Interim Dean, University of Toronto

Professor Allen, currently serving as Interim Dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, leads a highly productive research program developing advanced drug formulations. Her research has yielded >130 publications with several featured in journal covers and editorials. Dr. Allen is committed to the commercialization of her research, with a number of innovations moving towards clinical development. She has played a significant leadership role at her University, at granting agencies and in scientific societies. A dedicated member of the Controlled Release Society, she ...

My research interests focus on the personal and professional development of the health human resources workforce. As the complexity and interdependency of care provision advances, the importance of investing in continuous professional development of health professionals increases. My research recognizes that artificial divisions between "personal" and "professional" development are counterproductive to the goal of enhanced quality care. Failure to recognize these important development needs in the workforce leads to burnout, disengagement, and ultimately error. A particular focus of my ...

Distinguished University Professor, Western University

Dr. John R. Bend is a Distinguished University Professor at The University of Western Ontario. He is internationally known for his research on molecular and environmental toxicology. His research focuses on the metabolic activation and detoxication of xenobiotic chemicals, and of the importance of this concept in environmental toxicology. He is also known for his expertise on the toxicity of chemicals used in industry, and of the safety assessment of chemicals that occur as food additives and contaminants, including pesticides. He is a member of the Council of Canadian Academies Expert Panel ...

Professor, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto

Dr. Reina Bendayan is a Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, and Career Scientist, Ontario HIV Treatment Network. Her research explores membrane drug transport particularly in HIV infection. A Fellow of the American and Canadian Associations for Pharmaceutical Sciences, Dr. Bendayan is the recipient of international and national research and leadership awards. She serves on the Boards of international and national scientific associations, and is Chair, Scientific Officer and Expert Reviewer on national and international ...

Dr Bérard has training from McGill University, and Harvard Medical School. She is full professor of perinatal epidemiology at the University of Montreal, Faculty of Pharmacy, and CHU Ste-Justine; and adjunct professor at the Faculty of Medicine, Université Claude Bernard, Lyon, France. Dr Bérard holds a Canada Research Chair Tier 1 on Medications and Pregnancy; is a Fellow of the International Society of Pharmacoepidemiology, and a Birth Defects Society voting member. Dr Bérard has published over 500 scientific papers/abstracts; and recently received a Most Distinguished Scientist Award from ...

Vice-Provost Faculty and Academic Life, University of Toronto

Professor Heather Boon, Vice-Provost Faculty and Academic Life at the University of Toronto, is internationally known for her research into the safety, efficacy and regulation of complementary and traditional medicine, especially natural health products. She founded the Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Complementary and Alternative Medicine Research in 2004 and served as President of the International Society for Complementary Medicine Research from 2013-14. From 2014-2018 she was the Dean of the Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto. She currently advises Health Canada ...

Distinguished University Professor, McMaster University

Dr. Eric Brown is a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences at McMaster University. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology and has received a number of awards including a Killam Research Fellowship and Canadian Society of Microbiologists Murray Award. Brown is a former Chair of his department and founding Director of McMaster’s Biomedical Discovery and Commercialization program. He has served on a variety of advisory boards, including a term as President of the Canadian Society of Molecular Biosciences. His research aims to ...

Retired, University of British Columbia

Helen Burt holds the Angiotech Professorship in Drug Delivery and is Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Studies in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences at UBC. Her research interests are novel controlled release delivery systems for drugs and the mechanisms of crystal induced inflammatory arthritis. Her work is supported by grants from CIHR and other sources and she has supervised over 30 research trainees. She recently completed a 3 year term as the CIHR and Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Coordinator in the VP Research Office at UBC and worked with a team to create new ...

Sylvain Chemtob is a neonatologist and pharmacologist, and professor of Pediatrics, with joint appointments in Pharmacology and Ophthalmology at Université de Montréal. His research is focused on reactive oxygen species and lipid mediators in ischemic neuropathies (eg. retinopathy of prematurity, stroke) with emphasis on the developing subject. He pioneered the concept of functional nuclear G protein-coupled receptors. He has also developed two powerful rationale drug design platform technologies enabling the rapid generation of antagonists to cell surface proteins (receptors, channels, etc); ...

Professor and Former Dean, University of British Columbia