National Committee

Dr. Prabhat Jha, OC, MD, DPhil, FCAHS, FRSC

• University Professor and University of Toronto Chair in Global Health and Epidemiology
  Director, Centre for Global Health Research, St. Michael’s Hospital
  Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON

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. Gilles Paradis, MD, MSc, FRCPC, FACPM, FAHA, FCAHS 

• Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health (EBOH), Faculty of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, PQ

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. 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