James Jude Orbinski is a Canadian physician,humanitarian activist,author,and scholar in global health. Dr. Orbinski began his role as principal of Massey College at the University of Toronto in the 2024-2025 academic year,where he is also Full Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine,and is cross-appointed to the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,as well as the Dalla Lana School of Public Health,. Previously a professor in the Faculty of Health Science at York University,Dr. Orbinski founded the Dahdaleh Institute of Global Health Research.
The Temerty Faculty of Medicine is the medical school of the University of Toronto. Founded in 1843,the faculty is based in Downtown Toronto and is one of Canada's oldest institutions of medical studies,being known for the discovery of insulin,stem cells and the site of the first single and double lung transplants in the world.
Gordon Henry Guyatt is a Canadian physician who is Distinguished University Professor in the Departments of Health Research Methods,Evidence and Impact and Medicine at McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario. He is known for his leadership in evidence-based medicine,a term that first appeared in a single-author paper he published in 1991. Subsequently,a 1992 JAMA article that Guyatt led proved instrumental in bringing the concept of evidence-based medicine to the world's attention.[2] In 2007,The BMJlaunched an international election for the most important contributions to healthcare. Evidence-based medicine came 7th,ahead of the computer and medical imaging. [3][4] Guyatt's concerns with the role of the medical system,social justice,and medical reform remain central issues that he promoted in tandem with his medical work. On October 9,2015,he was named to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
Ara Warkes Darzi,Baron Darzi of Denham is an Armenian-British surgeon,academic,and politician.
Victor Joseph Dzau is a Chinese-American doctor and academic. He serves as the President of the United States National Academy of Medicine of the United States National Academy of Sciences and Vice Chair of its National Research Council. He is Chancellor Emeritus and James B. Duke Professor of Medicine at Duke University and former president and chief executive officer of Duke University Medical Center.
Mark J. Poznansky is a research scientist,science administrator and science blogger. He is the past president and CEO of the Ontario Genomics Institute (OGI) and was previously chair of the board of OGI,and the founder of G2G Consulting Inc. He is a member of the Order of Canada,a member of the Order of Ontario and was CEO,president and scientific director of Robarts Research Institute.
The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine,known as the McMaster University School of Medicine prior to 2004,is the medical school of McMaster University in Hamilton,Ontario,Canada. It is operated by the McMaster Faculty of Health Sciences. It is one of two medical programs in Canada,along with the University of Calgary,that operates on an accelerated 3-year MD program,instead of the traditional 4-year MD program.
ICES is an independent,non-profit corporation that applies the study of health informatics for health services research and population-wide health outcomes research in Ontario,Canada,using data collected through the routine administration of Ontario's system of publicly funded health care.
Chris Simpson is a Canadian cardiologist who served as the 147th President of the Canadian Medical Association (2014–2015). During his tenure,he championed seniors' care,arguing that a more comprehensive and integrated approach to the care of seniors would serve as a foundation for improving the Canadian healthcare system as a whole. Other issues during his term included a national discussion on end of life care,as well as issues around the public health implications and possible medicinal utility of cannabis.
David Goldbloom is a Canadian psychiatrist,Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto,author,lecturer and mental health advocate. He most recently served from 2003-2022 as the Senior Medical Advisor of the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) and a psychiatric consultant. He has provided over many years lectures to students,colleagues,and the general public. Goldbloom has received various awards and recognition for his work in Psychiatry and is an honorary member of The College of Family Physicians of Canada.
Alejandro R. Jadad Bechara is a Canadian-Colombian physician whose work focuses on improving health for all,and transforming healthcare,through creative human-machine collaboration powered by scientific evidence and collaboration across traditional boundaries. He is also known as the researcher responsible for the development of the Jadad Scale,the first validated tool to assess the methodological quality of clinical trials. He also co-created the methodology behind 'Computational Management',a systematic approach to facilitate task automation for the integration of artificial intelligence into existing workflows.
Kwame Julius McKenzie is a British-Canadian psychiatrist employed as the CEO of Wellesley Institute,a policy think tank based in Toronto,Ontario. McKenzie is a full professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto. He has worked as physician,researcher,policy advisor,journalist and broadcaster.
Stanley Paul Kutcher is a Canadian Senator and Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at Dalhousie University. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 12 December 2018.
John Norman Lavis is a Canadian physician based in Toronto,Ontario. He is a tenured professor in the Department of Health Evidence and Impact at McMaster University,where he founded and directs the McMaster Health Forum. He is co-lead of Rapid-Improvement Support and Exchange (RISE).
James (Jim) Woodgett is a British-born biologist and the Principal Investigator of an active research laboratory at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute,Sinai Health System,in Toronto,Ontario,Canada. He was the Koffler Director of Research at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute from November 2005 to January 2021.
Bonnie J. Fraser Henry is a Canadian epidemiologist,physician,and public servant who has been the provincial health officer at the British Columbia Ministry of Health since 2014. Henry is also a clinical associate professor at the University of British Columbia. She is a specialist in public health and preventive medicine,and is a family doctor. In her role as provincial health officer,Henry notably led the response to COVID-19 in British Columbia (BC).
Allison Joan McGeer is a Canadian infectious disease specialist in the Sinai Health System,and a professor in the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. She also appointed at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health and a Senior Clinician Scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute,and is a partner of the National Collaborating Centre for Infectious Diseases. McGeer has led investigations into the severe acute respiratory syndrome outbreak in Toronto and worked alongside Donald Low. During the COVID-19 pandemic,McGeer has studied how SARS-CoV-2 survives in the air and has served on several provincial committees advising aspects of the Government of Ontario's pandemic response.
The Walker Panel is also known as Ontario's Expert Panel on SARS and Infectious Disease Control. The Panel was established by the Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care in May 2003. On 15 December 2003 the Panel released its Initial Report,which provided a series of 53 recommendations requiring urgent action. The Final Report of the Walker Panel was released in April 2004. It contained 103 recommendations.
Peter Jüni is a Swiss physician,general internist,and epidemiologist based in England.
Adeel Ajwad Butt is a Pakistani–American infectious diseases physician,Professor of Medicine and Population Health Sciences at the Weill-Cornell Medical College He is also the founder president and CEO of Innovations in Healthcare Advocacy,Research and Training (I-HART).
