This category holds: Investigators, Awardees, Trainees, Fer Graduates, Family Members, Fellows
Rae Martens
Rae Martens is a Knowledge Broker with the FER Training Program as well as with the Azrieli Accelerator through the University of Calgary.
Vanessa Tomas
Vanessa Tomas, M.Sc., is a SSHRC-funded Ph.D. candidate in the Rehabilitation Sciences Institute and Collaborative Program in Neuroscience.
Dr. Chaya Kulkarni
Dr. Chaya Kulkarni is the Director of Infant Mental Health Promotion (IMHP) at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids). IEMHP is a national organization which improves outcomes across the lifespan through translating and promoting the science of early mental health into practice with families during pregnancy, infancy, and early childhood.
Dr. Cindy Blackstock
Executive Director, First Nations Child & Family Caring Society of Canada & Professor of Social Work, McGill University A member of the Gitxsan First Nation, Cindy is honoured to serve as the Executive Director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society and a professor at McGill University’s School of Social Work. She has over [...]
Dr. Laurence Meadows
Laurence Meadows received his B.A. in Biochemistry from Oxford University and his Ph.D. from McGill University (Department of Neurology & Neurosurgery) where he examined the molecular & electrophysiological properties of voltage-gated sodium channels. He subsequently spent 4 years as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Michigan (Department of Pharmacology) where he continued [...]
Dr. Annie E. Richard
Annie Richard is a Research Associate with the Pathways in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) Study team, working at the Autism Research Centre, IWK Health Centre, Halifax. Her research interests focus on comorbidities in neurodevelopmental disorders.
Dr. James Reynolds
Dr. James Reynolds is a graduate of Queen’s University (B.Sc., 1982, Ph.D, 1987). His thesis research investigated the neurochemical mechanisms underlying heavy metal toxicity. Subsequently, he completed postdoctoral training at the Addiction Research Foundation and the University of Toronto.
Dr. Douglas J. Swanson
KBHN Research and Trainee Manager Doug Swanson has been a part of Kids Brain Health Network from its inception back in 2010. He took on the role of Research Program Manager to help oversee the implementation and growth of the nation-wide Training Program. He received his PhD in Neuroscience from the University of [...]
Nicola Lewis
Nicky brings more than 20 years’ experience in senior management and executive leadership roles in public health and health research administration. Nicky is uniquely and ideally positioned to guide KBHN, having served four years as the inaugural executive director of the Network from its inception as NeuroDevNet.
Dr. Francois Bolduc
Dr. Francois Bolduc completed his medical school in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. He moved to Montreal to study pediatrics at Hôpital Ste-Justine (Université de Montreal) and then pediatric neurology at McGill University’s Montreal Children Hospital. He obtained his PhD from Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, NY, USA in neurogenetics. Dr. Bolduc is a clinician-scientist in [...]
