Dr. Gillian Alton

Dr. Gillian is an epidemiologist at BORN Ontario and an investigator with CHEO Research Institute in Ottawa. Dr. Gillian’s work at BORN focuses on applied public health surveillance and research. In March 2020, Dr. Gillian put her infectious disease surveillance background to use working on COVID-19 in pregnancy surveillance in Ontario and COVID-19 vaccination during…

Dr. Ann Sprague

Dr. Ann Sprague has worked in direct patient care, as a regional perinatal coordinator, as the founding Scientific Manager of BORN Ontario, as a researcher and mentor to many students and team members.  She has obtained grants, led teams and fostered research and published.  She is currently a project advisor for BORN responsible for COVID-19…

Dr. Deshayne Fell

Dr. Deshayne Fell is a perinatal epidemiologist, appointed as an Adjunct Professor in the School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa and as an Affiliate Investigator in the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute. Her research uses large, linked population databases and registries to improve our understanding of factors affecting…

Dr Melanie Cousins

Dr Melanie Cousins is currently an Epidemiologist at the Centre for Surveillance, Integrated Insights and Risk Assessment at the Public Health Agency of Canada. Melanie completed her PhD at the University of Waterloo, focusing on Antimicrobial Resistance through a complex system and One Health lens.

Rhiannon Thomas

Rhiannon Thomas has been working in harm reduction in Toronto for almost 20 years in drop-ins, shelters and community health centers, doing case management, trustee support, needle exchange, outreach and research. She is a founding member of the Toronto Harm Reduction Alliance, and a Board Advisor with the Women’s Harm Reduction International Network. She is…

Sandra Ka Hon Chu

Sandra Ka Hon Chu is a lawyer and Co-Executive Director of the HIV Legal Network, a human rights organization that works to uphold the rights of people living with and affected by HIV. She works on HIVrelated human rights issues concerning prisons, drug policy and harm reduction, sex work, women, and immigration, and has helped…

Kim Neudorf

Kim has been an active member of Patients for Patient Safety Canada since 2009. She is recognized as a patient safety champion with the World Health Organization. Her patient advocacy work centers on health-care acquired infections, sepsis, antimicrobial resistance and stewardship, dementia and patient engagement. Kim is a public representative on the Infection Prevention and…

Dr. Terri-Lee Seeley

Dr. Terri-Lee Seeley has worked as a clinical social worker over several decades, specializing in trauma informed care, concurrent disorders, and social determinants of health. She has worked with youth, adults, couples and families providing intensive treatment programming. She has been instrumental in developing residential treatment programs for women and girls struggling with substance use…

Kamaldeep Parmar

Kamaldeep Parmar has over 17 years experience of direct management and leadership in the substance use and mental health field and is particularly passionate about improving the health system for marginalized and vulnerable patient populations. She brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in working at various levels within the provincial healthcare system. She has…

Man Wah Yeung

Man Wah is a senior health economist at the Public Health Agency of Canada. Prior to this role, she had worked at different health technology assessment agencies and public health agencies including Health Quality Ontario (now, Ontario Health), CADTH (Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health), and Public Health Ontario.

Beate Sander

Beate Sander holds a Canada Research Chair in Economics of Infectious Diseases, is a Senior Scientist of the Toronto Health Economics and Technology Assessment (THETA) collaborative at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network (UHN), as well as Senior Scientist & Director, Population Health Economics Research (PHER), University Health Network and Professor at…

Nancy Bedingfield

Nancy Bedingfield is a PhD-prepared health researcher and Registered Nurse with over 15 years experience in TB care and research