YEAR IN REVIEW 2022-23 Kids Brain Health Network’s achievements rely on the skills and contributions of hundreds of people and organizations, all of whom deserve our heartfelt thanks. We’d like to specifically thank families and caregivers for working with us. We could not do this work without them.
Network Members
Kids Brain Health Network collaborates with 22 leading academic and research institutions. We thank these groundbreaking organizations that are the homes of our principal investigators and researchers.
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KBHN funded under Networks of Centres of Excellence (NCE)
We are deeply grateful to the Network of Centres of Excellence program for their funding support to KBHN as we continue the third and final cycle of funding under the federal NCE program.
Host Institution
We extend Thanks to our host institution, Simon Fraser University for their continued collaboration. SFU makes a natural home for the Network with the University’s strategic focus areas including improving health across the human lifespan, emphasis on community engagement and the translation of knowledge for the greatest societal impact.
Thank you to our Partners
We’d like to underline the great contribution of our partners for bringing our innovations to life for the benefit of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
KBHN Board of Directors
Geoff Pradella
Board Chair
Senior Strategic Advisor to the Minister of Health, Government of Alberta
Sara Saber-Freedman
Board Vice-Chair
Executive Vice President, The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA)
William Kovalchuk
President and Portfolio Manager, Claret Asset Management Corporation
Dr. Michael Richards
Associate Vice-President of Research, Simon Fraser University
Dr. Sarah Lippé
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Montreal
Deputy Head, Brain and Child Development Axis
Angela Clancy
Executive Director, Family Support Institute of BC
Jamie Dunlop
Superintendent, Ottawa Police Department
Oksana Khomyak
Senior Manager of Audit and Assurance, Price Waterhouse
Erin Selby
Director of Education and Training, UFCW Training Centre
Dr. Christine Williams
Executive Vice President and Head of Implementation Science, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Emmanuel Kamarianakis
Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Global Affairs Canada
Julia Moore
Executive Director, The Center for Implementation
KBHN Research Management Committee
Dr. Désirée Maltais
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Laval University
Dr. Lucy Osborne
Professor, University of Toronto
Dr. Normand Carrey
Associate Professor, Dalhousie University
Department of Psychiatry, IWK Health Centre
Dr. Genevieve Currie
Parent Advocate & Associate Professor, College of Nursing, Mount Royal University
Kathryn E. R. Graham
Executive Director, Performance Management and Evaluation, Alberta Innovates
Dr. Shauna Kingsnorth
Manager of Evidence to Care, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
Dr. Marla Steinberg
Independent Evaluation Consultant
Adjunct Professor, School of Public and Population Health, University of British Columbia
Vivien Symington
CEO and Director, Club Aviva, Childrens Sports & Gymnastics Club
Dr. Laura Williams
Director of Patient Engagement, University Health Network
Christina Weise
President & CEO, Weise Insights Ltd
Brent Wennekes
President and Lead Strategic Consultant, Wennekes Consulting Incorporated
KBHN Research Training Committee
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker
Director of Health Policy at the School of Public Policy &
Assistant Professor, University of Calgary
Dr. Jill Zwicker
Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia
Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Dr. Andrea Cross
Postdoctoral fellow, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
Assistant Professor, School of Rehabilitation Science, Faculty of Health Sciences, McMaster University
Dr. François Dubois
Associate Professor of Pediatric Neurology, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Dr. Carmen Rasmussen
Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta
Dr. Fakhri Shafai
Research and Evaluation Project Coordinator, AIDE Canada
Rachel Martens
Research Engagement Strategist, CanChild and Kids Brain Health Network
Dr. Jonathan Lai
Executive Director of Strategy and Operations,Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance
Adjunct Faculty, Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, University of Toronto
KBHN Staff
Nicola Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. James Reynolds
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker
Deputy Scientific Officer
Kim van der Hoek
Director of Operations and Administration
Dr. Douglas J. Swanson
Research Program Manager
Alice Sze
Finance Manager
Prachi Jatania
Communications Manager
Dr. Hajer Chalghoumi
Training Manager Consultant
Sharon Weerpass
Executive Assistant and Governance Coordinator
