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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...