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The Advisory Board

Our Advisory Board provides advice to our Scientific Director to inform and influence our work. The Board members bring a pan-Canadian perspective, and act as a liaison between our Centre and public health practitioners, students, researchers, policy makers and community groups. Members are practitioners and academics from most Canadian provinces and territories who come from a range of expertise, backgrounds and networks.

Gaynor Watson-Creed

Gaynor Watson-Creed

Associate Dean, Serving and Engaging Society, Dalhousie University

Carolina Jimenez Vanegas (she/they)

Carolina Jimenez Vanegas (she/they)

Family Nurse Practitioner at RISE Community Health Centre, Vancouver, BC

Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash

Caroline Bennett-AbuAyyash

Senior Knowledge Translation Specialist, The Ontario Brain Institute

David Buckeridge

David Buckeridge

Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Occupational Health, McGill University

Erin Morton (she/her)

Erin Morton (she/her)

Associate Vice President Research, Graduate & Professional Studies, St. Francis Xavier University

Gayatri Jayaraman

Gayatri Jayaraman

Director General, Social, Justice, and Indigenous Statistics Branch, Social, Health, and Labour Statistics, Statistics Canada

Jasmine Pawa

Jasmine Pawa

Adjunct Lecturer, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto

Kimberly R. Huyser

Kimberly R. Huyser

Professor of Sociology, University of British Columbia

Marianne Jacques

Marianne Jacques

Scientific Lead, National Collaborating Centre for Health Public Policy

Nancy Laliberte

Nancy Laliberte

Executive Director, Systems Transformation, Indigenous Health, British Columbia Provincial Health Services Authority

Renee Boi-Doku

Renee Boi-Doku

Supervisor Nursing Quality Practice, Toronto Public Health

Rod Knight (he/him)

Rod Knight (he/him)

Associate Professor, School of Public Health, Université de Montréal

Sana Shahram

Sana Shahram

Assistant Professor, UBC, Co-Director, Equity Science Lab

Savita Rani

Savita Rani

Resident physician, Division of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan

Thilina Bandara

Thilina Bandara

Assistant Professor, School of Public Health, University of Saskatchewan