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 ...

Dr. Jean Addington is a Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Calgary and holds the Novartis Chair in Schizophrenia. She has published over 300 manuscripts on her expertise of schizophrenia, early psychosis and early prevention of serious mental illness. Her internationally recognized research is attested by Clarivate Analytics naming her one of 2018's Highly Cited Researchers. Her clinical research programs have fostered better predictors of youth and adolescents who are at risk for serious mental illness, and the development of psychosocial treatments for those at risk for psychosis. ...

Albert Aguayo is currently the President of the Paris-based International Brain Research Organization (IBRO) and the former Director of the Centre for Research in Neuroscience at McGill University. His main scientific interest is in the study of the central nervous system’s capacity for regeneration and repair. A member of several editorial boards, he has authored more than 150 scientific publications and is the recipient of several awards and distinctions including the Gairdner (Canada), Wakeman (USA), Ameritec (USA), lpsen (France), Cotzias (USA), Leo Parizeau (Canada), F.N.G Starr (CMA), ...

Michel is a Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine whose career has been devoted to HIV and STD prevention research.  He received the Mark Wainberg Lecturer Award from the Canadian Association for HIV Research in 2008, and the Researcher Emeritus Award from the Quebec Population Health Research Network in 2016. He was President of the International Society for STD Research (2007-11) and chaired its 2011 international conference in Québec. Michel is currently the Director of Population Health Research at the CHU de Québec. 

William Albritton is Professor of Pediatrics and Dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He has practiced pediatric infectious diseases since 1976 and general pediatrics since 1994. He has special interests in frequent infections, immune deficiency states, including HIV/AIDS. In addition, he has special clinical interests in providing general pediatric continuity care to children with special needs, development delay, and a wide variety of clinical conditions in early infancy. Dr. Albritton’s current research interests are in the evaluation of healthcare delivery ...

A.J. Latner Professor and Chair of Orthopaedic, Surgery, Vice Chair Research, Department of Surgery, University of Toronto An internationally reknown academic orthopedic surgeon and scientist, Dr. Alman has devoted his career to increasing our understanding of the molecular biology of musculoskeletal diseases such as aggressive fibromatosis. With over 120 peer-reviewed publications, and continuous grant funding from peer-reviewed agencies, Dr. Alman has received invitations to lecture worldwide on his subspecialty areas of interest in orthopedics. As the AJ Latner Chair of the Division of ...

Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou is the Vice President of Research and Director of the Bloorview ResearchInstitute at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Canada’s largest pediatric rehabilitationhospital. She is also a child neurologist and professor of pediatrics at the University of Toronto. Sheis a senior clinician scientist and co-leads of the Autism Research Centre (ARC) at Holland Bloorviewand University of Toronto. She holds a Canada Research Chair in translational therapeutics inautism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the Dr. Stuart D. Sims Chair in Autism at Holland Bloorview. ...

Dr. Sonia Anand is Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at McMaster University, Senior Scientist of the Population Health Research Institute and Director of the Chanchlani Research Centre. She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Ethnic Diversity and Cardiovascular Disease, and the Heart and Stroke Foundation/Michael G. DeGroote Chair in Population Health Research. Her research focuses on environmental and genetic determinants of vascular and cardiovascular disease in women, populations of varying ancestral origin, and high-risk vascular patients. She has more than 300 peer-reviewed ...

Tassos Anastassiades is Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry at Queen’s, having trained at McGill and Rockefeller Universities. He was a Fellow and Scholar of both the MRC and the Arthritis Society (TAS) and was Head of the Division of Rheumatology at Queen’s for over 30 years. He played a central role in educational and research program development and has been internationally recognized for his research, which spans both basic and clinical science. He served at various levels in TAS, the ClHR (MRC) and the RCPS and is chair of the musculoskeletal research focus at Queen’s. His current ...

One of those rare individuals: a genuine "quadruple threat" - an outstanding researcher, clinician, administrator and teacher. He is an international leader in coagulation disorders whose studies define our standards of clinical care, appearing in the New England Journal of Medicine. His clinical expertise extends from the patient to the nation, caring for individuals while working to establish national standard of care protocols. He is a dedicated teacher and administrator, having been Chair of the Department of Medicine at Dalhousie and now Dean of the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie. He ...