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 Womens Health Research Cluster and a Scientific Advisor for the Womens Health Research Institute. Her research investigates how […]
Luseadra McKerracher

I have recently become an Assistant Professor of Public Health at Aarhus University in Denmark but, by both training and world view, I am a bio-anthropologist. Bio-anthropology uses methods from anthropology/sociology as well as ecology to study human natural history, ie, to ask questions about how and why human populations vary culturally and biologically. In […]
Marion Williams

Marion has enjoyed a 30 + year career in the Not-For-Profit sector across community, provincial and national healthcare organizations. Her career has spanned mental health, seniors, adults with disabilities, the ALS community and child health. She has a degree in psychology, is a certified Volunteer Manager and a graduate of Leadership Ottawa. She came to […]
Martin Ferguson-Pell

Martin Ferguson-Pell completed a BSc in physics at Exeter University in UK and then a PhD in biomedical engineering at the University of Strathclyde, where he subsequently was appointed lecturer for 5 years. He was appointed as a Research Scientist in Rehabilitation Engineering at Helen Hayes Hospital. He was appointed Founding ASPIRE Chair in Neuromuscular […]
Mary Ani-Amponsah

I am a Senior Lecturer at the Maternal and Child Health Department, University of Ghana, Faculty in Neonatal Nursing Training at Ghana College of Nurses and Midwives (GCNM), and Facilitator in Knowledge Translation at Trinity Western University, Canada. I have about 22 years of health care experience with research focused on newborn health, health technology […]
Melanie Noel

Melanie Noel, PhD, RPsych is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Calgary and a Full Member of the Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute. She directs the Alberta Childrens Pain Research Lab within the Vi Riddell Pain & Rehabilitation Centre at the Alberta Childrens Hospital in Canada. […]
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 […]
Natalie Delia Deckard

Natalie Delia Deckard is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Criminology at the University of Windsor and the Founding Director of the Black Studies Institute and The University of Windsor. Dr. Deckard’s scholarship investigates the ways in which exclusion is constructed and replicated in neoliberal contexts. She draws on and extends […]