Biography

 Kathryn Graham Professor, Research Impact and Assessment, University of Calgary, Alberta Kathryn is a Professor of Research Impact Assessment and runs the Research Impact Assessment Lab (RIAL) at the University of Calgary, “where we transform inspiration into impact”. Her name is synonymous with advancing both the science and practice of economic and societal [...]

Director Performance, Analytics and Evaluation, Canada Foundation for Innovation Laura Hillier is the Director of Performance, Analytics and Evaluation at the Canada Foundation for Innovation (CFI).  She leads a team responsible for monitoring corporate performance and assessing the outcomes and impacts of the investments in research infrastructure made by the CFI.  Laura has [...]

BA/BPHE, Founder, Empowering Steps Vivien obtained a BA/BPHE degree from Queen’s University and completed the course requirements for an MSc at Dalhousie Universities, specializing in adapted physical education and coaching science. Vivien has 40 years of gymnastics coaching experience and 26 years as a gymnastics business owner. She founded a community-based gymnastics centre [...]

Director of Client & Family Integrated Care, Holland Bloorview Laura Williams is the Director of Client and Family Integrated Care at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital. Laura has worked extensively in healthcare in adult and pediatric settings in both frontline and leadership roles. She has successfully implemented new programming in several healthcare settings, [...]

Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology McGill University Jake is a Professor of School Psychology and Human Development in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology at McGill University in Montreal. He is the founder and director of the McGill Youth Study Team (MYST) and a co-investigator on three past and current [...]

RMC Member and RMC Vice Chair Professor, University of Toronto Dr. Lucy Osborne is an associate professor at the Institute of Medical Science (IMS) conducting research at the forefront of medical genetics. She is a world expert on the deletion and duplication of a small but fascinating region of the genome, 7q11.23 on [...]

Associate Professor Department of Rehabilitation Laval University Désirée is an Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation at Université Laval and a researcher at the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research in Rehabilitation and Social Integration. Her research focuses on outcome measures related to mobility in children with Cerebral Palsy and on the determinants [...]

Sarah Lippé studies risk factors for neurodevelopmental disorders and the diversity of trajectories of outcomes. She has developed brain activity biomarkers sensitive to brain maturation and cognitive development.  Lippe currently uses advanced imaging signal processing and modern statistics to delineate etiologic mechanisms leading to abnormal neurodevelopment. She was among the first to advocate [...]

Dannielle joined Kids Brain Health Network in 2019 as the Communications Coordinator after receiving her Masters in Journalism at the University of British Columbia. Before this position, Dannielle worked in various communications roles at universities, radio stations and non-profits.