Professor, McGill University

Szyf received his Ph. D from the Hebrew University and did his postdoctoral fellowship in Genetics at Harvard Medical School, joined the department in 1989 and currently holds a James McGill Professorship and GlaxoSmithKline-CIHR Chair in Pharmacology. He is the founding co-director of the Sackler Institute for Epigenetics and Psychobiology at McGill and is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research Experience-based Brain and Biological Development program. Szyf has been the founder of the first "Pharma" to develop epigenetic pharmacology "Methylgene Inc." and the first journal ...

Director, Finestone Laboratory, McGill University

David Rosenblatt is Professor of Biology, Human Genetics, Medicine and Pediatrics, McGill University. He is a world authority in the area of inherited disorders of the vitamins folic acid and cobalamin (vitamin B12). His laboratory is the world reference centre for the diagnosis of these disorders and also has been responsible for the characterization of a number of these diseases and for the cloning of the responsible genes. This has allowed for proper diagnosis, carrier detection, and prenatal diagnosis. He also established the first Division of Medical Genetics in a Department of Medicine ...

Professor, University of Toronto

A renowned exercise physiologist, his expertise has been sought by national and international organizations to understand human performance capabilities and limitations in environmental extremes. Professor Jacobs is an academic leader who promotes the academic discipline of kinesiology as being integral to improving and sustaining the health of Canadians through physical activity.  

Dr. Dafna Gladman, Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto and Senior Scientist, Krembil Research Institute, has changed the way rheumatologists manage psoriatic arthritis (PsA). She found that PsA is more common and more severe than previously thought. She has identified factors that lead to the development of PsA among patients with psoriasis, and factors that are associated with more severe PsA. She also alerted the medical community to the fact that PsA was associated with important comorbidities including coronary artery disease, diabetes, obesity and depression. She has also led a ...

Distinguished Prof. Depart Psychology & OB GYN, Western University

William Fisher is one of the world’s foremost scientists active in developing – and applying – powerful behavioral science models for the prediction and promotion of reproductive health related behavior. His Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills model is an international public health standard applied in health promotion efforts in areas as diverse as contraception, menopause, and most notably, promotion of HIV preventive behavior and antiretroviral regimen adherence among HIV + persons. Fisher serves on seven journal editorial boards. He was awarded the UWO Hellmuth Prize for research ...

Dr. Mark Eisenberg, a cardiologist and clinical epidemiologist, is a recognized leader in the health sciences. He made important contributions to the creation of national and international guidelines that provide physicians with much-needed consensus on the literature and allow them to integrate current research findings into clinical practice. His research on the many aspects of treatments for cardiovascular disease, as well as on the ways to prevent it, has revolutionized the way physicians treat their patients. Deeply committed to training the next generation of clinician scientists, he ...

Professor & William J. Walsh Chair in Medicine, McMaster University

A world-renowned scholar, scientist, teacher and leader. As Scientific Director and CEO of the Allergy, Genes & Environment(AllerGen) Network of Centres of Excellence, hosted by McMaster University, he has pioneered several important and innovative biological concepts. Through hisclinical investigations, he has facilitated the translation of allergy and immune-inflammatory disease discoveries into therapies and clinical practices to improve individual and community health. Dr. Denburg has also had a profound influence on a generation of experts in key positions in clinical care,academic ...