Our Vice Presidents of Health Research Committee

Health researchers in Canada work hard to advance understanding and apply new knowledge to advance patient care and improve outcomes. HealthCareCAN’s Vice Presidents of Research Committee and our Emerging Health Research Institutes Committee comprise health research leaders from across the country. HealthCareCAN benefits greatly from their front-line perspective on the strategic policy issues related to the health research, innovation and commercialization enterprise.

A National Vision to Transform Health Research in Canada

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HealthCareCAN supports a vibrant health research and innovation ecosystem of Canada’s network of research hospitals, emerging health research institutes, governments, incubators, start-ups, companies, investors, health charities, patient groups and postsecondary institutions working in collaboration to advance science and develop solutions to improve the health and wellbeing of all people living in Canada and world-wide.

This vision document, prepared with extensive input from our Vice Presidents of Health Research Committee, targets key, urgent actions that will strengthen Canada’s health research leadership by 2030.

Recent work of our VPR Committee

VPR Committee Members

Newfoundland and Labrador

Ron Johnson
Vice-President, Chief Operating Officer
NL Health Services
St. John’s

Nova Scotia

Dr. Frank MacMaster
Vice President, Research and Innovation
IWK Health
Halifax

Quebec

Dr. Gerald Batist
Deputy Director and Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute
Jewish General Hospital
Montreal

Dr. Serge Rivest
Director, Research Institute
CHU de Québec-Université Laval
Quebec

Dr. Rhian Touyz
Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Research Institute
McGill University Health Centre
Montreal

Ontario

Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou
Vice President, Research and Director of the Research Institute
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Toronto

Dr. Rebecca Auer
Executive Vice-President, Research and Innovation, CEO and Scientific Director, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
The Ottawa Hospital
Ottawa

Dr. Jason Berman
CEO & Scientific Director, Research Institute
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa

Dr. Florence Dzierszinski
President of the IMHR and VP of Research
The Royal
Ottawa

Estelle Ethier
Chief Executive Officer, Institut du Savoir Montfort
Montfort Hospital
Ottawa

Dr. Anne-Claude Gingras
Vice President of Research
Sinai Health System
Toronto

Dr. Justine Giosa
Scientific Director and Executive Director, SE Research Centre
SE Health
Markham

Dr. Mike Hartleib
Chief of Staff
Peterborough Regional Health Centre
Peterborough

Dr. David Hill (co-chair)
Integrated Vice President, Research & Scientific Director, Lawson Health Research Institute
St. Joseph’s Health Care & London Health Sciences Centre
London

Dr. Kullervo Hynynen
Vice President, Research & Innovation
Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
Toronto

Dr. Marc Jeschke
Vice President, Research
Hamilton Health Sciences
Hamilton

Dr. Bernard Le Foll
Vice President, Research and Academics, Chief Scientific Officer
Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care
Penetanguishene

Dr. Christopher Mushquash
Executive Vice-President of Research and Chief Scientist, Research Institute
Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre
Thunder Bay

Dr. Robert Ohle
Vice President, Academic & Research Impact
Health Sciences North
Sudbury

Dr. Rulan S. Parekh
Vice President, Academics
Women’s College Hospital
Toronto

Kristen Pitzul
Director, Strategic Policy and Hospital-Enabled Research
Ontario Hospital Association
Toronto

Dr. Lisa Porter
Vice President, Research and Scientific Director
St. Joseph’s Health Care London
London

Dr. Ori Rotstein
Vice-President, Research & Innovation
Unity Health Toronto
Toronto

Dr. Stephen Scherer
Chief of Research, Research Institute
The Hospital for Sick Children
Toronto

Dr. Allison Sekuler
Vice-President, Research & Director of the Rotman Research Institute
Baycrest
North York

Dr. Steven Smith
Vice President, Health Sciences Research & President and CEO, Kingston General Health Research Institute (KGHRI)
Kingston Health Sciences Centre
Kingston

Dr. Lehana Thabane
Vice-President, Research
St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
Hamilton

Dr. Aristotle Voineskos
Vice President of Research
Centre for Addiction & Mental Health (CAMH)
Toronto

Dr. Kumanan Wilson
Vice-President, Research & Academic Affairs / CEO & Chief Scientific Officer, Bruyère Research Institute
Bruyère Continuing Care
Ottawa

Dr. Bradly Wouters
Executive Vice-President, Science & Research
University Health Network
Toronto

Manitoba

Dr. Paul Beaudin
Director of Research and Innovation
Shared Health Manitoba
Winnipeg

Dr. Michael Czubryt
Executive Director, Research
St. Boniface Hospital
Winnipeg

Saskatchewan

Dr. Brandy Winquist
Executive Director, Academics & Learning
Saskatchewan Health Authority
Swift Current

Alberta

Marc Leduc
Senior Provincial Director, Health Evidence and Innovation
Alberta Health Services
Edmonton

Rosa Rudelich
Vice President & Chief Operating Officer
Covenant Health
Edmonton

British Columbia

Ellen Chesney (co-chair)
Vancouver

Nicole Cross
Vice President, Indigenous Health, Planning, and Quality
Northern Health
Prince George

Greg Martyn
Chief Administrative Officer, Research
Provincial Health Services Authority
Vancouver

Dr. Robert McMaster
Vice Dean, Research
UBC Faculty of Medicine
Vancouver

Cindy Trytten
Director, Research & Capacity Building
Island Health
Victoria

Dr. Teresa Tsang
Professor
Executive Director, Research Institute (VCHRI)
Associate Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Vancouver Coastal Health
Vancouver

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