National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions: Synthesis Panel
Garth M. Bray, MD
Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine and of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
McGill University
Expertise: Clinical neurology, laboratory investigation of neuronal responses to injury
Chair, Synthesis Panel
Elizabeth Donner, MD
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of Toronto
Pediatric Neurologist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Expertise: Epilepsy, other neurological conditions in children
Lesley K. Fellows, MD, DPhil
Associate Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Neurologist and Investigator, Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
Expertise: Cognitive disorders
Ian D. Graham, PhD
Professor, School of Nursing, University of Ottawa
Senior Scientist, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
Expertise: Clinical epidemiology
Colleen Harris, RN, MN
Nurse Coordinator and Nurse Practitioner, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic, Foothills Hospital, Calgary, Alberta
Expertise: Multiple sclerosis
Carley Hay, MHSc
Senior Specialist, Chronic Disease Management and Prevention Unit, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Expertise: Epidemiology, policy and research related to chronic disease management and prevention, health system performance measurement
David Hogan, MD
Professor and Chair, Geriatric Medicine, University of Calgary
Expertise: Clinical aspects of aging
Katharina (Kathy) Kovacs Burns, PhD
Professor, University of Alberta
Director, Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, Edmonton
Expertise: Interdisciplinary health research, qualitative health research
Lisa Lix, PhD
Professor, Department of Community Health, University of Manitoba
Director, Data Science Unit, George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation
Co-chair, Science Committee of the CCDSS
Expertise: Health services research, methodology
Ian McDowell, PhD
Professor, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
Expertise: Health research methodology, epidemiology of dementia
Thomas J. Murray, MD
Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University
Former Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Director, Dalhousie Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
Expertise: Multiple sclerosis, community health
Jay Onysko, MA
Acting Director, Chronic Disease Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
Expertise: Chronic disease surveillance
Scott B. Patten, MD, PhD
Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary
Expertise: Epidemiology of mood disorders
Vice-Chair, Synthesis Panel
Christel Renoux, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University
Expertise: Neuro-epidemiology, clinical neurology
Christopher A. Shaw, PhD
Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia
Expertise: Genetic and environmental risk factors for neurological conditions
Jonathan Stoessl, MD
Professor and Head, Neurology, University of British Columbia
Director, Pacific Parkinson's Research Centre and National Parkinson Foundation Centre of Excellence
Expertise: Parkinson's disease
Robyn Tamblyn, PhD
Professor, Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University
Scientific Director, Clinical and Health Informatics Research Group, McGill University
Scientific Director, Institute of Health Services and Policy Research, Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Expertise: Health policy research, determinants of prescription drug use, interventions to improve drug safety
Charles Tator, MD, PhD
Professor of Neurosurgery, University of Toronto
Founding Director, ThinkFirst Canada
Expertise: Brain and spinal cord injuries, laboratory investigation of spinal cord injury
Terry Lynn Young, PhD
Associate Professor, Discipline of Genetics, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Expertise: Genetics of hearing loss, pediatric epilepsy
