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.