Research Management Committee

Members

Michael Rudnicki (Chair)
Senior Scientist & Director of Molecular Medicine, Ottawa Health Research Institute, Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research

Tim Caulfield (Theme Leader)
Research Director, Health Law Institute, University of Alberta

Sharon Colle
National Executive Director, Foundation Fighting Blindness

Peter Dirks
Associate Professor, Division of Neurosurgery/Program in Developmental Biology, Hospital for Sick Children

Sheldon Finkelstein
Physician, Kipling Heights Medical Centre

David Glass
Global Head, Muscle Diseases Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research

Judy Illes
University of British Columbia

Jennifer Molson
Patient Representative

Jamie Piret (Theme Leader)
Professor, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of British Columbia

Derrick Rancourt
Associate Professor, Departments of Oncology and Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, University of Calgary

Janet Rossant
Chair of Research, Hospital for Sick Children

Denis Claude Roy (Theme Leader)
Director, Research Centre & Cellular Therapy Laboratory, Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont

Leslie So
Trainee Representative, University of British Columbia

William Stanford
Associate Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Terry Thomas
Vice President of Research and Development, STEMCELL Technologies

Sam Weiss (Theme Leader)
Genes & Development Research Group, University of Calgary

Peter Zandstra
Professor, Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering, University of Toronto

Staff

Drew Lyall
Executive Director, Stem Cell Network

Sophie Chargé
Director of Research and Training Programs

William Read
Research Program Manager