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 ...

Professor, Department of Veterinary Biomedical Sciences, University of Saskatchewan

Dr. Adams received his Veterinary degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 1982 and began his career in private practice. While studying at the University of Wisconsin, he became a boarded member of the American College of Theriogenologists and earned a PhD in reproductive physiology/endocrinology. Dr. Adams joined the University of Saskatchewan in 1991 and has pioneered the One Health movement with colleagues across campus to develop an innovative reproductive research program. He has garnered over $25 million in research grant funding, published over 200 scientific papers, and has ...

Professor, McGill University

Dr. Allison gained his dental degree from University College London (UCL) in 1986, a Royal College of Surgeons of England fellowship in 1990, an MSc in dental public health at UCL in 1994, and a PhD in Dental Sciences at McGill University in 1998. He became Assistant Professor at McGill in 1999, was promoted to Associate Professor in 2003 and Full Professor in 2009. He was Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry at McGill during 2008-18 and President of the Association of Canadian Faculties of Dentistry (ACFD) during 2015-19. He is currently on Governing Council of CIHR. His field of expertise is ...

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 ...

Dr. Robert Armstrong has made outstanding contributions in clinical care, education, research, and service to government. While Chair of the Department of Pediatrics at UBC, he has also served as President of Pediatric Chairs of Canada. His major contributions include innovation in developmental pediatrics and provincial, national, international leadership to ameliorate health outcomes for children with disabilities. He is actively involved in global child health, working with rural born infants in Pakistan, fostering educational innovation in Uganda, supporting Chinese capacity for improved ...

Jehannine is an Associate Professor in Psychiatry & Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, where she holds the Canada Research Chair in Translational Psychiatric Genomics. She is also executive director of the BC Mental Health and Addictions Research Institute. She graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bath, a PhD in Neuropsychiatric Genetics from the University of Wales College of Medicine, and a MSc in Genetic Counseling from the University of British Columbia. Her research work involves studying the impact of genetic counseling for people with ...

Richard Austin is a Professor of Medicine, Amgen Canada Research Chair in Nephrology and Career Investigator of the Heart and Stroke. As Director of the Hamilton Centre for Kidney Research, he combines biomedical and genetic research strategies to better understand how cellular stress pathways drive cardiovascular and kidney disease. With >150 publications in high-impact scientific journals, Dr. Austin’s seminal discoveries have contributed to the development of new medicines for these diseases. As a passionate scientist, he serves on numerous grant panels and is a celebrated mentor of ...

University of Alberta

Lorne Babiuk is a professor in the Faculty of ALES at the U of A. Previously he was the Vice President Research @ the U of A and the CEO/Director of the Vaccine and Infectious Disease Organization (VIDO) at the U of Sask. He is a world leader in vaccinologyas applied to both animals and humans. Throughout his career he has combined molecular biology, immunology, and whole animal studies to acquire a better understanding of disease processes. He has published over 500 manuscripts and has 42 patents.

Peter Backx has been at the forefront of medical research designed to better understanding themolecular and ionic underpinnings of the heart’s electrical and contraction properties, particularlyin relationship to disease. His work has bridged information gaps related to cardiac arrhythmiaswhich is causes ~50% of deaths related the cardiovascular system. These studies have led directlyto new concepts and approaches for treating arrhythmias including ongoing clinical trials for ironoverloadrelated cardiomyopathies. More recent studies have focused on the most commoncardiac arrhythmia, atrial ...

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 ...