Appendix 5: Mapping Connections: An understanding of neurological conditions in Canada

Appendix 5:

National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions: Scientific Advisory Committee

  1. Garth M. Bray, MD
    Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine and of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
    McGill University
    Expertise: Clinical neurology, laboratory investigation of neuronal responses to injury
    Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
  2. Celina Rayonne Chavannes, MBA
    Director, Research Initiatives, Neurological Health Charities Canada
  3. Katharina (Kathy) Kovacs Burns, PhD
    Professor, University of Alberta
    Director, Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, Edmonton
    Expertise: Interdisciplinary health research, qualitative health research
  4. Ian McDowell, PhD
    Professor, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
    Expertise: Health research methodology, epidemiology of dementia
  5. Thomas J. Murray, MD
    Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University
    Former Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University
    Director, Dalhousie Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
    Expertise: Multiple sclerosis, community health
  6. Scott B. Patten, MD, PhD
    Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary
    Expertise: Epidemiology of mood disorders
    Vice-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
  7. Louise Pelletier, MD, MPH, FRCPC
    Medical specialist, Chronic Disease Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
    Expertise: Public health, epidemiology
  8. Peter Rosenbaum, MD, FRCPC
    Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
    Canada Research Chair, Childhood Disability
    Co-founder, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
    Expertise: Childhood disability
  9. Christopher A. Shaw, PhD
    Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia
    Expertise: Genetic and environmental risk factors for neurological conditions

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