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Professor, Dept of Biochemistry, University of Alberta

Internationally recognized authority in the fields of protein folding and calcium homeostasis and their roles in pathology of human diseases. His pioneering work on membrane-associated chaperones (proteins that assist in protein folding) and protein quality control have had a major impact on our understanding and treatment of many protein folding disorders including congenital heart diseases, Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis and prion diseases. His work provides a unique blend of discovery research with a high relevance to clinical applications and changes in a ...

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Professor Emeritus, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary

Marvin Fritzler is a clinician-scientist who has an international reputation in the fields of autoantibodies and autoimmune diseases. He has published over 600 peer-reviewed publications and is noted for identifying over 20 novel autoantigens that are applied in clinical assays that provide early and accurate diagnoses of specific autoimmune illnesses. These diagnostic assays are used worldwide and several have prognostic significance. He is the founder and medical director of Mitogen Diagnostics Corporation (MitogenDx) Dr. Fritzler has held numerous leadership positions in professional ...

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Lawrence Rosenberg is currently the A.G. Thompson Chair of Surgical Research at the McGill University Health Centre. His current studies address islet cell neogenesis, pancreatic stem cells, and islet cell death and survival. Dr. Rosenberg was a founding member of the Stem Cell Network of Canada and is on the editorial board of Organogenesis. He is an author on more than 160 peerreviewed publications. Dr. Rosenberg has received many career awards and fellowships, including: a Medical Research Council of Canada Fellowship, McLaughlin Foundation Fellowship, Medical Research Council of Canada ...

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Retired professionallt inactive

Pionnier de la recherche clinique en santé maternelle et foetale au Québec, il a ensuite initié les premiers essais cliniques randomisés dans les centres tertiaires de périnatalité au Canada. Tant dans les domaines de l’accouchement prématuré qu’en hypertension de grossesse, le Dr Moutquin s’est mérité une réputation et un leadership international. Ses activités de représentation en soins de santé préventive, en évaluation des technologies ainsi que de diffusion vulgarisée des connaissance scientifiques dans les guides de pratiques ou dans les consultations gouvernementales ont permis, entre ...

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Dr. David Spence, a clinician-scientist trained in Neurology, Internal Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology, has devoted his entire career to prevention of stroke. His clinical work has prevented an estimated 5,000 strokes, but his research, teaching and publications, by changing the way physicians approach stroke prevention, have prevented many more. He led many clinical trials of stroke prevention, including 4 major trials funded by NIH. He pioneered the understanding of pseudohypertension, co-discovered the effect of grapefruit on drug metabolism, pioneered the measurement of carotid ...

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Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Dr. Ross E.G. Upshur is recognized for his significant contributions to primary care/family medicine research in Canada, particularly in multi-morbidity and the integration of public health and primary care, for which has been named one of Top 20 Pioneers in Family Medicine Research in Canada. Additionally, Dr. Upshur contributed to the resurgence of public health ethics as an academic discipline particularly with respect to work in ethics and infectious diseases helping Canada and other countries develop their approach to responding to outbreaks of SARS-CoV-2, pandemic influenza and Ebola. ...

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Dr. Kieran Moore is the Chief Medical Officer of Health for Ontario, Canada, Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Director for the Canadian Lyme Disease Research Network. He is a Professor of Emergency Medicine, Family Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queen's University in Kingston. Dr. Moore has extensive experience in public health surveillance systems, pre-hospital care, and multidisciplinary research projects. His main areas of interest are: evaluation of various data streams for the early detection of ...

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Professor of Medicine and Physiology; Director, Centre for t, University of Manitoba

Arnold Naimark is currently Professor of Medicine and Physiology at the University of Manitoba, the Director of the Centre for the Advancement of Medicine and the founding Chair of the Canadian Health Services Research Foundation. He had a distinguished career as a Professor of Medicine at the University of Manitoba before becoming Dean of the Faculty of Medicine from 1971 to 1981, after which he served as the University’s President and Vice- Chancellor from 1981 to 1996. Dr. Naimark has served and continues to serve on many committees, boards and advisory bodies in such positions as Chair, ...

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Dr. Fried is Professor and Chair of Surgery at McGill University. He has made major contributions to the surgical care of patients by introducing innovative minimally invasive therapies and to patient safety by developing validated simulation-based programs to teach and verify proficiency in them. He was elected to Presidency of the Canadian Association of General Surgeons, Central Surgical, and James IV Association of Surgeons, and sits on the Boards of 9 major medical organizations. His educational contributions were recognized by the national John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Education, ...