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).

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. ...

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 ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...