Faculty & Mentors

Below is a list of individuals who have directly contributed educational materials to the program or supervised a learner. We also recognize the efforts of a wider group of people who have contributed to this program. You can find a list of their names on the following page.

Kelly Anderson

Associate Professor at the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Department of Psychiatry at Western University.


Erika Basile

Director, Research Ethics & Compliance at Western University.


Stephanie Dixon

Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Justin Ezekowitz

Professor in the Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta.


Dean Fergusson

Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa & Director and Senior Scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program at Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Endowed Chair of UORI/uOttawa Clinical Epidemiology Program.


Rob Fowler

Professor of medicine at the University of Toronto, director of research for the Department of Critical Care Medicine and chair of the Department of Medicine Research Committee at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre.


Amy J. Freier

Research associate at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, the Inclusion Diversity Equity and Accessibility Lead for the Health Data Research Network Canada, and a member of the CNODES Knowledge Translation Team since December 2020.


Joel Gagnier

Clinical Epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostats and in the Department of Surgery, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry.


Amit Garg

Associate Dean, Clinical Research; Professor in the Departments of Medicine (Nephrology) and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Scott Garrison

Professor in the Family Medicine Department at the Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University.


Caroline Hamm

Division Head of Windsor Oncology at Western University.


Michael Hill

Professor in the Departments of Clinical Neurosciences, Community Health Sciences, Medicine and Radiology at the University of Calgary.


Alvin H Li

Clinical Epidemiologist


Corinne Hohl

Head of the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of British Columbia. Associate member of the School of Population and Public Health. She is also a scientist at the Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation and an emergency physician at Vancouver General Hospital.


Cindy Hutnik

Professor and Chair of the Department of Ophthalmology at Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry at Western University.


Tracy Isaacs

Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Western University and Special Advisor to the Provost on Gender-Based and Sexual Violence.


Noah M Ivers

Scientist, Women’s College Hospital Research and Innovation Institute Innovation Fellow, Women’s College Hospital for Health System Solutions and Virtual Care Family Physician, Women’s College Hospital Associate Professor, Department of Family & Community Medicine, University of Toronto Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Implementation of Evidence-based Practice Adjunct Scientist, ICES.


Vipul Jairath

Professor of Medicine (Gastroenterology), Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Matthew James

Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Community Health Sciences at Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary.


Monika K. Krzyzanowska

Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto. Medical Oncologist and Academic Physician, Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, University Health Network.


Annie Leblanc

Clinical epidemiologist, Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Emergency Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Laval University, Investigator in the Research Center of the Quebec Institute of Primary Healthcare and Social Services, Quebec, Affiliate Investigator, Knowledge and Evaluation Research Unit, Mayo Clinic, USA, and Interim Director, Capacity Building & Professional Development Core, Strategy for Patient Oriented Research (SPOR) Quebec SUPPORT Unit, Quebec.


Grégoire Le Gal

Professor in the Division of Hematology of the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, a physician in the Thrombosis Program, Division of Hematology at Ottawa Hospital, and a Senior Scientist in the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Clinical Epidemiology Program.


Douglas Lee

Ted Rogers Chair in Heart Function Outcomes and a staff cardiologist at the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre of the University Health Network. Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto with a cross-appointment to Institute for Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. Senior scientist and leader of the Cardiovascular Program at ICES.


Janet Martin

Associate Professor in the Departments of Anesthesia & Perioperative Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Kim McGrail

Professor, School of Population and Public Health and Centre for Health Services and Policy Research. Scientific Director, Population Data BC and Health Data Research Network Canada


Lauralyn McIntyre

Senior Scientist, Acute Care Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Physician, Critical Care, The Ottawa Hospital. Associate Professor, Department of Medicine University of Ottawa.


Taylor McLinden

Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University.


Bijoy Menon

Professor of Neurology in the Calgary Stroke Program at the University of Calgary.


Andrew Pinto

Associate Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine at the University of Toronto and and director of the Upstream Lab.


Michelle Ploughman

Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland.Canada Research Chair in Rehabilitation, Neuroplasticity and Brain Recovery.


Janet Pope

Professor in the Departments of Medicine (Rheumatology) and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Melanie Powis

Toxicologist and Health Services Researcher, and the Scientific Director for the Cancer Quality Lab (CQuaL) at Princess Margaret Cancer Centre at University Health Network.


Jacques Raphael

Professor in the Departments of Medicine (Gastroenterology) and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


Sean B. Rourke

Clinical Neuropsychologist and Scientist with MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health Toronto. Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Toronto.


Michael Schull

Chief Executive Officer at ICES central. Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto.


Jessica Spence

Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesia at the Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University.


Monica Taljaard

Senior Scientist, Methodological & Implementation Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Ottawa. Member of the Centre for Implementation Research.


Lehana Thabane

Professor of Biostatistics and Former Interim Chair of the Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University. Associate Member of the School of Nursing and Rehabilitation Science, and Departments of Pediatrics, Anesthesia, Medicine, Family Medicine, Surgery and Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurosciences as well as a Senior Scientist with the Population Health Research Institute (PHRI) at McMaster University.


Kevin Thorpe

Assistant Professor in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health at the University of Toronto.


Jacob Udell

Cardiologist and Clinician-Scientist at Women’s College Hospital and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre at the University Health Network. Adjunct Scientist at ICES (the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences). Affiliate Scientist at AHRC (Applied Health Research Centre), Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, St. Michael’s Hospital. Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.


Ron Wald

Nephrologist at St. Michael’s Hospital and Director of the hospital’s Hemodialysis Program. Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto.


Richard Webster

Scientific Director of the Clinical Research Unit (CRU) at the CHEO Research Institute.


Charles Weijer

Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Medicine and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.


James Wright

Associate Professor of Oncology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at McMaster University.


Merrick Zwarenstein

Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at Western University.