Faculty

 

Co-Chairs

 

Heather Armstrong, MSc PhD
Assistant Professor and Tier 2 CRC
Max Rady College of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB​
Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD HDR CAGF AGAF 
Professor
Director, Micro-Diploma Science Communication
Director, Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research
IBD Clinical & Research Centre
Department of Immunology, Internal Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
President, Alliance Française Manitoba
Vice-Président, Acfas-Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Faculty

 

Heather Armstrong, MSc PhD
Assistant Professor and Tier 2 CRC
Max Rady College of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB


Alberto Caminero, PhD
Assistant Professor, Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences
McMaster University
Hamilton, ON


Wouter de JongePhD AGAF
Professor of Exp. Gastroenterology
Department of Gastroenterology
Academic Medical Center
Tytgat Institute for GI and Liver Disease
Amsterdam University Medical Centers
Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD HDR CAGF AGAF 
Professor
Director, Micro-Diploma Science Communication
Director, Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research
IBD Clinical & Research Centre
Department of Immunology, Internal Medicine Section of Gastroenterology
Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
President, Alliance Française Manitoba
Vice-Président, Acfas-Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Véronique Giroux, Phd
Assistant Professor Professor
Department of Immunology and Cell Biology
Sherbrooke University                        
Montreal, QC


Paul Kubes, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiocology and Pharmacology
Snyder Institute for Chronic Diseases
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Hagar Labouta, MSc PhD
Assistant Professor, University of Toronto
Scientist, Keenan Research Centre for Biomedical Science 
Toronto, ON


Phillippe Langella, PhD
Director of Research
French National Institute of Agricultural Research (INRA)
Jouy en Josas, France

Morgan Lanille, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Halifax, NS

Kathy McCoy, PhD FRSC
Professor, Dept. Of Physiology & Pharmacology
Killam Memorial Chair
Scientific Director, International Microbiome Centre
Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Emily Miraldi, PhD
Associate Professor
The Divisions of Immunobiology and Biomedical Informatics
Cincinnati Children's Hospital

Lori Radke
President and CEO
Crohn’s and Colitis Canada
Toronto, ON
 
Deanna Santer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Immunology
Max Rady College of Medicine
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB


Bruce Vallance, PhD CAGF
CH.I.L.D. Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Director, Gut4Health Microbiome Core
Professor, Department of Pediatrics
BC Children's Hospital
University of British Columbia
Vancouver BC


Ben Willing, PhD
Professor, Faculty of Agricultural, Life and Environmental Sciiendes - Agriculture, Food & Nutritional Science Deptartment
University of Alberta
Edmonton, AB

 



 

  • Canada has among the highest incidence rates of Crohn's and colitis in the world.
  • 1 in 140 Canadians lives with Crohn’s or colitis.
  • Families new to Canada are developing these diseases for the first time.
  • Incidence of Crohn’s in Canadian kids under 10 has doubled since 1995.
  • People are most commonly diagnosed before age 30.