Biography

CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director Dan Goldowitz received his PhD in Psychobiology at the University of California at Irvine with a thesis that focused on the plasticity of the adult central nervous in response to lesions. His subsequent postdoctoral work at Harvard Children’s Hospital in Boston, the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm, and the University of [...]

Professor; McGill University Eric Fombonne, MD, FRCP, is a professor of psychiatry and an epidemiologist. He directs the child psychiatry division at McGill University in Canada and the psychiatry department at the Montreal Children's Hospital, where he played a crucial role in the launch of its autism clinic. Fombonne is also the Canada [...]

Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal; Director of the Université de Montréal Beaulieu-Saucier Pharmacogenomics Centre located at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) Dr. Marie-Pierre Dubé is Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the Université de Montréal. She is the director of the Université de Montréal [...]

Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia; Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology Craig is interested in how nerve cells in the brain make synaptic connections and modify connections with experience. She studies these questions of synapse development and synapse plasticity mainly from a cellular and molecular viewpoint. She then [...]

Professor Emerita, Departments of Pediatrics and Psychology & Neuroscience, Dalhousie University and IWK Health Centre Dr. Susan Bryson, a world-renowned autism researcher. Dr. Bryson joined Dalhousie from York University in Toronto in 2001 to accept the role of professor in the departments of Pediatrics and Psychology, as well as the Craig Chair in [...]

Facility Chief, Child Health at the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital; Associate Professor, Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Alberta; Zone Section Chief, Neurodevelopmental Pediatrics, Alberta Health Services Dr. John Andersen is an Associate Professor and Associate Director of the Division of Developmental Pediatrics at the University of Alberta and serves as Co-site [...]

Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Kinesiology at the University of the University of Fraser Health Dr. Chris Bertram’s research primarily focuses on the motor abilities of children with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD).  Bertram’s interest also involves motor learning. His research around motor learning is directed toward further our understanding of how [...]

Child Neurologist and Professor of Pediatrics, University of Toronto; Assistant Director, Holland Bloorview Research Institute Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou studies how genes affect brain structure, function, behaviour, cognition and health in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders.  Her research focuses on improving outcomes and quality of life for children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and [...]

Darcy Fehlings, Professor, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Dr. Darcy Fehlings is a developmental paediatrician and professor in the Department of Paediatrics at the University of Toronto. She is a senior clinician scientist in the Bloorview Research Institute, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Her clinical and research work focuses on the innovation and [...]

Dr. Levitt received his B.A. in Biology at the University of Chicago, a Ph.D. in Neuroscience at University of California, San Diego and a postdoctoral fellow at Yale University. Dr. Levitt has held chair and institute directorships at University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Vanderbilt University and USC. Dr. Levitt has been a National [...]