Committees representing seven cross-cutting themes will ensure broad input in the BHI vision and its implementation throughout the program.
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.
Sylvain Charbonneau
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