| Members |
Institution |
Deanna Gibson, PhD
(co-Chair) |
Associate Professor, Biology, University of British Columbia (Okanagan Campus) |
Jennifer Jones, MD, MSc
(co-Chair-Elect) |
Associate Professor, Departments of Medicine & Clinical Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Team Lead, Multidisciplinary IBD Clinical & Research Program, Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre |
Laura Sly, PhD
(Vice-chair, Basic) |
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia |
Frank Hoentjen, MD, PhD
(Vice-Chair, Clinical) |
Associate Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, University of Alberta |
| Usha Chauhan, RN, NP |
Nurse Practitioner at McMaster University Medical Centre, GI clinic
CANIBD Co-founder and Steering Committee Member |
| Colette Deslandres, MD |
Head of Gastroenterology Division, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Program Director, Clinical Professor, CHU Sainte – Justine, Université de Montréal |
| Jean-Eric Ghia, PhD |
Associate Professor, Department of Immunology/ Internal Medicine, University of Manitoba
Director, Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research, IBD Clinical & Research Centre, Children's Hospital Research Institute of Manitoba |
| Simon Hirota, PhD |
Associate Professor, Departments of Physiology & Pharmacology and Microbiology, Immunology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary |
| Reena Khanna, MD, MSc |
Associate Professor, Clinician Researcher, Program for Experimental Medicine, Western University |
| Ellen Kuenzig, PhD |
Senior Research Associate, Child Health Evaluative Sciences, SickKids Inflammatory Bowel Disease Centre, SickKids Research Institute |
| Wallace MacNaughton, PhD |
Professor Emeritus |
| Emma Allen-Vercoe, PhD |
Professor, Canada Research Chair, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Guelph |
| Bruce Vallance, PhD |
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
CH.I.L.D. Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology
Professor, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia |
| Laura Targownik, MD |
Gastroenterologist, Zane Cohen Centre for Digestive Diseases, Sinai Health
Director, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Toronto |