National Committee

Mr. Michael Bidu

• Founder & CEO, INTERFACE Health, Vancouver, Canada 
• Founder & CEO, MYND Therapeutics, Vancouver, Canada
• Strategic Advisor, NSERC Committee Research Partnerships, Ottawa
• Medika Life 50 – The Most Influential Voices in Healthcare in 2022, New York, USA

Dr. Peter Liu, M.D., FRCP(C)

• Chief Science Officer & Vice President (Research), University of Ottawa Heart Institute
  Professor of Cardiology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON

Dr. Jennifer Martin, PhD

• Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and SRC Faculty of Community Services  
• Associate Professor, School of Child and Youth Care, Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson University), Toronto, ON

Dr. Paul Oh, MD, MSc, FRCPC 

• Medical Director and GoodLife Fitness Chair & Associate Professor of Medicine, University Health Network (UHN), Toronto Rehabilitation Centre, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

Dr. Ryan Perry, PhD

• Associate Scientific Director, Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health / Canadian Institutes of Health Research University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Dr. Grant N. Pierce, OM, PhD, FACC, FAHA, FISHR, FIACS, FCAHS, FRSM, FRSC

• Distinguished Professor, Department of Physiology & Pathophysiology
  Colleges of Medicine and Pharmacy Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Dr. Vivian R Ramsden, RN, MS, PhD, MCFP (Hon.)  

• Professor & Director, Research Division, Department of Academic Family Medicine
  University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.

Dr. Arun V. Ravindran, MB, MSc, PhD, FRCPC, FRCPsych

• Professor and Director, Global Mental Health Affairs, University of Toronto, ON
• Clinician Scientist, Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON

Dr. Brian H. Rowe, MD, MSc, CCFP(EM), FCFP, FCCP, FCAHS

• Scientific Director/Directeur scientifique, Institute of Circulatory and Resp. Health (ICRH)/Institut de la santé circulatoire et respiratoire (ISCR), Canadian Institutes of Health Research/Instituts de recherché en santé du Canada 
• Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine 
• Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health
• Adjunct Professor, Departments of Medicine and Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Dr. Purnima Tyagi, PhD

• Director, Wearable Interactive and Mobile Technology Access Centre in Health, (WIMTACH), Centennial College, Toronto, ON