Science Committee

Ian Janssen
Chair
Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Queen's University

Arya M. Sharma, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Scientific Director
Professor of Medicine, University of Alberta

Paul Belanger
Assistant Director Ottawa, Institute of Nutrition Metabolism and Diabetes, Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Timothy Caulfield, LLM, FRSC
Canada Research Chair in Health Law & Policy
Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health, University of Alberta

Lisa Corscadden
Program Consultant, Canadian Population Health Initiative, Canadian Institute for Health Information

Lise Gauvin, MSc, PhD
Professor, Université de Montréal

Scott Gmora, MD, FRCSC
Minimally Invasive Gastrointestinal and Bariatric Surgery
Assistant Professor, McMaster University

Alejandro Jadad, MD, Dphil, FRCPC
Professor, Centre for Global eHealth Innovation, University of Toronto

David C. W. Lau, MD
President Obesity Canada, Professor, University of Calgary 

Anthony Levinson, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Faculty of Health Sciences, Division of e-Learning Innovation, McMaster University

Miranda MacPherson (on leave)
Senior Policy Analyst, Strategic Initiatives and Innovations Directorate, Public Health Agency of Canada         

Linda McCargar, PhD
Professor, Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Science, University of Alberta
 
Jonathan McGavock, PhD
Research Scientist, Manitoba Institute of Child Health
Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba
 
Robert Ross, PhD
Professor, School of Kinesiology and Health Studies, Queen’s University