Executive Committee

Chair: Dr. Annette Majnemer

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Annette Majnemer
CHILD-BRIGHT Nominated Principal Investigator and Scientific Co-Director
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Jenny Gilbert
CHILD-BRIGHT Director of Engagement

Steven Miller
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director, Principal Investigator & Implementation Science Research Program Co-Lead
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Daniel Goldowitz
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director and Training & Capacity Building Program Co-Lead
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Nomazulu Dlamini
CHILD-BRIGHT Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI)
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Marlyn Bennett
CHILD-BRIGHT Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI) Program Co-Lead

Stephanie Glegg
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead
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Tom Philpott
CHILD-BRIGHT Director of Operations

Network Steering Committee

Chair: Dr. Annette Majnemer
Observers: Hana MacDougall

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Annette Majnemer
CHILD-BRIGHT Nominated Principal Investigator and Scientific Co-Director
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Steven Miller
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director, Principal Investigator & Implementation Science Research Program Co-Lead
Bio | Visit my project page | Visit my lab’s website

Daniel Goldowitz
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director and Training & Capacity Building Program Co-Lead
Bio

Nomazulu Dlamini
CHILD-BRIGHT Director, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI)
Bio

Marlyn Bennett
CHILD-BRIGHT Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Decolonization & Indigenization (EDI-DI) Program Co-Lead

Janet Curran
CHILD-BRIGHT Implementation Science Research Program Co-Lead

Keiko Shikako
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead & Principal Investigator
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Stephanie Glegg
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead
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Celia Laur
CHILD-BRIGHT Training & Capacity Building Program Co-Lead

Connie Putterman
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead & parent advocate for autism research, parent engagement, and inclusion
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Alan Cooper
CHILD-BRIGHT Research Program Manager

Pierre Zwiegers
CHILD-BRIGHT Training Coordinator

Alix Zerbo
Information Officer/Program Coordinator, CHILD-BRIGHT Network

Tinu Akinwande
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion - Decolonization & Indigenization Coordinator, CHILD-BRIGHT Network
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Heather Muir
CHILD-BRIGHT Youth and Engagement Initiative Coordinator | Join me on LinkedIn | Join me on Instagram

Roberta Cardoso
Research Associate, CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program
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Corinne Lalonde
Engagement Program and Projects Manager
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Carrie Costello
CHILD-BRIGHT Parent Liaison

Logan Wong
Co-chair, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Gillian Backlin
Consultant, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Tom Philpott
CHILD-BRIGHT Director of Operations

National Youth Advocacy Council (NYAC)

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Logan Wong
Co-Chair, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Hans Dupuis
Co-Chair, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Gillian Backlin
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Claire Dawe-McCord
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Shafniya Kanagaratnam
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Sierra Lynne Vanderdeen
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Jacob Birchnall
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Kelsey Seguin
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Tommy Akinnawonu
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Kat Jeremiah
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Phoenix Lowe
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Keenan Brignall
Member, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Engagement Council: Partners with Lived and Living Experience

Chair: Jenny Gilbert
Non-voting members: Dr. Annette Majnemer

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Annette Majnemer
CHILD-BRIGHT Nominated Principal Investigator and Scientific Co-Director
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Jenny Gilbert
CHILD-BRIGHT Director of Engagement

Symon Hay
Director, Westcoast Connection Travel Camp
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Heather Muir
CHILD-BRIGHT Youth and Engagement Initiative Coordinator | Join me on LinkedIn | Join me on Instagram

Brenda Agnew
Bio

Corinne Lalonde
Engagement Program and Projects Manager
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Carrie Costello
CHILD-BRIGHT Parent Liaison

Logan Wong
Co-chair, National Youth Advocacy Council
Bio

Samadhi Mora Severino
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Parent Advisory Committee Member with Strongest Families ND | Ph.D. Student at York University

Michelle Wan
CHILD-BRIGHT parent research partner | Solutions for Kids in Pain research partner
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Gunjan Seth
Family Mentor, Family as Faculty, and FAC co-chair at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital | Member of Ontario Health’s Patient and Family Advisory Council (PFAC) and Mental Health and Addictions Committee | CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Autism Speaks family partner
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Elaine Weng
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent

Karena Crumpler
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Director, Cerebral Palsy Association of BC
On leave

Chenxin Jin
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent

Suzanne Deliscar
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Legal Translator and Authentication & Legalization Agent
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Michelle Vautour-Shales
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Human resources consultant

Becky Conia

Saba Asad
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent

Faizan Khan
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent

International Scientific Advisory Committee

Chair: Deborah Hirtz
Non-voting members: Dr. Steven Miller

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Steven Miller
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director, Principal Investigator & Implementation Science Research Program Co-Lead
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Deborah Hirtz
Bio

Amy Houtrow
Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (University of Pittsburgh)
Bio

Christopher Morris
Senior Research Fellow in Child Health (University of Exeter Medical School)
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Beatrice Latal
Professor and Co-Director, Child Development Centre (University Children's Hospital Zürich)
Bio

Stephen Scherer
Director, McLaughlin Centre and The Centre for Applied Genomics (The Hospital for Sick Children)
Bio

Knowledge Mobilization Committee

Co-Chairs: Dr. Keiko Shikako, Connie Putterman, and Dr. Stephanie Glegg

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Keiko Shikako
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead & Principal Investigator
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Stephanie Glegg
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead
Bio

Connie Putterman
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead & parent advocate for autism research, parent engagement, and inclusion
Bio | Profile | Watch my TedX YorkUSalon Talk

Alix Zerbo
Information Officer/Program Coordinator, CHILD-BRIGHT Network

JoAnne Mosel
CPA, CA & parent of an adult with a rare disorder

Aryeh Gitterman
Adjunct Professor, Toronto Metropolitan University
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Zachary Boychuck
Occupational Therapist, PhD, Course Lecturer, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy, McGill University
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Miriam Gonzalez
CHILD-BRIGHT Network, Researcher, Measuring Patient Engagement Working Group

Roberta Cardoso
Research Associate, CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program
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Jessica Hanson
MSc Student, RESI-ALLIANT Kid Lab, CHILD-BRIGHT Network, McGill School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
Bio

Paula Robeson
Senior Advisor, Knowledge Mobilization, Children’s Healthcare Canada
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Linda Nguyen
Postdoctoral Fellow, Knowledge Mobilization Committee
McGill University, School of Physical and Occupational Therapy
READYorNot Project Team Member | Network Trainee
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Paul Yejong Yoo
Postdoctoral Fellow
Pediatric Neuroinflammatory Disorders Program, Division of Neurosciences and Mental Health, SickKids Research Institute

Gillian Backlin
Consultant, National Youth Advocacy Council
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Sakiko Yamaguchi
Postdoctoral Fellow, Knowledge Mobilization Program, CHILD-BRIGHT Network, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre

Catherine Demers
Postdoctoral Fellow, Knowledge Mobilization Program, CHILD-BRIGHT Network, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, University of British Columbia, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy (OSOT)

Geneviève Sutherns
Student, Neuroscience & Masters of Management, University of British Columbia

Martine Habra
Psychologist and Knowledge Mobilisation Lead, Transforming Autism Care Consortium (TACC) | Montreal Neurological Hospital-Institute, Research Institute, McGill University Health Center

Paula Bush
Academic associate, Deptartment of Family medicine, McGill University | Expert Organizational Participatory Research, Axe Valorisation des données de l'Unité de soutien SSA du Québec

Hans Dupuis
Consultant, National Youth Advocacy Council
Bio

Research Committee

Chair: Dr. Steven Miller

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Lucyna Lach
CHILD-BRIGHT Principal Investigator
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Steven Miller
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director, Principal Investigator & Implementation Science Research Program Co-Lead
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Julia Orkin
CHILD-BRIGHT Principal Investigator
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Keiko Shikako
CHILD-BRIGHT Knowledge Mobilization Program Co-Lead & Principal Investigator
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Alan Cooper
CHILD-BRIGHT Research Program Manager

Kate Robson
Executive Director, Canadian Premature Babies Foundation
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Training Committee

Chair: Dr. Dan Goldowitz

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Daniel Goldowitz
CHILD-BRIGHT Scientific Co-Director and Training & Capacity Building Program Co-Lead
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Celia Laur
CHILD-BRIGHT Training & Capacity Building Program Co-Lead

Pierre Zwiegers
CHILD-BRIGHT Training Coordinator

Janet Mccabe
Acting Assistant Dean – PA & Northern Campus, College of Nursing (University of Saskatchewan)
Bio

Kent Cadogan Loftsgard
Metformin in CP Project Team Member
Quality & Safety Ethicist (BC Children's Hospital)
Team-Based Care Clinical Educator/Knowledge Translation Specialist (UBC Health/Family Practice Innovation Support Unit)
Bio

Carrie Costello
CHILD-BRIGHT Parent Liaison

Samadhi Mora Severino
CHILD-BRIGHT research partner, parent | Parent Advisory Committee Member with Strongest Families ND | Ph.D. Student at York University

Samantha Micsinszki
Postdoctoral Researcher at McMaster University | Training Director of the Family Engagement in Research (FER) Program

Becky Conia

Data Safety Monitoring Board

Chair: Deborah Hirtz

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Paige Church
CHILD-BRIGHT Principal Investigator
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Deborah Hirtz
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Amy Houtrow
Associate Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (University of Pittsburgh)
Bio

Beatrice Latal
Professor and Co-Director, Child Development Centre (University Children's Hospital Zürich)
Bio