Melanie Morris

Dr. Mélanie Morris, associate professor of surgery and pediatrics/child health, is the first Indigenous pediatric surgeon in Canada. Her contributions to the field include creating a minimally invasive program in pediatric urology. She has published research in pediatric surgery, urology, congenital illnesses and Indigenous health. Morris has developed pediatric surgery outreach clinics in Nunavut and […]

Nicola Jones

Dr. Jones is a Senior Scientist in the Cell Biology Program, staff physician in the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition at SickKids and a Professor of Paediatrics and Physiology at the University of Toronto. She currently serves as the Director of the Integrated Physician Scientist Training Program at the University of Toronto. Dr. Jones […]

Patricia Fontela

Patricia Fontela is a pediatric intensivist and epidemiologist with a research focus on personalization of antimicrobial use for pediatric critically ill patients. Her motivation for conducting research comes from her belief that research is the first step to provide better care for children worldwide. Over the years, she has taught clinical research methods and mentored […]

Leanne Ward

Dr. Leanne Ward is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa where she holds a Tier 1 Research Chair in Pediatric Bone Disorders. Dr. Ward is also cross-appointed to the Department of Surgery given strong clinical and research ties to the Division of Orthopedics. She is the Scientific […]

Leslie Skeith

Dr. Leslie Skeith is a hematologist and Associate Professor at the University of Calgary, and her research interest is in the prevention and management of venous thromboembolism (VTE) and related complications in pregnancy and the postpartum period. Dr. Skeith is leading the pilot PARTUM trial, a pilot randomized controlled trial evaluating postpartum aspirin versus placebo […]

Liisa Galea

Dr. Liisa Galea is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and a member of the Centre for Brain Health at the University of British Columbia (UBC). She is also Health Advisor to VPRI, Lead of the Women’s Health Research Cluster and a Scientific Advisor for the Women’s Health Research Institute. Her research investigates how […]

Benjamin Goldstein

Dr. Goldstein is a child-adolescent psychiatrist and Professor of Psychiatry and Pharmacology at the University of Toronto. He completed medical training at the University of Calgary, and residency training in general and child-adolescent psychiatry at the University of Toronto. At his first international psychiatry conference in 2004, Dr. Goldstein picked up a book about pediatric […]

Charlotte Moore Hepburn

Dr. Charlotte Moore Hepburn is a faculty paediatrician in the Division of Paediatric Medicine at the Hospital for Sick Children, an associate professor of Paediatrics in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto School of Medicine and an adjunct profession at the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (iHPME) at the University […]

Eyal Cohen

Dr. Eyal Cohen received academic training at the University of Toronto (medicine) and McMaster University (health research methodology), and clinical training at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and the Children’s Hospital at Westmead in Sydney, Australia. Dr. Cohen co-founded the Complex Care Program with his colleagues in the Division of Paediatric Medicine at SickKids. […]

Georg Schmolzer

Dr. Georg Schmölzer is a clinician-scientist with a focus on fetal-to-neonatal physiology and neonatal cardiopulmonary resuscitation. He is the Director or CSAR (Centre for the Studies of Asphyxia and Resuscitation) at the University of Alberta. He is also a Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. Dr. Schmölzer obtained his MD at the Medical […]