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Board of Directors

Chairman
Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski
Vegreville, Alta.

Mr. Rob Abbott
President
Abbott Strategies
Vancouver, B.C.

Mr. David Arkowitz
Comptroller MRL Merck & Co. Rahway, NJ

Mr. Jean-Michel Halfon
President & CEO
Pfizer Canada Inc.
Kirkland, Que.

Mr. Noel Hall
President
Aspreva Pharmaceuticals Corp.
Victoria, B.C.

Dr. Michael Hayden
Scientific Director
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
Vancouver, B.C.

Dr. Robert Heft
VP Product Development
BioMarin Pharmaceuticals
Nova Scotia
Montreal, Que.

Dr. Tom Hudson
Associate Scientific Director
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
Montreal, Que.

Mr. Louis Lacasse
President
GeneChem Technologies Venture Fund Laval, Que.

Dr. Lap-Chee Tusi
Associate Scientific Director
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
Toronto, Ont.

Dr. Eniko Megyeri-Lawless
Networks of Centres of Excellence Program
Ottawa, Ont.

Mr. Maurice Mourton
Tsawwassen, B.C.

Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum
Vice President of Research
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ont.

Dr. Martha Piper
President
University of British Columbia Vancouver, B.C.

Dr. Ron Woznow CEO Canadian Genetic Diseases Network Vancouver, B.C




Board Executive Committee

The Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski (Chair)

Mr. Maurice Mourton

Dr. Michael Hayden

Dr. Ron Woznow

Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum

Board Finance Committee

Mr. David Arkowitz (Chair)

Mr. Rob Abbott

The Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski (ex-officio)

Board Audit Committee

Dr. Robert Heft (Chair)

Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum

The Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski (ex-officio)

Board Compensation Committee

Mr. Maurice Mourton

Mr. Noel Hall

Dr. Heather Munroe-Blum

The Rt. Hon. Don Mazankowski (ex-officio)

Board Communications Committee

Mr. Noel Hall (Chair)

Mr. Rob Abbott

Dr.Ron Woznow

Ms.Carol Smith


Chief Executive Officer

Dr. Ron Woznow

Executive Assistant

Ms. Julie Sprigings

Manager, Business Development

Dr. Louise Desjardins

Manager, Scientific Affairs & Training

TBA

Program Administrator

Ms. Keri Gammon


Company Creator

Mr. Mark Mawhinney


Mr. Doug Unwin
Manager, Finance

Ms. Janie Patrick

Manager, Communications

Ms. Carol Smith






Scientific Director:
Dr. Michael Hayden
Professor of Medical Genetics
University of British Columbia and Director, Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics,Vancouver


Associate Scientific Director
Dr. Tom Hudson
Director, Montreal Genome Centre

Associate Scientific Director & Co-Chair of Scientific Review Committee
Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui

Geneticist-in Chief,
Toronto Hospital for Sick Children


Priorities and Planning Committee

...oversees CGDN's research operations and membership

Dr. Michael Hayden, (Chair)
University of British Columbia

Dr. Jayne Danska
Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Brenda Gallie
University of Toronto

Dr. Roy Gravel
University of Calgary

Dr. Geoff Hicks
University of Manitoba

Dr. Tom Hudson
Montreal General Hospital

Dr. Rod McInnes
Institute of Genetics

Dr. Rima Rozen
Montreal Children's Hospital

Dr. Steve Scherer
Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui
Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Michael Walter
University of Alberta

CGDN Management
Dr. Eniko Megyeri-Lawless

Networks of Centres of Excellence Program



Scientific Review Committee

...conducts annual reveiws of research projects, core facilities and budgets


RESEARCH PROJECTS

Lap-Chee Tsui (co-chair)
Hospital for Sick Children

David MacLennan (co-chair)
Banting & Best Institute

Guy Rouleau
Montreal General Hospital

François Rousseau
Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec

Lorne Clarke
U.B.C.


Geoff Hicks
University of Manitoba

Tom Hudson
Montreal Genome Centre

Brian Robinson
Hospital for Sick Children

Peter St.George-Hyslop
University of Toronto

Michael Phillips
Orchid Biosciences




CORE FACILITIES

Roy Gravel (Chair)
University of Calgary

Denis Bulman
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Daniel Sinnett
Hôpital Ste. Justine

Brenda Gallie
Ontario Cancer Institute

Rima Rozen
Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute



Strategic Fund Review Committee

... identifies CGDN research projects with commercial potential.


John Gillard
Aegera Therapeutics Inc.

Richard Glickman
Consultant

Margaret Moore
Consultant

John Clement
QLT Inc.

Michael Dennis
SignalGene Inc

Kevin O'Brien-Fehr
Glaxo Wellcome

Rui Avelar
Haywood Securities

Dr. Norman Dovichi
University of Washington



Training Committee

.. oversees the CGDN fellowships and summer student awards program.


Phil Hieter
Centre for Molecular Medicine & Therapeutics

Michael Walter
University of Alberta

Barbara Triggs-Raine
University of Manitoba

Johanna Rommens
Hospital for Sick Children

Steven Scherer
Hospital for Sick Children

Rima Rozen
Montreal Children's Hospital Research Institute






Principal Investigators

..are senior scientists who lead CGDN research projects


John P. Robarts Research Institute, London
Dr. Robert Hegele

Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto
Dr. Jayne Danska
Dr. John Dick
Dr. Roderick McInnes
Dr. Brian Robinson
Dr. Chaim Roifman
Dr. Johanna Rommens
Dr. Stephen Scherer
Dr. Lap-Chee-TsuiBlog

McGill University, Montreal
Dr. Philippe Gros

Montreal Children’s Hospital Research Institute
Dr. Rima Rozen
Dr. Charles Scriver

Montreal General Hospital Research Institute
Dr. William Foulkes
Dr. Tom Hudson
Dr. Ken Morgan
Dr. Guy Rouleau
Dr. Erwin Schurr
Dr. Emil Skamene

Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Toronto
Dr. Joseph Culotti
Dr. Andras Nagy
Dr. Tony Pawson
Dr. Janet Rossant
Dr. Kathy SiminovitchBlog
Ottawa Hospital Research Institue
Dr. Michael Rudnicki
Dr. Ronald Worton

Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Québec
Dr. Régen Drouin
Dr. François Rousseau

University of Alberta, Edmonton
Dr. Diane Cox
Dr. Michael Walter

University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Dr. Lorne Clarke
Dr. Pieter Cullis
Dr. Leigh Field
Dr. Thom Grigliatti
Dr. Frank Tufaro

Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Vancouver
Dr. Michael Hayden
Dr. Phil Hieter
Mr. Francis Ouellette

University of Calgary
Dr. Roy Gravel
Dr. Frank Jirik

University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
Dr. Geoff Hicks
Dr. Barbara Triggs-Raine
Dr. John Wilkins

Hôpital Sainte-Justine, Montreal
Dr. Grant Mitchell
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto
Dr. Keith Ashman

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario, Ottawa
Dr. Joh-E Ikeda

Dr. Robert Korneluk
Dr. Alex MacKenzie


Banting & Best, Toronto
Dr. James Friesen
Dr. Jack Greenblatt
Dr. David MacLennan


Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Disease, Toronto
Dr. Peter St George-Hyslop

Ontario Cancer Institute, Toronto
Dr. Brenda Gallie
Dr. Jeremy Squire


Women’s College Hospital, Toronto
Dr. Steven Narod

University of Victoria
Dr. Benjamin Koop

University of Washington, Ore.
Dr. Norman Dovichi

Oxford University, Oxford, U.K.
Dr. George Ebers



Core Technology Facility Directors

... are senior scientists who head CGDN labs which provide efficient and cost effective access to sophisticated technologies.


Dr. Joseph Culotti
Genome alterations in C. elegans
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Dr. Régen Drouin
In vivo DNA analysis
Laval University, Quebec

Dr. Michael Hayden
DNA sequence analysis
University of B.C., Vancouver

Mr. Francis Ouellette
Bioinformatics training
University of BC, Vancouver

Dr. Tom Hudson
High throughput genotyping
Montreal General Hospital

Dr. Frank Jirik
Genome alteration in mice
University of Calgary

Dr. Ben Koop
DNA sequence analysis
University of Victoria
Dr. Keith Ashman
Proteomics
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Dr. Andras Nagy
Dr. Janet Rossant

ES-cell-mediated gene alterations
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto

Dr. Johanna Rommens
Transcribed sequence detection
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Dr. Stephen Scherer
DNA sequence analysis
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto

Dr. John Wilkins
Immunoprobes
University of Manitoba




Network Scholars

... are young scientists who are mentored by CGDN.


Dr. Dennis Bulman
Ottawa  Hospital Research Institute

Dr. Elise Héon
Eye Research Institute of Canada

Dr. Daniel Sinnett
Hôpital Ste-Justine

Dr. Rachel Wevrick
University of Alberta

Dr. Susan Andrew
University of Alberta

Dr. Celia Greenwood
McGill University

Dr. Moira Glerum
University of Alberta

Dr. Christopher Pearson
Hospital for Sick Children

Dr. Bruce Rannala
University of Alberta