Professor and Ward Chair in Pediatric Brain Injury, University of Calgary

Dr. Yeates is a world-leading researcher in the field of pediatric traumatic brain injury (TBI) and the most highly published author on childhood TBI and concussion in the world over the past decade. A neuropsychologist, Dr. Yeates has conducted innovative and clinically-impactful research regarding the environment's role in children's recovery from TBI, the social outcomes of childhood brain disorders, and the diagnosis and management of childhood concussion. Through outstanding mentorship and leadership nationally and internationally, Dr. Yeates has advanced the science and practice of ...

Dr. David Streiner is currently an Emeritus Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences at McMaster University. He began there in 1968 and has a joint appointment in the Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Between 1998 and 2008, he was the Assistant V.P. Research and founding Director of the Applied Research Unit at the Baycrest Centre, and a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. Although trained as a clinical psychologist, he has achieved international recognition as a statistician and epidemiologist, and has ...

Sean B. Rourke is a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Scientist at St. Michael's Hospital, Professor of Psychiatry, University of Toronto, and Scientific and Executive Director of the Ontario Ministry of Health AIDS Bureau-funded Ontario HIV Treatment Network, a leading research and policy organization in Canada. He is also the Director of three national centres funded by CIHR, the CIHR Centre for Reach on HIV/AIDS (for population health and health services), CBR Collaboration Centre for HIV, and Universities Without Walls (a CIHR STIHR that is training the next generation of HIV researchers in ...

Dr. James MacKillop is internationally recognized for his major contributions to the scientific study of addiction. In community and clinical populations, his work has elucidated the psychological determinants of addiction, including the roles of drug reinforcing value, self-regulatory capacity, alternative reinforcers, and social networks. Concurrent with his behavioural research, he has advanced the field by characterizing the underlying neural and genomic foundations of these processes. Critically, his work has pioneered the translation of insights and methods from basic research into ...

Research Chair & Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Regina

Thomas Hadjistavropoulos is Professor of Psychology, University of Regina and Past-President of the Canadian Psychological Association (CPA). He is internationally recognized as an authority on pain among seniors and on ethical issues in health care with his methodologies now being applied by researchers and clinicians all over the world. He has shown leadership in the promotion of the health sciences at the local, national and international level and has been honoured through a long list of prestigious awards and distinctions including a Canadian Pain Society Distinguished Career Award, the ...

Emeritus Professor, University of British Columbia

Carolyn Gotay is a psychologist and researcher. Her long career in cancer prevention and controlresearch includes leadership rolesin academia and in the community. She has published over 175 manuscripts andhas received national and international support for her research. Dr. Gotay is an outstanding leader who works beyond the academy to improve the health of Canadians. She has headed pan-Canadian initiatives in cancer control. In addition, she directs the Cancer Prevention Centre, a partnership between the Canadian Cancer Society and the University of British Columbia. Dr. Gotay's work has ...

Full Professor, Universite de Montreal

Professor Crocker is a leading international forensic mental health scholar and holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Mental Health, Justice and Safety and Past-president of the International Association of Forensic Mental Health Services. She has been leading the most comprehensive national study on criminal responsibility en mental illness since 2007. Her research program addresses the needs of and services to justice-involved persons with mental illness and their loved-ones; individual and systemic barriers and facilitators of community re-entry; alternatives to incarceration; and ...

Professor, Dalhousie University

Dr. Christine Chambers is a clinical psychologist, professor, and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Children's Pain. Identified as one of Canada's Top 100 Most Powerful Women, she is passionate about research impact and ensuring her work improves children's pain in policy and practice. As the Scientific Director of Solutions for Kids in Pain/SKIP, she is a leader and innovator in patient engagement, partnerships, and the mobilization of health research. Also serving as Scientific Director of CIHR's Institute of Human Development, Child and Youth Health, she is a champion of research promoting ...

Professor of Psychology, Toronto Metropolitan University

Dr. Martin M. Antony is among Canada’s leading experts on the correlates and evidence basedtreatment of anxiety and related disorders. He has contributed over 300 peer-reviewedpublications and over 30 widely recommended books that have been translated into 20 languages.Dr. Antony has played a central role in the delivery of evidence-based mental health care in Ontarioas founding director of the Anxiety Treatment and Research Clinic and the Clinical PsychologyResidency Program at St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton, founding director of Toronto MetropolitanUniversity’s Psychology graduate ...