CIHR University Delegates

Dr. David Andrews
McMaster University

• Professor of Biochemistry;
• Canada Research Chair in Membrane Biogenesis;
• Chair of CIHR Cell Physiology Panel;
• President of the Canadian Society for Biochemistry, Molecular and Cellular Biology;
• President of the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies;
• Editorial Board Member for The Journal of Biological Chemistry;
• Contributing Faculty, Faculty of 1000.

Dr. Joan Anderson
University of British Columbia

• A health and social scientist, Dr. Anderson now serves as the Health Research Coordinator in the Office of the Vice President Research at UBC. 
• She works closely with researchers in health research related faculties to ensure that information is disseminated and initiatives are developed to provide support for research and scholarship.
• Her mandate is to build health research capacity, and create nodes of collaborative research across the campus community, among social, behavioral, and health scientists, and scholars in the humanities.
• During her tenure as a Professor in the School of Nursing at the University of British Columbia, she conducted extensive research in the areas of culture, gender, migration, health, and inequities in health and health care. 
• With colleagues in academic and clinical settings, she is currently engaged in knowledge translation research, funded by CIHR, with front line health professionals, administrators and policy makers.  

• Associate Professor of  Physiology and Molecular Biology, Department of Chemistry-Biology;
• Director of the Groupe de recherche en biopathologies cellulaires et moléculaires [GRBCM] of the UQTR;
• Scholar of the FRSQ;
• Dr. Asselin's research is funded by CIHR, NSERC, FQRNT, and FRSQ.

• Professor, Departments of Sociology, Paediatrics, and Epidemiology and Biostatistics;
• Chair and Scientist, Child Health and Well-Being Program, Children's Health Research Institute;
• Past chair of the CIHR Children's Health Review Committee;
• Chair, Health Research Council, The University of Western Ontario;
• Editorial Board, Journal of Health and Social Behavior ;
• Member of the Board, Ontario Mental Health Foundation;
• Currently the Principal Investigator on a CIHR Operating Grant on single-parent families and maternal and child mental health; co-investigator on two other CIHR-funded projects.

Dr. Jane E. Aubin
University of Toronto

• Professor of Molecular and Medical Genetics;
• Scientific Co-Director, Canadian Arthritis Network of Centres of Excellence;
• Member, University of Toronto Research Advisory Board;
• Member, Institute Advisory Board, IMHA;
• Has served on several CIHR peer review committees, but most recently chaired the NIH Study Section on Orthopedics and Musculoskeletal Diseases for several years;
• Member of Board and Public Affairs Executive Committee of the Federation of American Societies of Experimental Biology;
• Associate Editor (Bone Cell Biology) for BONE and several editorial boards (Endocrinology, J Cell Biochem, Calcified Tissue International).

Dr. Mark Baker
University of Guelph

• Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, College of Biological Science, University of Guelph;
• Member of the University of Guelph faculty since 1990;
• Graduate and Undergraduate course instruction in Genetics, Molecular Biology, and Immunology;
• Research interests in DNA repair, genetic recombination and gene function. Funding agencies include, Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC), National Cancer Institute of Canada (NCIC), and Cancer Research Society (CRS);
• Participation in various CIHR grant review panels, including current membership in CIHR's Biochemistry and Molecular Biology "B" panel.

Dr. Michel Bédard
Lakehead University

• Canada Research Chair in Aging and Health;
• Faculty member in the Department of Psychology, Lakehead University;
• Director of the Northern Educational Centre on Aging and Health.

Dr. Cecilia Benoit
University of Victoria

• Cecilia Benoit is a professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Victoria and Senior Administrator for the Office of Vice-President Research. Her administrative functions at UVic include member of the Advisory Board for the Institute of Population and Public Health, MSFHR senior health research leader, and coordinator of the university-wide grants facilitation initiative.
• Dr. Benoit is currently a research associate of UVic's Centre for Youth & Society and is also a research associate of the Centre for Addictions Research of BC. Apart from ongoing research focused on the profession of midwifery and the organization of maternity and postpartum care in Canada and internationally, Dr. Benoit is currently leading four CIHR longitudinal projects and is also a co-investigator on an ICE team grant.

Dr. Pierre Boyle
Université de Montréal

• Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology;
• Director of Research, Faculty of Health Science;
• Received his B.Sc. and Ph.D. degrees in Chemistry from the University of Windsor in 1966 and 1971, respectively;
• Pursued a postdoctoral fellowship in Pharmacology with Professor Werner Kalow in the Department of Pharmacology at the University of Toronto;
• Accepted the position of Scientist with the Addiction Research Foundation of Ontario, Kingston Centre in 1973;
• Joined the Department of Pharmacology in the Faculty of Medicine at Queen's University as Assistant Professor in 1978;
• Became Full Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology in 1986;
• Has an active, multi-faceted research program in Pharmacology and Toxicology that, for over 20 years, has focused on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS), with particular emphasis on the brain injury of FAS and the discovery of innovative treatment strategies.

Dr. Catherine Chan
University of Prince Edward Island

• Professor, Department of Anatomy & Physiology, Atlantic Veterinary College;
• Member of the PEI Health Research Institute;
• She holds two CIHR Operating Grants.

Dr. Susan M. Duncan RN
Thompson Rivers University

• Dean, School of Nursing at Thompson Rivers University;
• Current interest is building institutional and community capacity for health research in a small University;
• Experience in health services and policy research.

Dr. Nicole Gallo-Payet
University of Sherbrooke

• Professor, service of endocrinology, department of medicine;
• Canada Research Chair in Endocrinology of the Adrenal Gland;
• Vice-dean of research.
  

• Professor of Physical Education and Recreation Studies, and Physiology, University of Manitoba
• Director, Health Leisure & Human Performance Research Institute
• Canada Research Chair in Physical Activity & Health Studies
• Chair of CIHR peer review committee, Movement & Exercise

Ms. Sally Gray
Wilfrid Laurier University

Dr. Robert Haché
University of Ottawa

• Professor and Vice-Dean Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa;
• Senior Scientist, Ottawa Health Research Institute;
• Investigator, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.

Dr. Ken Hastings
McGill University

• At McGill since 1984;
• Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery;
• Associate Member, Department of Biology;
• Director, Molecular Genetics Lab, Montreal Neurological Institute;
• Research on muscle gene regulation and evolution in the vertebrates and chordates.

Dr. Richard Hawkes
University of Calgary

• Professor in the Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy;
• Associate Dean (Research), Faculty of Medicine;
• Associate to the Vice President (Research and International);
• Member of the Genes & Development Research Group and the Calgary Brain Institute, where he carries out research into the structure and development of the cerebellum.

Dr. Shanthi Johnson
Acadia University

• Associate Professor at the School of Nutrition and Dietetics at Acadia University in Nova Scotia;
• Adjunct professor at the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging, School of Kinesiology, University of Western Ontario in Canada;
• She has also been a professional dietitian in Canada;
• Prior to her work at Acadia University, she has completed two years of post doctoral training in gerontology at the Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging at the University of Western Ontario, doctoral work in the area of kinesiology from the School of Kinesiology at UWO, and graduate studies in nutrition in India;
• Her research focus is in the area of health promotion and falls prevention among older adults and she has been collaborating with researchers in Canada, US, Australia and India;
• A member of several boards and is a recipient of CIHR New Investigator award.

Dr. Ken Kao
Memorial University

Dr. Elizabeth McCay
Ryerson University

• Associate Professor in the School of Nursing, Faculty of Community Services, at Ryerson University;
• Currently holds a CIHR New Investigator award;
• She is cross-appointed to the Department of Psychiatry, and the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto;
• Dr. McCay's research interests include the impact of first episode schizophrenia and chronic illness on self-concept and the development of group interventions to minimize the negative psychological consequences of illness;
• She has extensive experience in clinical evaluation research;
• Dr. McCay has held a number of research grants as a principal investigator from national funding agencies, such as CIHR, SSHRC and NARSAD related to self-concept in first episode schizophrenia and the psychosocial consequences of illness;
• Dr. McCay is currently the Principal Investigator for a Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) research grant to conduct a randomized controlled trial of a group intervention to promote healthy self-concepts and to minimize engulfment in first episode schizophrenia.

Dr. Bill Morrison
University of New Brunswick

• Educational Psychology/Special Education in the Faculty of Education;
• Co-investigator on two CIHR funded research projects;
• Recipient of a three-year early crime prevention research contract with the National Crime Prevention Center for the Department of Justice;
• Research working group lead for the NB Anti-tobacco Coalition;
• Member of the Registration Committee for the College of Psychologists of New Brunswick.

Dr. Bulent Mutus
University of Windsor

• Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry and Associate Dean of Science, Research and Graduate Studies;
• Member of Canadian Diabetes Association, National Grants Committee;
• Research Director, Cardiology and Atherosclerosis Research Group;
• North American Editor, Journal of Chemical Technology and Biotechnology.

Dr. Michael Owen
Brock University

• Director of the Office of Research Services;
• Responsible for the promotion of scholarly research and creative activity at Brock University; 
• President-Elect of the Society of Research Administrators International.

Dr. Ron Pearlman
York University

• Professor of Biology, Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences;
• Associate Dean of Graduate Studies;
• Member of the Medical Review Panel of the Gairdner Foundation;
• Program Associate in Evolutionary Biology of the Canadian Institutes for Advanced Research (CIAR);
• Advises the York Centre for Health Research;
• Team member of the Genome Atlantic Protist EST Project (funded through Genome Canada);
• Serves on CIHR's Biochemistry and Molecular Biology - B committee.

Dr. Nathalie Phillips
Concordia University

• Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Concordia University; Centre for Research in Human Development;
• Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital;
• She currently holds a CIHR New Investigator Award and is funded by NSERC and the Alzheimer Society of Canada;
• She is also a mentor in CIHR Strategic Research Training Program in Communication and Social Interaction in Healthy Aging.

Dr. Raymond Pong
Laurentian University

• Research Director of the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research;
• Full Professor, Faculty of Professional Schools;
• Member of the editorial board of the Canadian Journal of Program Evaluation;
• Member of CIHR's Scientific Advisory Committee on Rural and Northern Health Research;
• A principal investigator or co-investigator of a number of CIHR-funded studies.

Dr. Lise Renaud
Université du Québec à Montréal

• Professor, Department of Public and social communications
• Director research on media and health group
• Member of the Governing Council of the Institut de Santé et Société

Dr. Susan Sykes
University of Waterloo

Dr. Peter L. Twohig
Saint Mary's University 

• Canada Research Chair and associate professor at Saint Mary's University;
• Active interdisciplinary research program exploring the health care system using a variety of qualitative research methods and approaches;
• Interested in questions of professionalism and professional identity, interprofessional models of care, the nature of expertise, the application of evidence in clinical practice, the gendering of health care work;
• Published in CMAJ, Canadian Family Physician, Family Medicine, BMJ, Atlantis and Acadiensis;
• Organizes an annual interdisciplinary health conference at Oxford University each summer and, together with Vera Kalitzkus, has edited Making Sense of Health, Illness and Disease (Rodopi, 2004) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Health Illness and Disease (Rodopi, 2004). He is also the author of Labour in the Laboratory (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2005).

Dr. E. Bruce Waygood
University of Saskatchewan

• University Coordinator of Health Research, he promotes health research at both the Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina;
• Professor of Biochemistry at the College of Medicine, where he has maintained an active Canadian Institutes of Health Research-funded laboratory since his first appointment in 1977;
• Chair of the Interim Board of the Saskatchewan Structural Sciences Center and a member of the Canadian Light Source Board;
• He is also the University of Saskatchewan representative for the establishment of the Indigenous Peoples Health Research Centre, a CIHR-funded ACADRE initiative shared with the University of Regina and the Saskatchewan Indian Federated College.