Professor and Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury, University of Calgary

Dr. Yeates is a world-leading researcher in the field of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the most highly published author on childhood TBI and concussion in the world over the past decade. A neuropsychologist, Dr. Yeates has conducted innovative and clinically-impactful research regarding the environment's role in children's recovery from TBI, the social outcomes of childhood brain disorders, and the diagnosis and management of childhood concussion. Through outstanding mentorship and leadership nationally and internationally, Dr. Yeates has advanced the science and practice of ...

Professor Emeritus, Department of Medicine, Schulich School, Western University

Calvin Stiller is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine, Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at the University of Western Ontario. He is known nationally and internationally as an outstanding physician, scientist and entrepreneur who has championed innovation in health and biomedical research and its application for the improvement of health and the economy. He is a pioneer in multi-organ transplantation and diabetes in Canada and led the Canadian multi-center study that established the importance of cyclosporine in transplantation that in turn, led to its worldwide use as ...

Professor of Psychiatry, Psychology, and Community Health Ep, Dalhousie University

Sherry H. Stewart is a Killam Research Professor and ClHR Investigator in the Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology at Dalhousie University. She is internationally respected for her research on psychological factors contributing to addictive disorders, and the co-morbidity of mental illness and addictions. Dr. Stewart has published several clinical trials of novel approaches for the treatment and prevention of substance abuse and co-occurring mental health problems. She has received over $10 million to support her addictions and mental health research from granting agencies worldwide.

Dr. David Streiner is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. He began there in 1968 and has a joint appointment in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Between 1998 and 2008, he was the Assistant V.P. Research and founding Director of the Applied Research Unit at the Baycrest Centre, and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Although trained as a clinical psychologist, he has achieved international recognition as a statistician and epidemiologist, and has ...

Dept. Chair, Social Studies of Med., McGill University

Thomas Schlich is a preeminent historian of modern medicine and science. In his work he has examined the rationale for surgery—why surgeons open the body -- and the techniques they develop to do so. Combining the perspectives of history with science and technology studies, Schlich’s work elucidates the introduction of innovative ideas and techniques, including organ transplants, metal implants in the treatment of fractures, the pathways to the contemporary development of minimally invasive surgery, and, most recently, the origins and use of face masks to prevent infections.

Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Susan Sherwin holds a Dalhousie University Research Professorship and has served as Chair of the university’s Department of Philosophy. She has straddled the divide between moral philosophy and bioethics for some time. Internationally, she is considered one of the world’s foremost feminist ethicists and she serves on committees for numerous organizations such as the Royal College where she serves on the Ethics and Equity Committee; CIHR as a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics; UNESCO; CIAR; and Health Canada on the Advisory Group on Reproductive and Genetic Technologies. Dr. Sherwin ...

Jean Rochon has a triple career as an academic, a specialist in public health and a politician. Heholds a Bachelor of laws from Université de Montréal, a doctorate in medicine from UniversitéLaval and a doctorate in public health from Harvard University. He was awarded an honorarydoctorate by Université catholique de Louvain.He assumed the duties of director of the Department of social and preventive medicine (1970-1979) and dean of the Faculty of medicine (1979-1985) at Université Laval. He left this positionto chair the Commission of inquiry on health and social services formed by the ...

Full Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, University of Montreal

Throughout her career, Professor Vardit Ravitsky has demonstrated exemplary commitment to advancing academic health sciences through her innovative research, her teaching, and her service to the community. A leader in bioethics research, she has influenced policy making, as well as clinical practice, especially in the areas of reproduction and genomics. She runs an active well-funded research program, trains and mentors a new generation of scholars, and invests in building novel educational opportunities. Her roles on boards and advisory bodies, investment in knowledge dissemination, public ...

Professor & Canada Research Chair, Western University

Nadine Wathen is Professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). As an internationally renowned scholar in the areas of GBV and health inequities, she is generating and mobilizing knowledge that has significantly impacted responses to violence and inequity in Canada and abroad. Dr. Wathen is committed to using research to improve policy, practice and public responses to enhance well-being and advance justice for those experiencing interpersonal and structural violence and ...

Stuart Peacock holds the Leslie Diamond Chair in Cancer Survivorship in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. He is Co-Director of the Canadian Centre for Applied Research in Cancer Control, and Head of the Department of Cancer Control Research at BC Cancer. He has over 200 publications, including papers in the BMJ, Journal of the American Medical Association, and Lancet Oncology. He has shaped healthcare priority setting in Canada, serves as a Board Director of the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health, and is an international advisor on cancer control ...