Scientific Director, Fonds de recherche du Québec

Janice Bailey is the Scientific Director of the Fonds de Recherche du Quebec - Nature etTechnologies (FRQNT). She is internationally recognised as a biomedical scientist, elucidatingthe paternal influences on developmental trajectories of health and disease; as an effectiveadministrator supporting trainees and diversity in research; as an advocate for issues ranging fromthe environment to health equality; and as an innovative thought leader in the health sciences.She has served in leadership capacities of major professional organisations, as an advisor togovernment, and has built strong ...

Professeur titulaire, University of Montreal

Dr. Malek Batal is Professor at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Medicine and School of Public Health and Director of the WHO-Collaborating Centre on Nutrition Changes and Development. Holder of the CRC in Nutrition and Health Inequalities, he conducts participatory research studying the link between environment and food system health and population health, in an effort to redress health inequities. He operates in transdisciplinary research teams with First Nations in Canada and Indigenous and rural people internationally, prioritizing engagement with knowledge users from government ...

Professor, Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

James Blanchard is an epidemiologist who has contributed to the development of scientific knowledge about what creates epidemics of communicable and non-communicable diseases, and in the translation of that knowledge into effective programs and policies to improve health globally. In Canada he has been a leader in developing methods to study the emerging epidemics of diabetes and inflammatory bowel disease. Globally, he has advanced knowledge about the factors that generate HIV epidemics and translated that knowledge into high impact programs to control HIV in south Asia and Africa. He holds ...

Dr. Michael Brauer, Professor in the UBC School of Population and Public Health, is an internationally recognized expert in environmental epidemiology, and widely regarded as a global leader in exposure assessment of air pollution and evaluation of its impacts on population health. Dr. Brauer has advised the World Health Organization and the US State Department on air pollution, and led a working group for the International Agency for Research on Cancer regarding air pollution carcinogenicity. He is a leader in urban sustainability and the built environment; his global work and public health ...

Professor and Dean, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Dr. Adalsteinn (Steini) Brown is the Dean of the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto. Prior to becoming Dean, Steini was the Director of the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the Dalla Lana Chair of Public Health Policy also at the University. Other past roles include senior leadership roles in policy and strategy within the Ontario Government, founding roles in startup companies, and extensive work on performance measurement. He received his undergraduate degree in government from Harvard University and his doctorate from the University of ...

Distinguished Prof Emeritus, University of Waterloo

Roy Cameron is Distinguished Professor Emeritus, School of Public Health Sciences, University of Waterloo. He was Executive Director of Homewood Research Institute, the Propel Centre for Population Health Impact and the Canadian Cancer Society’s Centre for Behavioural Research and Program Evaluation which built out Canada’s behavioural cancer research capacity. He focused on improving the health of individuals and populations by integrating research with policy and practice. He did this by creating and leading networks he aligned with initiatives of other organizations to enhance collective ...

Professor, University of Montreal

Dr. Hélène Carabin is an infectious disease epidemiologist, professor at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and The School Of Public Health, Université de Montréal. She holds the CRC in Epidemiology and One Health. She is a pioneer in using innovative epidemiological and biostatistical methods to better determine how the interface among animals, environment and humans result in zoonotic infections which are of increasing clinical and public health importance in Canada and globally. Her research team's rigorous epidemiological approaches has led to the addition of cysticercosis and cystic ...

Professor, Dept. of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto

Michael earned his Ph.D. in Mathematics at the University of Waterloo (1979). He was the founding Director of the Centre for Healthcare Engineering (in 2009). Since 1989, his research focus has been in the area of health care resource modeling. As of January 2018, Mike had supervised 23 Ph.D. students, 90 Masters and more than 250 undergraduate engineering students in over 100 projects with industry partners. He is cross appointed to the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation and the School of Public Policy & Governance at Toronto. He was the winner of the Annual Practice ...

Professor of Medicine and Global Health (Adjunct), University of Toronto

Dr Chockalingam is clearly recognized for his leadership in building programs in Canada and globally for advancing noncommunicable disease research, prevention and policy. He has played leadership roles at five Canadian Universities, in government (Health Canada), research funding organizations (CIHR, NIH), and World Health bodies. His expertise in ‘social innovation’ is exemplified organizing large conferences with private/public sector funding. There are few Canadians who can boast of having had a more important and lasting impact on hypertension and cardiovascular disease prevention. Arun ...

Professor of Psychiatry, University of Montreal

Dr. Patricia Conrod, Clinical Psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at Université de Montréal, holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Preventative Mental Health and Addiction. Dr. Conrod co-leads the Quebec Research Network on Suicide, Mood Disorders and Related Conditions (RQSHA) and the Canadian Cannabis and Psychosis Research Team (CCPRT). She developed a targeted drug and alcohol prevention program which was evaluated in multiple international trials and is now recognised as an evidence-based program in the U.S. Surgeon General's Report on Addiction, and the UNODC's International ...