Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.

Dr. Julio Montaner is originally from Buenos Aires, Argentina. He is a graduate of the Colegio Nacional de Buenos Aires (1973) and received his Medical Degree with Honors from the University of Buenos Aires (1979). In 1981, Dr. Montaner joined the University of British Columbia (UBC) at St. Paul’s Hospital (SPH) where he completed his training in Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine. While in training, he led several clinical studies that demonstrated the role of adjunctive corticosteroids in Pneumocystis-related respiratory failure in the setting of AIDS. In 1988, he became the Director of the AIDS Research Program and the Immunodeficiency Clinic at SPH/UBC. Since then, he focused his research in the development of antiretroviral therapies and management strategies. In the mid 90’s, as the Principal Investigator of the INCAS Trial, he played a key role in establishing the efficacy of NNRTI based highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), which emerged as the new global Standard of Care at the 1996 Vancouver International AIDS Conference, of which he was a co-organizer. He then focused his attention to HAART access to hard-to-reach populations, including injection drug users, and the treatment of multiple drug resistant HIV infection with great success. Since the late 90’s he also pioneered the concept of Treatment as Prevention® (TasP®). He was the first to advocate for the expansion of HAART coverage to curb the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, in terms of decreasing progression to AIDS and death, as well as decreasing HIV transmission. Largely through his efforts, TasP® has now been implemented with great success in BC, and progressively embraced by UNAIDS, China, PEPfAR, the US Government, and France, among others. In 2013 TasP® was fully incorporated in the WHO Consolidated ARV Guidelines.

Dr. Montaner is a Professor of Medicine at UBC and has held the Endowed Chair in AIDS Research at SPH/UBC since 1996. In 2016, he was honoured with a Killam Professorship at UBC. He is a founding Co-Director of the Canadian HIV Trials Network. He is the Executive Director and Physician-in-Chief of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS. He was the President of the International AIDS Society from 2008 to 2010. He was the founding head of the academic Division of AIDS for a decade in the Department of Medicine at UBC (2007-2017).

Dr. Montaner has authored over 1000 scientific publications on HIV/AIDS and related conditions. In 2008, he received the inaugural Avant-Garde Award of $2.5 million over five years, from the National Institute on Drug Abuse of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), to support his project entitled “Seek and Treat for Optimal Outcomes and Prevention in HIV & AIDS in IDU (STOP HIV/AIDS)”. In September 2009, he was the recipient of the $100,000 Knowledge Translation Award from the Canadian Institutes of Health (CIHR) and, in November 2009, he was inducted into the Royal Society of Canada-The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences (RSC). Founded in 1882, the RSC, consisting of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists, is Canada’s senior and most prestigious scholarly organization. In 2010, he received the Prix Galien Award, the Order of BC as well as the Albert Einstein World of Science Award. In 2012, he was the recipient of the Grand Decoration of Honour for Services to Austria, the Hope is a Vaccine Award from the Global Alliance to Immunize against AIDS, and The Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for contributions to the field of HIV/AIDS. In 2013, he received the award “Senador Domingo Faustino Sarmiento” from the Argentina Senate of the Nation presented to him by the Honorable Amado Boudou, Vice President of Argentina, and the Honorable Maria Laura Leguizamon, Senator of Buenos Aires. Dr. Montaner has received four Doctor of Science-honoris causa degrees (Simon Fraser University, Cordoba University, University of Buenos Aires, and Universidad del Salvador), as well as being an honorary fellow at Douglas College. From 2014 to 2017, he held the position of Special Advisor on HIV Therapeutics to the Executive Director of the United Nations AIDS Programme. In 2015, he received the David Barry DART Achievement Award that is given in recognition of invaluable contributions to the field of HIV drug discovery and he is a Canadian Medical Hall of Fame Laureate and Officer of the Order of Canada. In 2016, he was recognized with the Profile Award-Argentinian Intelligence, Science and Technology category and one of the 10 most influential Hispanic Canadians by the Canadian Hispanic Business Alliance. He is the recipient of the Killam Prize in Health Sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts, one of five scholars awarded the prize which honours Canadian researchers and scientists whose lifetime of work has impacted Canadians and citizens around the world, and the CIHR Gold Leaf Prize for Impact on behalf of the BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS for the organization’s 25 years of providing care and treatment for those living with HIV, education health professions, and promoting evidence-based policy to protect people from the virus. In 2019, he received the Senate 150th Anniversary Medal for his exemplary leadership and lifelong contributions to improving the health and lives of British Columbians.

In September 2020, Dr. Montaner was included, along with Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch, Dr. Bruce Chown, Dr. M. Vera Peters and Dr. Balfour Mount, in Canada Post’s “Medical Groundbreakers” five-stamp set to honour the life-saving contributions of some of Canada’s most respected health care researchers.

Announced on August 31, 2022, Dr. Montaner’s accomplishments and dedication to health sciences was recognized as he was elected as a Fellow into the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, one of the highest honours for individuals in the Canadian health sciences community.

Pieter R. Cullis, PhD, FRSC, FRS, OBC, OC, Director, Nanomedicines Research Group, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia. Dr. Cullis and co-workers have been responsible for fundamental advances in the development of nanomedicines employing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology for cancer therapies, gene therapies and vaccines. This work has contributed to five drugs that have received clinical approval by the FDA, the European EMA and Health Canada. Dr. Cullis has also co-founded more than 10 biotechnology companies that now employ over 500 people, has published over 400 scientific articles (h index 140) and is an inventor on over 100 patents. He has also co-founded and been Founding Scientific Director of two National Centre of Excellence networks, the Centre for Drug Research and Development (now AdMare) in 2004 and the NanoMedicines Innovation Network in 2019. These not-for-profit networks are aimed at translating basic research in the life sciences into commercially viable products and have given rise to numerous start-up companies. Dr. Cullis also has a strong interest in personalized medicine, having published a book entitled “The Personalized Medicine Revolution: How Diagnosing and Treating Disease Are About to Change Forever” in 2015.

Two drugs enabled by LNP delivery systems devised by Dr. Cullis, members of his UBC laboratory and colleagues in the companies he has co-founded deserve special emphasis. The first is Onpattro which was approved by the US FDA in August 2018 to treat the previously fatal hereditary condition transthyretin-induced amyloidosis (hATTR). Onpattro is the first RNAi drug to receive regulatory approval. The second is Comirnaty, the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech that has received regulatory approval in many jurisdictions including Canada, the USA, the UK and Europe. Comirnaty has played a major role in containing the global Covid-19 pandemic with approximately 6B doses administered worldwide in 2021 and 2022.

Dr. Cullis has received many awards including the Order of Canada in 2021, the VinFuture Prize (Vietnam), the Prince Mahidol Award (Thailand), the Gairdner International Award (Canada) and the Tang Prize (Taiwan) in 2022 and the Harvey Prize (Israel) and the Killam Prize (Canada) in 2023. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2023 and elected to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2024.

Dr. Lee Hood is a world-renowned scientist and has interest in technology development, cross-disciplinary biology for pioneering strategies and technologies, systems biology and data-driven Health. Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in 2000, served as president from 2000-2017, and continues as a Professor. He is also Professor and Chief Innovation Officer at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging and CEO of the nonprofit he founded in 2021, Phenome Health, which drives data-driven health.

He received his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1963) and his PhD in biochemistry from Caltech (1967). Dr. Hood was a Senior Investigator for the National Cancer Institute (1967-1970). Dr. Hood was a faculty member at Caltech from 1970-1992, serving for 10 years as the Chair of Biology. During this period, he and his colleagues developed four sequencer and synthesizer instruments for DNA and proteins that paved the way for the Human Genome Project’s successful sequencing of the human genome. He and his students also deciphered many of the complex mechanisms of antibody diversification. In 1992, Dr. Hood founded and chaired the the first cross-disciplinary Department of Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Washington. In 2013 he pioneered data-driven health (genome/phenome analyses of individuals) with the year-long 100 person project and then the co-founding of Arivale with its 4 year recruitment of 5000 patients. He is currently pioneering data-driven health and recruiting partners to join him in fundamentally changing healthcare to optimizing wellness, facilitating healthy aging, preventing disease. In 2025 he co-founded P4Bios a peptide drug company that plans transform the pharmaceutical industry. He is currently advocating a continuation of the Human Genome Project termed the Human Phenome Initiative to catalyze a Healthcare for individuals of Wellness and Prevention. Dr. Hood has received national and international awards including the Lasker Award (1987), the Koyto Prize (2006), the National Medical of Science (2011) and the Michael Sela Prize for Biomedicine (2025). He has co-authored text books in biochemistry, immunology, cell biology, genetics and systems biology and medicine. He has co-authored two popular books, The Code of Codes (1991) and the Age of Scientific Wellness ((2023).

Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.

Pieter R. Cullis, PhD, FRSC, FRS, OBC, OC, Director, Nanomedicines Research Group, Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of British Columbia. Dr. Cullis and co-workers have been responsible for fundamental advances in the development of nanomedicines employing lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology for cancer therapies, gene therapies and vaccines. This work has contributed to five drugs that have received clinical approval by the FDA, the European EMA and Health Canada. Dr. Cullis has also co-founded more than 10 biotechnology companies that now employ over 500 people, has published over 400 scientific articles (h index 140) and is an inventor on over 100 patents. He has also co-founded and been Founding Scientific Director of two National Centre of Excellence networks, the Centre for Drug Research and Development (now AdMare) in 2004 and the NanoMedicines Innovation Network in 2019. These not-for-profit networks are aimed at translating basic research in the life sciences into commercially viable products and have given rise to numerous start-up companies. Dr. Cullis also has a strong interest in personalized medicine, having published a book entitled “The Personalized Medicine Revolution: How Diagnosing and Treating Disease Are About to Change Forever” in 2015.

Two drugs enabled by LNP delivery systems devised by Dr. Cullis, members of his UBC laboratory and colleagues in the companies he has co-founded deserve special emphasis. The first is Onpattro which was approved by the US FDA in August 2018 to treat the previously fatal hereditary condition transthyretin-induced amyloidosis (hATTR). Onpattro is the first RNAi drug to receive regulatory approval. The second is Comirnaty, the COVID-19 mRNA vaccine developed by Pfizer/BioNTech that has received regulatory approval in many jurisdictions including Canada, the USA, the UK and Europe. Comirnaty has played a major role in containing the global Covid-19 pandemic with approximately 6B doses administered worldwide in 2021 and 2022.

Dr. Cullis has received many awards including the Order of Canada in 2021, the VinFuture Prize (Vietnam), the Prince Mahidol Award (Thailand), the Gairdner International Award (Canada) and the Tang Prize (Taiwan) in 2022 and the Harvey Prize (Israel) and the Killam Prize (Canada) in 2023. He was made a Fellow of the Royal Society (London) in 2023 and elected to the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2024.

Dr. Lee Hood is a world-renowned scientist and has interest in technology development, cross-disciplinary biology for pioneering strategies and technologies, systems biology and data-driven Health. Dr. Leroy Hood co-founded the Institute for Systems Biology (ISB) in 2000, served as president from 2000-2017, and continues as a Professor. He is also Professor and Chief Innovation Officer at the Buck Institute for Research in Aging and CEO of the nonprofit he founded in 2021, Phenome Health, which drives data-driven health.

He received his MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (1963) and his PhD in biochemistry from Caltech (1967). Dr. Hood was a Senior Investigator for the National Cancer Institute (1967-1970). Dr. Hood was a faculty member at Caltech from 1970-1992, serving for 10 years as the Chair of Biology. During this period, he and his colleagues developed four sequencer and synthesizer instruments for DNA and proteins that paved the way for the Human Genome Project’s successful sequencing of the human genome. He and his students also deciphered many of the complex mechanisms of antibody diversification. In 1992, Dr. Hood founded and chaired the the first cross-disciplinary Department of Molecular Biotechnology at the University of Washington. In 2013 he pioneered data-driven health (genome/phenome analyses of individuals) with the year-long 100 person project and then the co-founding of Arivale with its 4 year recruitment of 5000 patients. He is currently pioneering data-driven health and recruiting partners to join him in fundamentally changing healthcare to optimizing wellness, facilitating healthy aging, preventing disease. In 2025 he co-founded P4Bios a peptide drug company that plans transform the pharmaceutical industry. He is currently advocating a continuation of the Human Genome Project termed the Human Phenome Initiative to catalyze a Healthcare for individuals of Wellness and Prevention. Dr. Hood has received national and international awards including the Lasker Award (1987), the Koyto Prize (2006), the National Medical of Science (2011) and the Michael Sela Prize for Biomedicine (2025). He has co-authored text books in biochemistry, immunology, cell biology, genetics and systems biology and medicine. He has co-authored two popular books, The Code of Codes (1991) and the Age of Scientific Wellness ((2023).

Dom Spiers is a seasoned enterprise technology executive and speaker with deep
expertise in cybersecurity, AI, and cloud transformation. Currently at Wiz, Dom helps Public Sector organization secure innovation at scale by aligning cutting-edge cloud security strategies with business outcomes. Prior to this, he held roles at Dataminr, a world-leading AI company, where he supported mission-critical operations through real-time event detection powered by artificial intelligence. With a track record of advising C-level leaders, Dom brings a unique perspective on how technology, security, and AI intersect to drive enterprise resilience and agility.

Dr. Kim Connelly is a Cardiologist and Scientist who is both nationally recognized as an expert in echocardiography, cardiovascular MRI and the impact of diabetes upon cardiac function and ventricular remodeling. Dr. Connelly runs a basic research laboratory at the Keenan Research Centre at St. Michael’s Hospital where he focuses upon basic mechanisms of disease – primarily around the role of pathological extracellular matrix accumulation with a focus upon translating discoveries into therapies in humans.

He has an H-index of 66 and i10-index of 216 (Google scholar), and his work has been cited >15103 times, with publications in journals such as the NEJM, Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, Circulation Research, Diabetes, Cell Metabolism and Lancet Endocrinology and Diabetes. His work is diverse covering clinical guidelines statements, clinical trials, and preclinical studies along the themes of ventricular remodeling, diabetes, magnetic resonance imaging and echocardiography. He is a member of the editorial board of various journals such as The Canadian Journal of Cardiology and Cardiovascular Diabetology. He has received funding from the Heart and Stroke Foundation Canada, CIHR, Canadian Foundation of Innovation, Ministry of Ontario and industry sources, totally >$5.4 million as principal investigator. As a co-investigator, he has been part of >$20 million in funding, from the Ministry of Ontario, HSF, CIHR, CFI, and industry sources.

Dr. Connelly has been recognised for his contributions to science by being awarded a HSF clinician scientist award, a CIHR New Investigator Award, an Early Researcher Award from the Ministry of Ontario, the SC Verma award and the Insulin 100 emerging leader award to celebrate 100 years since the discovery of insulin at University of Toronto, as well as Canadian Cardiovascular Congress YIA 2012. He is past chair of the Canadian Cardiovascular guideline and was chair of the macrovascular complication section for Diabetes Canada CPG 2018.

Dr. May Siksik is the CEO of Innovation Network Global, an organization dedicated to transforming impactful technologies into scalable, commercialized solutions that deliver measurable value. Formerly the CTO at Deep Tech Canada and leading business development and commercialization at the Quantum Algorithms Institute, Dr. Siksik has been focused on advancing both Canada’s and the global innovation ecosystem.

Her contributions include founding the Healthcare Without Borders initiative, which harness AI and quantum-enabled technologies to develop a Personalized Health Information System, supporting Canada’s National Research Council’s Applied Quantum Computing Challenge Program, and delivering transformative solutions for Indigenous communities.

Dr. Siksik is Co-Lead of the United Nations IGF Dynamic Coalition on Emerging Tech Governance & Certification, shaping policies for the responsible adoption of quantum computing, AI, blockchain, and other emerging tech. She is widely recognized for her ability to unite diverse stakeholders – including industry, academia, communities, and policymakers – to accelerate the adoption of quantum technologies. Her results-driven and holistic approach to innovation ensures that these technologies create meaningful, measurable benefits for society, industry, and underserved communities alike.

Dr. Zachary Laksman is a cardiac electrophysiologist and cardiogenetecist at St. Paul’s Hospital and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine and the School of Biomedical Engineering at the University of British Columbia. His work focuses on genomics, artificial intelligence, stem cell disease modeling, and personalized medicine. Dr. Laksman is currently the Director of Innovation at the UBC Division of Cardiology and a founder and Chief Medical Officer for mytrials.ai

Kirsten Bartels is a genetic counsellor working as Lead, Provincial Clinical Initiatives at Cardiac Services BC supporting the planning and implementation of cardiovascular genetics clinical services in British Columbia. For more than a decade, she has worked in both clinical and research genetic counselling roles in the field of cardiovascular genetics and is a clinical instructor for the Genetic Counselling Training Program at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Anna Lehman is an associate professor of Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia, and medical director of the Adult Metabolic Diseases Clinic at Vancouver General Hospital. Her research program identifies new genetic causes of rare disease and supports translation of new genomic technologies into clinical care.

Dr. Sanatani obtained his MD from UBC in 1993, completed a Pediatric Residency at Queen’s University and a Pediatric Cardiology fellowship at UBC with advanced training in cardiac electrophysiology at Toronto’s Hospital for Sick Children and UBC. Dr. Sanatani joined the faculty as the Director of Cardiac Pacing and Electrophysiology at BC Children’s Hospital in 2001. He was promoted to Associate Professor in 2008 and full Professor of Pediatrics in 2017. Dr. Sanatani assumed the role of Division Head and Medical Director of the Children’s Heart Centre in 2015, a position he filled for just under 10 years. He remains the Section Head of the Heart Rhythm Service.

Dr. Sanatani’s academic focus includes sudden unexpected death in the young, the autonomic nervous system, as well as supraventricular arrhythmias in the pediatric population.

Dr. Martin Dawes is a world expert in primary care who combines research and clinical practice with over 30 years of experience. Following the completion of his PhD, he helped develop a Masters program in Evidence Based Health Care. He has directed the UK Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine in Oxford and was the head of family practice at McGill University and the University of British Columbia. He is the co-founder and scientific director  of GenXys, a medication decision support software company.

Noah Crampton MD CCFP MSc is a clinician investigator at the Toronto Western Family Health Team, and has combined in expertise in primary care research and health informatics to spin out his research into one of Canada’s leading AI scribe vendors, Mutuo Health Solutions. Mutuo’s flagship product AutoScribe is now embedded in almost all of Canada’s top EMRs.

Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.

Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.

Bringing more than 35 years of experience in healthcare-related industries, Dianne currently serves as the Senior Vice President of the Government Division at Alberta Blue Cross. With a strong track record of establishing strategic and innovative partnerships, she is known for challenging the norm rather than moving with it, both at work and in her community. This coupled with her natural intuition and curiosity has led to groundbreaking initiatives in support of improved health and wellness outcomes for the communities she serves.

Dianne works closely with senior government officials—both provincial and across Canada—and a broad sector of the health industry including, pharmaceutical and medical, to foster effective working relationships. Focused on delivering quality results coupled with strong leadership, Dianne is highly engaged as both a director and board chair for various organizations and foundations. Dianne is currently actively serving as a board director for The Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation, the Women and Children’s Health Research Institute and Edmonton Health Cities.

Dianne strives to make a positive difference in peoples’ lives. With her certification as an Executive Coach through Royal Roads University, she works to inspire and empower individuals to tackle challenges with gusto and to never accept anything less than incredible as an outcome. She looks forward to an engaging dialogue with you.

Loreen Wales is a registered dietitian, entrepreneur, and founder of Revive Wellness and My Viva Inc.

Loreen began her career at the University Hospital in Edmonton, where she spent a decade caring for patients. During this time, she witnessed firsthand how poor health habits and diets led to preventable chronic conditions. This experience fueled her passion for shifting healthcare toward prevention.

In 2006, she founded Revive Wellness, a practice dedicated to empowering people to take charge of their mental, physical, and nutritional health. As demand for the unique, evidence-based approach grew, Loreen recognized the need to scale its impact. This led to My Viva Plan®, a digital health program that automates personalized patient care plans, making preventive healthcare accessible to anyone, anywhere.

With 27 years in public healthcare, Loreen is a recognized leader in digital health innovation. Her advocacy for integrating technology into clinical care has earned national recognition, including an invitation from the Canadian government to represent Canada at a smart health conference hosted by the Eureka Consortium.

Loreen holds a Bachelor of Science in Nutrition and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology from the University of Alberta and a Nutrition Internship at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.

In addition to her role at WHC Danika holds chair and expert advisor roles with the United Nations Office of Outer Space Affairs, Healthcities, and the Commonwealth Businesswomen’s Network. Danika co-founded My Normative, a health research platform that specializes in working with innovators to disrupt the sex and gender data gap. For the past 15+ years she’s worked globally focusing on health equity advancement —winning awards and recognition from Telus and The Future of Good, DMZ Woman of the Year, FemTech Analytics, Femtech Focus, and more.
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danika-kelly-wellness/

Dr. Sutcliffe is a clinical oncologist, no longer in clinical practice. He graduated from St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, University of London (1970) and trained in internal medicine, scientific research, medical and radiation oncology in the UK, South Africa, US and Canada.

He is President of Two Worlds Cancer Collaboration (2009-to date), a volunteer-based non-profit Society bridging disparities in cancer control between the higher and lesser-resourced worlds. Formerly, he was President and CEO of the Ontario Cancer Institute/ Princess Margaret Hospital (1994-96), the BC Cancer Agency (2000-09), Chair of the Governing Council of the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control, inaugural vice-chair and past-Chair of its’ federally-funded successor, the Canadian Partnership against Cancer (2007-2012).

Past and current roles include government-funded institutions, non -governmental organizations, private sector companies, charitable foundations and international cancer control networks.

Mary is a visionary healthcare executive with 20 years of diverse senior management experience within the British Columbia provincial healthcare network, including 6 years as the CEO of Vancouver Coastal Health. She is known as a tireless advocate working to accelerate the transformation of the Canadian healthcare system into a modern and sustainable service. Mary served as an executive leader in the regionalization of British Columbia health services since its inception in 2000 and has deep experience in leveraging the benefits of integration to improve health outcomes and reduce costs. Mary possesses a proven talent for both strategic development and tactical execution that spans strategy, operations, financial and facilities management, and organizational transformation.

She has led healthcare innovation in both the clinical and technology realms by paying particular attention to the systems and culture required to drive change. She was one of two CEO co-leads responsible for implementing, at the time, the largest cross-organizational clinical software implementation in Canada. Additionally, she has a career history of success in working closely with physicians, varied health professions and frontline personnel to achieve sustained improvements in patient outcomes.

Mary has held successive executive leadership roles at Vancouver Coastal Health and Fraser Health. She also served as Associate Deputy Minister and Innovation Executive in Residence at the BC Ministry of Health and Executive Advisor within the healthcare practice of Deloitte Canada. Prior to her career in healthcare, she spent 9 years leading operations at INSEAD business school in France, and 5 years in high tech manufacturing as a plant manager in the United States. Mary’s passion and expertise in system change began with her two degrees in Industrial Engineering (B.S. and M.S.) from West Virginia University and her MBA from Harvard University.

Mary has served on many healthcare and social purpose Boards including Vancouver Foundation, Telus Community, Michael Smith Foundation, Genome BC, and Street to Home, among others. She was named one of Canada’s Top 25 CEOs by Glassdoor in 2019 and one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2013 and 2014.

Stephen Samis has close to 30 years’ experience in health and health care, advancing evidence-informed health policy and population health to improve health systems and the health of Canadians.

Stephen is currently President, Samis Health Policy Consulting Inc. and works with a variety of clients on health and social policy issues, leadership development and evidence-informed decision making in the health and social sectors. He was Deputy Minister, Health and Social Services, Government of Yukon from 2017 to 2022. Before this, Stephen spent seventeen years in Ottawa where he worked in progressively senior roles for national health-related organizations including the Canadian Foundation for Healthcare Improvement (now Healthcare Excellence Canada), the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Institute for Health Information.

Stephen is currently Co-Chair of the Appropriate Use Advisory Committee for the Canada Drug Agency and Senior Policy Advisor for the Canadian Health Leadership Network. He is active on a number of Committees and Boards, including the Alberta Primary Care Advisory Committee; the Alberta Primary Care Alliance; Alberta Innovates’ AI Advisory Committee; is Board Chair of Imagine Citizens’ Network (Alberta), and is member of the Board of Directors, Alberta Blue Cross. Stephen holds an Adjunct Faculty appointment in the Department of Community Health Sciences at the University of Calgary.

Stephen began his career in British Columbia, where he worked on strategic research, evaluation and policy initiatives at the community level and with the BC Ministry of Health, with a focus on HIV/AIDS and population health.

He has a Master’s degree in Sociology from Simon Fraser University in British Columbia. He is based in Edmonton, Alberta.

Presently, Dr. Lopez-Correa is the Chief Scientific Officer (CSO) at Genome Canada. As CSO, she is taking genomics to the next level in Canada, by advancing mission driven initiatives using genomics to solve the most pressing global challenges. Previously, she was Executive Director of the Canadian COVID19 Genomics Network (CanCOGeN), a $40M initiative to advance the use of genomics to help us understand and control the COVID19 pandemic. She also held the position of COO at Ruta N Medellin, driving innovation ecosystems to advance social and economic development in Colombia and Latin America. Prior to that, Dr. Lopez-Correa was the CSO at Genome BC (2016-2019) and at Genome Quebec (2008-2015) where she was instrumental in developing competitive teams for national and provincial research and innovation initiatives raising the profile of Canadian genomics on the global stage. Dr. Lopez-Correa has also held leadership positions at deCODE Genetics, and Eli Lilly and has played advisory roles at the European Commission, Innovative Medicine Initiatives and other private and public sector entities working in the application and implementation of genomics technologies. As part of her commitment to international development, Dr. Lopez-Correa has led several initiatives aimed at demonstrating the impact of genomics and innovation in developing countries. She is also fully committed to advance equity, diversity and inclusion, with a particular interest in gender equity in science. Dr. Lopez-Correa has been recognized with several awards: in 2017 she received the Canadian Senate 150th Anniversary Medal, in 2013 she was recognized by National Order of Merit Award in the Rank of Officer from the Republic of Colombia.

Dr. Lopez-Correa holds an MD from the Universidad Pontificia Bolivariana in Colombia, an MSc in Human Genetics from Paris V University in France, a PhD in Medical Sciences from the KULeuven in Belgium, and a mini-MBA from McGill University in Canada.

Diane Finegood is a Professor and Fellow in the Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue at Simon Fraser University where she teaches in the Semester in Dialogue. Her career has spanned a broad range of disciplines and leadership roles. She served as President & CEO of the Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, Executive Director of the Canadian Health Services and Policy Research Alliance and inaugural Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes. Diane is internationally recognized with scholarly work in a range of disciplines including pathogenesis of type 1 and type 2 diabetes, application of mathematical modeling to physiological systems, cross sector partnership, knowledge mobilization, systems thinking and complex adaptive systems.

Dr. Jehannine Austin is Executive director of the BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services Research Institute, and is a Professor in Psychiatry & Medical Genetics at the University of British Columbia. Jehannine is a board certified genetic counsellor and their research work involves studying the impact of genetic counselling for people with psychiatric disorders and their families. They founded the world’s first specialist psychiatric genetic counselling service that has won an award for its impact on patient outcomes, and in addition to peer-reviewed publications, has written a book, and won awards for teaching, leadership, and research. Together with Prof. Stirling Bryan, Jehannine is co-PI of a Genome Canada/Genome BC/MSFHR funded project that is exploring the health economics of pharmacogenetic testing for depression in BC. Jehannine is a member of the College of the Royal Society of Canada, and a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.

Dr. Kendall Ho’s academic and research interests fall into the domain of technology-enabled knowledge translation (TEKT) – the use of information technologies to accelerate the incorporation of the latest health evidence into routine practice. Specific directions within TEKT include telehealth, information and communication technologies (ICT) and patient safety, ICT and public engagement, and evidence-based policy translation in eHealth.

Dr. Courtney Genge is a health services and policy researcher with a special interest in supporting older adults. She holds a PhD in Dementia studies from the University of Bradford where her work focused on improving the quality and safety of emergency department care for people living with dementia. She has worked extensively on innovative models of care, technology augmented care, and health system transformation both in Canada and the UK. Dr. Genge currently serves as Program Advisor for the National Research Council of Canada’s Aging in Place Challenge Program. The program aims to develop new technologies, and catalyze adoption of innovative solutions that support and empower older adults and caregivers to age in place.

Andrew Sixsmith, PhD is a Professor in the Department of Gerontology at Simon Fraser University (SFU) and is Director of the Science and Technology for Aging Research (STAR) Institute at SFU. He was the Scientific Director of AGE-WELL Network of Centres of Excellence (NCE) between 2015-2020 and the Associate Scientific Director between 2020-2022. He is now an AGE-WELL Network Advisor. Dr. Sixsmith was past President of the International Society of Gerontechnology from 2014-16 and was previously Director of the Gerontology Research Centre and Deputy Director of the IRMACS Centre at SFU. His research interests include technology for independent living, theories and methods in aging and understanding the innovation process. His work has involved him in a leadership and advisory role in numerous major international research projects and initiatives with academic, government and industry partners. He received his doctorate from the University of London and was previously a lecturer at the University of Liverpool in the Institute of Human Ageing and Department of Primary Care.

Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.

Dr. Robert Fraser is the President and CSO of Molecular You, a digital health company delivering molecular-level personalized health insights and action plans. Dr. Fraser has been at the forefront of developing the framework and technologies to bring personalized medicine into healthcare practice. He is the co-founder of The Personalized Medicine Initiative (PMI), GenXys Health Care Systems, Personalized Biomarkers Incorporated, Mesentech Corporation and Novobind. Dr. Fraser has led drug discovery and development projects at Sanofi, Xenon, Neuromed and CDRD and has been involved in raising of more than $37M in funding. He completed his Ph.D. in the molecular mechanisms of endocrinology at the University of Alberta and Harvard Medical School and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto and IGBMC, Strasbourg France.