Brain-Heart Interconnectome leadership

The BHI will bring together long-standing areas of priority and excellence from the University of Ottawa, the uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Julie Saint-Pierre

Interim Vice-President, Research and Innovation, uOttawa

Peter Liu, MD

chief scientific officer and vice president of research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); professor, uOttawa

Ruth Slack, PhD

director, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute; professor, uOttawa

Dar Dowlatshahi, MD

neurologist, The Ottawa Hospital; scientific director, Ottawa Stroke Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; professor, uOttawa

Jodi Edwards, PhD

director, Brain-Heart Nexus Research Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); associate professor, uOttawa

Ian Graham, PhD

director, iKT Research Network; professor, uOttawa

Malcolm King, PhD

scientific director, Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research, University of Saskatchewan

Hanns Lochmüller, MD

neurologist, CHEO Research Institute; professor, uOttawa

Katey Rayner, PhD

scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); associate professor, uOttawa

Rhian Touyz, MD, PhD

executive director and chief scientific officer, RI-MUHC; professor, McGill University

Tracy Vaillancourt, PhD

CRC Tier 1, School-based Mental Health and Violence Prevention; professor, uOttawa

Simone Dahrouge, PhD

population health scientist and associate professor, department of family medicine, uOttawa; researcher at Bruyère Research Institute