National Committee (2015-2018)
Michael Hendricks, Co-Chair, McGill University
Kristin Connor, Co-Chair, Carleton University
Holly Witteman, Co-Chair, Université Laval
Jennifer Estall, IRCM
Simon Hirota, University of Calgary
Michael Hoffman, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Julie Lefebvre, Hospital for Sick Children
Marlene Oeffinger, IRCM and Université de Montreal
Andrew Pruszynski, Western University
Rithwik Ramachandran, Western University
Eleonor Riesco, Université de Sherbrooke
Members (2015-2018)
Thierry Alquier, Professeur adjoint
Département de médecine
Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
Michael Amlung, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Neuroscience
McMaster University
Benoit Arsenault, Professeur adjoint
Département de médecine
Faculté de médecine
Université Laval
Meghan Azad, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics & Child Health and Community Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Shannon Bainbridge, Assistant Professor
Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa
Jean-Mathieu Beauregard, Professeur adjoint
Département de radiologie et médecine nucléaire
Université Laval
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec
Chantal Bémeur, Professeure adjointe
Département de nutrition
Faculté de médecine
Université de Montréal
Jackie Bender, Assistant Professor
Dalla Lana School of Public Health
University of Toronto
Research Scientist, ELLICSR Health, Wellness and Cancer Survivorship Centre
Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University Health Network
Laurence Bernard, Professeure adjointe
Faculté des sciences infirmières
Université de Montréal
Nicolas Bertrand, Professeur adjoint
Faculté de pharmacie
Université Laval
Steve Bilodeau, Professeur Adjoint, Faculté de Médecine
Canada Research Chair in Transcriptional Genomic
Université Laval
Centre de recherche sur le Cancer
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec (Hôtel-Dieu de Québec)
Nicolas Bisson, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Cancer Proteomics
Centre de Recherche sur le Cancer
Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec
Université Laval
Patricia Blackburn, Professeure agrégée
Programme d'étude en kinésiologie
Département des sciences de la santé
Université du Québec à Chicoutimi
Roxane Borgès Da Silva, Professeure adjointe
Faculté des sciences infirmières
Université de Montréal
Patrice Brassard, Professeur agrégé
Département de Kinésiologie
Faculté de médecine
Université Laval
Chercheur, Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
Mylaine Breton, Professeure adjointe
Département des sciences de la santé communautaire
Université de Sherbrooke - Campus Longueuil
Chercheure, Centre de recherche
Hôpital Charles-Le Moyne
Kimberly D. Brewer, Scientist
Biomedical Translational Imaging Centre (BIOTIC)
Assistant Professor, Departments of Diagnostic Radiology, Physics & Atmospheric Science, Dalhousie University
Jenny Bruin, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Carleton University
Jamie Burr, Assistant Professor
Human Health & Nutritional Sciences
University of Guelph, HHNS
Eric Campos, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology Program
University of Toronto
Emmanuelle Careau, professeure adjointe
Département de réadaptation
Faculté de médecine
Université Laval
Chercheur, Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale et Centre de recherche sur les soins et services de première ligne de l'Université Laval
Jean-Philippe Chaput, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Ottawa
Research Scientist, Healthy Active Living and Obesity Research Group
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
Marie-Annick Clavel, Professeure adjointe
Département de médecine
Faculté de médecine
Université Laval
Chercheure, Centre de recherche de l’Institut universitaire de cardiologie et de pneumologie de Québec
Julie Claycomb, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Small RNA Biology
Assistant Chair, Assistant Graduate Coordinator
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Kristin Connor, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Sciences
CHAIM Centre
Carleton University
Evelyn Cornelissen, Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Family Practice
University of British Columbia
Jason de Koning, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Medical Genetics
University of Calgary, Cumming School of Medicine
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute for Child and Maternal Health
and Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Research Institute
Hélène Decaluwe, Professeur adjoint de clinique
Université de Montréal
Service d'immunologie et rhumatologie pédiatrique
Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
Mathieu Dehaes, Professeur adjoint
Département de radiologie et Institut de génie biomédical
Université de Montréal
Chercheur scientifique, Centre de recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
Geraldine Delbes, Assistant Professor
Division of Environmental Toxicology
INRS - Institut Armand Frappier
Shilpa Dogra, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Health Sciences, Kinesiology
University of Ontario Institute of Technology
Michael Downey, Assistant Professor
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Arnaud Duhoux, Professeur adjoint
Faculté des sciences infirmières
Université de Montréal
Robin E. Duncan, Assistant Professor
Physiology & Nutrition
Department of Kinesiology
University of Waterloo
Alexander Ensminger, Assistant Professor
Departments of Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Adjunct Scientist, Public Health Ontario
Jennifer Estall, Assistant Research Professor
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Philippe Fait, Professeur adjoint
Département des sciences de l’activité physique
Chercheur, Groupe de recherche sur les affections neuromusculosquelettiques
Centre de recherche en neuropsychologie et cognition (CERNEC)
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Rodrigo Fernandez-Gonzalez, Assistant Professor
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Cell and Systems Biology
University of Toronto
Constance Finney, Assistant Professor
Infectious Disease Immunology
University of Calgary
Andrés Finzi, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair on Retroviral Entry
Université de Montréal
Centre de recherche du CHUM (CRCHUM)
Amélie Fradet-Turcotte, Professeur adjointe
Département de Biologie Moléculaire, Biochimie Médicale et Pathologie
Université Laval
Principal Investigator, CHU de Québec Research Center
John P. Frampton, PhD, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Cellular, Biomaterial and Matrix Interaction
School of Biomedical Engineering
Dalhousie University
Daniel Fuller, Assistant Professor
School of Public Health
University of Saskatchewan
Claudia Gagnon, Professeur adjoint
Département de médecine
Université Laval
Chercheure, Axe endocrinologie et néphrologie
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec
Endocrinologue, CHU de Québec
Rebecca Ganann, Assistant Professor
School of Nursing
McMaster University
McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA)
Claudine Gauthier, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
PERFORM Centre
Concordia University
Jérôme Gauvin-Lepage, Assistant Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Montreal
Researcher, Research Center of the Sainte-Justine University Hospital
Nader Ghasemlou, Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine
Department of Biomedical & Molecular Sciences
Queen’s University
Anik Giguere, Professeure adjointe
Vice-décanat à la pédagogie et au développement professionnel continu
Département de médecine familiale et de médecine d’urgence
Université Laval
Audrey R. Giles, Associate Professor
School of Human Kinetics
University of Ottawa
Sylvie Girard, Professeur-Chercheur Adjoint
Département de’obstétrique et gynécologie
Université de Montréal
Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
Anna Goldenberg, Assistant Professor
Department of Computer Science
University of Toronto
Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology Program, SickKids
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Sara J.T. Guilcher, Assistant Professor
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Toronto
Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Biophysics
University of Toronto
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
University Health Network
Joe J. Harrison, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Biofilm Microbiology and Genomics
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Calgary
Michael Hendricks, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Matthew Hill, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair
Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy & Psychiatry
The Hotchkiss Brain Institute
University of Calgary
Jeremy Hirota, Assistant Professor
CIHR New Investigator
Department of Medicine
Co-Director — Chan-Yeung Centre for Occupational and Environmental Respiratory Disease
Division of Respiratory Medicine
University of British Columbia
Simon Hirota, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Host-Microbe Interactions and Chronic Disease
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Department of Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases
Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
University of Calgary
Michael M. Hoffman, Assistant Professor
Departments of Medical Biophysics and Computer Science
University of Toronto
Scientist, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Pingzhao Hu, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Medical Genetics
University of Manitoba
Scientist, Children’s Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba
Humberto Jijon, Clinical Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology
Department of Medicine
University of Calgary
Lorraine V. Kalia, Assistant Professor and Staff Neurologist
Department of Medicine
University of Toronto
Krembil Research Institute & Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Toronto Western Hospital
Antony Karelis, Professeur
Département des sciences de l’activité physique
Université du Québec à Montréal
Phillip Karpowicz, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
University of Windsor
Woo Jae Kim, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Connie Krawczyk, Assistant Professor
McGill University
Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Centre
Departments of Microbiology and Immunology/Physiology
Baptiste Lacoste, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
The Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
University of Ottawa
Patrick Lajoie, Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
The University of Western Ontario
Christian Landry, Professeur agrégé
Département de biologie
Université Laval
Catherine Lebel, Assistant Professor
Department of Radiology
University of Calgary
Julie Lefebvre, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Developmental Neural Circuitry
Department of Molecular Genetics
Scientist, Neurosciences & Mental Health
The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
Mathieu Lemaire, Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics
University of Toronto
Staff Nephrologist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Scientist-track Investigator, Cell Biology, Sick Kids Research Institute
Wenbin Liang, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Gareth Lim, Assistant Professor
Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)
William Lockwood, Assistant Professor
Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
University of British Columbia
Gregory Lodygensky, Professeur adjoint de clinique
Département de Pédiatrie et Pharmacologie
Université de Montréal
Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
Adam J. MacNeil, Assistant Professor
Department of Health Sciences
Brock University
Shannon Majowicz, Assistant Professor
School of Public Health and Health Systems
University of Waterloo
Joseph McPhee, Assistant Professor
Departments of Chemistry and Biology
Ryerson University
Corinne Maurice, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Gut Microbial Physiology
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
McGill University
Justin MacCallum, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier 2)
Biomolecular Structure and Design
Department of Chemistry
University of Calgary
Serge McGraw, Professeur-Chercheur Adjoint
Département d'Obstétrique et Gynécologie
Université de Montréal
Centre de Recherche du CHU Sainte-Justine
Roman A. Melnyk, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
Scientist in Molecular Structure & Function Program,
Research Institute, Hospital for Sick Children
Josh Milstein, Assistant Professor
Department of Physics
Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
University of Toronto.
Matthew S. Miller, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Institute for Infectious Diseases Research
McMaster Immunology Research Centre
Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Craig S. Moore, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience and Brain Repair
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Ernesto Morales, Assistant Professor
Department of rehabilitation
Faculty of Medicine
Université Laval
Researcher. Centre interdisciplinaire de recherche en réadaptation et intégration sociale
Anne-Sophie Morisset, Professeure adjointe
École de nutrition
Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec/INAF
Université Laval
Mathieu Morissette, Professeur Adjoint
Département de Médecine
Faculté de Médecine
Université Laval
Marlene Oeffinger, Assistant Research Professor
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
Université de Montréal
Paul Delgado Olguin, Scientist
Physiology and Experimental Medicine
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Gilgan Centre for Research and Learning
Silvia Penuela, Assistant Professor
Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University
Jean-Philippe Pialasse, Professeur
Département de chiropratique
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Andrew Pruszynski, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Sensorimotor Neuroscience
Physiology and Pharmacology, Psychology
Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University
Rithwik Ramachandran, Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
University of Western Ontario
Manu Rangachari, Professeur adjoint
Département de médecine moléculaire
Faculté de médecine
Chercheur, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec
Université Laval
Katey Rayner, Assistant Professor
Director, Cardiometabolic microRNA Laboratory
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Juri Reimand, Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Biophysics
University of Toronto
Principal Investigator, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Dave Richard PhD, Professeur Adjoint
Département de Microbiologie-Infectiologie et Immunologie
Faculté de Médecine
Université Laval
Blake Aaron Richards, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Toronto Scarborough
Martin J. Richer PhD, Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology and Immunology
McGill University
Elizabeth Rideout, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences
University of British Columbia
Eléonor Riesco, Assistant Professor
Department of Kinanthropology
Faculty of physical activity sciences
University of Sherbrooke
Research Center on Aging, CIUSS-Estrie CHUS
Olivia Rissland, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Scientist, Molecular Structure and Function Program
The Hospital for Sick Children Research Institute
John Ronald, Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Biophysics
Scientist, Robarts Research Institute
Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry
Western University
Stephanie-May Ruchat, Professeur adjoint
Département des sciences de l’activité physique
Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Ryan Charles Russell, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Siham Sabri, Assistant Professor
Department of Oncology
Division of Radiation Oncology
McGill University
Principle Investigator, Cancer Research Program
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
Selena M. Sagan, Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology & Immunology
McGill University
Jon Sakata, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Beate Sander, Assistant Professor
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
Scientist, Public Health Ontario
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Jonathan D Schertzer, Assistant Professor
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute
McMaster University
Daniel Schramek, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Principal Investigator, Program in Systems Biology
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Adrian Serohijos, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry
Robert-Cedergren Center in Bioinformatics & Genomics
Faculty of Medicine
University of Montreal
Alain Simard, Assistant Professor
Chercheur en neuro-immunologie et professeur
Département de chimie et biochimie
Université de Moncton
Karun K. Singh, Assistant Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Scientist, Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute
David Braley Chair in Human Stem Cell Research
McMaster University
Jesper Sjöström, Assistant Professor
McGill University
Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery
Centre for Research in Neuroscience
Montreal General Hospital
Matthew J. Smith, Research Assistant Professor
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC)
Université de Montréal
Jason Snyder, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
University of British Columbia
David H. St-Pierre, Professeur
Département des sciences de l'activité physique
Chercheur, CHUSJRC
Université du Québec à Montréal
Peter Stirling, Assistant Professor
Department of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia
Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory
BC Cancer Agency
Marie-Pierre Sylvestre, Professeure adjointe
Département de médecine sociale et préventive
École de santé publique
Université de Montréal
Chercheure, Centre de recherche du CHUM
Mikko Taipale, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Elitza Tocheva, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Microbial Ultrastructure
Université de Montréal
Tod R. Thiele, Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Toronto – Scarborough
Christine Tipper, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
University of British Columbia
Scientist, Neuroimaging
Mental Health and Integrated Neurobehavioral Development (M.I.N.D.) Research
Child and Family Research Institute
Rebecca Todd, Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
University of British Columbia
John F. Trant, Assistant Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
University of Windsor
Robin Urquhart, Assistant Professor & Ramia Scientist
Department of Surgery
Dalhousie University
Senior Scientist, Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute
Christine Van de Velde, Associate Professor, Research (Professeure agrégée sous-octroi)
Department of Neurosciences
Université de Montreal
François Vandercleyen, Professeur adjoint
Département de kinanthropologie
Faculté des Sciences de l’Activité Physique
Université de Sherbrooke
Meredith Vanstone, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Family Medicine
Senior Scientist, Program for Education Research and Development
Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
McMaster University
Alain Veilleux, Professeur adjoint
École de nutrition, Université Laval
Institut sur la Nutrition et les Aliments Fonctionnels (INAF)
Centre de recherche de l'Institut universitaire de cardiologie et pneumologie de Québec (IUCPQ)
Frédéric Veyrier, Professeur adjoint
Axes microbiologie et biotechnologie
INRS Institut Armand-Frappier
Catharine Walsh, Assistant Professor
Department of Paediatrics
University of Toronto
Education Researcher, Learning Institute
Scientist-Track Investigator, Research Institute
Staff Gastroenterologist, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology & Nutrition
Department of Paediatrics, Hospital for Sick Children
Jing Wang, Assistant Professor
Department of Cellular & Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa
Scientist, Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Alanna Watt, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Joel Watts, Assistant Professor
Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases
Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto
Holly Witteman, Professeure adjointe
Département de médecine familiale et de médecine d’urgence
Vice-décanat à la pédagogie et au développement professionnel continu
Faculté de médecine
Chercheure, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec
Chercheure, Institut universitaire de première ligne en santé et services sociaux
Université Laval
Michael Wilson, Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair in Comparative Genomics
Department of Molecular Genetics,
University of Toronto
Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology Program
SickKids Research Institute
Sarah Woolley, Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
McGill University
Daniel Zenklusen, Professeur adjoint
Département de biochimie et médecine moléculaire
Université de Montréal
Wei Zhang, Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
University of Guelph
