Lap-Chee Tsui is a Chinese-born Canadian geneticist and served as the 14th Vice-Chancellor and President of the University of Hong Kong.
Henry George Friesen is a Canadian endocrinologist,a distinguished professor emeritus of the University of Manitoba and the discoverer of human prolactin,a hormone which stimulates lactation in mammary glands.
Albert Juan Aguayo is a Canadian neurologist at McGill University. Albert Juan Aguayo is a Canadian neurologist at McGill University. Hailing from the Bahia Blanca in Argentina,Dr. Aguayo graduated in medicine from the National University of Córdoba. After graduating from Argentina,Aguayo continued to train in neurology,working as an assistant physician in Neurology University of Toronto and McGill University. In the year 1967,McGill University appointed Aguayo as assistant professor in the department of Neurology and Neurosurgery. From the years 2000 to 2005,Aguayo served as the Secretary General for the International Brain Research Organization and then proceeded to become the President of the International Brain Research Organization from the years 2006 to 2008
The Libin Cardiovascular Institute is an entity of Alberta Health Services and the University of Calgary. It connects all cardiovascular research,education and patient care in Southern Alberta,serving a population of about two million. Its more than 1,500 members include physicians,clinicians and other health professionals,researchers and trainees.
William Harding le Riche was a South African–born Canadian epidemiologist. He was Professor of Epidemiology (emeritus) at the University of Toronto.
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.
Peter Henry St George-Hyslop,OC,FRS,FRSC,FRCPC,is a British and Canadian medical scientist,neurologist and molecular geneticist who is known for his research into neurodegenerative diseases. St George-Hyslop is one of the most cited authors in the field of Alzheimer's disease research. He has identified a number of key genes that are responsible for nerve cell degeneration and early-onset forms of Alzheimer's disease. These include the discovery of the presenilins,Nicastrin,and SORL1 genes. Presenilin mutations are the most common cause of familial Alzheimer's disease. St George-Hyslop also co-led the discovery of the gene for the amyloid precursor protein.
Alan Bernstein is Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto and President Emeritus of CIFAR,where he served as President and CEO from 2012 to 2022. A Distinguished Fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy,he is also a Fellow and Member of the Standing Committee for Science Planning at the International Science Council (2022-2025). Bernstein is recognized as a leader in health research,science policy,mentorship and organizational leadership.
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.
John Coleman Laidlaw,C.M.,FRCPC,FRSC,FRCP,was a Canadian endocrinologist and the third Dean of Medicine at McMaster University Medical School.
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.
Dr. Chris Simpson,MD FRCPC FACC FHRS FCCS FCAHS 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,OC,MD,FRCPC 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.
Stan 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.
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 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.
Dr Jean Gray is a Canadian academic and retired physician,who is professor emeritus of medical education,medicine and pharmacology at Dalhousie University. She has served as president of the Canadian and American Society of Clinical Pharmacology. She was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2005,and has been a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians since 2007. She was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2020.
Paula Ann Rochon is a Canadian geriatrician. She is the Retired Teachers of Ontario/ERO Chair in Geriatric Medicine at the University of Toronto.
