CO-CHAIRS
Nestor Nituch
Unit Director, Regional Clinical Operations
Bristol-Myers Squibb Canada
Dr. John S. Sampalis, Ph.D.
President
JSS Medical Research Inc.
SPEAKERS
John Akitt
President and Co-Founder
Trial Management Group (TMG)
Dr. Ronnie Aronson, MD, FRCPC, FACE
Executive Director
LMC Endocrinology Centres
Karen Arts, BSN (honours), RN, CCRC
Director, Business Development
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Tanya Chow, LL.B., M.H.S.A., LL.M.
Legal Counsel
The Hospital for Sick Children
Elise Cogo, N.D.
Head, Clinical Trials Safety and Efficacy Assessment Unit
Bureau of Clinical Trials and Health Sciences
Natural Health Products Directorate, Health Canada
Jack Corman
President, IRB Services
Executive Member, National Council on Ethics in Human Research (NCEHR)
Voting Member, Canadian General Standards Board (CGSB)
Mathieu Gagne
Partner
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP
Dr. Pierre Geoffroy, MD, CM, MSc, FCFP
Medical Director
Biovail Contract Research
Pierre Gervais, B. Pharm., MSc
President and Research Director
Q&T Research
Dr.Paul C. Hebert
Editor-in-Chief
Canadian Medical Association Journal (CMAJ)
Dr. Ronald Heslegrave
Chair, Research Ethics Board, University Health Network
Ontario Cancer Research Ethics Board
Lisa Johnston, RN, BScN, CCRP
Manager, CRP Professional Practice
Department of Clinical Research Practice
University Health Network
Aaron Leahy, B.A., LL.B
Legal Counsel
The Hospital for Sick Children
Martin Letendre LLB, LLM
Director of Ethics and Legal Affairs
ethica Clinical Research Inc.
Livia Maduri
Associate
Gowlings
Dr. Catriona McMahon, BSc., MBChB, FRCA (UK), MRPM (UK)
Vice-President, Medical Affairs
AstraZeneca Canada Inc.
Bradley Millson
Investment Advisor, Life Sciences
Foreign Affairs & International Trade Canada
Michelle Moldofsky, LL.B., LL.M.
Policy & Legal Advisor
Office of Research Administration, St. Michael’s Hospital
Susan Picard
President
SPharm Inc.
Ms. Chantal Quiniou
Legal Counsel
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Diana Raymond-Watts
Research Manager
Women’s College Research Institute
Jason Ridderikhoff, B.Sc.N.
Regional Operations Manager, Clinical Research
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Maria Rossin, B.A., LL.B., J.D.
Research Counsel, The Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Richard Sugarman, MSW
Chair, Research Ethics Board
The Hospital for Sick Children
Peter Thompson
Regional Research Manager – Atlantic
Research & Development Department
Eli Lilly Canada Inc.
Dr. J. Carter Thorne, MD, FRCP, FACP
Principal Investigator
The Arthritis Program Research Secretary-Treasurer
Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium
Anne Tomalin, BA, BSc, RAC
President
CanReg Inc.
Carl Wibbenmeyer
Chief Operating Officer
The Patient Recruiting Agency