IGH Institute Advisory Board

The Institute of Gender and Health's (IGH) 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)

Gillian Einstein, PhD (Chair)
Associate Professor of Psychology and Public Health
University of Toronto

Françoise Baylis, PhD
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and Philosophy
Faculty of Medicine
Dalhousie University

Yitzchak (Irv) M. Binik, PhD
Professor of Psychology
McGill University

Guylain Boissonneault, PhD
Professor
Department in Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine
University of Sherbrooke

Edward O'Brien, MD, FRCPC, FACC, FAHA
Director of Research
Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta

Sally Brown, MHSc

Carol Herbert, MD, CCFP, FCFP, FCAHS, FRCPS(Glasg), FRACGP(Hon)
Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Western University

Abby Hoffman
Associate Assistant Deputy Minister
Strategic Policy
Health Canada

Ineke Klinge, PhD
Associate professor of Gender Medicine
Maastricht University

Olga Kovalchuk, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Biological Sciences
University of Lethbridge

Jens Pruessner, PhD
Director, McGill Centre for Studies in Aging
McGill University

Kate Shannon, PhD, MPH
Director of the Gender and Sexual Health Initiative
BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS