Institute of Genetics (IG)
Priority and Planning Committee Membership
Committees Supporting the IG Research Priority Themes
Bioinformatics
Francis Ouellette, University of British Columbia (Chair)
Fiona Brinkman, Simon Fraser University
Gertraud Burger, University of Montreal
William Crosby, University of Windsor
Janice Glasgow, Queen's University
Steven Jones, British Columbia Cancer Agency
Paul Kearney, Caprion
François Major, University of Montreal
Andrew Roger, Dalhousie University
Chris Upton, University of Victoria
From Genes to Genomic Medicine (including Clinical Genetics Research)
Jan Friedman, University of British Columbia (Chair)
Peter St. George-Hyslop, University of Toronto (Co-Chair)
Jane Evans, University of Manitoba
Blair Leavitt, University of British Columbia
Alex MacKenzie, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Jacques Michaud, University of Montreal
David Rosenblatt, McGill University
Jacques Simard, Université Laval
Rosanna Weksberg, The Hospital for Sick Children
Population Genetics, Genetic Epidemiology, and Complex Diseases (Joint with
IPPH)Tom Hudson, McGill University and Genome Quebec Innovation Centre (Chair)
Kristan Aronson, Queens University
Shelley Bull, University of Toronto
France Gagnon, University of Ottawa
Jinko Graham, Simon Fraser University
Andrew Paterson, The Hospital for Sick Children
Julian Little, University of Ottawa
Ken Morgan, McGill University
Bruce Rannala, University of California, Davis Genome Center
Health Services for Genetic Disease (with IHSPR)
Judith E. Allanson, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (Co-Chair)
Eva Grunfeld, CancerCare Nova Scotia (Co-Chair)
Denise Avard, University of Montreal
Mario Cappelli, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
June Carroll, Mount Sinai Hospital
Raisa Deber, University of Toronto
Christine Kennedy, University of Calgary
Fiona Miller, McMaster University
François Rousseau, Université Laval
Brenda Wilson, University of Ottawa
Genetics and Ethical, Legal and Social Issues
Tim Caulfield, University of Alberta (Co-Chair)
Daryl Pullman, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Co-Chair)
Teren Clarke, Canadian Parapalegic Association (Alberta)
Susan Cox, University of British Columbia
Mylene Deschenes, P3G Consortium
Jane Evans, University of Manitoba
Jonathan Kimmelman, McGill University
François Rousseau, Université Laval
Barbara von Tigerstrom, University of Saskatchewan
Jaime Flamenbaum, CIHR Ethics Office (
ex officio)
Margaret Lock, formerly, McGill University (
ex officio)
Burleigh Trevor-Deutsch, CIHR Ethics Office (
ex officio)
Steve Yearley, ESRC Genomics Policy and Research Forum (
ex officio)
Proteomics
Joel Weiner, University of Alberta (Chair)
Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto
John Bergeron, McGill University
Mirek Cygler, National Research Council Canada
Michel Desjardins, University of Montreal
Mike Moran, University of Toronto
Natalie Strynadka, University of British Columbia
Hans Vogel, University of Calgary
David Wishart, University of Alberta
Integrating the Physical and Applied Sciences into Health Research
Philip Hieter, University of British Columbia (Co-Chair)
Christopher Yip, University of Toronto (Co-Chair)
Brenda Andrews, University of Toronto
John-Bruce Green, University of Alberta
Charles Haynes, University of British Columbia
Yves de Konick, Université Laval
Committees Supporting the IG Enabling Strategies
International Collaborations in Human Genetics, (with CGDN)
Stephen Scherer, The Hospital for Sick Children (Chair)
Diane Cox, University of Alberta
Philip Hieter, University of British Columbia
Bartha Knoppers, University of Montreal
Robert Korneluk, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
François Rousseau, Université Laval
New Principal Investigators
Geoff Hicks, University of Manitoba (Chair)
Andrew Boright, Toronto General Research Institute
Nancy Hawkins, Simon Fraser University
Jason Robert, Arizona State University
Public Engagement and Knowledge Exchange
François Rousseau, Université Laval (Chair)
Jane Green, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Michael Hayden, University of British Columbia
Voluntary Health Organizations Working Group
Teren Clarke, Canadian Paraplegic Association, AB Division (Co-Chair)
Jan Friedman, University of British Columbia (Co-Chair)
Judith Allanson, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Kathryn Andrews-Clay, CIHR
Mario Chevrette, Cancer Research Society
Sharon Colle, Foundation Fighting Blindness - Canada
John Davidson, Jesse's Journey/The Foundation For Gene and Cell Therapy
Judi Farrell, Lupus Canada
Louise Marcus, Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada
Doretta Thompson,
ALS Canada
Developmental Genetics and Birth Defects
Jacques Drouin, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montreal (Chair)
Paul Lasko, McGill University
Howard Lipshitz, The Hospital for Sick Children
James D. McGhee, University of Calgary
Jacques Michaud, University of Montreal
Janet Rossant, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
