Biography

Fibiger earned his BSc at the University of Victoria, BC, in 1966 and his PhD at Princeton, New Jersey, in 1970. He came to the UBC in 1972, where he researched the causes of “anhedonia,” or depression. His work shows that a complex of neurons in the midbrain contains the neurotransmitter dopamine, an [...]

Daniel Ansari is an Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience at Western University, Canada. He received a BA in Psychology from the University of Sussex, an MSc in Neuroscience from Oxford University and a PhD from University College London. From 2003-2006, he was an Assistant Professor in the Department [...]

Dr. Yager’s recent research focus is on the effects of age on stroke injury and outcome. Findings showed that the newborn brain is actually more susceptible to injury, but that it is much more capable of functional recovery. Currently they are looking into the underlying pathophysiological causes and will try to determine if [...]

Dr. Vasanthi Srinivasan is the founding Executive Director of the Ontario Strategy for Patient-Oriented Research (SPOR) SUPPORT Unit.  Until December 2013, Vasanthi was the Assistant Deputy Minister of the Health Systems Strategy and Policy Division.  She was also the lead for the research program for the Ministry of Health and Long Term Care.   [...]

Dr. Michael Fehlings is the Medical Director of the Krembil Neuroscience Center and heads the Spinal Program at the Toronto Western Hospital. Dr. Fehlings is also a Professor of Neurosurgery, Co-Director of the Spine Program and, most recently, appointed Vice-Chair Research in the Department of Surgery at the University of Toronto. He holds [...]

Peter A. Allen is the President of Mercator Investments Limited, a Venture Capital company. Formerly, he was the Founder and CEO of Lac Minerals, which became a global mining company. He began his career with Imperial Oil Ltd., Transportation Dept. He chaired the embryonic Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) and founded its [...]

Gary Wechsler, FCPA, CA, is currently a strategic advisor to several business enterprises. Previously, he served for over ten years as the Chief Financial Officer of Optimal Group, a publicly listed NASDAQ company. Mr. Wechsler is a past Chairman of the Jewish General Hospital Foundation and serves on the Hospital’s President’s Advisory Committee. [...]

David K. Ure is the Senior Vice President, Finance of Mercer International Inc., a Nasdaq traded US company and the world’s largest producer of Northern Bleached Softwood Kraft pulp and a producer of biomass-based green electricity and bio-chemicals.   He is a Chartered Professional Accountant (CGA) and holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree in [...]

Kathleen is the Communications & Education Director at the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, a position she has held since 1996. She has a BA with a major in fine arts and an MA in English (Creative Writing) from the University of Alberta. Kathleen has worked for several cultural institutions in western [...]

Henri Rothschild has over 30 years of leadership experience in the planning and executing national and global science and technology (S&T) initiatives that address Canadian innovation objectives. He is currently President  & CEO of the Canada-Israel Industrial R&D Foundation (CIIRDF), which he has managed since its inception in 1994. Dr. Rothschild has also [...]