Professor, Division of Neurology, McGill University

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 QuĂ©bec. Michel is currently the Director of Population Health Research at the CHU de QuĂ©bec. 

Vice Chair, Research - Department of Surgery, University of Toronto

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 ...

VP of Research, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital

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. ...

Professor of Medicine and Epidemiology, McMaster University

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 ...

Hematologist, Professor & Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University

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 ...

Professor of Cardiac Sciences, University of Calgary Dr. Anderson is an internationally recognized clinician-scientist at the University of Calgary with a research interest in the study of human blood vessel function. Three of Dr. Anderson’s publications have been cited over 1000 times. He is the Head of the Department of Cardiac Sciences, the Director of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, the chair of the Scientific Review Committee of Heart and Stroke Foundation, and cochair of the Canadian Cardiovascular Society dyslipidemia guidelines panel. Internationally, he is the chair of the ...

Professor Emeritus, Medicine; President, Friends of CIHR, Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (FCIHR)

Aubie Angel MD, BSc(Med), MSc (Exp Med), FRCPC, FCAHS: Professor Emeritus: President, Friends of Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Senior Fellow, Massey College (Member of Corporation), University of Toronto. Dr. Angel is an Endocrinologist with research interests in adipose tissue and lipid/lipoprotein metabolism. His earlier research concerned fat formation and storage in adipose tissue and discovered that in obesity, total body cholesterol is enlarged because of the accumulation of cholesterol in fat tissue. He also found that fish oil diets resulted in smaller fat stores compared to ...

Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University

Jack Antel is a Professor of Neurology at McGill University where he has served as Chairman of the Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. Prior to his work at McGill, Dr. Antel was Professor of Neurology at the University of Chicago. His interests include interactions between the immune and central nervous systems and inflammatory demyelinating disorders, including multiple sclerosis. He has served on editorial boards for numerous neurological journals and on advisory boards for such organization as the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of the United States, the American Neurological ...

Distinguished University Professor, University of Alberta

Paul Armstrong is a Distinguished University Professor at the University of Alberta.He serves in a broad range of consultative, editorial, and research leadership roles. In recognition of his academic leadership, Dr. Armstrong has received numerous awards for scholarly and societal contributions. He publishes extensively, frequently lectures in national and international academic forums,and plays an active leadership role in the conduct of a number of ongoing cardiovascular clinical trials. He serves as an associate editor of Circulation: Heart Failure, a senior advisory editor for ...