Appendix 5: Mapping Connections: An understanding of neurological conditions in Canada

Appendix 5:

National Population Health Study of Neurological Conditions: Scientific Advisory Committee

1. Garth M. Bray, MD
   Professor Emeritus, Departments of Medicine and of Neurology and Neurosurgery,
   McGill University
   Expertise: Clinical neurology, laboratory investigation of neuronal responses to injury
   Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
2. Celina Rayonne Chavannes, MBA
   Director, Research Initiatives, Neurological Health Charities Canada
3. Katharina (Kathy) Kovacs Burns, PhD
   Professor, University of Alberta
   Director, Interdisciplinary Health Research Academy, Edmonton
   Expertise: Interdisciplinary health research, qualitative health research
4. Ian McDowell, PhD
   Professor, Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa
   Expertise: Health research methodology, epidemiology of dementia
5. Thomas J. Murray, MD
   Professor Emeritus, Dalhousie University
   Former Dean of Medicine, Dalhousie University
   Director, Dalhousie Multiple Sclerosis Research Unit
   Expertise: Multiple sclerosis, community health
6. Scott B. Patten, MD, PhD
   Professor, Departments of Community Health Sciences and Psychiatry, University of Calgary
   Expertise: Epidemiology of mood disorders
   Vice-Chair, Scientific Advisory Committee
7. Louise Pelletier, MD, MPH, FRCPC
   Medical specialist, Chronic Disease Surveillance Division, Public Health Agency of Canada
   Expertise: Public health, epidemiology
8. Peter Rosenbaum, MD, FRCPC
   Professor, Department of Pediatrics, McMaster University
   Canada Research Chair, Childhood Disability
   Co-founder, CanChild Centre for Childhood Disability Research
   Expertise: Childhood disability
9. Christopher A. Shaw, PhD
   Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of British Columbia
   Expertise: Genetic and environmental risk factors for neurological conditions