Professor and Head of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

Dr. Lakshmi Yatham is Professor and Head of the UBC Department of Psychiatry, Director of the UBC Institute of Mental Health, and Regional Head of Psychiatry for Vancouver Coastal and Providence Health Care Authorities. He is also Editor-in-Chief for the Canadian Journal of Psychiatry, and President of the World Federation of Societies of Biological Psychiatry. Dr. Yatham is a world-class clinician scientist in mood disorders who has made fundamental advancements to the understanding of the neurobiology and treatment of bipolar disorder. He is a highly cited researcher and has won numerous ...

Full Professor, Dept. of Biomed Eng. and Faculty of Dent., McGill University

M. Tabrizian has pioneered many concepts in the field of (nano) biomaterials and (nano) biointerfaces to promote the interactions and crosstalk between alive and artificial systems. This resulted in shifting the paradigm in conventional approaches to regenerative medicine and nanomedicine, and many acclaimed publications. Of great significance are her approaches to layer-by-layer self-assembly of natural polymers to make a nano-thin film on any templates including live cells and tissues along with developing inventive microfluidic platforms for biosensing of live tissue and pathogen detection.

Dr. David Spence, a clinician-scientist trained in Neurology, Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, has devoted his entire career to prevention of stroke. His clinical work has prevented an estimated 5,000 strokes, but his research, teaching and publications, by changing the way physicians approach stroke prevention, have prevented many more. He led many clinical trials of stroke prevention, including 4 major trials funded by NIH. He pioneered the understanding of pseudohypertension, co-discovered the effect of grapefruit on drug metabolism, pioneered the measurement of carotid ...

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 Karim Khan, MD, PhD, MBA, is recognised for clinically-relevant research in tendon injuries, osteoporosis, falls prevention and exercise for health. He has published over 350 peer-reviewed articles, was editor-in-chief of the British Journal of Sports Medicine (BJSM) for 13 years, and has co-authored 5 editions of the internationally renowned Brukner & Khan’s Clinical Sports Medicine textbook. He is passionate about research impact and patient engagement. He is an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) and received honorary doctorates from the Norwegian School of Sports Sciences ...

Prof. & Stephen M. Drance Chair, University of British Columbia

Dr. Gupta is a recognized leader with numerous awards for contributions to eye health and vision science research. Investigating relationships with other health conditions, she has identified new ocular targets to fight blindness, introduced novel glaucoma drugs through clinical trials, and pioneered surgical methods to treat patients. She is Editor in Chief of the Journal of Glaucoma and President of the International Council of Ophthalmology. Championing global collaborations, she spearheaded international guidelines for eye care training and standards of care. Her work with the World ...

My research interests focus on the personal and professional development of the health human resources workforce. As the complexity and interdependency of care provision advances, the importance of investing in continuous professional development of health professionals increases. My research recognizes that artificial divisions between "personal" and "professional" development are counterproductive to the goal of enhanced quality care. Failure to recognize these important development needs in the workforce leads to burnout, disengagement, and ultimately error. A particular focus of my ...

Dr. Jason Acker is an outstanding mentor, educator and advisor who is internationally recognizedfor his leadership and scholarly contributions to the transfusion sciences and cryobiologycommunities. He is an innovative scientist whose paradigm-shifting research discoveries haveadvanced the preservation of cell-based therapeutics. He is a collaborative researcher whosuccessfully brings together multidisciplinary teams to support the translation of novel discoveriesinto innovative products. Through his service with national and international organizations he hasactively contributed to improving ...