Distinguished Research Professor, York University

Renowned applied mathematician Dr. Wu has made foundational contributions to supporting infectious disease public health decision-making strategies based on novel applications of the bifurcation theory, a mathematical theory of long-term epidemiological scenario analyses. Internationally recognized as a powerhouse in dynamical systems and data clustering, his disease modelling research provides critical insights on mechanisms behind complex patterns and is used to accurately forecast disease trends. He is a major contributor to a paradigm shift towards an extensive use of interdisciplinary ...

Director, School of Biomedical Eng. & Michael Smith Lab, University of British Columbia

Dr. Peter Zandstra is internationally recognized for his distinguished contributions to the field of biomedical engineering and is advancing our fundamental understanding of how stem cells develop into mature blood cells. Using this knowledge to design and implement new technologies that enable stem cell-based therapies for diseases such as leukemia, Dr. Zandstra is driving the development and clinical testing of these new therapies with Canadian biotechnology companies. A leader in cell and gene therapy manufacturing, Dr. Zandstra is catalyzing the growth of biomedical engineering research ...

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 ...

Full Professor, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

Dr. André Veillette is Full Research Professor at the IRCM and Université de Montréal. Throughout his career, he has worked in the field of immunology where he helped found the field of immune cell activation 30 years ago. Since then, he has made important discoveries regarding CD4 and CD8 T cell co-receptors and surface antigens, the protein tyrosine kinases Csk and Lck, the role of the adaptor molecule SAP in immune regulation and the role of innate immune cells in immuno-oncology. These and other discoveries have provided fundamental insights into the immunological mechanisms of health and ...

Full Professor, University of Ottawa

Dawn Stacey is an internationally renowned researcher enabling impact on practice and policy through advancing the science of supporting patients' involvement in making healthcare decisions. She leads national and international initiatives to synthesize evidence and develop standards for translating scientific knowledge into patient decision-aids, and has created innovative implementation resources including decision coaching protocols and online training programs. Her evidence-based knowledge tools and learning activities are publicly available, used in clinical practice and for continuing ...

Professor, Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Barry Sessle is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine. He joined the University of Toronto in 1971 and was Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry from 1990 to 2001. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has served as President of the International Association for the Study of Pain, and President of both the International and the Canadian Associations for Dental Research. Dr. Sessle has co-authored or edited 11 books, and published over 250 journal articles and book chapters. His research into orofacial ...

Dr. Rutka is a neurosurgeon at the Hospital for Sick Children, and is the Chairman of the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He is the co-founder of the Arthur and Sonia Labatt Brain Tumour Research Centre at SickKids. Professor Rutka has been awarded numerous awards, including the Medical Research Council of Canada Career Scientist Award (1999); the Grass Award (Society of Neurological Surgeons, 2004); and the Honoured Guest Award from the Congress of Neurological Surgeons (2009). He was President of the American Association of Neurological Surgeons in 2011, and the American ...

Professor, University of Alberta

Dr. Rachubinski's research has led to a molecular mechanistic understanding of peroxisomeassembly and of how assembly goes awry in the peroxisome biogenesis disorders (PBDs). Elucidation of the genes and pathways involved in peroxisome biogenesis and knowledgeof the dysfunctionality in these systems that results in the clinical manifestations of the PBDshave provided an initial therapeutic treatment for these diseases. At the University ofAlberta, he has built a world-class department focused on mechanistic cell biology and has recruited exceptional investigators working to link cell ...

Barry Posner is internationally recognized for his work in cell signaling and diabetes. His current research focuses on the genes responsible for diabetes, the discovery of which will aid in the prediction and treatment of this disease. Following post-graduate work at MIT and the NIH, he joined the Royal Victoria Hospital and McGill University in 1970. He has trained over 35 graduate and post-graduate students, given over 160 lectures as a Visiting Professor and published more than 270 scientific manuscripts. He is a recipient of the 1990 Distinguished Scientist Award of the CSCI, a fellow of ...

Professor; Scientific Director, Canadian Institutes of Healt, University of British Columbia

Anthony Phillips is a Professor of Psychiatry at UBC, Senior Scientist at the Brain Research Centre, Founding Director of the UBC Institute of Mental Health, and Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Neuroscience, Mental Health and Addiction. His pioneering work in neuropsychopharmacology and systems neuroscience laid the foundation for our understanding of the role of dopamine in the neural control of motivation and memory. Further, he has applied knowledge concerning normal brain-behaviour function to understanding the neural bases of mental illness and addiction. He has more than ...