Rodney Breau

Dr. Rodney Breau is a dedicated and thoughtful surgeon and researcher. He is a surgical oncologist, an assistant professor of urology, a scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, and the Department of Surgery’s chair in Urologic Oncology Research. He has published 200 peer-reviewed articles. He is the assistant editor, and one of the only Canadian members, of the editorial board of the premier urology journal in the world – Journal of Urology. This year two clinical trials that Dr. Breau conceived of were completed: the Renal Hypothermia Trial and the Tranexamic Acid in Cystectomy (TACT) trial. These Canada-wide multicenter trials will change practice and are already affecting patients worldwide. He is also a member of the Society of Urologic Oncology and has been recognized nationally and internationally for research contributions in prostate, kidney and bladder cancer.

Ian Colman

Dr. Ian Colman is a professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Colman directs the Applied Psychiatric Epidemiology Across the Life course (APEAL) Lab and was the Canada Research Chair in Mental Health Epidemiology from 2011 to 2021. His research program investigates the epidemiology of common mental illnesses in the general population. His current focus is understanding longitudinal and life-course processes surrounding depression and anxiety, with a particular interest in identifying early-life factors that may predict depression and anxiety later in life. Dr. Colman has published widely and to date he has authored 183 papers. In the last year he was chosen as the winner of the Alex Leighton Award in Psychiatric Epidemiology, Canadian Psychiatric Association & the Canadian Academy of Psychiatric Epidemiology Research Chair.

Kori LaDonna

Dr. Kori LaDonna is an assistant professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education and the Department of Medicine. She is developing a program of research that broadly explores non-technical skills training to explore the potential role of patients and family caregivers as health educators and assessors. She consistently publishes in the top journals of the field and in the last year alone, Dr. LaDonna published 2 book chapters (as senior author) and has 14 peer-reviewed articles published or in the press. The importance and caliber of her work has been recognized nationally and internationally for its relevance and rigour. She has published 49 peer-reviewed papers and her work has resulted in award-winning presentations and highly cited work in the top tier journals of her field. The research grants that she has received since joining the faculty in 2017 place her in the top 5% of Canadian researchers in medical education.

Baptiste Lacoste

Dr. Baptiste Lacoste is an associate professor with the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, and recently promoted to senior scientist at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. His research focuses on the discovery of novel mechanisms of disease, with the goal of developing new treatments for neurological disorders. Since initiating his research program six years ago, Dr. Lacoste has established an internationally competitive research program in cerebrovascular research and has made significant contributions to both scientific and academic life in Canada. In addition, he has recruited and trained a stellar research team that was the first to unravel the role of cerebrovascular abnormalities in autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Thais Coutinho

Dr. Thais Coutinho is an assistant professor of Medicine at the University of Ottawa, the chief of the Division of Prevention and Rehabilitation and chair of the Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre. Dr. Coutinho has addressed audiences at many national and international meetings and has published several high impact manuscripts in the field of Cardiovascular Diseases. She has received numerous awards, including the Ottawa Hospital Department of Medicine 2021 Jeff Turnbull Healthcare Advocacy Award, the University of Ottawa Heart Institute 2019 Global Achievement Award and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute Academic Medical Organization Academic Award for Public Education, to name a few. Dr. Coutinho’s research program focuses on arterial health, with a special emphasis on arterial stiffness and its role on the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases. To pursue these investigations, she has secured over $2.7M in competitive research grants including funding from the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada.

Sarina Isenberg

Dr. Sarina Isenberg is the Bruyère chair in Mixed Methods Palliative Care Research and an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. She also holds positions at the University of Toronto and the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Dr. Isenberg’s research focuses on evaluating access to palliative care provincially and nationally and on designing studies to improve access to and the quality of palliative care transitionally across care settings and for non-malignant and marginalized populations. Dr. Isenberg received two highly prestigious awards in 2020: the U of T Department of Family and Community Medicine Award of Excellence in Research – New Investigator, and induction into the American Association of Hospice Palliative Medicine Research Scholars Program.

Warren Cheung

Dr. Warren Cheung is an associate professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine at the University of Ottawa, and a senior clinician investigator with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He previously held the position of junior clinical research chair in medical education with the Faculty of Medicine. His research focuses on improving the quality of trainee assessments within a competency-based framework, with particular interest in studying workplace-based assessments and direct observation of performance. Dr. Cheung was the recipient of the Resident Doctors of Canada Mikhael Award for Medical Education in 2019 for his work on improving the quality of workplace-based assessments for emergency medicine trainees.

Jean-François Couture

Dr. Jean-François Couture is a professor and chair of the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology at the University of Ottawa. He was selected for this award for his publication “The histone H3.1 variant regulates TONSOKU-mediated DNA repair during replication,” published in the top journal, Science, in March 2022. The paper is the result of an outstanding collaboration involving the laboratories of Drs. Dr. Emilio Alarcón (University of Ottawa Heart Institute) and Yannick Jacob (Yale). A PhD student working under Dr. Couture, Hossein Davarinejad, is a co-author of the Science article.

Michel Le May

Dr. Michel Le May is the director of the University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI) Regional STEMI Program and a professor of medicine at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Le May pioneered the concept of a dedicated ST-elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI) room, which has enabled paramedics to triage STEMI patients directly to the UOHI for primary percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and has resulted in a 50% reduction in mortality in STEMI patients in the Ottawa region. As a recognized clinical researcher, Dr. Le May has over 100 peer-reviewed manuscripts and 200 presentations at national and international meetings. He has been selected for this award for his publication of the “CAPITAL CHILL Trial,” published in the medical journal JAMA in October 2021. The purpose of the trial was to study the effect of moderate versus mild therapeutic hypothermia on mortality and neurologic outcomes in comatose survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest.

Kori LaDonna

Dr. Kori LaDonna is an assistant professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education and the Department of Medicine. Her work focuses on the timely topics of imposter syndrome and burnout in health professionals, leading to a deeper understanding of some of the most important challenges currently facing the healthcare workforce. Her 2022 article “Wrestling with the invincibility myth: Exploring physicians’ resistance to wellness and resilience-building interventions” was selected as a “Med Ed must read” by the Division of GIM at John Hopkins School of Medicine and highlighted by one of the leading medical education podcasts, KeyLIME (episode 332).

Jean Chen

Dr. Jean Chen is an assistant professor in the Department of Medicine. Through outreach, Dr. Chen has brought joy to numerous preclerkship students with her enthusiasm, leading to several productive student projects and research efforts. As the undergraduate program director for the Department of Emergency Medicine, she took over a recently implemented simulation curriculum. In addition to her leadership role for the Emergency Medicine Undergraduate Program, Dr. Chen has taken on the position of program director for the Transition to Clerkship block. Dr. Chen’s passion for education, her enthusiasm for her students’ success and her stamina as a leader and advocate make her a highly regarded mentor.

Daniel Vincent

Dr. Daniel Vincent is the lead physician of the Orleans Palliative Care team and the medical director of Hospice Care Ottawa. Dr. Vincent is an exceptional teacher, and most importantly he provides education on emerging topics and in community settings. Bedside ultrasound-guided procedural skills are a novel area for many areas of medicine, and they have great potential to enhance community-based palliative care. As one of only few palliative care physicians with certification in bedside ultrasound, his contributions are critical in distinguishing the Palliative Medicine Residency Program as one of the foremost palliative care training centers in Canada. Dr. Vincent also integrates point-of-care ultrasound into his community-based palliative care practice, which allows our trainees to apply these skills to help keep palliative care patients at home.

Adam Rudner

Dr. Adam Rudner is an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, in the Faculty of Medicine. Dr. Rudner has been invaluable in the development and execution of the Faculty’s Translational and Molecular Medicine (TMM) undergraduate BSc program. Since the launch of the TMM program in September 2016, Dr. Rudner has coordinated and demonstrated countless student-directed experiments, provided detailed and practical feedback on dozens of student assessments, and has facilitated several course-related events involving the BMI and CMM departments. Dr. Rudner’s dedication to enhancing the overall student learning experience is highlighted through his introduction of the SEA-PHAGES program, an intensive, discovery-based laboratory training experience for undergraduate students to learn how to conduct basic research and discovery in a supportive learning environment.

Alexander Sorisky

Dr. Alexander Sorisky is a professor of Medicine and of Biochemistry, Microbiology & Immunology, and chair of the Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the University of Ottawa. He is a senior scientist and director of the Chronic Disease Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. Among his many roles, he also serves as the director of mentorship in the Department of Medicine. Over the past 6 years he has not only recruited more than 130 mentors, but he has also created a database of all mentors. Dr. Sorisky set up a department-wide computerized system of checks and reminders to ensure that mentorship meetings were taking place. This mentorship program is now a signature piece of the onboarding process in the Department of Medicine.

Monique Potvin Kent

Dr. Monique Potvin Kent is an associate professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and is the program director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program. She is a multi-disciplinary applied public health researcher who focuses on the prevention of obesity and other chronic diseases by examining food and nutrition policies and the commercial determinants of health. As the inaugural director of the MPH program, Dr. Potvin Kent established a mentorship program for all students. The program involves linking students with faculty mentors for the duration of their degree. She also serves as a mentor for many students. Further, she worked closely with students in the MPH program to develop a peer mentoring program whereby senior students learn to support junior students. As a faculty member, Dr. Potvin Kent is committed to mentoring the next generation of scholars, having already supervised 30 students, from undergraduate to post-doctoral levels.

Kendall Noel

Dr. Kendall Noel is a community family physician affiliated with the Monfort program. He has been a continuous innovator in the Department of Family Medicine (DFM) and has been involved with both the College of Family Physicians of Canada and the Ontario College of Family Physicians. Dr. Noel serves as the DFM’s director of evaluation, and in his short time in this role, he has completely revamped the position and has adopted a scientific approach to resident evaluation. His first innovation was to convert data from action-oriented In-Training Evaluation Report (ITER) feedback forms to numeric equivalents, which can be used to quickly determine the norms for resident performance at different levels of training. Another major innovation of his has been to use data from the program’s mandatory “resident confidence surveys” to correlate with resident performance in the programs. Dr. Noel has been able to track the impact of the pandemic on resident confidence in different graduating cohorts. These and other innovations that he has brought forth in his role demonstrate his significant value as a designer, innovator and colleague.

James Chan

As vice chair of wellness in the Department of Medicine (DoM), Dr. James Chan has been extremely effective implementing wellness initiatives in the areas of advocacy, mentorship, professional development, and peer support. Dr. Chan oversees and works closely with the DoM director of wellness research to ensure adherence to an evidence-based approach in wellness measurement and intervention implementation, and with the DoM director of equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) to ensure maintenance of an equitable and socially accountable work environment. In addition, Dr. Chan represents the DoM at the Ottawa Hospital where he works tirelessly to address the many systemic factors that can impact physician wellness. Throughout his term he has strived to improve the work environment by identifying and addressing common systemic barriers, as well as the unique challenges faced by smaller groups and individuals.

Camille Munro

Dr. Munro was appointed the first director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in the Department of Medicine (DoM) in September 2018. Since then, she has undertaken several important and successful advocacy and education EDI initiatives. She created and disseminated the DoM survey on medical staff diversity, which is now in its third year and, due to her efforts, has become a mandatory part of the hospital reappointment process within the department. The DoM now has diversity data to allow for future initiatives and measurement of change and progress in the fostering of diversity within the department. Dr. Munro has also been instrumental in revising the University Medical Associates’ (UMA) maternity leave policy to create a modern and inclusive parental leave policy. At the Ottawa Hospital, she created a position statement for physicians with disabilities that delineates principles that value these physicians and outlines recommendations to promote their accommodation and ensure equitable opportunities.

Jolanda Turley

Dr. Turley works as an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and as an academic family physician at the Bruyère academic family health team Primrose Family Medicine Centre (the Centre). She has helped many residents in her capacity as a preceptor and as the post-graduate unit director at the academic teaching site at the Centre, all while maintaining the utmost professionalism, adherence to confidentiality, and compassion. She has also provided guidance to her colleagues as to how best they could support their residents and offer strategies to help them succeed.

Alison Krentel

Dr. Krentel is an assistant professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa, a scientist at Bruyère Research Institute, and an honorary research fellow at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. She is a senior research fellow at the World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Knowledge Translation, Technology Assessment for Health Equity. Dr. Krentel is one of the founding members and the current chair of the Canadian Network for Neglected Tropical Diseases. She has worked extensively on disease prevention and control as a researcher and consultant in global public health, working in over 14 countries. More recently, her research has drawn attention to the burden of female genital schistosomiasis, a much-overlooked condition affecting millions of women in Africa and Asia, which is associated with significant reproductive health consequences and stigma. She is currently one of the lead principal investigators for a study understanding the transition to scale of proven interventions to address female genital schistosomiasis in Ghana and Madagascar.

Marc Carrier (with Dr. Grégoire Le Gal et Dr. Aurélien Delluc)

Dr. Carrier is head of the Division of Hematology in the Department of Medicine at the Ottawa Hospital, a professor in the Faculty of Medicine, University of Ottawa and a senior scientist in the Clinical Epidemiology Program of the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute. He leads a team that is highly devoted in promoting Francophonie, internationalization, education in research, and Francophonie in research. The team’s work is based on the faculty’s strategic plan. Many members of Dr. Carrier’s team have signed international partnership agreements on thrombosis research. Some are part of an international research network in a francophone environment. Dr. Carrier and his team have demonstrated great leadership and have largely contributed internationally during the COVID-19 pandemic. Their findings and many publications (more than 20 publications for Dr. Carrier alone) have proven to be of even more significant value when it was established that thrombosis was one of the most common complications for COVID patients, and a possible complication associated to some vaccines.

Dylan Bould

Dr. Dylan Bould is widely known as a leader in global anesthesia and perioperative care. He holds many roles such as full professor in the Department of Anesthesiology with a cross-appointment to the Department for Innovation in Medical Education. He is a staff pediatric anesthesiologist at the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) and a clinical investigator at the CHEO Research Institute. Dr. Bould has worked tirelessly to advocate for vulnerable populations and to build capacity through educational initiatives impacting many lives in Zambia, Rwanda, Ethiopia, Guyana and beyond. His activities in global health have included numerous trips to teach anesthesia, the development of educational programs, establishing and running partnerships to develop and support residency training, teaching in global health in Canada and the US, speaking at national and international conferences, supporting junior researchers from low-and middle-income countries in collaborative research and quality improvement projects, mentorship of both trainees and peers, co-chairing the Bethune Round Table conference, and leadership positions in global health at the national and international levels.

Michelle Anawati

Dr. Anawati is a dedicated family doctor who has been practising for close to ten years in the Ottawa-East area. She has a large practice within a francophone family health team where she is adored by her patients and the office personnel. She previously practised hospital medicine at the Montfort Hospital for many years. Dr. Anawati has also been the clerkship director for the Francophone stream for more than 3 years. Dr. Anawati is an innovative and hard-working leader who had to overcome many challenges at the beginning of her academic career. She effectively advocated for enhanced Francophone clerkship groups that Francophone students now benefit from. Although the pandemic presented many challenges, she worked hard to adapt the internships to ensure the best experience.

Clare Liddy

Dr. Clare Liddy is the chair and a full professor at the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Ottawa. She is also a clinical investigator at the C.T. Lamont Primary Health Care Research Centre, senior researcher at the Bruyère Research Institute and a practising family physician at the Ottawa Hospital Academic Family Health Team. Dr. Liddy is a strong advocate for her francophone colleagues within the department. She listens to the issues they raise, encourages them in their efforts, and stands by them during challenging times. She gives a fair and equitable voice to all, reinforces ties within the department and creates a sense of belonging for all. She defends the interests of the francophone programs as much as possible, at every level, when required.

Mark Clemons

Dr. Mark Clemons is clinical researcher in the field of oncology, primarily focused on the development of pragmatic clinical trials to improve the care of breast cancer patients. He is lead and co-founder of the Rethinking Clinical Trials (REaCT) program since 2014 and has implemented an extremely innovative research program. His leadership of this pragmatic, patient-centered oncology research program is well recognized and REaCT was the first cancer trial program in Canada to instigate oral consent processes for most of its trials, allowing the program to thrive even during the pandemic. Dr. Clemons is a Full Professor in the Department of Medicine and Clinical Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Beth Potter

Dr. Beth Potter is an expert in the complex field of the epidemiology of rare diseases.She developed and leader the Canadian Inherited Metabolic Disease Research Network (CIMDRN), a multidisciplinary network on pediatric metabolic treatment centres, aimed at understanding family perspectives and experiences with care for children with inherited metabolic diseases. In 2020, Dr. Potter established INFORM RARE, a national multi-stakeholder network focused on registry-based randomized trials for rare pediatric diseases. Dr. Potter is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health.

Meghan McConnell

Dr. Meghan McConnell is a medical education researcher who has gained national and international recognition for her expertise in pedagogical research and assessment and evaluation research. Recently, she has been investigating the role of test enhanced learning: with many medical schools and residency training programs around the world now emphasizing assessment for learning rather than the traditional end of unit high stakes exams, her work in this area is extremely timely. Dr. McConnell also studies the role of emotion and moods in the training, assessment and performance of healthcare professional. Dr. McConnell is an Associate Professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education.

Mireille Ouimet

Dr. Mireille Ouimet is an emerging leader in the field of metabolism research. Her early work dramatically changed the way we understand how cholesterol is removed from the cell and opened up a new area of research on lipases and lipophagy in atherosclerosis. She also elucidate microRNA-based mechanisms of lipid regulation also play a role in bacterial infection. Her work has expanded our understanding of lipid mobilization in the cell.Dr. Ouimet is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology and Scientist at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.

Peter Tanuseputro

Dr. Peter Tanuseputro is a physician who studies the health of vulnerable populations. Dr. Tanuseputro’s research is high impact and far reaching, and he is already one of Canada’s national leaders with respect to measuring care based in the community, including palliative care, long term care and primary care. He is primarily a health services researcher, using ‘big data’ to improve health care delivery to aging and palliative care populations. Dr. Tanuseputro is Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute and the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.

Amy Hsu

Dr. Amy Hsu leads a growing research program focused on health services researcher for aging, palliative and end-of-life populations. She has led the development of a mortality risk prediction algorithm to support early identification of care needs for frail, community-dwelling older adults. Her work has also highlighted the impact of COVID-19 on vulnerable populations in long-term care settings. She has also developed unique risk communication tools for the creation of web-based knowledge translation tools to help improve the health and care planning for older Canadians. Dr. Hsu is a Lecturer in the Department of Family Medicine, Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute and Affiliated Investigator at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and is the inaugural University of Ottawa Brain and Mind-Bruyère Research Institute Chair in Primary Health Care Dementia Research.

Kay-Anne Haykal

Dr. Kay Anne Haykal is a leader in family medicine who is committed to promoting the health and well-being of her colleagues. Her research program is diverse and multidisciplinary, focusing on mental health and wellness, particularly wellness in the undergraduate medical education program. She has worked on developing the resilience curriculum and determining and promoting the appropriate tools and resources to improve wellness. Dr. Haykal is Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine.

Simon Chen

Dr. Simon Chen’s 2021 article ‘Delayed motor learning in a 16p11.2 deletion mouse model of autism is rescued by locus coeruleus activation’, published in Nature Neuroscience, explores the delays in motor skills development often reported in autism spectrum disorder (ASD).Using a mouse model, his findings show that deletion of the chromosome 16p11.2 results in delayed motor learning without showing gross motor deficits. They also identified the neuronal structural, activity and circuit dysfunctions underlying the delayed motor learning. These results can significantly advance the understanding to neural network dysfunction in the brains of ASD patients. Dr. Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine and Canada Research Chair in Neural Circuits and Behaviour.

Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki/Lisa Caulley & Benjamin Hibbert

Dr. Stephanie Johnson-Obaseki & Dr. Lisa Caulley paper entitled ‘Salivary Detection of Covid-19’, published in the Annals of Internal Medicine (2021) confirmed the feasibility of COVID-19 salivary testing in adults, though neither saliva nor NP swab was perfect in detecting SARS-CoV-2. Dr. Lisa Caulley is an Assistant Professor and Surgical Oncologist on the Department of Otolaryngology.

Dr. Benjamin Hibbert’s New England Journal of Medicine article ‘Milrinone as Compared with Dobutamine in the Treatment of Cardiogenic Shock’ (2021) detail CAPITAL DOREMI, the first randomized controlled trial of inotrope therapy in cardiogenic shock, comparing the safety and efficacy of milrinone and dobutamine in patients with this condition. The results of the trial clearly determine that milrinone did not results in any significant advantage over dobutamine in primary and secondary outcomes, challenging a decades-long dogma of superiority of one over the other. The study also provides the first prospective data on inotrope therapy in this notoriously difficult-to-study population. Dr. Hibbert is an interventional cardiology and clinician scientist with the University of Ottawa Heart Institute and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine.

Susan Humphrey-Murto

Dr. Susan Humphrey-Murto’s paper ‘Are raters influenced by prior information about a learner? A review of assimilation and contrast effects in assessment’ was published in Advances in Health Sciences Education, Theory and Practice (2021). As the advent of competency-based medical education has led to an increase emphasis on raters assessments, rater cognition is an emerging and important research area to understand variations in adjusticators. This paper describes key concept and contexts that might impact the influence of prior information on raters, and provides a theoretical framework for future research.  Dr. Humphrey-Murto is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, cross-appointed toe he Department of Innovation in Medical Education.

Chris Ramnanan

Dr. Ramnanan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Innovation in Medical Education. His teaching excellence was quickly recognized by the Faculty and resulted in his growing responsibility in the medical program over time.Dr. Ramnanan demonstrates excellence as an anatomy educator for the undergraduate program as well as champion for medical students interested in engaging in education scholarship and research. During the pandemic, he responded creatively to the cancellation of in person learning and created online anatomy sessions to replace lost learning opportunities. He epitomizes the ideal medical educator with his passion for teaching, his leadership in innovation and his dedication to education scholarship.

Carlos Torres

Dr. Carlos Torres is a neuroradiologist who is passionate about teaching and has a strong interest in medical education, which he sees as the dissemination of knowledge in a horizontal (rather than vertical or hierarchical) way where information can be shared and discussed. Dr. Torres engages trainees through a case-based approach and understands the importance of collaborations, and bridging specialties and disciplines. His goal is help his trainees become well-rounded clinicians, sensitive to the needs and expectations of patients. Through his interactions and teaching, Dr. Torres stimulates his trainees to think critically and practice evidence-based medicine. He has received several teaching awards. Dr. Torres is a Full Professor in the Department of Radiology.

Keith Wheaton

Dr. Keith Wheaton has extensive teaching experience and student-centered approach to undergraduate education, with a genuine commitment to excellence in university pedagogy that has strengthened the student learning experience. Dr. Wheaton provides tailored instruction and learning activities for several TMM courses ranging from genome integrity, metabolism, cancer biology and laboratory principles and techniques and also contributes to curriculum design and development. Dr. Wheaton uses a range of teaching methods including in-class discussions, dynamic debates, student-led seminars and case-based problem-solving. His seamless shift between instructional approaches is highly engaging and relatable and essential to support student motivation for learning. Dr. Wheaton is a Replacement Assistant Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology.

Christiane Kuntz

Dr. Christiane Kuntz is a family physician and clinical expert in women’s health whose passionate approach to teaching focuses on coaching and mentorship, as well as advocacy for our learners and the greater community.Dr. Kuntz is one of the most sought after community based preceptors in the postgraduate residency program. She models the values of a compassionate and patient centered family physician, mentoring residents with patience, experience, skills and abundant one-on-one attention to ensure success. She trains residents to be excellent communicators who care for the physical, emotional, psychological and spiritual aspect of a person’s condition. Dr. Kuntz is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine.

Adam Rudner

Dr. Adam Rudner is an experimentalist and expert in chromosome structure and dynamics. Dr. Rudner offers his trainees countless opportunities to explore their scientific curiosity through innovative projects, research programs and scholarships, and conference and poster presentations. He encourages students to perform experiments according the their interest and ensure students have access to the necessary resources even in fields that are out of his own area of expertise. Dr. Rudner also led the implementation of the SEA-Phages program for TMM students, an innovative new course which is now a model for other universities. As a mentor, he encourages his lab trainees to see each other as teammates and collaborators who are supportive and positive both in the lab and in life. Dr. Rudner is an Associate Professor in the Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology.

Jean Seely

Dr. Jean Seely is an academic radiologist who has dedicated her clinical research to improving the effectiveness of early diagnosis of breast cancer and reducing the rate of poor cancer outcomes.In 2017, she founded the Canadian Society of Breast Imaging, a national society with a mission to save life years and improve quality of life through early detection of breast cancer, as well as provide quality education and trusted information to patients and physicians across Canada. Dr. Seely’s research helped established shorter imaging protocols, thereby increasing access for more patients.These shorter protocols established at TOH are serving as a model and being adopted in many centers in Canada. Dr. Seely’s management of the Rose Ages Breast Health Centre is exceptional, training high calibre international fellows, fundraising for new world-class equipment and space and advocating for improved and effective patient care. Dr. Seely is a Full Professor in the Department of Radiology.

Tim Lau

Dr. Tim Lau is a physician and serves the Director of Joy at Work Initiative for the Department of Psychiatry.His this position, he has worked for the promotion and enhancement of well-being in the daily lives of faculty members.He has helped faculty members receive recognition for their hard work through national awards and support for promotions. Dr. Lau is also working with the Faculty to set up a network of Physician Leads for Wellness at the affiliated hospitals. For more than 10 years, Dr. Lau has organized courses and facilitated workshops for couples and parents to enhance wellness in daily life. During the COVID-19 pandemic, he took a leadership role to help calm the anxieties of the public as well as faculty members. Dr. Lau is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Distinguished Teacher in the Faculty of Medicine.

Vivian Welch

Dr. Vivian Welch is an internationally recognized scholar in the areas of high-impact systematic reviews and methods related to the integration of health equity considerations into clinical trials, systematic reviews and practice guidelines. Dr. Welch has led guideline development including PRIMSA-EQUITY, GRADE equity and CONSORT-Equity. She is currently leading a chapter on gender, equity and human rights assessment in WHO guidelines development and a chapter on equity and special populations for the Cochrane Collaboration handbook. She co-chaired the inaugural EDI committee at SEPH for the development of recommendations to promote a safe and inclusive environment. Dr. Welch is an Associate Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health and Investigator at the Bruyère Research Institute.

Giuseppe Pagliarello

Dr. Giuseppe Pagliarello is a general surgeon, a natural leader and an exemplary role model. Dr. Pagliarello recognizes that the success of our institution relies heavily on our ability to work together as a community of physicians, surgeons, nurses and allied health professionals, reach across differences and actively cultivate a health work environment. He is an effective two-way communicator and has successfully harmonized efforts from different groups to ensure safety and well-being of staff all the while maintaining high quality of patient care. In all aspects of his work, Dr. Pagliarello promotes ethical and professional behaviour throught the Faculty and demonstrates respect, compassion, empathy and responsibility. Dr. Pagliarello is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery and Head of the Division of General Surgery.

Marie-Hélène Chomienne

Dr. Marie-Hélène Chomienne is a clinician investigator with a particular interest for health inequalities faced by Francophones in minority communities and for maternal and child health in sub-Saharan Africa. At the international level, she set up almost 20 years ago the French apprenticeship program in Benin Africa, as well as a pilot project for innovative and interactive training in one of their villages. Dr. Chomienne is an assistant professor in the Department of Family Medicine and a clinician investigator at the Institut du Savoir Montfort.