Governing Council

Pr. Jean Bourbeau

MD, MSc, FRCPC, FCAHS

CANTRAIN-Nominated Principal Applicant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal Senior Scientist, RI-MUHC Translational Research in Respiratory Diseases Program Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE)

Dr. Gail Tomblin Murphy

PhD, RN, FAAN

CANTRAIN-Principal Applicant Vice-President, Research, Innovation and Discovery & Chief Nurse Executive, Nova Scotia Health Authority; Halifax, Nova Scotia WHO/PAHO Centre on Health Workforce Planning and Research

Dr. Liam Kelly

PhD, MSc, BSc

CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant, as Early Career Researcher, Independent Researcher and Knowledge User Regional Director, Research and Innovation, Eastern Health (Authority)

Dr. Emily Bell

PhD, Grad.Cert. (HSM)

CANTRAIN-Principal Applicant Associate Director, Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training, RI-MUHC Adj. Prof., McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Pr. Simon L Bacon

PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR

CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant & Partner CIHR-CTTP-Canadian Behavioural Trials and Interventions Training Platform-NPA Professor and CIHR SPOR Chair in Innovative, Patient-Oriented, Behavioural Clinical Trials, Health, Kinesiology and Applied Physiology, Dept of Health, Kinesiology & Applied Physiology, Faculty of Arts & Science, Concordia University

Dr. Sharmistha Biswas

MBBS, MSc (Epi), MBA-IB, Grad. Dip (HSM)

CANTRAIN-Collaborator, as a Trainee Trainee [PhD(C)], Department of Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
CANTRAIN-Principal Applicant as ECR Scientist at Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Ms. Linda Hunter RN

MScN, PhD (C), retired

CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant as Patient Partner; Retired healthcare executive, Member of CIHR Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis (IMHA) advisory board, CIHR Patient Engagement Research Ambassador (PERA), the Canadian Interdisciplinary Network for Collaborative Research on myalgic encephalomyelitis (ICanCME), and of the Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (CAPA).

Pr. Darcy D.
Marciniuk

MD, FRCPC, FCAHS, Master FCCP

CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant Professor, Respirology, Critical Care and Sleep Medicine, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Associate Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon
CANTRAIN-Principal Applicant Pediatric Neurologist; Professor, Department of Pediatrics; Vice-Dean, Research (clinical), Associate Dean, Research, College of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Pr. Diane Lacaille

MDCM, MHSc, FRCPC

CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant, as Assoc.-Professor, Dept of Medicine, Faculty of Faculty of Medicine, UBC Scientific Director, Arthritis Research Canada Mary Pack Chair in Rheumatology Research

Dr. Bruno J. Batistini

BSc, MSc, PhD

CANTRAIN - National Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, as Ex-officio, non-voting member