Members

Dr. Chibuike Udenigwe is a Professor and University Research Chair at the School of Nutrition Sciences, University of Ottawa, and a Faculty Affiliate at the Institute for Science, Society and Policy. Dr. Udenigwe obtained a PhD in Food and Nutritional Sciences from the University of Manitoba, and held an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Guelph prior to his first faculty position at Dalhousie University. His research takes the chemical sciences approach in exploring food, nutrition and health, with a focus on sustainable processing, functional foods and nutraceuticals, and their beneficial effects on human health. Dr. Udenigwe is a member of the Global Young Academy.

Dr. Sharon Whiting is the Vice Dean of Faculty Affairs, Faculty of Medicine at the University of Ottawa and a member of the leadership team of the interdisciplinary Centre for Black Health (ICBH).

Dr. Whiting, an Associate Professor in the Department of Paediatrics, is a pediatric neurologist at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario.

She received her medical degree from the University of the West Indies, Royal College of Canada certification in Pediatrics at the University of Ottawa and in Neurology from the University of British Columbia. Dr. Whiting was past president of the Canadian Association of Pediatric Neurology, the Canadian League against Epilepsy and the founding President of the Canadian Pediatric Epilepsy Network. 

She is a co-director of the epilepsy research (EpLink) programme of the Ontario Brain Institute and involved in research in the ketogenic diet and patients with epileptic encephalopathy.

The ICBH will be Canada’s first academic research centre dedicated to the study of the biological, social, economic occupational and cultural determinants of health in the country’s Black communities. Addressing gaps in research, care, training and public policies, ICBH will change the landscape for Black communities.

Emmanuelle Bernheim is a full professor in the Civil Law Section of the Faculty of Law and holds the Canada Research Chair in Mental Health and Access to Justice. Her research focuses on the role of law and justice in the production and reproduction of inequalities. Over the past five years, she has been involved in a variety of research activities, developing a research program around the issue of access to justice and its implementation for marginalized citizens. She is developing this problematic under three main axes: 1- mental health, 2- youth protection and 3- self-representation in court.