IMHA Institute Advisory Board

The Institute of Musculoskeletal Health and Arthritis' (IMHA) Advisory Board includes a diverse group of national and international representatives of the public, private and non-profit sectors, including the research community and health practitioners. The Institute Advisory Board (IAB) provides support and guidance to our Scientific Director and CIHR's Governing Council with respect to the full range of Institute activities.

For more information about the IABs, please consult CIHR's Institute Advisory Boards page.

Members

(as of September 2012)

Monique Gignac (Chair)
Associate Professor
Health Care & Outcomes Research
University of Toronto

Alain Moreau (Vice-chair)
Professor
Faculty of Dentistry (Stomatology Department) and Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal

Jeff Dixon
Professor
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

John Esdaile
Arthur JE Child Chair in Rheumatology Research, and
Professor of Medicine and Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Professor of Medicine, University of British Columbia
Scientific Director, Arthritis Research Centre of Canada

Debbie Feldman
Professor, School of Rehabilitation
Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal

Marc D. Grynpas
Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology and
Institute for Biomaterial and Biomedical Engineering
Director, Bone and Mineral research Group
University of Toronto

Rashmi Kothary
Associate Scientific Director and Senior Scientist
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
University Health Research Chair in Neuromuscular Disorders
Professor
Departments of Medicine, and Cellular and Molecular Medicine
University of Ottawa

Joy MacDermid
Professor
Rehabilitation Science
McMaster University

Debora Matthews
Professor, Department of Dental Clinical Sciences
Faculty of Dentistry
Dalhousie University

Marc Pouliot
Professor
Centre de recherche en rhumatologie et immunologie
Faculty of Medicine
Laval University

Stephen Robinovitch
Professor, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Professor, School of Engineering Science
Simon Fraser University

Allan Stordy
President & Chief Executive Officer
Arete Human Resources

Youwen Zhou
Associate Professor
Department of Dermatology and Skin Science
Faculty of Medicine
University of British Columbia