Speakers

Laura Arbour
Professor
Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia

Jane Aubin
Chief Scientific Officer and Vice-President Research, Knowledge Translation and Ethics
CIHR

Jehannine Austin
Associate Professor
Psychiatry and Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia

Katherine Bonter
Director of Commercialization Research
Personalized Cellular Immunotherapy Project
Hôpital Maisonneuve Rosemont

Tania Bubela
Associate Professor and Associate Dean (Research)
University of Alberta

Michael Burgess
Professor and Chair in Biomedical Ethics
Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia

Wylie Burke
Professor
Bioethics and Humanities
University of Washington

Anne Cambon-Thomsen
Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale

Timothy Caulfield
Professor
University of Alberta

Doug Coyle
Professor
Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
University of Ottawa

Carmela De Luca
Partner
Bereskin & Parr LLP

Charles Dupras
PhD Candidate
Bioethics Programs
University of Montreal

Mary Jane Esplen
Professor
Psychiatry
University of Toronto

Cathy Evanochko
Board of Directors Co-chair
Tuberous Sclerosis Canada

Joseph Galli
Director and Co-founder
Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Foundation in Canada

Ida Goodreau
Adjunct Professor and Director of Strategy
UBC Centre for Health Care Management
University of British Columbia

Robin Hayeems
Assistant Professor
Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto

Kathy Hudson
Deputy Director for Science, Outreach, and Policy
Office of the Director
National Institutes of Health

David Huntsman
University of British Columbia

Isabel Jordan
Chair
Rare Disease Foundation

Bartha Knoppers
Professor
McGill University

Mel Krajden
Medical Director
Public Health Serology, Provinical Health Services Laboratories
BC Centre for Disease Control

Holly Longstaff
Associate Director (Interim)
Office of Research Ethics
Simon Fraser University

Carlo Marra
Dean and Professor
Pharmacy
Memorial University of Newfoundland

Christopher McCabe
Research Director
Emergency Medicine
University of Alberta

Kieran O'Doherty
Associate Professor
Psychology
University of Guelph

Ouellette Gail
Chair and Executive Director
Regroupement Québécois des Maladies Orphelines
Quebec Coalition of Orphan Diseases

Katherine Payne
Professor of Health Economics
Manchester Centre for Health Economics
The University of Manchester

Ryan Perry
Director, Programs
Alberta Innovates – Health Solutions

Brad Popovich
Chief Scientific Officer
Genome British Columbia

Mark Rothstein
Director
Institute for Bioethics, Health Policy and Law
University of Louisville

François Rousseau
Professor
Molecular biology, medical biochemistry and pathology
Université Laval

Matthew Smith
Consultant (Genetic Alliance)
Principal Investigator (JS-LIFE: Community Engaged Network for All [CENA] PPRN)
Patient Representative and Board member (Joubert Syndrome & Related Disorders Foundation)

Mike Tomlinson
Strachan-Tomlinson

Chris Wagner
President and Chief Executive Officer
Contextual Genomics, Inc.

Brenda Wilson
Professor
Epidemiology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine
University of Ottawa

Ma'n Zawati
Academic Coordinator
Centre of Genomics and Policy
McGill University