IG Institute Advisory Board

The Institute of Genetics' (IG) 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)

Brenda Andrews, PhD (Chair)
Director, The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Professor and Chair, Banting & Best Department of Medical Research
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and Microbiology
University of Toronto

Richard Rachubinski, PhD (Vice-Chair)
Professor and Chair
Department of Cell Biology
International Research Scholar, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
University of Alberta

Mickie Bhatia, PhD
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Scientific Director, Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute (SCC-RI)
Canada Research Chair in Human Stem Cell Biology
McMaster University

Kym Boycott, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), FCCMG
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine
Investigator, Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute
University of Ottawa

Timothy Caulfield, LLM
Senior Health Scholar, Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research
Professor, Faculty of Law and School of Public Health
Research Director, Health Law Institute
Canada Research Chair in Health Law and Policy
University of Alberta

Pierre Charest, PhD
Associate Vice-President
Corporate Planning and Policy
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada

Elizabeth Conibear, PhD
Assistant Professor
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Department of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia

Beth Potter, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Community Medicine
Adjunct Scientist, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
University of Ottawa

Jacquetta Trasler, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics
McGill University

Durhane Wong-Rieger, PhD
President
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders

Christopher Yip, PhD
Professor
The Terrence Donnelly Centre for Cellular and Biomolecular Research
Department of Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering
Department of Biochemistry
University of Toronto

Terry-Lynn Young, PhD
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Medicine
Division of Biomedical Sciences
Memorial University of Newfoundland

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