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
University of Ottawa Partnership Research Chair in Regenerative Medicine

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
Pediatrician, St Michael’s Hospital

Rachel Martens
Bereaved Parent and Pediatric Knowledge Broker

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

Souvik Mitra
Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
Clinician-Scientist, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Taylor Morriseau
DLSPH Indigenous Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Toronto/First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba
PhD (Vanier Scholar), Pharmacology and Therapeutics, University of Manitoba

Michael Rieder
Professor, Departments of Paediatrics, Physiology and 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