Professor, University of Alberta

A professor at the University of Alberta, Dr. Sunita Vohra is a pediatrician and clinician scientist whose research program is internationally recognized for its cutting-edge research and innovation. In response to intense patient interest in complementary and alternative medicine, Dr. Vohra developed Canada's first academic pediatric integrative medicine program which rigorously evaluates the safety and effectiveness of these popular therapies. Her program has led the way in improving how benefit and harms are measured and reported, providing innovations that benefit patient-centred ...

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 ...

Bernard Robaire is a world leader in the field of male reproduction and medicine. His ground breaking research demonstrated that paternal exposure to some therapeutic agents and environmental chemicals may alter the quality of sperm chromatin and have adverse effects on offspring. Importantly, he established that aging of the father is associated with decreased sperm quality and that this has consequences for progeny outcome. His pioneering studies of androgen action revealed the pathway by which androgens act rapidly on target cells. His fundamental studies on the impact of steroid ...

Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology), Dalhousie University

Kenneth Rockwood is Professor of Medicine (Geriatric Medicine & Neurology) and Kathryn Allen Weldon Professor of Alzheimer Research at Dalhousie University. He is a leader in Canadian geriatric medicine, and in particular, has pioneered work on the definition, measurement and management of frailty. As a clinical and epidemiological researcher on the dementias, he has focused on novel risk factors (such as the protective effects of exercise) and on individualized outcome measurement. The latter has provided a practicable means whereby patients with Alzheimers disease, and their families, have ...

Professor, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, University of Calgary

Recognized internationally for his novel and original contributions in integrative neuroscience, Quentin's work has led to new insights into our understanding of the control, by the brain, of the neuroendocrine and neuroimmune systems and the roles of peptides as neurotransmitters in these systems. Dr. Pittman has provided strong leadership at both the national and international level in the neurosciences, has played an active educational leadership role at his institution and has mentored many trainees who have gone onto successful academic, medical and biotech careers.

Professor, Dept. of Philosophy, Dalhousie University

Susan Sherwin holds a Dalhousie University Research Professorship and has served as Chair of the university’s Department of Philosophy. She has straddled the divide between moral philosophy and bioethics for some time. Internationally, she is considered one of the world’s foremost feminist ethicists and she serves on committees for numerous organizations such as the Royal College where she serves on the Ethics and Equity Committee; CIHR as a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics; UNESCO; CIAR; and Health Canada on the Advisory Group on Reproductive and Genetic Technologies. Dr. Sherwin ...

Irv Rootman is a Professor at the University of Victoria and a Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Distinguished Scholar. He has been a leader in health promotion research in Canada for more than twenty years. Dr. Rootman developed the first national health promotion survey; led a national project to develop knowledge in health promotion; was the first Director of the Centre for Health Promotion at the University of Toronto; stimulated the establishment of the Canadian Consortium for Health Promotion Research; and developed a national program of research in literacy and health.

Professor & Canada Research Chair, Western University

Nadine Wathen is Professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing at Western University and Canada Research Chair (Tier I) in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence (GBV). As an internationally renowned scholar in the areas of GBV and health inequities, she is generating and mobilizing knowledge that has significantly impacted responses to violence and inequity in Canada and abroad. Dr. Wathen is committed to using research to improve policy, practice and public responses to enhance well-being and advance justice for those experiencing interpersonal and structural violence and ...

Professor- Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics; Dir, McGill University

Barry Pless is a Professor of Paediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics at McGill University and is Director of the Injury Prevention Program at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. Dr. Pless is a former President of the Ambulatory Paediatric Association and a Recipient of that Association’s Armstrong Award and Research Award. He is a former member of the Population Health Program of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research: and former Chairperson of the Board of the Canadian Institute of Child Health. Dr. Pless has made pioneering contributions to ambulatory (social) pediatrics; chronic ...