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 ...

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- 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 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 Emeritus, Department of Population Medicine, University of Guelph

Wayne Martin obtained his PhD from the University of California in Davis (1974) and returned to Ontario Veterinary College as Canada’s first PhD-level veterinary epidemiologist. In 1987, he became the founding Chair of the Department of Population Medicine. He was Chair until 1999 and now continues to teach, especially graduate students, and pursue research both in Canada and internationally with a focus on zoonotic diseases. He has been named a University Emeritus Professor at the University of Guelph. Dr Martin serves on national and international panels, and is co-author of two successful ...

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 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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...