ICRH Institute Advisory Board

The Institute of Circulatory and Respiratory Health's (ICRH) 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 2013)

Dr. Pam Ratner, PhD, RN, FCAHS (Chair)
Professor
School of Nursing
University of British Columbia

Dr. Dina Brooks, PhD, MSc, BSc (PT)
Professor, Department of Physical Therapy
University of Toronto

Dr. Elaine Chong, PharmD, BCPS
Director, Clinical Decision Support
Pharmaceutical Services
Ministry of Health
Government of British Columbia

Dr. Shurjeel Choudhri, MD
Senior Vice President and Head, Medical and Scientific Affairs
Bayer HealthCare

Mr. Vincent Dumez, MSc
Director, Bureau facultaire de l'expertise patient partenaire
Faculty of Medicine
Université de Montréal

Dr. Mark Eisenberg, MD, MPH, FACC, FAHA
Professor of Medicine, McGill University
Director of Cardiovascular Health Services Research Group of the Jewish General Hospital

Dr. Marlys L. Koschinsky, PhD
Dean, Faculty of Science, and Professor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor

Dr. Marilyn Mackay-Lyons, BSc, MScPT, PhD
Associate Professor
School of Physiotherapy
Dalhousie University

Dr. Peter Nickerson, BSc, MD, FRCPC
Associate Dean (Research) Faculty of Medicine
Professor of Internal Medicine and Immunology
Flynn Family Chair in Renal Transplantation
University of Manitoba

Dr. Denis O'Donnell, MD, FRCP(I), FRCPC
Professor, Department of Medicine, Physiology, Rehabilitation Medicine
School of Kinesiology and Health Studies
Queen's University

Dr. David Proud, PhD, FRSC
Professor, Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Canada Research Chair in Inflammatory Airway Diseases
University of Calgary

Prof. Bernard Thébaud, MD, PhD
Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine Program
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) & Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute
Pediatrician, Division of Neonatology
Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Professor of Pediatrics
University of Ottawa