YEAR IN REVIEW 2021-22 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 that become our Network Members. We thank these leading Canadian organizations who are the home of our principal investigators and researchers who have been working to develop programs, groundbreaking research, and initiatives that help improve the lives of children with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families.
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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.
Our Team
We’d like to express our gratitude to our Board members for their leadership and dedication, to our Research Management Committee and Research Training Committee for their insightful guidance, to our staff and researchers for their tireless efforts.
KBHN’s Board of Directors
David Kuik
Board Chair until September 21, 2021
Geoff Pradella
Board Chair after September 21, 2021
Senior Strategic Advisor to the Minister of Health, Government of Alberta
Sara Saber-Freedman
Vice-Chair
Executive Vice President, Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs
Dr. Angela Brooks-Wilson
Associate Vice-President Research, pro tem, Simon Fraser University
Angela Clancy
Executive Director, Family Support Institute of BC
Jamie Dunlop
Superintendent, Ottawa Police Department
Bonnie Healy
Health Director, Blackfoot Confederacy
Emmanuel Kamarianakis
Ambassador to the Federative Republic of Brazil, Global Affairs Canada
Oksana Khomyak
Senior Manager of Audit and Assurance, Price Waterhouse
William Kovalchuk
President and Portfolio Manager, Claret Asset Management Corporation
Sarah Lippé
Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Montreal
Deputy Head, Brain and Child Development Axis
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
KBHN’s Research Management Committee
Désirée Maltais
Associate Professor, Department of Rehabilitation Laval University
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. 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
Brent Wennekes
Director of Member Relations, Protein Industries Canada
KBHN’s Research Training Committee
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker
Deputy Scientific Officer, Kids Brain Health Network &
Director of Health Policy at the School of Public Policy, University of Calgary
Dr. Andrea Cross
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. Stelios Georgiades
Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University
Dr. Jonathan Lai
Executive Director of Strategy and Operations,Canadian Autism Spectrum Disorder Alliance
Rachel Martens
Research Engagement Strategist, CanChild and Kids Brain Health Network
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
KBHN’s Staff
Nicola Lewis
Chief Executive Officer
Dr. James Reynolds
Chief Scientific Officer
Dr. Jennifer Zwicker
Deputy Scientific Officer
Dr. Douglas J. Swanson
Research Program Manager
Alice Sze
Finance Manager
Kim van der Hoek
Director of Operations and Administration
Sharon Weerpass
Executive Assistant and Governance Coordinator
Dannielle Piper
Communications Coordinator
Dr. Hajer Chalghoumi
Training Manager Consultant
Ariana Cahn
Communications Coordinator
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