IHDCYH Institute Advisory Board Members

Bernard Thébaud (Chair)
Senior Scientist, Regenerative Medicine, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute & CHEO Research Institute
Neonatologist, Division of Neonatology, The Ottawa Hospital and the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Professor of Pediatrics, University of Ottawa
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Lung Stem Cell Biology and Regeneration

Kristin Connor (Vice-Chair)
Associate Professor, Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, Health Sciences, Carleton University

Isabelle Boucoiran
Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Université de Montréal
Co-director, Women and Children Infectious Disease Centre

Carolyn Emery
Professor, Faculty of Kinesiology & Pediatrics & Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary
Chair, Sport Injury Prevention Research Centre

Ryan Giroux
Assistant Professor, Department of Paediatrics, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
General Paediatrician, St. Michael's Hospital, Unity Health Toronto

Rae Martens
Parent
Knowledge Broker

Alexa Martin-Storey
Professor, Department of Psychoeducation, Université de Sherbrooke

Souvik Mitra
Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Michael Smith Health Research BC Health-Professional Investigator, BC Children's Hospital Research Institute
Neonatologist, BC Women's Hospital, Provincial Health Services Authority

Taylor Morriseau
Health Systems Impact Postdoctoral Fellow
First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba/University of Toronto

Michael Rieder
Professor, Departments of Paediatrics, Physiology, Pharmacology and Medicine, Western University
Scientist, Robarts Research Institute

Bukola (Oladunni) Salami
Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Black and Racialized Peoples' Health, Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary

Keiko Shikako
Canada Research Chair in Childhood Disability: Participation and Knowledge Translation
Associate Professor, McGill University School of Physical and Occupational Therapy

Padmaja Subbarao
CRC (Tier 1) Pediatric Asthma and Lung Health & Professor of Pediatrics, Physiology and Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Associate Chief, Clinical Research and Co-Lead of Precision Health Initiative, Hospital for Sick Children
Director, CHILD Study

Yao Zheng
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Alberta