul Man has advanced the concept that a common lung condition, chronic obstructive lung disease (COPD; chronic bronchitis and emphysema) is much more than a lung disease. He and his colleagues have demonstrated the inflammatory process in COPD can have serious effects on many of the organs in the human body. They have shown that COPD is a definite although poorly recognized risk factor for coronary artery disease. Importantly, they have also identified biological molecules in subjects with lung disease that can be used to predict the risk for coronary artery disease.

Svare Professor in Health Economics, University of Calgary

Dr Manns is a Specialist in Kidney Diseases, the Svare Professor in Health Economics and the Associate Chief Medical Officer of Alberta Health Service's Strategic Clinical Networks. His unique research expertise in applied health economics, health care policy and pragmatic trials has led him to contribute to significant policy changes in cancer screening, drug policy and patient-oriented kidney care. His 372 publications (95 with his research trainees) have been cited 38860 times (H-index 82). He has received over $50 million as the Principal Investigator including a CIHR Foundation grant ...

Prof. & Ontario Research Chair, Health Policy & System Des., University of Toronto

Greg Marchildon is Ontario Research Chair in Health Policy and System Design at the Institute of Health, Policy and Evaluation at the University of Toronto and Director of the North American Observatory on Health Systems and Policies. After obtaining his PhD at the London School of Economics, he taught for five years at Johns Hopkins University and then worked as a deputy minister in the Government of Saskatchewan. He was Executive Director of the Royal Commission on the Future of Health Care in Canada, also known as Romanow Commission (2001-02).

Associate Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan

Darcy D.Marciniuk, MD, FRCPC, Master FCCP, FCAHS. Associate Vice-President Research,University of SaskatchewanDr. Marciniukis a Professor of Medicine in Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, and recognized internationally as an expert and leader in COPD, clinical exercise physiology, and pulmonary rehabilitation with 425 invited international presentations and more than 200 peer-reviewed publications, chapters and reviews. Dr. Marciniuk is a past-President of the CanadianThoracic Society and American College of Chest Physicians, past-Chair of the Forum of International Respiratory ...

Professor, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Alberta

Internationally recognized authority in the fields of protein folding and calcium homeostasis and their roles in pathology of human diseases. His pioneering work on membrane-associated chaperones (proteins that assist in protein folding) and protein quality control have had a major impact on our understanding and treatment of many protein folding disorders including congenital heart diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and prion diseases. His work provides a unique blend of discovery research with a high relevance to clinical applications and changes in a ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Ariane Marelli MD MPH, Professor of Medicine. She is a senior Clinician Scientist and Research Director at the McGill University Health Center’s Adult Unit for Congenital Heart Disease and the Research Institute where she leads the Cardiovascular Health Across the Lifespan Program. She is internationally recognized for her work and innovative methods in health services research for congenital heart disease. She promotes quality of care for patients with chronic disease conditions impacting policy in Canada and in the U.S for specialized care delivery in patients with lifespan conditions. ...

Professor, Garfield Weston Professor of Nutrition, McGill University

Dr. Marliss is an exemplary, widely-collaborative MD clinician-scientist in the areas of obesity and diabetes. His group is internationally recognized for showing that abnormal protein metabolism in these diseases accompanies that of glucose, and how to correct it. An amino acid "metabolomic signature" in these states predicts diabetes risk. Brain research during a weight reduction diet identified signals associated with success. A rat type 1 diabetes syndrome he discovered gave insights into the human disease. He has been a dedicated physician, nutrition teacher, committee member, and ...

Dr. Marra has made significant contributions to genome science and health research. One major contribution was the construction of a human genome map. This key resource allowed an International Consortium to efficiently complete and make publicly available the human genome sequence. Dr. Marra’s mapping approach has been used to analyze more than 30 genomes from organisms of major importance to research. Another major contribution was in sequencing the SARS coronavirus genome. The speed of the sequencing and the availability of the sequence made international headlines, and emphasized the ...

Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Dr. Ruth Ann Marrie, Professor of Medicine and Community Sciences at the University of Manitoba, and Director of the Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Clinic at Health Sciences Centre Winnipeg, is internationally known for establishing the wide-ranging impact of comorbidity on outcomes in MS. She serves as Chair of the Medical Advisory Committee for the MS Society of Canada, and the International Advisory Committee on Clinical Trials in MS. She is the Vice Chair-Elect of the Scientific Steering Committee for the International Progressive MS Alliance. She received the Canadian Society for Clinical ...

Thomas J. Marrie became the twelfth Dean of Medicine at Dalhousie University on September 1, 2009. In 1999, Dr. Marrie was recruited to the University of Alberta to head the Department of Medicine. In 2004, he was appointed Dean of the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. Under his leadership, the Faculty engaged in a major capital expansion with the construction of two health research buildings. He also developed an alternative funding plan that offered a new method to support faculty, enabling greater academic activity and more innovative patient care. Well known ...

Phil Marsden has made pioneering contributions toward understanding the role of the endothelial cell gene expression program, especially in renal and heart disease. His group was among the first to characterize the enzyme that produces nitric oxide within endothelial cells, its function in vascular disease, and the cellular NO response to changes in exogenous stimuli. His lab uses endothelial cells, cultured outside of the body, to study how the environment influences phenotype. Marsden is an international leader in nephrology, serving on the Editorial Board for the New England Journal and ...

Vice Dean, Research, Innovation and Intern'al Relations, Northern Ontario School of Medicine

Prof. and Arthur J.E. Child Chair in Rheumatology Research, University of Calgary

Dr. Marshall is a champion for health technology assessment - a systematic rigourous approach to evidence-informed policy development. Her research includes simulation modelling at the individual patient level considering care pathways, patient preferences and resources required to deliver health services in the context of precision health. She has advanced the methods beyond traditional methodologies by engaging patients as partners in research and eliciting preferences to ensure that patient and provider voices are included resulting in evidence-informed patient-centered health care ...

Professor, Dalhousie University

Jean Marshall is a driving force in the immunology research community, internationally recognized for her major research contributions to the study of mast cells, allergy and inflammation, and an outstanding mentor of research trainees and junior faculty. She has served as President of the Canadian Society for Immunology, and has provided expertise to many national and international funding organizations, foundations and institutions. Dr. Marshall has received major career awards from leading immunology and allergy organisations. She has initiated and led innovative and productive ...

University of Toronto

Dr. John Marshall is Professor of Surgery at theUniversity of Toronto and a Scientist at the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute atSt. Michael's Hospital. His research work focuses on critical illness and uses methodologiesranging from fundamental biology through to clinical trials and to large scaleepidemiological studies. He is internationally recognized for his contributionsto our understanding of sepsis and was one of the first to recognize anddocument how the host response to infection and inflammation defines outcome inthe critically ill patient. Dr. Marshall is the past Chair of the ...

Renee Martin is a human geneticist who has pioneered research into the causes of chromosomal abnormalities in human sperm. These abnormalities are responsible for infertility, pregnancy loss, and the birth of children with mental and physical handicaps. Dr. Martin has developed sophisticated new techniques to compare sperm chromosomes from healthy men and men with an increased risk of chromosome abnormalities due to factors such as infertility and exposure to radiotherapy, chemotherapy and pesticides. This innovative research program has allowed her to identify some significant causes of ...

Associate Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Programs., Western University

Professor Ruth Martin has contributed fundamental knowledge on the neural control of swallowing and related oral behaviours in animal and human models. She has applied this knowledge to inform the design and development of rehabilitation technologies aimed at enhancing oral sensorimotor function in clinical populations. In so doing, Professor Martin has created a unique synergy of oral neuroscience and rehabilitation science. This synergy has far-reaching potential in terms of enhancing oral health, and oral health-care, in Canada and internationally. Professor Martin's current work is ...

Dr Richard Massé a exercé un leadership au niveau gouvernemental et académique. Il a occupé des postes de directeur de santé publique à Montréal, de sous-ministre adjoint et de Directeur national de la santé publique au Ministère de la santé et des services sociaux du Québec et de PDG de l'Institut national de santé publique du Québec. Il a été le premier directeur de l'École de santé publique de l'Université de Montréal. Il agit comme expert au Canada et à l'international. En 2018, il recevait le Prix R. D. Defries, la plus haute istinction de l'Association Canadienne de Santé publique.

Professor, Department of Molecular Biology, CHU de Québec-Université Laval

Jean-Yves Masson is an internationally recognized expert in DNA repair mechanisms. His interest in DNA repair began during his PhD where he studied the function of base excision repair enzymes. He then joined the laboratory of Steve West (Cancer Research UK, Clare Hall laboratories) to study DNA double-strand break repair by homologous recombination. This process allows DNA repair but also gene replacement following CRISPR/Cas genome editing. He was recruited at the Laval University Cancer Center and became in 2013 the youngest director of the Molecular Biology, Medical Biochemistry, and ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Stephen Matthews is Professor at the University of Toronto and Director of Research at the Alliance for Human Development at Mt Sinai Hospital, Toronto. He is recognised internationally for his research into the factors, particularly cortisol-like hormones, which influence development of the brain of the fetus during pregnancy and in early childhood. He is co-founder of the Canadian Society for the study of the Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) and co-Director of the Ontario Birth Study. His work with UNICEF and other international organizations, will help determine the ...

Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, University of Alberta

Finlay McAlister is a Professor of Medicine in General Internal Medicine at the University of Alberta. He is a former President of the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine and served as Chair for the Outcomes Research Task Force for the Canadian Hypertension Education Program for several years. He leads the Alberta SPOR Support Unit Data Platform and has won numerous awards including the Merck Frosst/ Aventis Chair in Patient Health Management and the Alberta Health Services/University of Alberta Chair in Cardiovascular Outcomes Research, the Canadian Society of Internal Medicine Senior ...

Dr. Grant McFaddenreceived a Ph.D. in Biochemistry in 1975, from McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He has held previous faculty positions at the University of Alberta, the University of Western Ontario, and the University of Florida and was a visiting sabbatical Professor at Harvard Medical School. He was awarded a Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Molecular Virology in 2001 and in 2005 he was awarded a Howard Hughes Medical Institute International Scholarship. He was inducted as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2004, the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences in 2005 and the ...

Director, Lady Davis Institute of Medical Research

Roderick R. McInnes is the Scientific Director of the Institute of Genetics of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, and a Professor at the University of Toronto. He is also Professor of Pediatrics and of Molecular and Medical Genetics, and an Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Molecular Medicine at the University. Dr. McInnes has made many contributions to the understanding of the molecular basis of retinal and eye development, and to the identification of genes and processes associated with inherited retinal degenerations. These discoveries include the identification of the eye ...

Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Dr. McKay's research, conducted in relevant model systems, is revealing novel aspects of host-bacteria-parasitic helminth interaction that may translate to new treatment for infectious and inflammatory diseases of the gut. A past President of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology, he has >170 publications and frequently delivers invited presentations at scientific conferences and to the public. The significance of his contributions to health science research, commitment to mentoring (capacity building), and leadership have been recognized with a number of national and international ...

Professor, University of British Columbia

Bruce McManus was Director of the Cardiovascular Registry and the cardiovascular pathology service at the University of Nebraska Medical Centre. In 1993 he became the Head of the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at UBC and has remained a Professor in that department. He is an active researcher and co-Director of the James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre at St. Paul’s Hospital. He is a national leader in cardiovascular research and has served since 2000 as the inaugural Scientific Director of CIHR’s Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health. In addition to being an excellent and ...

Dean of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dean of Medicine, gastroenterologist with expertise in small bowel structure and function. Interests in celiac disease, IBD and malabsorption. Also interested and knowledgeable about health systems and health system performance.

Professor of Medicine, UBC, University of British Columbia

Graydon Meneilly is currently Professor of Medicine at UBC and Head, Department of Medicine, Vancouver Hospital. He is internationally recognized for his work on the causes of and treatment for diabetes in the elderly. Dr. Meneilly has served on numerous panels including the Institute Advisory Board of the CIHR Institute of Aging and the Canadian Association of Professors of Medicine.

Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Director, Laborato, University of Montreal

José Menezes, a Professor of Microbiology & Immunology at Université de Montréal and a scientific leader in the field of Immunovirology, has pioneered research on virus-immune system interactions spanning such topics as modulation of cytokine gene expression and signaling by human herpesviruses, analysis of cytokine-induced anti-viral natural killer lymphocytes, and development of lymphoid cell clones expressing transfected viral glycoprotein genes for analysing anti-viral innate and antibody-mediated immune responses. His transdisciplinary research also led to the first biological ...

Director, Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping, Western University

Pioneer in the field of functional magnetic resonance imaging (FMRI), which has become an indispensable, noninvasive tool for the study of human brain function. Early innovator in the development of technology for ultra-high field FMRI, focusing on understanding what it measures as well as the changes in anatomy and function that accompany disease and degeneration in the brain. Professor of Medical Biophysics; Director of the Centre for Functional and Metabolic Mapping at Western University; Canada Research Chair in FMRI.

Self

Exceptional contributions made to science policy and health research in Canada regarding ethical, legal and social issues (ELSI) of biomedical research, human genetics and genomics. Even while based in the US, his academic scholarship and senior advisory roles with Canadian funding bodies jointly contribute to a deeper understanding of ELSI issues and have positioned Canada to be a respected world leader in the ethical and policy issues in health research, stem cell science, genomic studies and global health. His expertise on research governance, guideline harmonization and ethics review are ...

Dr. Mes-Masson obtained her Ph.D. from the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at McGill University in 1984 under the direction of Dr. John Hassell. From 1984-1986, she completed post-doctoral studies at the Molecular Biology Institute, University of California Los Angeles, in the laboratory of Dr. Owen Witte where she was the first to clone the full length BCR-ABL transcript implicated in Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia. After a short period as a research associate at the Biotechnology Research Institute, Dr Mes-Masson joined the Institut du cancer de Montréal and the Department of ...

Professor, University of Lethbridge

Dr. Gerlinde Metz is a Professor of Neuroscience and the Board of Governors Research Chair in Healthy Futures at the Canadian Centre for Behavioural Neuroscience, University of Lethbridge. Her research investigates how experiences, both positive and negative, affect brain health from early development to old age. Her pioneering work has demonstrated that transgenerational stress affects the wellbeing of future generations, which is now leading to new tools for risk prediction and diagnosis of human disease. Devoted to interdisciplinary and translational research and training around the globe, ...

Dr. Luanne Metz is an Emerita Professor, Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary. She was was Head of the Division of Neurology at the University of Calgary 2014-2019. She has led the internationally recognized Calgary Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Clinic with innovative research, treatment and care. She has raised the standards of medical care for MS patients in Calgary, Alberta and nationally. Her pioneering of many clinical activities including leading a successful Phase III trial of minocycline in early MS published in the New England Journal of Medicine has provided the MS ...

Memorial University of Newfoundland

Thomas I. Michalak, MD, PhD, is an international authority in the field of viral hepatitis and liver diseases. His ground breaking discoveries have changed fundamental concepts about the nature of hepatitis B and C viral infections, which affects more than a half billion people globally, and have a direct impact on the safety of Canada's blood supply and organ transplantation. His contributions were recognized (among others)with the Senior Canada Research Chair in Viral Hepatitis (since 2001 ), the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, and the 2012 Top 4 in Science and the 2013 Top in ...

Professor, Department of Medicine - Division of Cardiology, University of Alberta

Evangelos Michelakis is a clinician scientist internationally recognized for his translational research that has significantly advanced our understanding of complex and diverse diseases like pulmonary hypertension and cancer. His work on a novel role of Viagra in the treatment of pulmonary hypertension has affected clinical practice world-wide. His discoveries that mitochondria, the energy producing units in cells, can be novel targets for therapy in both pulmonary hypertension and cancer have been published is some of medicine's most prestigious journals and have changed the way we approach ...

Internationally recognized surgeon, scientist and educator. He is the foremost neurosurgical expert on peripheral nerve disorders. His research has produced groundbreaking insights on the repair of peripheral nerve injury, while his clinical program provides state-of-the-art patient-centric multidisciplinary care. He has led international organizations devoted to the advancement of nerve surgery, and he is a member of the highly exclusive Academy of Neurological Surgery. He lectures extensively throughout North America and internationally and serves on the editorial board of the top two ...

Medical Oncologist, Jewish General Hospital

Dr. Miller holds the Distinguished James McGill Professorship in Oncology and is Deputy Director of the Segal Cancer Centre, where he directs early phase clinical trials. These have led to his numerous high impact publications, especially in the transformational new area of immune-oncology. Dr. Miller serves as the Clinical Lead of the Rossy Cancer Network, a collaborative effort of the McGill University hospitals to improve cancer care. Dr. Miller is a passionate scientist, leading also a CIHR-funded basic research team, which uncovers novel mechanisms of response and resistance to therapies ...

Dr. Steven Miller is Head and Professor of the UBC Department of Pediatrics and Chief of Pediatric Medicine at BC Children’s Hospital. He and his team’s brain-imaging studies of critically-ill newborns identified the power of early-life intensive care unit experience to shape the trajectory of brain development through childhood. His findings led a paradigm shift from brain injury as a fixedevent to a focus on “everyday” interventions that are modifiable to promote brain maturation. He is passionate about supporting the career development of early-career child health researchers and served as ...

Professor Emeritus, Dept Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary

Dr. Mitchell has an international reputation as a practitioner of excellence in the science of heart rhythm disturbances. Hewas the Inaugural Head of the Department of Cardiac Sciences and the Inaugural Director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta at the University of Calgary and Calgary Zone of Alberta Health Services. His other contributionsinclude publication of hundreds of original research papers in the best journals of cardiology, hundreds of research and educational presentations around the globe, service to practice guideline creation in Canada and in the United States, ...

Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. Mody is an internationally recognized clinician scientist in respiratory infections and host defense, and on the pathogenesis of infections in cystic fibrosis. His research investigates mechanisms or host defense to microbes including fungi and bacteria including Cryptococcus, a yeast that kills almost 700,000 persons with AIDS per year. Dr. Mody has been involved in writing international guidelines for the management of fungal infections, and he has trained a number of scientists and clinicians who now hold faculty positions at major universities worldwide. In addition, he has held ...

E.P. Taylor Professor of Pain Studies, McGill University

Dr. Mogil has made seminal contributions to the field of pain research, founding the significant new subfield of pain genetics. His demonstrations of the effect of strain, sex, social factors, and laboratory environmental variables on pain behaviour in animals have improved the design and interpretation of biomedical experiments worldwide and led to changes in research policy. His discovery of empathy in rodents, facial expressions of pain in laboratory animals, and successful mouse-to-human translational findings have implications not only for analgesic drug development, but also for ...

Prof, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia

Dr. Deborah Money is a Professor in Obstetrics and Gynecology, Medicine and Population and Public Health at the University of British Columbia. She is very proud of developing an education and research program in Reproductive Infectious Diseases (RID) that has trained many scientists and clinicians across Canada. Her research has led to improved understanding of the impact of HIV treatments in pregnancy and infancy, the role of the vaginal microbiome in health and disease, the role of HPV and the vaccine on prevention of cervical cancer in women living with HIV and the impact of COVID-19 on ...

Prof. Montalban has been the Director of the Neurology Division, University of Toronto. He is Chair of Neurology and Director of Cemcat at Vall d'Hebron University Hospital in Barcelona. He is an internationally renowned neurologist whose work led to significant advances for understanding the mechanisms associated with a devastating neurological disease, such as Multiple Sclerosis. His ground-breaking work led to great scientific discoveries, helping to define important clinical features that impact significantly on the health and quality-of-life of patients. Prof. Montalban's commitment for ...

Dr. Julio Montaner is globally recognized for his exceptional leadership, vision, and innovative contributions to the treatment and prevention of HIV/AIDS. He led the development of new drugs and therapeutic strategies to stop disease progression, premature death, and simultaneously stop HIV transmission. His Treatment as Prevention strategy inspired his 90-90-90 by 2020 and the 95-95-95 by 2025 Targets, which together provide the road map to achieve the “End of AIDS as a Pandemicby 2030”. His strategy was formally adopted by the United Nations in 2015, ratified in 2021, and is a central part ...

Professeur tilulaire, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Dr. Tarik Moroy is the current President and Scientific Director of the Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (IRCM), an independent biomedical research institution affiliated with the Université de Montréal and associated with McGill University; a position he holds since March 1st, 2006. He is also The Director of the IRCM "Hematopoiesis and Cancer" research unit. Dr Möröy holds the Canada Research Chair in Hematopoiesis and Immune Cells Differentiation. He is a full professor at the Université de Montréal and holds a nomination as adjunct professor at McGill University. Dr. Moroy ...

University of Toronto

The Robert & Dorothy Pitts Research Chair in Acute Care & Emergency Medicine, Laurie is a Professor of Medicine and Clinician Scientist in the Division of Emergency Medicine. She leads Rescu, the largest resuscitation research program in the world, focusing on the evaluation of time sensitive interventions in acute emergencies (www.rescu.ca). She receives funding from the US National Institute of Health, Canadian Institute of Health Research, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and Brain Canada. She has been a contributor to the International Liaison Council on Resuscitation ...

Professor in Psychology, University of Guelph

Barbara Morrongiello has achieved a national and international reputation for her unique and rigorous research on factors that affect children’s risk of unintentional injury. This research has provided a foundation of knowledge about the determinants of injury risk for children 2-12 years of age, including elaboration of how risk factors vary not only with child age but also for males versus females. Her commitment to translating these findings into programs that can serve to reduce the incidence and scope of childhood injuries in Canada is exemplary and has met with considerable success. Dr. ...

Vice President Research and Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Karen Mossman's research focuses on molecular virology and cancer immunotherapy, spanning basic science to translational investigations. She is passionate about service to science, and has gained extensive experience and accolades in both administration and research, serving as Associate Vice President Research while leading a robust lab group that produced over 80 successful trainees. She has garnered numerous awards and invitations to speak at conferences and institutions globally and to serve on international grant panels, while committed to engaging the public on the translation of ...

Professor, Western University

Dr. Michelle Mottola has been instrumental in shaping the importance of exercise and physical activity for pregnant and postpartum women. Her group published 12 systematic reviews providing overwhelming evidence that exercise is safe during pregnancy. This helped develop the 2019 Canadian Guideline for Physical Activity throughout Pregnancy published jointly by the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada and the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiologists. Her work has helped shift clinical practice from recommending "just be more active", to prescribing daily physical activity ...

Laurent Mottron opened up a new field of research by identifying the first atypical perceptions in autism, which he then categorized and modelled. These signs are now integrated into the diagnosis and patterns of the condition. The cohort of autistic adults he created has generated multiple results in cognition and brain imaging of autism and has opened a new field of study in sleep and genetics. By characterizing autistic strengths, and by championing the inclusion of autistic people in research including in his own work, he has helped with the destigmatization and social integration of this ...

Retired professionallt inactive

Pionnier de la recherche clinique en santé maternelle et foetale au Québec, il a ensuite initié les premiers essais cliniques randomisés dans les centres tertiaires de périnatalité au Canada. Tant dans les domaines de l’accouchement prématuré qu’en hypertension de grossesse, le Dr Moutquin s’est mérité une réputation et un leadership international. Ses activités de représentation en soins de santé préventive, en évaluation des technologies ainsi que de diffusion vulgarisée des connaissance scientifiques dans les guides de pratiques ou dans les consultations gouvernementales ont permis, entre ...

Director, Thoracic Surgery, H. Rocke Robertson Professor McG, McGill University

David Mulder is a McGill based cardiothoracic surgeon with a major interest in Trauma, including epidemiology and trauma care delivery. His clinical interests include general thoracic surgery with an emphasis on thoracic oncology involving the lung & esophagus. He also has interests in healthcare services research, particularly in preoperative waiting times. He was the previous chair of the McGill Dept of Surgery from 1983-88 & 1993- 98. Dr. Mulder is currently Team Physician for the Montreal Canadians and President of the NHL Team Physicians Association.

Professor, Queen's University

Prof. Douglas Munoz is a transformational leader in the field of systems neuroscience, and an ambassador for Canadian neuroscience on the global stage. A Tier I Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience since 2001, his award-winning research on how the brain controls eye movements has led to 200 top-tier highly influential publications. Furthermore, he has translated this work to develop new diagnostic tools for a variety of brain disorders, including Alzheimer's Disease, Parkinson's Disease, bipolar disease, frontotemporal dementia and many more. These findings were incorporated into the Ontario ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. Muntaner is an international ground breaker in social inequalities in health/health equity (SIH/HE) research and practice whose scholarship focuses on understanding how employment and working conditions determine (mental) health disparities in populations across the globe. He is devoted to the development of new theories and methods to address growing inequities in contemporary labor markets, including precarious employment and translate these findings into policy solutions. He has shown to be one of the most productive researchers of his generation in SIH/HE research and has been honored ...

Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University

Professor, Queen's University

Dr. John Muscedere is a Professor of Medicine at Queen's University and an Intensivist at Kingston Health Sciences Centre. His career has centred on improving care for critically ill patients through evidence based-changes at the system, regional and local level. He has extensive experience in clinical research including systematic reviews and meta-analyses, clinical trials and frailty in critical care. Dr. Muscedere is the Scientific Director for the Canadian Frailty Network (CFN). CFN aims to improve care for frail elderly Canadians through the generation of new knowledge, knowledge ...

Professor and Director, CRC in Functional Restoration, University of Alberta

Dr. Vivian Mushahwar is Canada Research Chair in Functional Restoration at the University of Alberta. Her pioneering contributions to the understanding and application of neuromodulation to reactivate the nervous system after neurotrauma or disease are leading to new therapeutic interventions for restoring mobility and preventing secondary complications. She is recognized worldwide for her innovative research. Dedicated to interdisciplinary research and training the next generation of scientists and professionals, she founded the multi-disciplinary Sensory Motor Adaptive Rehabilitation ...

Emeritus Professor Medicine and Physiology, University of Montreal

Reginald Nadeau is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Physiology, Université de Montréal. A pioneer in cardiac electrophysiology in Canada, he is a member of Council of the International Society of Electrocardiology. He is author and co-author of over 300 papers and book chapters. At the Research Centre of the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal (which he founded in 1972), he devoted himself to the study of cardiac arrhythmias and promoted the translation of research into improved pharmacological and surgical therapy. He serves as a board member of the AETMIS (technology evaluation) and of the ...

Professor of Medicine and Physiology; Director, Centre for t, University of Manitoba

Arnold Naimark is currently Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Manitoba, the Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Medicine and the founding Chair of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. He had a distinguished career as a Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba before becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1971 to 1981, after which he served as the University’s President and Vice- Chancellor from 1981 to 1996. Dr. Naimark has served and continues to serve on many committees, boards and advisory bodies in such positions as Chair, ...

Professor of Medicine, McMaster University

Parameswaran Nair is the Frederick E. Hargreave Teva Innovation Chair in Airway Diseases and Professor of Medicine at McMaster University, and an Adjunct Professor of Medicine at McGill University. At the Firestone Institute of Respiratory Health of St Joseph’s healthcare Hamilton, over two decades, he has directed a patient-centred translational research program that directly benefits patients with severe asthma and other complex airway diseases. As an internationally recognized researcher in the use of biologics to treat asthma, and as a caring clinician and educator, his research has ...

Through his seminal discoveries, phenomenal publication record and numerous international collaborations, Dr. Steven Narod has become a world- leader in the field of breast/ovarian cancer genetics. Dr. Narod has found that 50% of Ontario women with BRCA1/2 mutations are not eligible for provincially funded genetic testing – particularly notable since he has also shown these cancers to be preventable with medication and surgery. Dr. Narod is now pinpointing dietary options that modify risk, to prevent some cancers in women unwilling to undergo surgical removal of their breasts and ovaries. Dr. ...

Professor Emeritus, Department of Family Practice, University of British Columbia

Louise Nasmith has been Principal of the College of Health Disciplines at the University of British Columbia since 2007. She was previously Chair of the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto from 2001-2007, and the Chair of the Department of Family Medicine at McGill from 1995-2002. Her scholarship has centred on medical education resulting in her obtaining a Master’s of Education from McGill in 1994 and a series of publications and presentations in this area. In addition she has been involved in a number of projects that focus on integration of care for ...

Professor Emeritus, University of British Columbia

Professor and Director, Life Sciences Institute, The University of British Columbia Dr. Naus, a Tier I CRC and Director of the Life Sciences Institute at UBC, has advanced academic health sciences through promotion of the interdisciplinary goals of this multi-Faculty, multi-Department research unit, dedicated to discovery research in biomedical and health sciences. As former Head of three Departments (Anatomy & Cell Biology, Physiology, and Cellular and Physiological Sciences), he has advanced the research and teaching in health sciences at UBC, and promoted cooperation between the Faculties ...

Professor of Medicine & President Emeritus, University of Toronto

David Naylor is currently President of the University of Toronto, having been Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Vice Provost-Relations with Health Care Institutions, University of Toronto from 1999-2005. He was chair of the National Advisory Committee on SARS and Public Health in 2003. Dr. Naylor founded the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and led it until 1998. He is an internationally recognized leader in the field of health services research and evidence based health and social policy, and has advised a number of governments on policy issues over the last 15 years. He ...

Professor, Department of Psychology, Western University

Dr. Neufeld is internationally recognized as a pioneer in applying mathematical methods to measure and study cognitive functioning in mental disorders, notably schizophrenia, and for inaugurating a comprehensive chaos-theory model of stress and coping, applicable to normal and clinical populations. Dr. Neufeld is credited for adapting mathematical methods to: translate research findings from groups of subjects to individual patients, evaluate the efficiency of treatment programs in improving cognitive functioning of treated groups, monitor the cognitive functioning of individual patients over ...

Dr. Heyu Ni is a Platform Director at Unity Health Toronto - St. Michael's Hospital, Professor at the University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist of Canadian Blood Services Centre for Innovation. Dr. Ni has discovered and redefined the fundamental mechanisms underlying thrombosis and hemostasis, which are critical for heart attack, stroke and bleeding disorders. He developed the first intravital microscopy thrombosis model and was the first to discover fibrinogen/ VWF-independent thrombosis, leading to a paradigm shift in the field. He has also established several autoimmune/alloimmune ...

Vice-Provost (Health Sciences) and Dean, University of Manitoba

Professor of Internal Medicine and Immunology, Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine, Flynn Family Chair in Renal Transplantation, University of Manitoba Dr. Peter Nickerson is a leader in transplantation medicine. His specific areas of research have focused on: [a] Non-invasive diagnostic tools to monitor kidney transplants post-transplant for acute and chronic injury -leading the University of Manitoba to be the only Canadian centre acting as a core laboratory for the NIH Clinical Trials of Organ Transplantation Consortia; [b] Improving crossmatch techniques for pre-transplant risk ...

Professor Emeritus in the Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba

Lindsay Nicolle is a Professor in Internal Medicine at the University of Manitoba and is a leader in academic lnfectious Diseases in Canada. She is the Editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases and Medical Microbiology and has participated as a member of the executive or committee member for many national and international professional organizations. She was the first woman in Canada appointed as Chair of Internal Medicine. Her research interests in health-care acquired infections and urinary infection have lead to many publications of refereed papers, book chapters, and ...

Torsten Nielsen was inspired by Terry Fox to become a cancer researcher, training as a clinician-scientist in McGill’s MD/PhD program (and now directing that program at UBC). He works to translate new discoveries from emerging genomic technologies into practical diagnostics and treatments for cancer. His work has led to several new tests that allow accurate and inexpensive diagnosis of sarcomas, where he has also contributed to clinical trials leading to at least two new targeted sarcoma therapies. In breast cancer, Prof. Nielsen has developed tests currently in use internationally that ...

Professor Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Western University

Jeff Nisker is a Professor of Obstetrics-Gynaecology and Oncology, and Coordinator of Health Ethics and Humanities at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Western Ontario. Dr. Nisker received the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada President’s Award for the most significant contribution to the specialty, the Canadian Association of Medical Educators Award of Merit, the Association of Professors of Obstetrics and Gynecology of Canada’s Educator of the Year Award, “The Dean’s Award of Excellence”, and the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Excellence in ...

Professor of Pediatrics, University of Montreal

Dr. Anne Monique Nuyt is a neonatologist and researcher with a long-standing interest in cardiovascular diseases risk of her preterm patients as they reach adulthood. By combining her vast experience in the neonatal intensive care unit with experimental-, clinical and population based studies of young adults born preterm, her pioneering work unravels how cardiovascular problems develop after preterm birth, identifies optimal screening strategies and tests specifically targeted therapies. Beyond her own research, Dr. Nuyt significantly contributes to promote the study of early life ...

Arline & Pete Harman Prof. for The Chair Dept. Pediatrics, Stanford University

Hugh O'Brodovich MD, FRCP(C) attended the University of Manitoba where he received his medical degree and training in pediatrics and pulmonary diseases. After further research and clinical training at Columbia University he assumed his first faculty position in 1981 at McMaster University. In 1986 he moved to the University of Toronto/Hospital for Sick Children and held the positions of Chair of Pediatrics/Paediatrician-in-Chief from 1996-2006. During that time he participated in major initiatives to improve the coordination, integration and delivery of health care to children in Ontario, ...

A developmental pediatrician dedicated to improving care of children with complex chronic pain and developmental challenges. He is an international leader in maternal-child health research, transgenerational effects and related practice and policy. Through a deep knowledge of biological and behavioral influences of maternal and infant environments, his research addresses risk and resilience, and how children may be affected by maternal mood and antidepressant exposure during pregnancy. He is a tireless advocate for optimizing children's well-being and, through provincial, national and ...

Dean & Vice President, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University

Chair of Medicine at the Michael G DeGroote School of Medicine. Internationally recognizedfor seminal contributions into understanding the causes and treatment ofasthma, including the first studies of the central role of airway inflammationin its initiation and persistence. Hiswork has explained the mechanisms of allergen-induced inflammatory responses andaided the development of anti-leukotrienes as a new asthma treatment. He has published extensively in the mosthighly cited peer-review journals. Hisstudies of asthma treatment have influenced treatment guidelines worldwide. ...

Dr. O'Campo is an international leader in Social Epidemiology whose work focuses on understanding the health impacts of complex urban social problems experienced by low-income populations. She is committed to generating strong evidence for solutions to growing urban health disparities. Starting early in her career she has received over a dozen international research and teaching awards for her scholarly and pedagogical accomplishments. Her distinctive expertise is in undertaking research using strong transdisciplinary partnerships and advancing research methods in her field. Her outstanding ...

Dr. Gina Ogilvie is a globally recognized leader in the field of women's reproductive and sexual health, with a particular expertise in cervical cancer. Her team's research has shaped global policy as the world strives to eliminate cervical cancer, including guiding policies on HPV vaccine dosing and optimal screening approaches for cervical cancer. She is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Global Control of HPV related cancers, and has received global recognition for her work and contributions, including YWCA Women of Distinction (2018) and American STD Association Achievement Award (2020).

Simon Fraser University

Dr. John O'Neil is considered one of Canada'sleading authorities in the field of Aboriginal health research. He has heldleadership roles as the founding Chair of the Advisory Board for the CIHR Institute for Aboriginal People's Health, the founding Director of the ManitobaFirst Nations' Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, and the HealthResearch Advisor to the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. He is a leaderin building public health capacity globally through work on the prevention ofHIV/AIDS in India and China, and in Canada through his responsibilities as Deanof a new public-health ...

President, University of Michigan

Santa Ono serves as the 15th President of UBC. He was the 28th President of the University of Cincinnati. Educated the University of Chicago, McGill and Harvard, Ono served on the faculties of Johns Hopkins, Harvard, UCL and Emory Universities. He has served on the editorial boards of Journal of Immunology and Journal of Biological Chemistry. He has been elected a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Sciences (FAAAS), the Royal Society of Chemistry (MRSC) and the Canadian Academy of Health Science. In 2017 he was awarded the Alumni Achievement Award from the University of ...

Professor, Anesthesia, University of Toronto

Professor, Anesthesia and Physiology, University of Toronto Dr. Beverley Orser is Professor of Anesthesia and Physiology at the University of Toronto. She is an award winning and internationally recognized expert on the molecular basis of anesthesia, whose work has challenged prevailing notions about how anesthetics work and stimulated new areas of anesthetic research in laboratories around the world. She has identified receptors that mediate the memory-blocking properties of anesthetics and has developed strategies to prevent persistent memory loss associated with anesthesia and ...

Dr. Gavin Oudit has dedicated his career to the advancement of cardiovascular medicine and knowledge thereof in provincial, national and international settings through his research, education and clinical practice. He has made novel discoveries and several have translated into clinical trials including recombinant human ACE2 for lung disease and key role of ACE2 in COVID-19. He is involved with national and international societies and organizations for the promotion of cardiac research and health including in vulnerable patient groups. His leadership in enhancing translational research and ...

Full Professor & Investigator, Laval University

"Scientific Director, CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity; Professor Département de microbiologie infectiologie et d'immunologie, Université Laval" Professor at Université Laval in Quebec City, Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Infection and Immunity, and a Burroughs Wellcome Scholar, Dr. Marc Ouellette is without any doubt the world leader in the field of Leishmania resistance to antimicrobials. Leishmaniasis is a neglected parasitic disease that affects 15 million people in the world and for which there is very limited effective treatment. Dr. Ouellette's research discoveries ...

Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging, Western University

Adrian M. Owen OBE, FRSC, PhD, is Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience and Imaging at the University of Western Ontario, Canada and co-directs the CIFAR Brain, Mind, and Consciousness program. His research combines structural and functional neuroimaging with neuropsychological studies of brain-injured patients. Owen has published over 400 scientific articles and chapters and a best-selling popular science book ‘Into the Gray Zone’. In 2019, he was awarded an OBE by Queen Elizabeth II for services to scientific research.

Head, Division of Medical Oncology & Hematology, University Health Network

Dr. Amit Oza has dedicated his clinical and research activities to women diagnosed with gynaecologic cancers. He established a Pan-Canadian early phase clinical trials network that has made precision medicine available to women with gynaecologic cancers upwards of five years prior to clinical approval, and led or participated in more than 100 trials. The trials resulted in the clinical approval and use of two classes of precision medicine drugs (antiangiogenics and PARP inhibitors) in ovarian cancer in Canada and internationally. His research has uncovered biology driving treatment resistance ...

Canada Research Chair, Epidemiology & Global Health, McGill University

Prof Madhukar Pai, MD, PhD, FCAHS is a Canada Research Chair in Epidemiology & Global Health at McGill University, Montreal. He is the Director of McGill Global Health Programs, and Associate Director of the McGill International TB Centre. Madhu Pai did his medical training and community medicine residency in Vellore, India. He completed his PhD in epidemiology at UC Berkeley, and a postdoctoral fellowship at the UCSF. Madhu serves on the STAG-TB committee of WHO, Geneva; Scientific Advisory Committee of FIND, Geneva; and Access Advisory Committee of TB Alliance, New York. He serves as ...

Vice President, Research, University Health Network

Christopher Paige is a recognized leader in the promotion of health sciences with a record of achievement that spans more than 20 years. He currently leads the research enterprise at the University Health Network, one of Canada’s leading research hospitals. He was the founding director of the Arthritis and Autoimmunity Research Centre, founding Chair of the Council of Ontario Research Directors, and founding Director of the Shanghai Toronto Institute for Health Sciences. He has also been engaged in enhancing the commercialization of academic research serving as President of the Toronto ...

Dr. Anita Palepu is the Head of the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Her outstanding contributions to research on the utilization of health services and the health status of vulnerable populations have had an immeasurable impact on improving health outcomes of marginalized patients living in urban settings. Her renowned dedication to teaching, mentoring, justice, equity and diversity is exemplified in every aspect of her scholarship, clinical care, service to the academic community, to the departments she leads, and to the patients whose lives she touches.

Dean, USC School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California

Dr. Papadopoulos is the Director of The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Biochemical Pharmacology and the Phil Gold Chair in Medicine at McGill/MUHC. Dr. Papadopoulos’ research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases related to altered steroid hormone synthesis. His work has led to a better understanding of the pathways leading to steroid hormone synthesis, the pharmacology of steroid formation in the periphery and brain, and the identification of ...

Professor at Université Laval, Burroughs Wellcome Scholar in Molecular Parasitology, and Director of the Infectious Disease and Immunity Division of the CHU de Quebec Research Center. Dr. Barbara Papadopoulou is a world leader in the field of parasitic diseases, Leishmaniagene regulation and pathogenesis. Her work has direct relevance to human health, as leishmaniasis is one of the major parasitic diseases worldwide with limited treatment and no vaccine available. Research in her laboratory has contributed significantly to the development of novel anti leishmanial vaccine strategies. Her ...

Gilles Paradis is the main link between McGill University and public health activities in Quebec and nationally. He holds an Applied Public Health Research Chair and is a world-renown researcher in cardiac epidemiology. He was among the first to document cardiovascular disease risk factors in children and has been a proponent of community-based preventive interventions. In various important endeavours Gilles has proven to be an exceptionally successful leader, including editorship of CJPH. In Quebec he has transformed the landscape of public health research in his capacity as Scientific ...

Professor, Department of Medicine and Pathology, University of British Columbia

Peter Paré is an international leader in the application of physiological, pathological, radiological, genetic and molecular techniques to the study of chronic obstructive lung diseases. His ground-breaking research into the mechanisms limiting airflow has led to better diagnosis and an improved understanding of genetic susceptibility and molecular pathogenesis of these conditions. His authorship and co-authorship of an acclaimed four volume textbook and over 250 peer reviewed publications have both improved diagnosis and provided a fresh approach to the development of new molecular targets ...

Professueur titulaire, Faculté de médicine, Université Laval

Le Dr Parent a acquis une renommee internationale grace a ses travaux sur l’organisation anatomique et fonctionnelle des regions du cerveau impliquees dans les maladies de Parkinson et de Huntington. Ses etudes lui ont permis de jeter un eclairage nouveau sur la pathogenise de ces maladies neurologiques degeneratives. Le Dr Parent est l’un des chercheurs les plus cites au monde dans Ie domaine des neurosciences. I1 est l’auteur d’un prestigieux traite de neuroanatomie hurnaine et il a contribue a la formation de nombreux jeunes chercheurs et joue un role important dans le developpement de la ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Morag Park is a Professor in the Departments of Medicine, Oncology, and Biochemistry at McGill University. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, James McGill Professor, and holds the Diane and Sal Guerrera Chair in Cancer Genetics. Dr. Park received a B.Sc. with first class honors from the University of Glasgow, a Ph.D. in Viral carcinogenesis at the Medical Research Council Virology Institute in Scotland, and completed postdoctoral training at the National Institutes for Cancer Research in Washington DC. She was the Director of ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Recognized internationally for his work inmolecular cardiology, Dr. Thomas Parker is the Executive Vice President, Clinical Programs and Chief Medical Officer at Unity Health Toronto and Professor ofMedicine at the University of Toronto.His active research program has beenfunded for over 20 years by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research and theHeart and Stroke Foundation and provides novel insights into molecules thatcontrol cardiac repair and recovery following heart attacks. He has actively promotedthe translation of this research into a clinical environment and his work isnow being ...

Professor, Department of Medical Biophysics, Western University

Dr. Grace Parraga's research has deepened our understanding of inflammatory airways disease including asthma and COPD, which are recognized as among the costliest and most common diseases in the world, affecting millions. Her lab's pioneering patient-based pulmonary research has led to the understanding that currently used clinical measurements are insensitive to early and mild airways disease and their response to treatment. Her foundational studies have also demonstrated that genetics and environment determine airway tree branching that plays a role in asthma. This has important ...

Professor of Medicine, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Jean-Pierre Pelletier is a leading figure in translational research in the field of osteoarthritis. His contribution has been to truly take concepts all the way from molecule to man. His work has led to major discoveries in the pathophysiology of osteoarthritis and to the identification of major therapeutic targets that have been successfully validated in preclinical and clinical studies. His most recent work, the development of an innovative imaging technology for the assessment of the progression of arthritis is a further extension of his work on new therapeutic strategies. This technology ...

Distinguished Research Professor, York University

Dr. Debra Pepler is a highly accomplished scholar who is an international leader in research on bullying. Debra Pepler’s research has changed the way we think about bullying, aggression and other forms of violence, especially among marginalized and alienated young people. She has played a vital role in policy development around the world and speaks widely to professional and community audiences about children at risk. She is highly dedicated to putting research knowledge into action designed to improve the lives of children and youth everywhere. Dr. Pepler is co-founder of the national ...

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Montreal

Claude Perreault is Professor of Medicine at the University of Montreal and a Principal Investigator at the Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer. He is also a Canada Research Chair in Immunobiology. He is a leader in research and implementation of new cancer treatments with a specific focus in the fields of bone marrow transplantation and cancer immunotherapy. His work has led to major advances in our understanding of graft-versus-host disease (GVHD), in the treatment of leukemia and in the development of a cancer vaccine.

Holds B.Eng (Hons) and PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ. Spent 20 years at the Montreal Neurological Institute at McGill University as Scientist Currently Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute, and Professor, Medical Biophysics, Medical Imaging and Biomedical Engineering, Adjunct Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science Western University. Adjunct Professor, Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University. Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine, Australasian College of Physical Scientists and ...

Professor, University of Guelph

Dr. James (Jim) Petrik is an international leader in translational ovarian cancer research, pioneering the use of novel therapeutics to enhance the uptake and efficacy of other therapeutic modalities. With this approach, Dr. Petrik has been able to induce regression of advanced stage ovarian cancer in preclinical models generated in his laboratory. Dr. Petrik is a strong advocate for ovarian cancer research, both at the federal government and community levels. In addition to his academic role as a University of Guelph Professor, Dr. Petrik has had long-standing involvement in the fire service ...

Professor; Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Healt, University of British Columbia

Anthony Phillips is a Professor of Psychiatry at UBC, Senior Scientist at the Brain Research Centre, Founding Director of the UBC Institute of Mental Health, and Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction. His pioneering work in neuropsychopharmacology and systems neuroscience laid the foundation for our understanding of the role of dopamine in the neural control of motivation and memory. Further, he has applied knowledge concerning normal brain-behaviour function to understanding the neural bases of mental illness and addiction. He has more than ...

Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Toronto

Eliot Phillipson served as President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation from 2004-10. His previous appointments included those of Physician-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. He has also served as Co-Chair of the Medical Review Panel of the Gairdner Foundation; President of the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine; and Chair of the Expert Panel on the State of Science and Technology in Canada 2012, Council of Canadian Academies. Dr. Phillipson received his MD with ...

Dean, Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University

Dr. Jane Philpott is an accomplished physician, academic administrator, and former Canadian politician. She strives constantly and consistently to improve quality of health care, both nationally and internationally, underlying a passion to establish "health for all" as a clinician working directly with patients, but also through improvements in infrastructure and health policy. Her work for equity, diversity and inclusion in health care centers on health professions education, creating an environment to train a more diverse cohort of healthcare practitioners and developing programs, like the ...

Director of Research, St. Boniface Hospital

Grant Pierce is Executive Director of Research at St. Boniface General Hospital in Winnipeg, and has made pioneering contributions to the identification of a cardiomyopathy in diabetes and to determining an important mechanism responsible for ischemic heart disease. He is now a leading researcher in nutraceuticals and cardiovascular disease, creating one of the largest of these groups in North America. He is Editor of the Canadian Journal of Physiology and Pharmacology, and the only Manitoban to serve as the Chair of all peer review for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada. Dr. Pierce ...

Distinguished Professor, Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Vincent Piguet is an internationally recognized clinician scientist and dermatologist focusing on skin immunology and infection. He has been an invited speaker at over 160 national and international meetings, including the World Congress of Dermatology and Keystone meetings. He has authored 240 peer-reviewed publications including in Cell, Immunity, and The Lancet. He is Deputy Editor for the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, the top research journal in his field. He is the Past-President of the European Society for Dermatological Research and past President Elect of the European ...

Dr. LouisePilote is a clinician scientist and tenured Professor of Medicine at McGillUniversity, holding a James McGill chair since 2008 and former Director of theDivision of General Internal Medicine at McGill University. She is recognizedas a national and international leader in the generation and translation of newknowledge about sex and gender differences in cardiovascular disease, and as apioneer in comparative effectiveness research using Canadian administrativedatabases. Dr. Pilote is a principal investigator of the CIHR Vascular networkand principal investigator of the Canadian ...

Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Recognized internationally for his novel and original contributions in integrative neuroscience, Quentin's work has led to new insights into our understanding of the control, by the brain, of the neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems and the roles of peptides as neurotransmitters in these systems. Dr. Pittman has provided strong leadership at both the national and international level in the neurosciences, has played an active educational leadership role at his institution and has mentored many trainees who have gone onto successful academic, medical and biotech careers.

Professor- Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Dir, McGill University

Barry Pless is a Professor of Paediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University and is Director of the Injury Prevention Program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Dr. Pless is a former President of the Ambulatory Paediatric Association and a Recipient of that Association’s Armstrong Award and Research Award. He is a former member of the Population Health Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research: and former Chairperson of the Board of the Canadian Institute of Child Health. Dr. Pless has made pioneering contributions to ambulatory (social) pediatrics; chronic ...

Professor, Dept. Family Medicine, McGill University

Pierre Pluye MD PhD is Full Professor at the Department of Family Medicine (McGill University); Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS); Senior Research Scholar, Quebec Health Research Funds (FRQS); Director, Method Development, Quebec SPOR SUPPORT Unit (Patient Oriented Research); and Associate Member of the School of Information Studies (McGill University). Pierre has worked as a General Practitioner in France, has a PhD in Public Health & Health Promotion (University of Montréal), and is a full-time researcher, Specialist in Family Medicine (College of Physicians of ...

Dr. Poitout is the Canada Research Chair in Diabetes and Pancreatic Beta-Cell Function and has made major contributions to the understanding of the mechanisms underlying type 2 diabetes. His research has shown that excessive levels of sugar and fat impair the ability of the pancreas to make insulin, the hormone that lowers blood sugar levels. He has also contributed to the understanding of the mechanism of action of the lipid receptor GPR40, a novel drug target for type 2 diabetes. Dr. Poitout has published over 80 articles and has received numerous awards. He is heavily involved in the ...

Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Director, Division of Pediatric Endocrinology, McGill University Health Center (Children's Hospital) Dr. Constantin Polychronakos is a physician scientist who has made seminal contributions to understanding the cause of type 1 diabetes, towards finding an effective prevention for this common and serious disease. As a paediatric endocrinologist, he is motivated on a daily basis by his contact with his young patients to push the understanding of what in an individual’s genome makes them susceptible to diabetes. Using cutting edge technologies he has advanced ...

Barry Posner is internationally recognized for his work in cell signaling and diabetes. His current research focuses on the genes responsible for diabetes, the discovery of which will aid in the prediction and treatment of this disease. Following post-graduate work at MIT and the NIH, he joined the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University in 1970. He has trained over 35 graduate and post-graduate students, given over 160 lectures as a Visiting Professor and published more than 270 scientific manuscripts. He is a recipient of the 1990 Distinguished Scientist Award of the CSCI, a fellow of ...

Dean, College of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Dr. Brian Postl, Dean of Medicine at the University of Manitoba, is a distinguished senior paediatrician and academic physician who has contributed significantly to the health and welfare of children particularly in Northern communities through his active efforts in developing patient-based programs with a community health perspective. As a lifelong caregiver and manager, he has been a creative leader at the senior administrative level in launching organizations and developing policies that address the needs of the most disadvantaged groups in society, particularly the First Nations people in ...

University of Alberta

Dr. Christopher Power is a physician-scientist, trained at the Universities of Toronto, Ottawa and Western Ontario, McMaster and Johns Hopkins and the National Institutes of Health in medicine, neurology and virology. He is a Professor at the University of Alberta and holds a CRC (T1) in Neurological Infection and Immunity. His research group is recognized nationally and internationally for discoveries and descriptions of viral infections of the nervous system with the associated innate immune responses. He has trained and mentored many students, fellows and residents who have gone on to ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Carla Prado is a Professor at the University of Alberta and a member of the Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Her internationally recognized work assesses and disseminates evidence on the importance of body composition, particularly low muscle mass, to predict health outcomes such as cancer survival. This work is changing clinical practice. She is designing targeted nutritional strategies to optimize body composition and improve health in multiple diseases, and in immigrant health. Recent recognitions of her pathbreaking work include Canada’s Top 40 ...

1968 BSc in General Science 1971 MSc in Nuclear Physics 1976 PhD in Medical Biophysics 1990 Fellow of the Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine (FCCPM) 1991 Fellow of the American Board of Medical Physics (ABMP) 2017 Fellow of the Union Radio Scientifique Internationale (URSI) 1989-1990 Founder, Canadian Organization of Medical Physics (COMP) 1989-1991 President, Canadian College of Physicists in Medicine; Board 1983-1991 2002-2003 President, Bioelectromagnetics Society; Board, 1998-2004; Member 1990- 2001- Imaging Program Leader, Lawson Health Research Institute 2007- Assistant ...

Prof., Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Dept. of Pediatric, Université de Sherbrooke

Chercheur-clinicien de calibre international, ses études sur le contrôle de la respiration périnatale, en particulier sur l’agneau prématuré, lui ont valu de nombreux témoignages de reconnaissance. Il est l’auteur de plus de 100 articles et chapitres de livre, et détient la chaire de recherche du Canada (niveau 1) en physiologie respiratoire neonatale. Tour à tour membre fondateur, organisateur et président du Congrés international de pneumologie pédiatrique et du Cours international de pneumologie pédiatrique, Il est reconnu par ses pairs comme un défenseur infatigable du développement de la ...

Dr Quach is a researcher at the CHU-Ste-Justine and professor in the Departments of Microbiology, Infectious diseases & Immunology, and Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. As a clinician-scientist, her research and clinical activities focus on reducing the burden of hospitalacquired and vaccine-preventable infections in vulnerable populations. A Past-President of the Association of Medical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases of Canada, Dr Quach's research program has led to improved strategies to reduce bloodstream infections in neonates in the intensive ...

Quebec Chief Scientist, Quebec Ministry of Economy, Innovation & Energy

Remi Quirion is a McGill University Professor and Scientific Director at the Douglas Hospital Research Centre. His research interests include key phenotypes of the Alzheimer’s brain and the molecular and pharmacological features of the neuropeptide receptors NPY and CGRP. Dr. Quirion has published 5 books and more than 500 scientific papers and articles, and is the inaugural Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Neurosciences, Mental Health and Addiction. He has received numerous awards including Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Chevalier of the Ordre national du Québec, the ...

Dr. Rémi Rabasa-Lhoret is Professor of medicine and nutrition at the Université de Montréal and Vice-president (clinic and clinical research) at IRCM. He works on type 1 diabetes to reduce the frequency and consequences of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) and is an ardent promoter of patient well-being. He is a leader in the development of artificial pancreas and the instigator of a large diabetes registry. He holds two diabetes research chairs, has published over 335 manuscripts, and contributed to national and international treatment recommendations. He also investigates causes and ...

Dr. Linda Rabeneck, a gastroenterologist, clinician scientist, and health care executive, is Vice President, Prevention and Cancer Control at Ontario Health (Cancer Care Ontario). She is Professor of Medicine, Professor of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, and Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto and Senior Core Scientist at IC/ES in Toronto.Dr. Rabeneck received her medical degree from the University of British Columbia (UBC). She completed post-graduate training in internal medicine and gastroenterology at UBC and the University of Toronto. She ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Rachubinski's research has led to a molecular mechanistic understanding of peroxisomeassembly and of how assembly goes awry in the peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs). Elucidation of the genes and pathways involved in peroxisome biogenesis and knowledgeof the dysfunctionality in these systems that results in the clinical manifestations of the PBDshave provided an initial therapeutic treatment for these diseases. At the University ofAlberta, he has built a world-class department focused on mechanistic cell biology and has recruited exceptional investigators working to link cell ...

Vice Dean Research - Prof. of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharma, University of Saskatchewan

Marek Radomski, MD, PhD, is one of the world's foremost experts in the pharmacology and physiology of platelet aggregation and a pioneer in the field of nanopharmacology. In addition to his outstanding original research contributions, Dr. Radomski has held senior leadership positions in the academy and in industry both in Europe and in Canada. He has also contributed to major international initiatives, including the WHO's Safe Maternity Program and European committees tasked with setting policies on nanotechnologies in food. The recipient of numerous recognitions, Dr. Radomski was elected as ...

Associate Dean and Professor, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Proton Rahman is an international leader onthe genetic basis of inflammatory arthritis. His pioneering research has led tothe identification of numerous novel genes that contribute to the pathogenesisof psoriatic arthritis and anklyosing spondylitis. In collaboration with aninternational psoriasis consortium, he has identified over half of allpsoriatic arthritis genes reaching genome wide significance. Additionally, Dr.Rahman has pioneered the development of the Newfoundland Genealogical Database(NGO) by creatively using information collected for census data. The NGO provides clinicians ...

Professor, McMaster University

Parminder Raina, a Professor in McMaster's Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence and Impact, specializes in the epidemiology of aging with emphasis on developing the field of geroscience to understand the processes of aging from cell to society. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Geroscience and the Raymond and Margaret Labarge Chair in Research and Knowledge Application for Optimal Aging. He was appointed to the National Seniors Council in 2018. Dr. Raina is the Scientific Director of the McMaster Research Institute for Research on Aging and Labarge Centre for Mobility in Aging, ...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Alberta

Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta Dr. Kim Raine is Distinguished Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta. Trained as a dietitian, her PhD is in the social sciences. She has 30 years of experience in qualitative and participatory research in nutrition and health promotion. Most of her collaborative research studying innovative interventions for promoting health is engaged scholarship with government, NGOs and communities. As a creative leader of large population health promotion research projects, she has published over 160 papers and ...

Director, Surgical-Medical Research Institute; Director, Isl, University of Alberta

Ray V. Rajotte is a world leader in islet transplantation. His pioneering work in islet isolation, cryopreservation, and transplantation in various animal models allowed the Islet Transplantation Group, which he started in 1982, to take their basic research to the bedside in 1989 by carrying out Canada’s first clinical islet transplant to the standard of care for brittle diabetes in 2000. Using what has become known as the Edmonton Protocol, clinical success was improved from 8% to 100% of the diabetic patients becoming insulin independent following an islet transplant. The Edmonton Protocol ...

Professor Emeritus, Neurology, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Ali Rajput is a world renowned expert on movement disorders - in particular Parkinson's disease. His substantial research on levodopa, the first effective long-term treatment for Parkinson's disease, settled controversy about possible toxic side effects of the drug, enabling physicians to prescribe levodopa without hesitation to patients who would benefit and changing standard practice in neurology. He has established one of the world's largest sample banks of autopsied brains from Parkinson's patients. He co-founded the Canadian Movement Disorder Group and served the World Health ...

Dr. Bram Ramjiawan is the Director of Research, Innovation and Regulatory Affairs and Director of Research, Asper Clinical Research Institute at the St. Boniface Hospital and Research Centre in Winnipeg, Canada. Dr. Ramjiawan is responsible for the oversight of Clinical Research and to oversee and ensures that all clinical, regulatory and business issues are handled as required by national and international agencies. Prior to joining the hospital, Dr. Ramjiawan spent was with the Government of Canada (National Research Council) as an Industrial Technology advisor who specialized in Life ...

Professor & Research Director, University of Saskatchewan

Vivian R Ramsden, a Registered Nurse, is: Professor & Research Director, Department of Family Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; facilitator of a partnership with a nursing college in Chennai, India; Chair of the College of Family Physicians of Canada’s Section of Researchers; and incoming President of the North American Primary Care Research Group. As a participatory health researcher in primary health care, she engages individuals and communities in addressing the issues that impact their health. Thus, in long standing collaborations with Indigenous communities in northern ...

Professor, Departement of medicine, University of Montreal

Eugenio Rasio is a Professor of Medicine and an endocrinologist at the Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal. He was Director of the Department of Nutrition (1982-1990), the Research Center of Notre Dame Hospital (1990-1997) and the Department of Medicine (1999-2003). His clinical research has focused on pituitary tumors, obesity and anorexia nervosa. Dr. Rasio is the author of more than a hundred scientific publications and his awards include the Danone lnstitute Prize for excellence in nutrition research in 2003. He is currently interim director of the Research Centre of the CHUM.

Professor, First Nations Health Authority Chair, Simon Fraser University

Jeff Reading is Professor in the Faculty of Human and Social Development at the University of Victoria and a faculty associate with the Indigenous Governance Program. He is the inaugural Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Aboriginal Peoples’ Health (CIHR-IAPH). Previously, he held the first endowed research chair at the department of Public Health Sciences at the University of Toronto, the Trans-Canada Pipelines Chair in Aboriginal Health and Well-being. Understanding and improving the state of health of aboriginal people in Canada is a lifelong pursuit. As an epidemiologist, his ...

Dr. Redelmeier received his MD degree from University of Toronto, completed postgraduate training in Internal Medicine at Stanford University, and obtained a Masters degree in Health Services Research as a Robert Wood Johnson Scholar at Stanford University. His research spans a variety of areas emphasizing the psychology of decision making and the epidemiology of motor vehicle trauma.

Emeritus Professor, Université de Sherbrooke

Domenico Regoli is Professor Emeritus of Pharmacology at University of Sherbrooke and in the Medical School of the University of Ferrare in Italy, and former Head of Pharmacology at Sherbrooke. He is the author of 560 papers, and in 2002-2003 was included in the list of the most quoted scientists in Pharmacology. The aim of his research is to provide to the scientific community reliable and significant pharmacological preparations for the discovery of new drugs, anti-inflammatory drugs and analgesics. Dr. Regoli has received the Léo-Parizeau Prize from I’ Association canadiennefrançaise pour ...

Professor, Microbiology and Immunology, Western University

Dr. Gregor Reid is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at The University of Western Ontario and scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute. Regarded as Canada’s pioneer of probiotics, he developed a natural product used by millions of women worldwide to enhance urogenital health, and brought the first clinically tested probiotic yoghurt to Africa. His international reputation is illustrated by the International Dairy Federation’s Metchnikoff Prize for Nutrition and Health, an Honorary Doctorate of Biology from Orebro University in Sweden, the AUCC Scotiabank Prize for the Western Heads ...

Professor emeritus, University of Toronto

Professor and Chair, Department of Biochemistry, University of Toronto Dr. Reinhart Reithmeier is a highly accomplished membrane biochemist having characterized a number of important functional proteins at the cell surface. He is an exceptional teacher with a distinguished reputation, as a dedicated mentor and student advocate. As a departmental leader, he is exemplary in providing collegial support to new faculty members and successful in attracting young scientists with leading edge potential. With a strong sense of community and commitment to high national standards, he has served on a ...

Paul Rennie is a co-founder and Director of Laboratory Research for the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital, Canada’s largest integrated, multi-disciplinary, prostate disease-specific research and treatment facility. He is one of Canada’s leading experts in prostate cancer research whose work on characterizing androgen receptors and their functional interactions with chromatin and DNA has contributed to our understanding of how the growth of the prostate and prostate cancers are controlled by androgens. This has resulted in new protocols for treating prostate cancer, which are used ...

Dr. Ravi Retnakaran is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Toronto and Mount Sinai Hospital. His research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of type 2 diabetes (T2DM). His work has demonstrated that pregnancy poses a physiologic challenge to a woman's body that can provide unique insight into her future risks of both T2DM and cardiovascular disease, and hence an opportunity for their prevention. Furthermore, his research has highlighted the potential reversibility of the underlying disease process early in the course of ...

Prof. Depts. Ob/Gyn, Physiology/ Pharmacology, & Pediatrics, Western University

Dr. Bryan Richardson is a Professor in the Departments of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Pediatrics at The University of Western Ontario, and a Scientist in the Fetal an Newborn Health Program of the Children's Health Research Institute in London, Ontario. He has held a Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) and is past Director of the CIHR Group in Fetal and Neonatal Healt and Development, based at the University of Western Ontario and the University of Toronto. His research ha focused on fetal behavioural activity, brain development, and adaptive responses to hypoxia.

CIHR-GSK Chair in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology, Western University

Dr. Rieder is a distinguished university professor at Western University and a leader nationally and internationally in paediatric clinical pharmacology. He holds the CIHR-GSK Chair in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology, the only endowed chair in pediatric pharmacology in Canada and one of a handful internationally. Dr. Rieder is recognized for his work in exploring drug safety and efficacy in children and serves as a consultant for many national and international agencies. His laboratory, the Drug Safety Laboratory, is a core laboratory for a unique national network, the Canadian ...

Richard Riopelle is Professor and Chair of Neurology and Neurosurgery at McGill University. His basic biomedical research and intellectual property development have centred on structure activity relationships of neurotrophin systems. He has held leadership positions in research networks, professional bodies, and voluntary health organizations, and serves on advisory committees to the Ministries of Health in Ontario and Quebec. Over the past decade, he has accumulated a significant body of communities-of-interest knowledge mobilization experience for stakeholder needs-driven, client-focused ...

Bernard Robaire is a world leader in the field of male reproduction and medicine. His ground breaking research demonstrated that paternal exposure to some therapeutic agents and environmental chemicals may alter the quality of sperm chromatin and have adverse effects on offspring. Importantly, he established that aging of the father is associated with decreased sperm quality and that this has consequences for progeny outcome. His pioneering studies of androgen action revealed the pathway by which androgens act rapidly on target cells. His fundamental studies on the impact of steroid ...

Professor, University of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix

Dr. Robert Roberts is a distinguished Clinician-Scientist who developed the initial quantitative assays for the measurement of damaged heart muscle occurring as the result of heart attack. His research into the application of recombinant DNA and its relationship to cardiac growth and the molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies has led to his international recognition as one of the pioneers of molecular cardiology. His discoveries have provided new insight into disorders of cardiac muscle, heart rhythm and how pharmacologic agents may modify heart muscle disorder. In 2004 he moved from Baylor ...

Dr. Lisa Robinson is Vice Dean, Strategy & Operations, leading the Faculty’s academic strategic planning, oversees academic affairs, and serves as the Vice Dean lead for the Faculty’s Offices of Inclusion and Diversity, Indigenous Health, and Outreach and Access, and Professor in the Department of Paediatrics and Institute of Medical Science, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto. She is a Staff Physician and former Head, Division of Nephrology, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). Dr. Robinson is Senior Scientist in the Program in Cell Biology at the SickKids Research ...

University of Toronto

Paula Rochon is ageriatrician and Vice President of Research at Women's College Hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.She is also a senior scientist at Women's College Research Institute, a University of Torontoprofessor (Department of Medicine and the Institute of Health Policy Management and Evaluation) and a Senior Scientistat the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences. She received her medical degree from McMaster University and obtained her Master in Public Health degree from the Harvard School of Public Health. Dr. Rochon studiesvulnerable older adults, ...

Distinguished Professor, University of Manitoba

Dr. Cheryl Rockman-Greenberg, Professor and Head of Pediatrics and Child Health at the University of Manitoba, and Medical Director of the Child Health Programme for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (WRHA), recognized the importance of molecular medicine and was the driving force behind the opening o the first lab in Winnipeg for the diagnosis of genetic disease with DNA testing. This internationally known researcher has identified the molecular source of some of Manitoba's most devastating inherited diseases, including those most prevalent in the province's Aboriginal, Mennonite and ...

Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology), Dalhousie University

Kenneth Rockwood is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) and Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research at Dalhousie University. He is a leader in Canadian geriatric medicine, and in particular, has pioneered work on the definition, measurement and management of frailty. As a clinical and epidemiological researcher on the dementias, he has focused on novel risk factors (such as the protective effects of exercise) and on individualized outcome measurement. The latter has provided a practicable means whereby patients with Alzheimers disease, and their families, have ...

Dr. Marc Rodger, Chair of the McGill Department of Medicine, is a world leading researcher in venous thrombosis. His work that confirmed a link between common blood clotting tendencies and pregnancy complications, showed that injectable blood thinners do not prevent these complications (a previously common practice), defined the long-term risk of developing recurrent venous thrombosis and identified high risk sub-groups that merit continuing blood thinners lifelong. Dr. Rodger co-founded the Canadian Venous Thromboembolism Research network and founded the INVENT network (www.invent-vte.com), ...

Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba

Allan Ronald is currently Distinguished Professor Emeritus, University of Manitoba; Visiting Professor, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda; and founding Board Member, Academic Alliance for AIDS Care and Prevention in Africa. At U of Manitoba, Dr. Ronald served as Chair, Medical Microbiology from 1976-85 and as Chair, Internal Medicine from 1985- 90. He created an Infectious Disease fellowship program that has trained more than 70 individuals. Dr. Ronald’s research interests include HIV/AIDS, STD’s and UTl’s and he has published 240 peer-reviewed research papers. In 1980 he was invited to ...

Distinguished Professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba

Leslie Roos is Distinguished Professor of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba. As founder of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and Director of the Population Health Research Data Repository, Dr. Roos pioneered the use of routinely collected administrative data for research purposes, an approach now used internationally. His work was influential in the Manitoba Centre’s receipt of two rounds of major CFI funding, a CIHR Knowledge Translation award and a CHSRF Health Services Research Advancement Award. He has published over 200 peer reviewed papers, numerous book chapters and ...

University of Manitoba

Noralou Roos founded the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and created a population database for understanding why some people are healthy and others are not. She received CFI funding to create Canada’s first data laboratory and was awarded a Tier I Canada Research Chair. Citations to Dr. Roos’ work place her among the top 100 Canadian scientists (all fields, all institutions) according to The Institute of Scientific Information. She was a member of the Prime Minister’s National Forum on Health, the Medical Research Council, the Council setting up the Canadian Institutes for Health Research ...

Irv Rootman is a Professor at the University of Victoria and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Distinguished Scholar. He has been a leader in health promotion research in Canada for more than twenty years. Dr. Rootman developed the first national health promotion survey; led a national project to develop knowledge in health promotion; was the first Director of the Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto; stimulated the establishment of the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research; and developed a national program of research in literacy and health.

Distinguished Professor, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Alan Rosenberg, a pediatric rheumatologist, is a University of Saskatchewan Distinguished Professor. Following pediatric and pediatric rheumatology training he returned to Saskatchewan in 1981 to establish the province’s first pediatric rheumatology program. He has been Head of the Department of Pediatrics and was co-founder of the Children’s Health Foundation of Saskatchewan, which led to the realization of Saskatchewan’s first children’s hospital. Dr. Rosenberg’s research explores how genetic, lifestyle, and environmental factors interact to influence childhood rheumaticdiseases. He ...

Lawrence Rosenberg is currently the A.G. Thompson Chair of Surgical Research at the McGill University Health Centre. His current studies address islet cell neogenesis, pancreatic stem cells, and islet cell death and survival. Dr. Rosenberg was a founding member of the Stem Cell Network of Canada and is on the editorial board of Organogenesis. He is an author on more than 160 peerreviewed publications. Dr. Rosenberg has received many career awards and fellowships, including: a Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship, McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada ...

Director, Finestone Laboratory, McGill University

David Rosenblatt is Professor of Biology, Human Genetics, Medicine and Pediatrics, McGill University. He is a world authority in the area of inherited disorders of the vitamins folic acid and cobalamin (vitamin B12). His laboratory is the world reference centre for the diagnosis of these disorders and also has been responsible for the characterization of a number of these diseases and for the cloning of the responsible genes. This has allowed for proper diagnosis, carrier detection, and prenatal diagnosis. He also established the first Division of Medical Genetics in a Department of Medicine ...

Pediatric Nephrologist, Senior Scientist, Prof. of Pediatric, Hospital for Sick Children

Norman Rosenblum is a Clinician Scientist in Paediatric Nephrology. His research focuses on signaling mechanisms controlling normal and malformed kidney development. His major impact has also been on the career development of clinician- and translational scientists and the development of health research strategies locally (Associate Dean of Physician Scientist Training, University of Toronto), nationally (Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist Program, and internationally (Board of Trustees of Eureka Institute For Translational Medicine; Chair of Scientific Advisory Board of Faculty Of ...

Professor and Chair, Department of Family Medicine, Queen's University

Walter Rosser is past-Chair of the Department of Family Medicine, Queen’s University. He successfully completed a ten-year term as Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto and served terms as the Chair of Family Medicine at both McMaster University and the University of Ottawa. Dr. Rosser is the Past-President of the Ontario College of Family Physicians and NAPCRG and Chair of the Section of Researchers of the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Chair of the Research Working Group of WONCA. He is also a member of the MOH/OMA Guideline ...

Professor in the Department of Physiology, University of Montreal

Serge Rossignol a consacré sa carrière à l’étude des contrôles nerveux de la locomotion. Ses travaux ont porte sur les mécanismes de la genèse spinale de la locomotion, ainsi que sur les contrôles exercés par les centres nerveux supérieurs et les informations sensorielles des membres. Il a démontré que les animaux à l’âge adulte pouvaient recouvrer une locomotion involontaire des membres postérieurs après une lésion complète de la moelle et que cette locomotion était favorisée par certains agents pharmacologiques. Cela démontre une neuroplasticité remarquable qui justifie une approche ...

Ori Rotstein is a Professor of Surgery at the University of Toronto and Surgeon-in-Chief at St. Michael’s Hospital. He is also the Director of the Institute of Medical Science, a Graduate Unit aligned with the Faculty of Medicine. He is an acknowledged expert in the clinical area of surgical infection; particularly intra-abdominal infection and is a frequently invited lecturer and author in this field. His research focuses on the cellular and molecular mechanisms leading to augmented organ injury following hemorrhagic shock in the civilian trauma setting. He has significant experience ...

Montreal Heart Institute

Professor Emeritus, Memorial University of Newfoundland

James Rourke is an international leader in rural medical education and rural health care. He began his education in a one-room public school, and has been a rural doctor and a Professor of Family Medicine at both the University of Western Ontario and now Memorial University of Newfoundland, where he has served as Dean of Medicine since 2004. Currently Dr. Rourke is Chair of the Board for the Association of Faculties of Medicine of Canada. He, along with his wife Dr. Leslie Rourke, are known for developing a widely used evidence based system of care for infants and young children.

Sean B. Rourke is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Scientist at St. Michael's Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Scientific and Executive Director of the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Bureau-funded Ontario HIV Treatment Network, a leading research and policy organization in Canada. He is also the Director of three national centres funded by CIHR, the CIHR Centre for Reach on HIV/AIDS (for population health and health services), CBR Collaboration Centre for HIV, and Universities Without Walls (a CIHR STIHR that is training the next generation of HIV researchers in ...

Professor, McGill University

After medical school, as a young family doctor, Cécile Rousseau worked with Mayan communities in the war torn Guatemala. Her subsequent clinical and research career has been dedicated to understand, and prevent the effects of organized violence on children, families and communities. She focused first on refugee mental health, uncovering the complex interactions between pre-migratory and post-migratory factors through numerous studies; she confirmed the pertinence of eco-systemic approaches for refugee care, which led her to develop school-based prevention programs for refugee children. ...

Le Dr Rousseau est un médecin de laboratoire et chercheur subventionné depuis plus de 25 ans dans le domaine de la génétique humaine, de la recherche sur les services de santé et du transfert technologique. Il a orienté sa carrière vers la production de données probantes afin d'aider les décideurs à identifier les services de santé permettant l'amélioration de la santé des Canadiens et Canadiennes. Il sert de plus la qualité des soins au Canada en siégeant comme expert sur plusieurs comités d'experts en santé. C'est un leader reconnu dans le domaine de la recherche et l'évaluation des ...

Clinical Scientist and Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCCP, FCAHS. Dr. Rowe is a clinician-scientist and professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine and the School of Public Health at the University of Alberta in Edmonton. He held a Tier I Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Evidence-based Emergency Medicine (2011-2018) after a 10-year term as a Tier II CRC in Emergency Airway Diseases (2001-2011). He just completed his two terms as the Scientific Director of the Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health (ICRH) at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR).

Professor, McGill University

Rima Rozen is Professor of Pediatrics and Human Genetics at McGill University, Scientific Director of the Montreal Children s Hospital and Deputy Scientific Director of the McGill University Health Centre. She is also the Director of the CIHR Group in Medical Genetics at McGill, a group first established in 1972. Her research centers on the genetic and nutritional determinants of several common disorders including birth defects and cancer. She is the author of over 160 publications, including one report that has received more than 2000 citations. She is the co-editor of a book, MTHFR ...

Head of Dept of Surgery, Queen's University

Dr. Rudan is a Professor and Head of the Department of Surgery at Queen's University, Kingston Health Sciences Centre. His clinical interest spans across computer-assisted orthopaedic surgery, total joint surgery to oncology. As Director of Clinical Research at the Human Mobility Research Centre (HMRC) and Britton Smith Chair, Dr. Rudan has made significant contributions to patient health and mobility through innovative surgical procedures. Dr. Rudan is a pioneer in computer-aided research, particularly in Orthopaedics. His effort to integrate this type of surgical platform in the operating ...

Professor, Universite de Montreal

Christopher Rudd has contributed significantly to the fields of immunology and immunotherapy by defining key signalling events needed for the activation and function of T-cells. He was the Professor of Molecular Immunology at the University of Cambridge (UK) and held professorial positions at Harvard Medical School, and Imperial College London before returning to Canada several years ago. His work established the scientific groundwork for therapeutic approaches employed in the treatment of patients suffering from immune-related clinical conditions and cancer. Christopher Rudd is globally ...

Dr. Rutka is a neurosurgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children, and is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is the co-founder of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre at SickKids. Professor Rutka has been awarded numerous awards, including the Medical Research Council of Canada Career Scientist Award (1999); the Grass Award (Society of Neurological Surgeons, 2004); and the Honoured Guest Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2009). He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in 2011, and the American ...

Western University

Dr. Jane Rylett is Distinguished University Professor of Physiology andPharmacology at Western University and Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute. She is a leading international figure in the field of dementiaresearch and the development of a national research agenda to defeat Alzheimer's disease. Her research integrates neurodegenerative disease, neuropharmacology and cell biology, and focuses on the study of drug actions at the cellular and molecular levels, to determine their impact on neurotransmission, disease progression and treatment. Her laboratory is involved in studies of ...

Dr. Fred Saad is Professor and Raymond Garneau Chair in Prostate Cancer at University of Montreal/CHUM. He has held many leadership positions and served on several prestigious international editorial boards. He played a major role in the research leading to most of the new treatments used for advanced prostate cancer. With over 700 scientific publications and 85,000 citations, he is among the world's most cited scientists. Committed to patient education, he has written the most widely used book for patients with prostate cancer in Canada. His numerous awards include ‘The Order of Quebec' the ...

CRC in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, Professor, Western University

Dr. Saksida, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Translational Cognitive Neuroscience, has made numerous contributions to understanding the circuits and mechanisms underlying cognition—particularly learning and memory—in the healthy brain and in disease. Her work involves theoretically rigorous, mechanistic studies of cognition, using pharmacological, genetic and molecular techniques combined with sophisticated analysis of behaviour. She also contributes immensely to leadership in the wider scholarly community through focused efforts to change the scientific environment for the better, with an ...

Professor Emeritus, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba

Dr. Brent Schacter has held many major national and international leadership roles: President/CEO of CancerCare Manitoba; CEO of Canadian Association of Provincial Cancer Agencies; and Co-Chair of Steering Committee, Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control. These roles allowed effective advocacy for establishment of Canadian Partnership Against Cancer. Dr. Schacter was the P.I. of the Canadian Tumour Repository Network, which launched a Biobank Education and Certification Program that has been adopted globally. He was President of International Society of Biological and Environmental ...

Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia

Martin T. Schechter is Professor and formerly, the Founding Director of the School of Population and Public Health in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Schechter completed his BA in Mathematics at York University, his MA in Mathematics at UBC, his PhD in Mathematics at the Polytechnic Institute of NYU, his MD in Medicine at McMaster University and his MSc in Epidemiology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Schechter was a National Health Research Scholar and Scientist from 1986 to 1999 and then a CIHR Senior Investigator from 2000 to 2001. From 2001 to 2023, he ...

Ernesto Schiffrin has made seminal contributions to our understanding of the mechanisms leading and contributing to hypertension. He has delineated the role that hormones such as angiotensin, aldosterone and endothelin play in the regulation of the vasculature in hypertension. He characterized arteries involved in blood pressure elevation in patients with hypertension, and effects of treatment on their blood vessels, contributing to improving outcome for hypertensive patients. He is past President of the Canadian Hypertension Society and Chair of the High Blood Pressure Research Council of ...

Dr. Aaron Schimmer is Director of Research, Senior Scientist and Staff Physician at the Princess Margaret Cancer, University Health Network and Professor of Medicine and Medical Biophysics at the University of Toronto. As a Past President of the Canadian Hematology Society, he is an international authority in translational cancer research focused on blood cancers known as leukemia. His pioneering contributions to understanding mitochondrial and metabolic pathways in acute myeloid leukemia cells and stem cells have paved the way for new treatments for the disease. His innovative research has ...

Dr. Kirk R. Schultz is a pediatric oncologist who has dedicated is career to improving health outcomes for children and adolescents withcancer. Through his research, he hasmade landmark breakthroughs in pediatric leukemia and the prevention of graft versus host disease, a life-threatening complication of blood an marrowtransplantation. He is an internationalleader whose contributions includetranslational immunology and biomarker research, multicentre clinical trials, and leadership in practice and policy related to blood and bone marrow transplantation. Dr. Schultzis a tireless advocate for ...

Dr. Kevin Schwartzman is Director of the Respiratory Division at McGill University. He is Chair-Elect of the Tuberculosis Section of the International Union Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. He is a clinician investigator and awardwinning educator (Canadian Association for Medical Education). His research assesses the impact and costeffectiveness of public health programs combating and preventing tuberculosis, in Canada and abroad.

Leader mondial incontestable des "Proprotéines Convertases", ayant cloné sept des neuf Convertases, Nabil G. Seidah démontre leurs implications dans plusieurs pathologies humaines, notamment le rôle de PCSK9 dans l'hypercholestérolémie familiale. Il est à l'origine du médicament le plus efficace à ce jour pour réduire le LDL-cholestérol sanguin. Il est auteur de plus de 760 publications et a prononcé 470 conférences dans 30 pays. Ses découvertes majeures font partie des manuels de biochimie et de médecine. Passionné par la découverte, il a formé une relève de 150 étudiants/chercheurs. Son ...

Professor Department of Surgery, University of Alberta

Invigorated the field of islet transplantation by leading the team that developed the Edmonton Protocol, an islet transplantation technique considered worldwide as a major advancement for managing severe Type 1 diabetes. He continues his translational research, managing the largest islet transplant program in the world. His work has provided insight into, and furthered our understanding of, immune tolerance. Current efforts include leading Canada-wide research to improve organ procurement through emerging ex vivo perfusion technology. This technology holds the promise of significantly ...

Pioneered fundamental and translational discoveries in the neural control of the gastrointestinal tract in health and disease. His innovative research has provided significant insights into the etiology and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Expert in the endocannabinoid system of the gut, he has used his knowledge of cannabinoid biology to advise Health Canada. A tireless community volunteer as Crohn's and Colitis Canada Chair in IBD Research. For his international leadership, editorial abilities and commitment to advance gastrointestinal health, he has been recognized with ...

Professor emeritus of Medicine, University of Alberta

Arya M. Sharma, MD, is Professor of Medicine at the University of Alberta and is globally recognised as Canada's leading voice in obesity science and medicine. He has authored over 450 scientific articles and has lectured in over 50 countries on evidence-based prevention and management of obesity. He is the Scientific Director of Obesity Canada, Canada's national health charity focussed on improving the lives of Canadians affected by obesity, and his work has been extensively recognised through numerous prestigious awards. He is also regularly featured as an expert in national and ...

Canada Research Chair in Population Health/Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Sharma has worked with multi-ethnic populations in 20 countries over 30 years improving nutrition, reducing chronic disease risk factors, and endeavouring to improve healthcare access. Her research group utilizes unique evidence to inform, develop, implement, and evaluate successful community driven and based programs with local training and employment ensuring sustainability. Her research has informed policy and practice, particularly around cancer screening services, and is now focusing on capturing the diverse impacts of COVID-19 with Indigenous populations in Arctic Canada. She ...

Professor of Cardiac Science; Associate Dean Clinical Resear, University of Calgary

Dr. Robert Sheldon is a premier cardiologist/scientist. His major contributions have been in understanding “cardiac” syncope, a common cause of fainting or blacking out. A recent major finding was that the commonly-accepted test for syncope, testing on a tilt table, is probably not of much value. He has also made key advances in understanding rhythm disturbances of the heart. Dr. Sheldon has provided major service at the University of Calgary as head of the Division of Calgary, at the Calgary Health Region as the Vice-President Research and at the national level as a member of the Governing ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Michael Shevell has devoted his career to improving the care of children with neurodevelopmenta disabilities, especially global developmental delay, intellectual disability and cerebral palsy. He has also focused on identifying subgroups at risk amongst critically ill newborns. His efforts have directly modified our clinical work with these populations targeting medical, diagnostic programmatic follow-up. Dr. Shevell is currently Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at McGill and Pediatrician-in-Chief of the McGill University Health Centre. His administrative efforts are shepherding a ...

Professor - Chemistry and Biomaterials & Biomedical Engineer, University of Toronto

Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto Molly Shoichet is world-renowned for her regenerative medicine research in the central nervous system. With a passion for translational research, Shoichet has designed innovative bioengineered strategies to promote tissue repair after traumatic spinal cord injury, stroke and blindness. Through multidisciplinary collaborations, Shoichet has advanced local delivery to the brain to stimulate the resident stem cells therein, ...

Senior Staff Nephrology, TGH, Prof Med U of T, University Health Network

Mel Silverman is currently Senior Staff Nephrologist at the Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network, University of Toronto Professor Emeritus of Medicine, and Vice President – Research at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. He has published more than 100 original scientific research papers concerning the molecular physiology of Na+/glucose co-transporter, extracellular matrix – cell signaling in the glomerulus, and the role of RabGTPase 34 and its effector- hmunc 13 in the regulation of the plasminogen/plasmin system and apoptosis. He has played a national leadership ...

Professor, Department of Anatomy-physiology, Faculty of Med., Laval University

Jacques Simard est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en oncogénétique de l’Université Laval et directeur du Laboratoire de génomique des cancers au Centre de recherche du CHUQ/ CHUL. II est l’auteur de plus de 260 publications et il a reçu de nombreux prix et distinctions. II a joué un rôle de premier plan dans la compréhension des enjeux scientifique et technologique en génétique et génomique humaine. De plus, il a aussi joué un rôle significatif dans l’organisation stratégique de la recherche en santé au Canada à titre de membre du Conseil de Recherches Médicales du Canada, du ...

Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Inst, Mount Sinai Hospital

Discoveries of genetic and molecular pathways underpinning immunologic disease have elucidated new paradigms of signal transduction and cell biology, her work illuminating the central roles for inhibitory and cytoskeletal signalling effectors in regulating immunity and driving autoimmune and immune deficiency diseases. Her development and leadership of the only genetics service in Ontario dedicated exclusively to the management of adults with Mendelian genetic diseases has transformed genetics care in the province and created a unique translational platform for connecting genomics research ...

Professor Emerita, University of Manitoba

Dr. Estelle Simons is a nationally and internationally recognized clinician scientist and role model in allergy and clinical immunology. She has developed innovative approaches for investigation of the clinical pharmacology, efficacy and safety of many of the medications used in the treatment of allergic diseases. She is a leading authority on epinephrine (adrenaline) administration in anaphylaxis. Her innovative research has helped to move the pharmacologic treatment of allergic diseases from an empirical basis to a scientific basis and to reduce their morbidity and mortality. Through ...

Professor, Dept. of Medicine, Queen's University

President, Canadian Medical Association and recognized nationally as a leader in heart rhythm disease research, health policy research and medical leadership. He has made significant contributions to all of these areas. His work in medical fitness to drive is widely-cited internationally and he has led efforts in post-market safety surveillance of medical devices. As Chair of the Wait Time Alliance he led the development of national wait time benchmarks. Currently, as CMA President, he is leading the effort for a national seniors' strategy as well guiding the profession following the Supreme ...

Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges & Director, Sandra Rotman Centre

Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada and Director Sandra Rotman Centre University Health Network University of Toronto Dr. Singer is Chief Executive Officer of Grand Challenges Canada and Director at the Sandra Rotman Centre (University Health Network and University of Toronto). He is also Professor of Medicine at University of Toronto. Dr. Singer is Foreign Secretary of the Canadian Academy of HealthSciences and chaired the Academy's assessment on Canada'sStrategic Role in Global Health. In 2014, he was named Co-Chair ofEvery Woman Every Child's Innovation Working Group, which ...

Professor Emeritus, Depart. Microbiology & Immunology, Western University

Bhagirath Singh is currently Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Western Ontario. He has also served as deputy director of the John P. Robarts Research Institute (1997-2000), co-director of the Immunology Program (1992- 1997) and department chair (1992-2000). Dr. Singh has been scientific director of the CIHR Institute of Infection and Immunity (Ill) since its inception. He has pioneered new approaches for the immunotherapy of type 1 diabetes. He was first to discover that this spontaneous autoimmune disease and its recurrence could be prevented by ...

Professor, Neurosurgeon, Scientist, McMaster University

Dr. Sheila Singh is professor of surgery and biochemistry, senior pediatric neurosurgeon at McMaster Children’s Hospital, Division Head of Neurosurgery at Hamilton Health Sciences, and director of the Centre for Discovery in Cancer Research (CDCR) at McMaster University. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Human Brain Cancer Stem Cell Biology, and is the founding Director of the McMaster Surgeon Scientist Program. Her PhD thesis described the first identification of a population of cancer stem cells that exclusively drive the formation of brain tumors. Dr. Singh’s lab applies a ...

Director of Geriatrics, University Health Network

Dr. Samir Sinha is the Director of Geriatrics at Sinai Health System and the University Health Network in Toronto and a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Director of Health Policy Research at Toronto Metropolitan University’s National Institute on Ageing. A Rhodes Scholar, Dr. Sinha is a highly regarded clinician and international expert in the care of older adults. In 2021, he was appointed to serve as a member of the Government of Canada’s National Seniors Council in 2021, and also recently led the development of Canada’s new National Long-Term Care Services ...

Généticien moléculaire et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche FKV en oncogénomique pédiatrique, Daniel Sinnett est professeur aux départements de pédiatrie et de biochimie et médecine moléculaire de l’Université de Montréal. Son programme de recherche est axé sur les déterminants génétique et génomique des cancers pédiatriques, principalement la leucémie. Ses travaux, reconnus par ses pairs, ont transformé la prise en charge et la qualité de vie des patients et survivants. Reconnu internationalement, Daniel Sinnett est récipiendaire de plusieurs prix. Comme gestionnaire de la recherche en ...

Dr. Lillian Siu is a Senior Medical Oncologist, Director of the Phase I Clinical Trials Program and holds the BMO Chair in Precision Genomics at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. She is globally recognized for her significant contributions in anticancer drug development, precision medicine and clinical trials methodology. She has led numerous clinical trials focusing on early phase therapeutic development of molecularly targeted agents, immunotherapeutics and novel cytotoxics. Her work has undoubtedly shaped the development of oncology agents globally within the context of genomic medicine ...

Professor of Psychology and Global Health, York University

Dr.Harvey Skinner is a full Professor of Psychology & Global Health and wasFounding Dean (2006-2016) of the Faculty of Health, York University. Previously, he was Chair of Public Health Sciences,University of Toronto (now the Dalla Lana School of Public Health. Dr. Skinneris a Registered Psychologist in Ontario. Dr. Skinner is an internationally recognizedscholar (7 books, over 150 articles) on what motivates individuals,organizations and communities to change. Three of hisinstruments are widely used internationally for the assessment of drug problems(DAST: Drug Abuse Screening ...

Unity Health Toronto

Arthur Slutsky is an engineer, physician and researcher who discovered the concept of biotrauma, demonstrating that mechanical ventilation leads to both biophysical injury and the release of mediators that can lead to development of Multi-Organ Dysfunction Syndrome. As a result, the management of critically ill patients has changed. He has published over 300 peer-reviewed articles and in 2004, was the second most cited critical care medicine investigator in the world. Dr. Slutsky chairs numerous national and international respiratory and critical care societies, and is on many journal ...

Emeritus Professor, University of Calgary

Eldon R. Smith became Chief of Cardiology at the University of Calgary in 1980. He later served as Chairman of Medicine and Associate Dean before becoming Dean of the Faculty in 1992. He has been President of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society and the Association of Canadian Medical Colleges. He is Director and President of the Peter Lougheed Medical Research Foundation and a Trustee of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. He has received numerous awards and recognitions including the 125th Anniversary of Canada Medal, the CMA Medal of Service, and the Order of the ...

Graeme Smith MD, PhD is an internationally recognized clinician scientist and Head of the Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology at Queen's University. Dr. Smith established the Academic Council at the Society for Obstetricians & Gynecologists of Canada to oversee educational activities ranging from medical students to residents to practicing clinicians. He has demonstrated a career long commitment to trainee research education ranging from his own basic science graduate trainees, establishing the Royal College Clinician Investigator Program at Queen's University, running the ...

Among Canada's first Métis physicians and the most prolific author in her field, Dr. Smylie is globally respected by academics and Indigenous community leaders for consistently producing and translating innovative research into tangible benefits for Indigenous community. Her research findings have been applied to lever >$20 million of new funding for Indigenous health and social services, such as Indigenous midwifery and child development programming. Her scholarly contributions include: advancing theory and practice of Indigenous knowledge translation; unmasking urban Indigenous ...

Professor and Canada Research Chair (Tier 1), University of British Columbia

Dr. Terrance Snutch is a renowned biomedical scientist known for his delineation of the family of calcium channel proteins that contribute to multiple physiological functions including muscle contraction and the release of neurotransmitters responsible for all nerve cell signaling. Dr. Snutch’s seminal translational research has contributed towards fundamental mechanisms in neurobiology and cardiovascular physiology and has provided the basis for new insights into serious human genetic diseases including autism, epilepsy, blindness, muscle paralysis, cerebellar ataxias and migraine headache. ...

Michael Sole is Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Toronto. He was Chief of Cardiology, at the now University Health Network from 1989-1998. He founded and directed The Centre for Cardiovascular Research from 1988-1999 and led its evolution into the Heart and Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence at the University of Toronto. He was the first to map brain neurochemical changes in heart attack and failure. With Dr. C.C. Liew, he was the first to determine the genetic code for the human cardiac myosin heavy chain genes and mutations in myosin binding protein C in ...

Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Disease, University of British Columbia

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Disease, The University of British Columbia Dr. Weihong Song is a Professor and Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer's Disease at The University of British Columbia. He is recognized internationally as one of the world's leading researchers on Alzheimer's Disease. His seminal research has defined Alzheimer pathogenesis and drug development and the mechanism underlying development of Alzheimer Disease in Down Syndrome. He has served on numerous international grant review panels and journals' editorial boards. Dr. Song has made major contribution ...

Dr. David Spence, a clinician-scientist trained in Neurology, Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, has devoted his entire career to prevention of stroke. His clinical work has prevented an estimated 5,000 strokes, but his research, teaching and publications, by changing the way physicians approach stroke prevention, have prevented many more. He led many clinical trials of stroke prevention, including 4 major trials funded by NIH. He pioneered the understanding of pseudohypertension, co-discovered the effect of grapefruit on drug metabolism, pioneered the measurement of carotid ...

Retired President and Chief Executive Officer, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research

Matthew Spence served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research (AHFMR) from 1990 to 2004. Trained in neurobiochemistry, he was on faculty at McGill and Dalhousie Universities. In Halifax, he was Director of the Atlantic Research Centre for Mental Retardation, Professor of Paediatrics and Biochemistry at Dalhousie University School of Medicine, a Medical Research Council of Canada Career Investigator, and Chief of Research and a member of the active staff of the lzaak Walton Killam Hospital for Children. He has served as President of the ...

Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland

Dr. Margaret Steele took on the exciting role of dean, and professor of psychiatry, at the Faculty of Medicine, at Memorial University of Newfoundland, in August 2016. Prior to coming to Memorial, Dr. Steele was the vice dean, Hospital & Interfaculty Relations, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University and a full professor in psychiatry, family medicine and pediatrics. Dr. Steele earned her honours degree in microbiology and immunology at Western University in 1983, completing her MD in 1987. She obtained her Fellowship in Psychiatry in 1992 and was in the first ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Howard Steiger directs Quebec's only large-scale, specialized eating-disorders program—the Douglas Institute Eating Disorders Continuum (EDC). Under his leadership, the EDC has earned regional, national and international recognition for its clinical services, research and teaching. Responsible for more than 170 articles and chapters, Dr. Steiger is Associate Editor of the Journal of Eating Disorders, has served as Co-President of Quebec's "Body Image Charter" (CHIC), and has occupied leadership roles in all main international associations concerned with Eating Disorders. Through his ...

Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Gregory Steinberg’s research answers fundamental questions about metabolism with a focus on how cells detect and respond to changes in nutrient availability and energetic stress. Addressing problems from an integrative physiology and translational perspective his scientific discoveries have led to the identification of new classes of medications that mimic a low energy state and have therapeutic applications for obesity, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and cancer.

George Steiner, Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of Toronto and former Head of Endocrinology at the Toronto General Hospital, has been devoted for over four decades to advancing knowledge about atherosclerosis in those afflicted with the global epidemic of diabetes. His world leadership role in basic and clinical research and his training of others was recognized by the WHO, which made him Head of their Collaborating Centre for the Study of Atherosclerosis in Diabetes. His basic work using sophisticated tracer methods led to an understanding of the way in which blood fat ...

Dr. Stelfox is an internationally recognized intensive care physician, scientist, educator and healthcare system leader. He is a leading expert in the use of applied health services research methods to improve the care of critically ill patients. He has extensively contributed to academic health sciences by leading provincial, national and international efforts to build applied research capacity, create new health service delivery knowledge and translate that knowledge into better patient care. He has successfully trained multiple scientists and clinicians and mentored early career academic ...

Dr. Duncan Stewart is the Chief Executive Officer and Scientific Director of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, a senior scientist in OHRI's Regenerative Medicine Program and holds the Evelyne and Rowell Laishley Chair. In addition, he is Vice-President of Research at The Ottawa Hospital and a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He is a pioneering Canadian cardiovascular researcher who is recognized for his many important discoveries in blood vessel biology, as well as his dedication to translating these discoveries into benefits for patients and society. ...

Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Western University

Dr.Moira Stewart PhD, is a Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at theCentre for Studies in Family Medicine at Western University and formerly theDr. Brian W. Gilbert Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Primary Health CareResearch (2003-2017). Dr. Stewart has published widely on the topic of Patient-Centered Care and hasedited, with colleagues, an international series of books applying thepatient-centered clinical method. She is Co-Principal Investigator of a CIHRCommunity-based Primary Health Care Team Grant on Patient-Centered Innovationsfor Persons with Multimorbidity. An innovation, ...

Professor & Head, Neurology, University of British Columbia

Dr. A. Jon Stoessl, Professor of Neurology and Director of the Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre is a world leader in research and clinical activities pertaining to Positron Emission Tomography and movement disorders, including Parkinson’s Disease. He is a pioneer in these fields and provided the first evidence of the placebo effect in Parkinson’s disease is mediated by the release of substantial levels of dopamine in the brain. He is also involved in international collaborations that have led to the discovery of new gene mutations that result in Parkinson-like disorders.

Professor Antonio Strafella is an internationally renowned neurologist and Krembil-Rossy Chair whose work has led to significant advances for understanding the neurobiology of symptoms associated with a devastating neurological disease, such as Parkinson's disease. His ground-breaking research has led to great scientific discoveries, helping to define important motor and non-motor features that impact significantly on the health and quality-of-life of these patients. Dr. Strafella's commitment for excellence and knowledge advancement is greatly contributing to promoting ...

Roger Strasser AM, MBBS, BMedSc, MClSc, LLD (Hon), FRACGP, FACRRM, FRCGP (Hon), FCAHS. Professor of Rural Health, Dean and CEO, Northern Ontario School of Medicine Lakehead and Laurentian Universities. Dr Roger Strasser has become one of the world's foremost authorities in rural, socially accountable medical education and has fundamentally shaped these fields. As founding Dean of the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, he led the development of the first new medical school in Canada in 40 years. One of the few Professors of Rural Health in the world, Dr Strasser is leading a growing body of ...

University of Toronto

Dr. Straus is a geriatrician and clinicalepidemiologist. She is the Director of Knowledge Translation for the Li Ka ShingKnowledge Institute and the Division Director for Geriatric Medicine at theUniversity of Toronto. Her research interests include knowledge translation and quality of care, the accuracy of diagnostic tests, and mentorship. Her researchhas influenced practice and medical education. She is the author of 3 textbooksincluding, ‘Evidence-based Medicine: Howto practice and teach it', ‘Knowledge Translation in Health Care', and ‘Mentorship in Academic Medicine'. She was awarded a ...

Professer, Western University

Dr.Michael J. Strong became the President of the Canadian Institutes of HealthResearch in October, 2018. Prior tothis, he served as the Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry atWestern University where he continues to hold an appointment as a DistinguishedUniversity Professor and a Scientist at the Robarts Research Institute. Heundertook his medical training at Queens University in Kingston (1976 – 1982),neurology training at Western University (1982 – 1987), and postgraduatetraining at the Laboratory of Central Nervous System Studies (director - D.Carleton Gadjusek, Nobel ...

Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynecology, University of British Columbia

Gavin Stuart is the former Vice-Provost, Health and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. His exceptional academic career includes international recognition for leading an innovative, distributed medical education program and significant contributions as a gynecologic oncologist and health researcher. He has lead the Gynecologic Cancer InterGroup internationally and the Cervical Cancer Prevention Control Network for the Public Health Agency of Canada. He has been the the principal investigator on numerous International phase III trials in gynecologic cancer.

University Professor, University of Toronto

Donald Stuss is President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Brain Institute (2011-); University Professor of Medicine (Neurology/Rehab Sci) and Psychology at the University of Toronto; founding director of The Rotman Research Institute at Baycrest (1989-2008). Dr. Stuss has authored over 190 peer-reviewed publications and 48 book chapters. His honours include the Order of Ontario (2001), University of Toronto Faculty Award (2004), Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, election to University Professor status at the University of Toronto; and National Academy of Neuropsychology 2011 ...

Professor Suissa is an internationally-renowned pharmacoepidemiologist and leader in the study of real-life medication effects. His landmark paper on the use of inhaled corticosteroids in preventing asthma mortality profoundly altered the way physicians treat asthma and had a major impact on reducing asthma mortality worldwide. The author of over 350publications, Dr Suissa was the recipient prestigious awards from Universiteit Utrecht and CIHR's Distinguished Scientist. He was awarded a multimillion dollar grant by CIHR to create and head the Canadian Network for Observational Drug Effect ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Yu Sun is a Professor, a Tier I Canada Research Chair and founding Director of the Robotics Institute at the University of Toronto. His pivotal contributions fall at the intersection of engineering and medicine, including robotic cell surgery for clinical in vitro fertilization and nano-surgery for glioblastoma. He has published 7 books and 270 journal papers, and serves as Editor-in-Chief of IEEE Trans. Automation Science and Engineering and an editorial board member of the AAAS journal, Science Robotics. He has been elected Fellow of RSC, CAE, IEEE, ASME, AAAS, AIMBE, NAI, CSME, and EIC for ...

Professor, Department of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Mark Swain is one of Canada's leading liver specialists, recognized nationally and internationally for his commitment to innovation in improving liver disease patient care. As a highly regarded clinician scientist, he has successfully linked basic bench and clinical research findings to enhance our understanding of, and improve treatments for, liver diseases. His work is regularly highlighted through his impressive publication record, numerous invited talks and journal/ granting agency reviews, and interviews with lay media. He has successfully partnered with medical and patient groups, ...

Full Professor, Dept. of Biomed Eng. and Faculty of Dent., McGill University

M. Tabrizian has pioneered many concepts in the field of (nano) biomaterials and (nano) biointerfaces to promote the interactions and crosstalk between alive and artificial systems. This resulted in shifting the paradigm in conventional approaches to regenerative medicine and nanomedicine, and many acclaimed publications. Of great significance are her approaches to layer-by-layer self-assembly of natural polymers to make a nano-thin film on any templates including live cells and tissues along with developing inventive microfluidic platforms for biosensing of live tissue and pathogen detection.

Professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy, University of Montreal

Dr. Cara Tannenbaum is a Professor in the Faculties of Medicine and Pharmacy at the Université de Montréal with a long standing interest and leadership in the field of gender and health. She conducted the first-ever pan-Canadian study on older women's and men's unmet health priorities, and led Health Canada's Health Policy Research Program on the development of gender sensitive mental health indicators. As a practicing internist/geriatrician and women's health specialist, Dr. Tannenbaum continues to treat men and women with a variety of health problems, fueling her understanding of and ...

Professor of Medicine, Montreal Heart Institute

Jean-Claude Tardif is presently the director of the research center at the Montreal Heart Institute, professor of medicine at the University of Montreal, and founder of the new University of Montreal Pharmacogenomics Centre. Dr. Tardif is a world leader in cardiovascular research and has made groundbreaking contributions to the fields of atherosclerosis and biomarkers to assess anti-atherosclerotic therapies. He has published 180 scientific articles in prestigious journals, written 25 book chapters, edited 2 books and given 280 lectures around the world. He holds the Pfizer and Canadian ...

Professor of Neurosurgery, Division of Neurosurgery; Robert, University of Toronto

Charles H. Tator is a Professor of Surgery, University of Toronto, and a neurosurgeon at the Toronto Western Hospital. He is a pioneer in the prevention of head injury and spinal cord injury. His laboratory research is dedicated to increasing the understanding of the mechanisms of spinal cord injury, most notably through his work on the concept of “secondary injury.” Dr. Tator has also had an enormous impact outside the laboratory. He has moulded the careers of many neurosurgical clinician-scientists and has touched the lives of countless patients. He is President of Think First Foundation of ...

Dr. Thébaud is a physician-scientist focused on finding treatments for lung diseases in babies. His research contributions include several discoveries: (i) Mesenchymal stromal cells isolated from the umbilical cord to prevent lung damage. A clinical trial is now studying if this can improve the health of preterm babies; (ii) The role of endothelial progenitor cells (stem cells lining the inner wall of blood vessels) to promote lung growth and their therapeutic potential to attenuate pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs), complicating many lung diseases in babies; (iii) A ...

Dr. Thombs is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, McGill University and a Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital in Montreal, Quebec. Dr. Thombs' research focuses on developing strategies to improve quality of life and reduce disability among people living with the rare autoimmune disease scleroderma, on evaluating depression screening tools and screening programs, and on meta-research studies of how research conduct and reporting may influence outcomes. Dr. Thombs is the Founder and Director of the Scleroderma Patient-centered ...

Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research

Aubrey Tingle was the Founding Director of the BC Research Institute for Children’s & Women’s Health where he oversaw the development of research support services, strategic scientific goals, financial support and research policy development. Earlier in his research career, Dr. Tingle established a research program in viral causation of arthritis and diabetes using rubella virus as a model system. He helped head an international group in rubella virus biology, diagnosis, adverse reactions and public health policy. Dr. Tingle was founding chair of the Coalition for Health Research in BC, an ad ...

Associate Vice President (Research), University of Calgary

Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology, and Senior Associate Dean (Clinical Research) at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary.Marcello Tonelli is a nephrologist and researcher at the University of Calgary. His research program links clinicians, researchers and decision-makers to identify and close quality gaps in the care of people with non-communicable chronic diseases. He is a member of the Governing Council at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the chair of the CIHR Standing Committee on Ethics. He is the Director of the WHO ...

Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute - McGill University Health Centre

Director, Institute of Cardiovascular & Medical Sciences, University of Glasgow Rhian Touyz has made seminal contributions to our understanding of molecular mechanisms underlying hypertension, a major cause of morbidity. She delineated how free radicals influence vessels and identified novel cellular transporters in hypertension. She is Past President of the Canadian Hypertension Society. She is Chair of the High Blood Pressure Research Council, AHA, Deputy-Editor of Hypertension and Editor-in-Chief of Clinical Science. She was the Canada Research Chair in Hypertension until 2012 when she ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Jacquetta Trasler is internationally recognized for her research in the field of reproductive and developmental epigenomics and its impact on the normal development of children. Her epigenetic studies stand out in considering sex-specific effects along with the impact of both fathers’ and mothers’ exposures to environmental stressors in predisposing their children to adverse health outcomes. Her fundamental studies identified sex-specific windows of epigenetic susceptibility and mechanistic insights into epigenetic inheritance. Her translational studies on the adverse epigenetic and child ...

Dr. Cécile Tremblay, is medical microbiologist and infectious diseases specialist at Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montreal. She is the Director of the Pfizer/Université de Montreal Chair on HIV translational research. She set up two pan-canadian cohorts to study the determinants of disease progression including premature aging phenotypes associated with HIV. Her research program also includes studying genetic viral evolution and its impact on viral entry and drug resistance as well as Pre-exposure Prophylaxis. She has recently developed several research projects related to COVID-19. ...

Professeur, Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Johanne Tremblay a contribué à la publication de plus de 210 articles dans le domaine de l’hypertension et à plusieurs brevets. Ses principales réalisations portent sur l’identification de nouveaux mécanismes moléculaires de contrôle de la pression artérielle. Elle a purifié et caractérisé un inhibiteur protéique de la tonine, une voie alternative de génération de l’angiotensine II et découvert la voie de signalisation du peptide natriurétique des oreillettes. Elle a découvert un activateur de la calmoduline et cloné et un nouveau gène surexprimé dans l’hypertension et impliqué dans la ...

Senior Scientist, University Health Network

Dr. Ming Sound Tsao is Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, and Pathologist-Scientist at the University Health Network. He is an internationally recognized leader in lung cancer pathology, and in cancer biomarker and translational research. His works contributed to the establishment of molecular prognostic and predictive biomarkers in personalized and precision cancer therapy. He is an authority in the standardization of cancer biomarker assays and their clinical implementation. He contributed to the classification for lung tumours that is adopted by the ...

Professor, McGill University

Professor of Medicine and Experimental Medicine, Director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, McGill University Christos Tsoukas is a Professor of Medicine and Experimental Medicine and Director of the Division of Allergy and Clinical Immunology at McGill University. A pioneer in HIV research, he played an important role in blood product safety in the 1980s. His academic interests include the treatment and management of HIV, therapeutic vaccines, and chronic inflammation as it relates to aging. He has served on advisory boards for the World Federation of Hemophilia, Health ...

University of Alberta

Dr. Ross Tsuyuki was born and raised in Vancouver, BC, Canada. His training includes: ? B.Sc.(Pharm.) from the University of British Columbia ? Residency at St. Paul's Hospital, Vancouver. ? Doctor of Pharmacy (PharmD) from the State University of New York at Buffalo ? Postdoctoral fellowship in cardiovascular clinical trials in the Division of Cardiology at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario (Supervisor: Dr. Salim Yusuf) ? MSc in Health Research Methods from McMaster University (Supervisor: Dr. Salim Yusuf) Dr. Tsuyuki is currently a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology), Director of the ...

Dr. Peter Tugwell is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology & Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa and is a practicing rheumatologist at the Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, Canada. He is the Director for the Centre for Global Health under the Institute of Population Health, University of Ottawa and was awarded a Canada Research Chair in Health Equity in 2002. In 2008 Dr. Tugwell was named Researcher of the Year by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Dr. Tugwell is co-director of WHO Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation and Health Technology Assessment in Health Equity. He ...

Prof. and Chair of Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University

Dr. Togas Tulandi is Chair of Obstetrics and Gynecology and Milton Leong Chair in Reproductive Medicine at McGill University and the Department Chief at McGill University Health Centre. He is a known reproductive/minimally invasive surgeon and has written over 400 articles, 60 book chapters, and 14 books. His research includes improved diagnosis, treatment and complications of endometriosis. Among many awards, he is a recipient of Award of Excellence in Reproductive Medicine and the Society of Reproductive Surgeons Distinguished Surgeon Award. He was a president of different societies ...

One of Canada's leading clinician-scientists in mental health, Dr. Turecki's research programs are of both strong international impact and of direct relevance to Canadian society. His research has established one of the leading and most ambitious international research programs in suicidal behavior, and his work has shaped our understanding of the epigenetic mechanisms that influence the development of vulnerability for mood disorders and suicide in human populations.

Jeffrey Turnbull is Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and the Ottawa Hospital. He is a leading authority in the field of medical training. Previously, he served as Assistant Dean and subsequently Vice Dean: Education at the University of Ottawa. Over the past several years, Dr. Turnbull has contributed nationally and internationally through the AFMC, the RCPSC, the CMA, the AAMC, the CPSO and as President of the MCC. He has pursued his interest in poverty and its effect on health and is currently the Medical Director of the Inner City Health Project ...

Senior Scientist, University Health Network

Prof. Tymianski is a Senior Scientist at the Krembil Brain Institute. Among his scientific contributions is the discovery and development of PSD95 inhibitors for the treatment of stroke and related neurological disorders. His research spans from protein chemistry to global clinical trials. A lead compound, nerinetide, has completed Phase 3 trials and continues to be developed. Next generation compounds are also entering clinical studies. He is a retired neurosurgeon, having treated patients with complex cerebrovascular disorders, and leads NoNO Inc., a biotechnology company that sponsors the ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Lorne Tyrrell is a Professor of Medical Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Alberta and served for 10 years as Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry until 2004. He currently holds the ClHR/GSK Chair in Virology at the University of Alberta. In 1986, with Dr. Morris Robins, he began working on a system to identify potent antivirals against hepatitis B virus (HBV) which infects about 400 million people worldwide. Through their work they discovered several potent antivirals against HBV and this resulted in a major collaboration with Glaxo Canada (now GlaxoSmithKline). The ...

Surgeon-in-Chief and Medical Director, Perioperative Service, Women's College Hospital

David Urbach is Professor of Surgery and Health Policy, Management and Evaluation at the University of Toronto, and Chief of Surgery at Women's College Hospital. Dr. Urbach's research focus is surgery-related health services and policy research, with expertise in access to health services, sustainability and funding models, evaluative methods for surgery, medical devices, quality and outcome measurement, administrative data analysis, surgical innovation, and cost-effectiveness in surgery.

Professor of Psych., University of Guelph

Dr. Franco Vaccarino, the new President of the University of Guelph, recently held senior administrative positionsat the University of Torontoand the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. His interdisciplinary and translational researchaccomplishments in the areas of neuroscience, addiction, and mood and anxiety disordershave been recognized internationally. He was the WHO'sPrincipal Editor of Neuroscience of PsychoactiveSubstance Use and Dependence report. He played a prominent role in the reorganization of the MRC into CIHR and has served in a number of organizations influencing mental ...

Dr. Barbara Vanderhyden is a Distinguished Professor and holds the endowed Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research at the University of Ottawa. She is a highly accomplished scientist who has made significant and paradigm-shifting discoveries in ovarian biology and ovarian cancer. She has shown exceptional leadership and commitment to advancing health science research by chairing several key committees and research advisory boards, including the Ovarian Cancer Canada OvCAN Governing Council. She is a tireless advocate for health research who conceived and developed extensive and ...

Director of the Gastrointestinal Diseases Unit, Queen's University

Director of the Gastrointestinal Diseases Unit at Queen's University, Stephen Vanner is an internationally recognized clinician-scientist whose work in bowel disease laid the foundations of the new field of neurogastroenterology. His discoveries have advanced understanding of bowel disease and improved patient outcomes worldwide. He has transformed the GIDRU into one of the top facilities of its kind in Canada, and is a pioneer in patient engagement in research. He has served leadership roles on national gastroenterology and related patient advocacy organizations. Internationally he is a ...

Full Professor, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

Dr. André Veillette is Full Research Professor at the IRCM and Université de Montréal. Throughout his career, he has worked in the field of immunology where he helped found the field of immune cell activation 30 years ago. Since then, he has made important discoveries regarding CD4 and CD8 T cell co-receptors and surface antigens, the protein tyrosine kinases Csk and Lck, the role of the adaptor molecule SAP in immune regulation and the role of innate immune cells in immuno-oncology. These and other discoveries have provided fundamental insights into the immunological mechanisms of health and ...

Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Verdú holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Microbial Therapeutics and Nutrition in Gastroenterology. She is Associate Director of the Farncombe Institute at McMaster University where she studies microbial metabolism of dietary antigens and its role in food sensitivities and intestinal inflammation. She is Senior Associate Editor for the journal Gastroenterology and Secretary of the International Society for the Study of Celiac Disease. She received the American Gastroenterology Association (AGA) Master’s Award, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Research Excellence Award, the ...

Director, R&D, Medical Devices, National Research Council of Canada

Dr. Teodor Veres is an international leader in integrating nanomaterials and lab-on-chip technologies to create a new class of miniaturized devices for biomedical research and precise clinical diagnostics. His 170 peer-reviewed articles, 200 patents and over 60 inventions underpin a national innovation ecosystem in lab-on-chip technologies, accelerating biomedical research advances worldwide. As an interdisciplinary bridge builder, he has a career-long track record of fostering dynamic collaborations between government laboratories, academic institutions, and industrial partners, collectively ...

Dr Subodh Verma is an internationally renowned cardiac surgeon-scientist and the Canada Research Chair in Cardiovascular Surgery. He has held the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada Gold Medal in Surgery and is a Royal Society of Canada College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists appointee. He has had leadership roles in several paradigm-changing heart failure trials. He founded the St Michael’s CardioLink platform that originally focussed on cardiac surgery trials and now also studies cardiometabolic disease. He leads a dynamic pre-clinical and translational research team ...

Professor, University of Alberta

A professor at the University of Alberta, Dr. Sunita Vohra is a pediatrician and clinician scientist whose research program is internationally recognized for its cutting-edge research and innovation. In response to intense patient interest in complementary and alternative medicine, Dr. Vohra developed Canada's first academic pediatric integrative medicine program which rigorously evaluates the safety and effectiveness of these popular therapies. Her program has led the way in improving how benefit and harms are measured and reported, providing innovations that benefit patient-centred ...

Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto

Mladen pioneered tracer methods providing a corner stone for quantifying hormonal interactions in glucoregulation and pathogenesis diabetes. His hypothesis about beneficial or deleterious glucoregulatory effects of exercise in diabetes is universally accepted and is the basis of the concept that exercise not only ameliorates, but also prevents diabetes. He was the first to outline molecular mechanisms of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal dysfunction in diabetes, hypoglycemia and stress. He discovered new mechanisms how muscle, liver and pancreatic ?-cells adapt to hyperglycemia; a critical ...

Co-Director Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute, University Health Network

Dr. Wallace is an internationally recognized leader in the fields of neural development, retina biology and regenerative medicine. Her research has advanced our understanding of the signalling pathways that are involved in brain and retinal development and identified therapeutic targets for restoring vision in individuals with retinal degeneration. She is the Co-Director of the Donald K. Johnson Eye Institute, which brings together multidisciplinary vision scientists and clinicians to improve treatments for vision loss. She serves on national and international scientific committees and ...

Professor, University of British Columbia

Keith Walley is a Professor in the Department of Medicine (Critical Care) at the University of British Columbia and the Associate Director of McDonald Research Laboratories and the Assistant Head, Basic Research in the Department of Medicine, St. Paul’s Hospital, James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research. He is researching the genetic determinants of the acute inflammatory response and organ failure associated with sepsis. Dr. Walley aims to clarify the genetic mechanisms that give rise to the inflammatory response and to identify patients who are at risk for ...

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Sharon Walmsley is a trailblazer in HIV and AIDS research and treatment in Canada. For more than three decades she has been at the forefront of advances in health care and initiatives to overcome the epidemic. Dr. Walmsley spearheaded early developments on opportunistic infections and antiretroviral therapy, and she is now a world leader in research on aging with HIV and longterm care. Dr. Walmsley has always been a champion for women living with HIV and brought attention to issues specific to women. Her expertise is internationally recognized and has made her a Canadian authority on HIV ...

Lu-Yang Wang holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Brain Development and Disorders, and is a Senior Scientist at SickKids Research Institute. He is also a Professor in the Department of Physiology at the University of Toronto, where he serves as Associate Chair. He is a distinguished scholar internationally recognized for his paradigm-shifting work on brain plasticity and neurodevelopmental disorders that were published in Nature, Science, Neuron, Science Translational Medicine, and Molecular Psychiatry. He is an exceptional academic leader regularly elected to serve as the chair and/or the ...

Dean of Faculty of Science, York University

Rui Wang is one of the pioneers in the world who demonstrates that the hydrogen sulphide generated in our bodies plays a significant role in regulating body functions. Dr. Wang’s innovative and cutting-edge research on gasotransmitters including of carbon monoxide, nitric oxide and hydrogen sulphide, challenges many conventional modalities and doctrines on the regulation of body functions at all system levels. Dr. Wang continues to develop drug therapies that lower hypertension in an effort to improving the lifestyles of Canadians.

Professor, University of British Columbia

Emeritus Professor of Medicine, University of Calgary

Mamoru Watanabe is Professor Emeritus Professor of Medicine and former Dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Calgary. Previously, he served as Head of the Division of Medicine, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education, and Associate Dean Research prior to becoming Dean. His research experiences include basic research in RNA Bacteriophage replication, steroid transport in Pseudomonas testosteroni; clinical research in hypertension, aldosterone secretion in pregnancy; and health services research in physician workforce planning and telehealth delivery of health services to ...

Director, Research Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, University Health Network

Donald Weaver combines fully the careers of a clinical neurologist, biomedical engineer and molecular chemist who develops drugs for the diseases he treats. From his very active university research programs five very active companies have been formed to continue the development and testing of drugs his laboratory has produced for Alzheimer’s disease, epilepsy, systemic amyloidosis, neuropathic pain, and other neurological diseases. Many of these drugs are well advanced and hold great promise for more effective therapy for these important conditions. For his work he has received many awards ...

Professor, Western University

Charles Weijer is a leading expert on the ethics of randomized controlled trials. Publications on the duty of care in clinical research, the ethical analysis of study benefits and harms, and empowering communities in research have been broadly influential.From 2008 to 2013 Charles co-led a collaboration that produced the first international ethics guidelines for cluster randomized trials. From 2014 to 2018 he collaborated with Dr. Adrian M. Owen on a project exploring the ethics of functional neuroimaging after severe brain injury. Charles’ current work explores ethical issues in pragmatic ...

A Professor of Cardiac Surgery, Senior Scientistat the Toronto General Research Institute and a basic and clinical investigatorwhose new techniques of cardiac protection for heart surgery have been adopted worldwide. He discovered stem cell implantation prevented heart failure aftercoronary occlusion which stimulated clinical trials in Toronto and globally. Heis now Editor of the highest ranked Journal and Chair of the largest clinicaltrials network in his specialty. Most important, he trained two generations of Surgical Scientists who have assumed leadership positions in Canada and the world. ...

Professor at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Weiss' ground breaking discoveries in neuroscience have led to new approaches for brain cell replacement and repair as well as pharmaceutical research for neurological disease therapies. Dr. Weiss is also the inaugural Director of the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary, which has rapidly gained national recognition as a centre of excellence, focused on translating innovative research and education into advances in neurological and mental healthcare. For his leadership, creativity, commitment to education, and the advancement of research and innovation, Dr. Weiss has ...

Jeffrey Weitz is Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at McMaster University where he holds a Canada Research Chair in Thrombosis and the HSFO/J.F. Mustard Chair in Cardiovascular Research. With over 200 peer-reviewed publications, Dr. Weitz set the stage for development of thrombindirected anticoagulants and his work on fibrinolysis has provided new insights into the mechanism of plasminogen activator-induced bleeding. Dr. Weitz is Director of the Henderson Research Centre, a joint venture of McMaster University and Hamilton Health Sciences, and combines basic investigation in coagulation ...

Faculty of Medicine Distinguished Research Chair, University of Ottawa

Dr. Phil Wells is a Hematologist. He is currently a University of Ottawa Distinguished Research Chair in Translational and AI Research in Venous Thrombosis. He is perhaps best known for pioneering the concept of clinical prediction rules: the "Wells Model for DVT" and the "Wells Model for PE" are taught and used world-wide. He has received over $30 million in peer reviewed research funding and has over 380 publications. His work has been acknowledged through a Canada Research Chair, and several lifetime achievement awards. His current interests are Cancer Associated Thrombosis and AI to ...

Prof. of Pediatrics, Surgery, Immunology & Pathology/Lab Med, University of Alberta

Dr. West holds an international reputation as a scholar and leader in the field of pediatric heart transplantation and the science of immunobiology. Infants around the world now benefit from a change in clinical practice brought about by scientific knowledge applied to transplant policy. Today, 80% of infants waiting for a heart transplant will receive an organ; this improvement is largely due to the use of incompatible donor organs based on Dr. West’s research. Moreover, wastage of donor organs that would have been discarded due to lack of acceptable recipients has been minimized. She has ...

Professor, Division of Neurology, University of Alberta

Director of the Centre for Prions and Protein Folding Diseases and holder of a Tier 1 CRC in Prion Diseases, David is the President of the Alzheimer's Society of Alberta and Northwest Territories. His work has defined the family of cellular prion proteins in mammals, genetic susceptibilities to prion disease and new laboratory models for Alzheimer's disease and other neurodegenerative disorders.

Dr. Whiteside is an MD and PhD graduate ofthe University of Toronto and FRCP(C) in Internal Medicine and Nephrology. From1985 to 2005 she was a staff nephrologist at the University Health Network,Toronto, and clinician-scientist in the Department of Medicine. From 2000 to2005 she was Associate Dean Graduate and Inter-Faculty Affairs in the Facultyof Medicine and from 2006 to 2014 Dean of Medicine and Vice Provost Relationswith Health Care Institutions at the University of Toronto. In 2012 she wasrecognized with WXN Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award.Dr. Whiteside was awarded in 2007 ...

Professor and Director, Clinical Research Unit, University of Calgary

Dr. Wiebe is an internationally recognized clinical researcher focusing on neurosciences and epilepsy and in evidence based medicine. He specializes in surgical randomized controlled trials, and in patient-centred outcomes. He performed the only randomized trial on brain surgery for epilepsy, which resulted in international treatment guidelines for this condition. Dr. Wiebe has trained numerous clinical researchers, he leads national and international clinical research initiatives, and he plays a major role in establishing educational and clinical care programs in epilepsy around the world.

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and Sc, University of Alberta

Douglas R. Wilson is Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry and School of Public Health at the University of Alberta. Previously at the University of Toronto, he held the positions of Director, Division of Nephrology and Professor of Medicine. In 1984, Dr. Wilson became Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Alberta, a position he held for 10 years. Subsequently his interests shifted to population and public health and he was instrumental in developing the interdisciplinary Centre for Health Promotion Studies. He has published over 140 scientific papers and his ...

Vice Dean, Education, University of British Columbia

Dr. Roger Wong is a Clinical Professor and the Vice Dean, Education in the UBC Faculty ofMedicine.Dr. Wong has been appointed to the Order of Canada, the first time a geriatrician is appointed to the country's highest civilian honour, for his contributions to the field of geriatric medicine, including the advancement of policies, education and specialized, culturally sensitive health care.Dr. Wong has received a number of prestigious awards in recognition of his exceptional national leadership in the field of seniors’ health care, including the Ronald Cape Distinguished Service Award, which ...

Ron Worton retired in 2007 from the position of CEO and Scientific Director of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Vice President of Research at the Ottawa Hospital and Professor at the University of Ottawa. He previously served as Geneticist-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children and as the inaugural Scientific Director of the Stem Cell Network. Dr. Worton has served on the boards of many organizations, including the Canadian College of Medical Geneticists, the International Human Genome Organization, Genome Canada, Research Canada (two years as Chair) and the American Society of ...

Professor of Cell Biology, University of Alberta

Dr. Richard Wozniak is an international leader in cell biology. His work on how the cell nucleus, the storehouse of the cell's genetic material, receives and transmits information has produced many groundbreaking findings and garnered international recognition for scientific excellence. His fundamental discoveries have provided molecular insights into the causes of cancer and cardiovascular disease. Throughout his career he has dedicated himself to training young scientists and serving the health sciences community. He has held numerous advisory and leadership positions at the University of ...

Dr. James Wright is a global leader in surgeryand has made important contributions to the care of Children. He was the first orthopedic surgeon to gain advanced clinical research training in north America and is a leader in applying evidence in orthopedics, which is transforming thecare of patients Worldwide. Nationally, his efforts have led to shortened surgical wait times for children. As Surgeon-in- Chief and Medical VP at Sickkids, one of the world's premier children's hospitals, his leadership has led to a culture of safety and innovation. He has received the highest research awards of ...

Professor and Head of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

Dr. Lakshmi Yatham is Professor and Head of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, Director of the UBC Institute of Mental Health, and Regional Head of Psychiatry for Vancouver Coastal and Providence Health Care Authorities. He is also Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, and President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. Dr. Yatham is a world-class clinician scientist in mood disorders who has made fundamental advancements to the understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorder. He is a highly cited researcher and has won numerous ...

Professor & CRC, University of Alberta

Dr. Toshifumi Yokota, a Professor of Medical Genetics at the University of Alberta, is globally recognized for pioneering advancements in the treatment of muscular dystrophy. The trailblazing work on the development of the ground-breaking antisense oligonucleotide-mediated therapy for Duchenne muscular dystrophy resulted in the FDA-approved drug viltolarsen. As a scholarly contributor to over 100 peer-reviewed articles, an editor of three influential books, and a valued board member for numerous journals and organizations, Dr. Yokota’s relentless dedication to the medical field continues to ...

Professor & Co-Lead Multiple Sclerosis Neuro Team, University of Calgary

Wee Yong is an internationally recognized neuroscientist in multiple sclerosis. He has made several benchmark discoveries and he has translated laboratory results into clinical trials. Dr. Yong chairs the Medical Advisory Committee at the Multiple Sclerosis Society of Canada, he serves on several international committees, and he is on the editorial board of 4 international journals. Dr. Yong has given numerous lectures internationally that expands the understanding and treatment of multiple sclerosis. Dr. Yong is also the successful supervisor of several past and present trainees, and he is ...

Professor and Head, Division of Gastroenterology, University of British Columbia; Head, Division of Gastroenterology, Vancouver General Hospital Dr. Eric Yoshida exemplifies the attributes required to be a leader and a key voice in discussions regarding ongoing health care delivery in Canada. Having been an integral component and the driving force behind the University of British Columbia's Hepatology Program, he has not only secured a reputable national profile for this department, but also, at the same time written numerous scholarly articles, and been an excellent mentor for the next ...

Dean, Temerty Fac of Medicine, University of Toronto

Dr. Trevor Young is an outstanding clinician-scientist and an international authority in the area of bipolar disorder, investigating its molecular basis, its treatment, and its clinical applications. Dr. Young is a leader amongst his peers. He was Physician-in-Chief and Executive Vice President of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (Toronto) Canada’s leading addiction and mental health teaching hospital, as well as Professor and Cameron Wilson Chair in Depression at the Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto. Currently he is Professor and Head of the UBC Department of ...

Salim Yusuf is a Professor of Medicine and Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McMaster University and Director of the Population Health Research Institute. As a Rhodes Scholar, he initiated the concept of large simple trials, coordinating the first ISIS trial and developing concepts of meta-analysis. Subsequently, he has applied these principles to several other areas that led to the SOLVD and DIG trials in heart failure while at the US NIH, and more recently the HOPE, OASIS, CURE and CREATE trials since his move to McMaster University, Canada. He holds a Heart and Stroke Foundation ...

Director, School of Biomedical Eng. & Michael Smith Lab, University of British Columbia

Dr. Peter Zandstra is internationally recognized for his distinguished contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and is advancing our fundamental understanding of how stem cells develop into mature blood cells. Using this knowledge to design and implement new technologies that enable stem cell-based therapies for diseases such as leukemia, Dr. Zandstra is driving the development and clinical testing of these new therapies with Canadian biotechnology companies. A leader in cell and gene therapy manufacturing, Dr. Zandstra is catalyzing the growth of biomedical engineering research ...

Professor, University of Manitoba

George Zhanel received his Ph.D. in the Department of Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases at the Faculty of Medicine, University of Manitoba and a Doctor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of Minnesota. He is presently Professor in the Department of Medical Microbiology/Infectious Diseases, College of Medicine and Research Director of the Canadian Antimicrobial Resistance Alliance (CARA). Dr. Zhanel has received or been nominated for 95 teaching awards and in 2020 received the Canadian Association for Medical Education (CAME) merit award. In 2021, he was 1 of 190 Canadian scientists ...

Haibo Zhang, MD; PhD is Professor of Anesthesia, Medicine and Physiology at University of Toronto, and Staff Scientist in Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science of St. Michael's Hospital. His translational research program focuses on the mechanisms and therapy of acute lung injury, COVID-19 and sepsis. In the field of acute lung injury and ventilator-induced lung fibrosis, Dr. Zhang has been a driving force in determining the underlying cellular mechanisms and their application into clinical therapies, particularly with respect to host responses and the development of non-invasive ...

Professor of Medicine, Director, Leadership Sinai Centre for Diabetes. University of Toronto Dr. Bernard Zimnan is one of Canada's most distinguished clinician-scientists with exceptional achievements in Diabetes research and care. He has excelled as a physician researcher, educator, mentor and academic citizen. His most significant enduring initiative was his role in the NIH-directed Diabetes Control and Complications Trial (DCCT) and related follow-up studies, which established the importance of glycemic control in the preventing the complications of Type 1 Diabetes. As a translational ...

University of Toronto

Stanley H Zlotkin, MD PhD FRCP(C) is a highly respected and celebrated leader in the field of medicine, and specifically childhood nutrition. His work, as a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto and a senior scientist and gastroenterologist/clinical nutritionist, has attracted worldwide attention for its innovation and impact. Most importantly has been his development and dissemination of innovative and easy-to-use nutritional supplements, such as iron and vitamins, to address deficiencies which affect many children in the developing world. He has been able to translate his ...

A Neurologist and Neuroscientist, Dr. Zochodne is the Director of the Division of Neurology and Co-Director of the Neurosciences and Mental Health Institute at the University of Alberta. He has devoted his career to understanding the biology and diseases of the peripheral nervous system, disorders that are common, disabling and frequently irreversible. He has been a leading investigator of diabetic polyneuropathy and nerve regeneration and he has served as Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Science.  

Professor & Dir Autism Rsch, University of Alberta

Stollery Children's Hospital Foundation Chair in Autism. Renowned for work on Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For 15 years he has co-led a multi-site longitudinal study of high-risk infants to characterize early development of ASD and co-developed the first observational scale to detect signs of ASD in infants which has been adopted internationally. National ASD Project Lead with NeuroDevNet, a Network of Centres of Excellence on neurodevelopmental disabilities; Director, Canadian Autism Research Training Program.