BHI Governance Committees

Rajiv R. Ratan, M.D., Ph.D. (Chair), Winifred Masterson Burke Professor of Neurology and Neuroscience Associate Dean (affiliate), Weill Cornell Medicine CEO, Burke Neurological Institute Director, Laboratory for Neural Redox Biology and Homeostatic Transcription

Sir Nilesh J Samani, University of Leichester, Co-Director, Centre for Digital Health and Precision Medicine, Former medical director, British Heart Foundation

Gisèle Bonne, PhD, Director of Research, L'Institut national de la santé et de la recherche médicale, Team Lead, Myology Research Centre

Alison Kitson, VP and Executive Dean, College of Nursing & Health Sciences, Flinders University, Adelaide

Rolan von Känel, MD, Director and Chair, Consultation-Liaison Psychiatry and Psychosomatic Medicine at University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich

Josef Penninger, Ph.D., Scientific Director of the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research

Yibin Wang, PhD, Distinguished Professor of Tanoto Foundation in Diabetes Research, Program Director- Signature Research Program in Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disorders Duke-NUS Medical School

Julie St-Pierre, PhD, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, uOttawa

Ruth Slack, PhD, Director, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute

Peter Liu, MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Professor, uOttawa

Ian Graham, MD, Senior Scientist, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Jennifer Gunning, MSc, BHI Senior Director

Julie St-Pierre, PhD, Vice-President, Research and Innovation, uOttawa

Ruth Slack, PhD, Director, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute

Peter Liu, MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Professor, uOttawa

Ian Graham, MD, Senior Scientist, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Patrice Lindsay, RN, PhD, Patient Partner

Katey Rayner, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Florence Dzierszinski, PhD, President, University of Ottawa Institute of Mental Health Research at The Royal and Vice-President, Research, The Royal

Brenda Macdougall, PhD, Director- Institute of Indigenous Research and Studies, University of Ottawa; Professor, Faculty of Arts

Awad Ibrahim, PhD, Vice-Provost, Equity, Diversity and Inclusive Excellence, University of Ottawa; Professor, Faculty of Education

Jocelyn Côté, PhD, Vice-Dean Research, Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Alison Hosey, PhD, Assistant Vice-President, Research Services

Jess Fiedorowicz, MD, PhD, Scientist, Neuroscience, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Head and Chief, Department of Mental Health, The Ottawa Hospital

Jennifer Gunning, MSc, BHI Senior Director

Jennifer Gunning, MSc, BHI Senior Director

Ruth Slack, PhD, Director, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute

Peter Liu, MD, Chief Scientific Officer and Vice President of Research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Professor, uOttawa

Ian Graham, MD, Senior Scientist, Centre for Practice-Changing Research, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Hanns Lochmuller, MD, PhD, FAAN, Senior Scientist, CHEO Research Institute; Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Katey Rayner, PhD, Chief Scientific Officer, University of Ottawa Heart Institute; Professor, Faculty of Medicine

Jodi Edwards, PhD, Associate Professor, uOttawa, Director, Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Tracy Vaillancourt, PhD, Canada Research Chair, Professor, Faculty of Education

Krystal MacLeod, PhD, Post-Doctoral Fellow, Bruyere Research Institute

Alexandra King, MD, FRCPC, Assistant Professor Department of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan, Cameco Chair in Indigenous Health and Wellness

Kelly Cobey, PhD, MRes, HBSc, Associate Professor, uOttawa, Scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Dawn Richards, PhD, Director, Patient & Public Engagement, Clinical Trials Ontario, Founder of Five02 Labs Inc

Krystina Lewis, PhD, RN, Associate professor in the School of Nursing at the University of Ottawa, Affiliate researcher at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Kednapa Thavorn, PhD, MPharm BPharm, Associate Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health, Senior Scientist and a Scientific Lead of Health Economics at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, an Adjunct Scientist at ICE (Full Status)

Rhian Touyz, B.Sc. (Hons), M.Sc. (Med), MBBCh, PhD, Executive Director and Chief Scientific Officer, Institut de recherche du Centre universitaire de santé McGill (IR-CUSM), Dr. Phil Gold Chair in Medicine, McGill University

Sara Siddiqi, Trainee Representative

Hugh Winsor, Experience patient partner

Kimberly Strain, Experience patient partner