Dr. Susanne Benseler is a Professor of Paediatrics at the University of Calgary. She is an international leader in childhood inflammatory diseases research. She established BrainWorks, a global precision medicine research program for children with brain inflammation - Brain on Fire – resulting in devastating strokes and intractable seizures. BrainWorks research enabled early recognition, effective treatment, and improved outcomes around the world. Her work in the Understanding Childhood Arthritis Network (UCAN) advances precision health strategies for childhood arthritis integrating genomic ...

Professor Emeritus of Paediatrics, Dalhousie University

Pioneer pediatric infectious disease specialist. In 1982 he responded to a major outbreak of listeriosis in Nova Scotia by discovering the responses of infants to listeria and developing models for studying this and other diseases. His international reputation in listeriosis continues today. He has been a mentor and supporter of clinician scientists in Canada and internationally through his Handbook for Clinician Scientists and the Canadian Child Health Clinician Scientist program. His passion for global health led him to cofound "Micro Research" where clinician scientists in developing ...

Professor & uOttawa Chair, University of Ottawa

Recognized nationally and internationally for her research and scholarshipon health workforce policy, health worker migration, midwifery and maternity care. She holds a CIHR Chair in Gender, Work and Health Human Resources and previously held CIHR and Canada Research Chairs. She co-founded the bilingual Canadian Society for the Sociology of Health and leads the Ontario and Canadian Health Human Resources Networks. Her dedication to effective knowledge exchange is evidenced with a number of consultations to Provincial Ministries of Health, Health Canada, the Pan American Health Organization ...

Professeur - CRC en biologie cellulaire bactérienne, University of Montreal

Professor at the Université de Montréal and Canada 150 Research Chair in Bacterial Cell Biology, Dr. Yves Brun is a world leader in microbiology. His transformative development of cell biology methods has greatly improved the study of many basic processes in bacteria and their evolution such as growth and division, differentiation, and biofilm formation. His methods to study the synthesis of the bacterial cell wall have revolutionized an area of critical importance for the development of antibiotics. His methods to visualise adhesive pili are transforming the study of biofilm formation, ...

Professor Emerita, Queen's University

Dr. Jacalyn Duffin, Professor Emerita, Queen's University, is at the forefront of medical history in Canada and has garnered a distinguished international reputation for advancing understanding and appreciation of the field to a broad audience. A practicing physician, hematologist, and historian, Duffin held the Hannah Chair for the History of Medicine from 1988 to 2017 and taught in Medicine, Philosophy, History and Education. She has an exceptional ability to combine her training and medical experience into ground-breaking historical research and is one of the first scholars to ...

Prof. & Head - Dept of Pathology & Lab Med, University of British Columbia

Dr. Zu-hua Gao has been the Chair of Department of Pathology at McGill University and Chief of Pathology at McGill University Health Center since 2012. During his tenure, the department's academic performance and international reputation have excelled. Dr. Gao is recognized as an international authority in undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate medical education. He has edited 3 extremely popular textbooks; Clinical Skills Review, Gross morphology of Common Diseases and Pathology Review and Practice Guide. As a distinguished scientist in cancer and transplant immunology research, Dr. Gao ...

Marie-Josée Hébert est une néphrologue transplanteuse dont la recherche translationnelle a renouvelé les concepts, fondamentaux et cliniques, de l'insuffisance rénale progressive et du rejet de greffe. Ayant découvert et caractérisé des autoanticorps et des structures subcellulaires à l'œuvre dans la réponse immunitaire, elle a créé des outils diagnostiques et établi de nouvelles cibles d'intervention pour prévenir le rejet et la dysfonction rénale chez les personnes transplantées. Elle a conduit plusieurs initiatives interdisciplinaires et collaboratives, notamment comme cofondatrice et ...

CRCHUM

Paul Hébert is currently the Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ, Canada’s top scientific journal focused on publishing medical knowledge that matters. Dr Hebert has rebuilt CMAJ’s editorial team and the journal’s editorials, reviews and research contributions raise major health and social policy concerns. Through his editorial direction, CMAJ regularly enjoys high profile media coverage and is able to have significant public policy influence. Working with the President of CIHR and a scientific advisory committee, Paul Hébert formulated a nationwide strategy for patient-oriented research. With respect of ...

Director, Inst. for Advanced Study of the Americas and Prof, University of Miami

Felicia Marie Knaul dedicates her research and advocacy to reducing inequities and strengthening health systems to improve the wellbeing of vulnerable populations. Combining health systems science and economics, she has made policy contributions and pioneered research in women´s and children´s health, global cancer, palliative care and pain relief, and health financing. She founded Tómatelo a Pecho, a Mexican NGO dedicated to improving women´s health and transformed her breast cancer experience into evidence-based innovations for low-income populations. She directs the University of Miami ...