COVID-19 Testing and Screening Expert Advisory Panel: Members
The diverse expertise of members of the Panel ensured a wide range of perspectives and advice on testing and screening for COVID-19. The advisory committee comprised 13 individuals with expertise in epidemiology, virology, advanced data analytics, pediatrics, health care provision and technology assessment, both internationally and in Canada. This list describes the members’ roles at the time of their service on the Panel.
Sue Paish (co-chair)
- CEO of Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Dr. Irfan Dhalla (co-chair)
- Vice President, Physician Quality, Unity Health Toronto
Dr. Isaac Bogoch
- Clinician Investigator and Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Toronto
Dr. Jennifer Zelmer
- President and CEO, Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement
Domenic Pilla
- CEO McKesson Canada
Dr. Verna Yiu
- President and CEO, Alberta Health Services
Dr. Mel Krajden
- Medical Director, BC Centre for Disease Control Public Health Laboratory
Dr. David Naylor
- Co-Chair of Canada’s the Immunity Task Force and Professor of Medicine
Dr. Brenda Wilson
- Professor and Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University
Dr. Jean Longtin
- Infectious Disease Specialist, CHU de Québec-Université Laval
Dr. Kwame McKenzie
- CEO Wellesley Institute
Dr. Kieran Moore
- Medical Officer of Health, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington Public Health
Dr. Udo Schüklenk
- Professor, Queen’s University, and Ontario Research Chair in Bioethics
Ex-officio members
- Dr. Mona Nemer, Chief Science Advisor;
- Dr. Stephen Lucas, Deputy Minister for Health Canada;
- Iain Stewart, President of the Public Health Agency of Canada;
- Simon Kennedy, Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development;
- Mitch Davies, President of the National Research Council
- Valerie Gideon, Associate Deputy Minister, Indigenous Services Canada
- Dr. Howard Njoo, Deputy Chief Public Health Officer, Public Health Agency of Canada
- Dr. Guillaume Poliquin, A/Scientific Director General, National Microbiology Laboratory, Public Health Agency of Canada
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