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.

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 ...

Prof. & Director, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Nazeem Muhajarine is one of Canada’s most accomplished population health researchers and a driver of change at the community level to promote better health. Specializing in social epidemiology, Dr. Muhajarine has excelled in conducting research that is translated into change. He has led projects nationally and internationally, built research institutions and infrastructure, and is a highly sought-after mentor. Dr. Muhajarine exhibits remarkable depth and range in his scholarly work. He is at once a highly respected researcher, leader, and builder; a valued mentor and teacher; and an ...

Professor, University of Waterloo

I am the Founder and Chief Principal Investigator of the International Tobacco Control Policy Evaluation Project (ITC Project), a research collaboration of over 150 researchers across 29 countries covering over half of the world's population and over two-thirds of the world's tobacco users. Since 2002, the ITC Project has created population cohort studies to measure and understand the factors that are related to tobacco use and to evaluate the impact of tobacco control policies of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) on tobacco use. The ITC Project has published over 650 ...

Professor and Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown is the Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Prior to becoming Dean, Steini was the Director of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana Chair of Public Health Policy also at the University. Other past roles include senior leadership roles in policy and strategy within the Ontario Government, founding roles in startup companies, and extensive work on performance measurement. He received his undergraduate degree in government from Harvard University and his doctorate from the University of ...