GOVERNANCE
Governing Council
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CANTRAIN-Nominated Principal Applicant; Senior Scientist, Translational Research in Respiratory diseases Program, Centre for Outcomes Research and Evaluation (CORE), Research Institute McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC)
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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
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Liam Kelly
BSc, MSc, PhD
CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant, as Early Career Researcher, Independent Researcher and Knowledge User Regional Director, Research and Innovation, Eastern Health (Authority)
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Emily Bell
PhD, GradCertHSM
CANTRAIN-Principal Applicant Associate Director, Desjardins Centre for Advanced Training, RI-MUHC Adj. Prof., McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Simon L. Bacon
PhD, FTOS, FCCS, FABMR
CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant and 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 and Science, Concordia University
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Christine (Tina) Fahim
PhD, MSc
CANTRAIN-Co-Applicant, as Early Career Researcher, Independent Researcher and Knowledge User Regional Director, Research and Innovation, Eastern Health (Authority)
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Linda Hunter
RN MScN, PhD(C)
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)
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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
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Lawrence Richer
MD, MSc
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
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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
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E. Ann Yeh
MA, MD, FRCPC, Dip ABPN
Assoc.-Prof., Dept Paediatrics (Neurology), Fac. Med., University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Dir., MS and Neuroinflammatory Disorders Program, and Sr Sci., Div. Neurosci. & Mental Health, The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids), Toronto, ON
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Barry D. Stein
President,CEO Colorectal Cancer Canada, Past President Coalition Priorité Cancer Au Quebec, Board member Exactis Innovation, Board member Canadian Personalized Healthcare Innovation Network Attorney(CPHIN), Board member (Observer) Consortium de recherche en oncologie clinique du Québec Q-CROC, GWBR LLC, Board member Anzie Accessories & Design Inc.
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Elaheh Khorasani
BSc, MSc, PhD
CANTRAIN-Collaborator, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Surgery and Perioperative Care and Outcomes Research Lab, McGill University, Montreal, Canada
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Bruno J. Battistini
BSc, MSc, PhD
CANTRAIN – National Executive Director & Chief Operating Officer, as Ex-officio, non-voting member
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