Board of Directors

The Board of Directors oversees the affairs of the Canadian Arthritis Network, including its research programs, resource allocation and budgeting, conflict-of-interest protocols, intellectual property management, technology transfer and commercialization, as well as networking and communications. The Board reports to the Networks of Centres of Excellence Steering Committee on these matters and about turnover in Board membership.

Chair

Dr. Robin Armstrong
Professor Emeritus
University of Toronto
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Members

Dr. Claire Bombardier
Co-Scientific Director
Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Senior Scientist
Institute for Work & Health
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Flora M. Dell, C.M., O.N.B.
Gerontology Health Care Advocate
Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada

Mr. Tom Fullan
President & CEO
Fullan Consulting Business Initiatives Group

Dr. Monique Gignac, PhD
Co-Scientific Director
Senior Scientist
Toronto Western Research Institute
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. David Hart
Network Investigator
University of Calgary

Philip Hassen
Chief Executive Officer of the Canadian Patient Safety Institute

Ms. Heather Howe
Member, National Board of Directors
The Arthritis Society

Mr. Sydney Jackson
Former Chair and CEO
Manulife
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mr. Steven McNair
President and CEO
The Arthritis Society
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Terrence Montague
Principal
CareNet Corporation
Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Mr. Denis Morrice
Executive Director
Ontario Rheumatology Association
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Ivan Otterness
Arthritis Researcher
University of Rhode Island
Kingston, Rhode Island, United States

Mr. Johnathan Riley, MHA (Non-Voting)
Managing Director
Canadian Arthritis Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Mr. Ron Simpson, MBA
Chair, Audit and Finance Committee
Canadian Arthritis Network
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Gareth Taylor
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute
Mount Sinai Hospital
Joseph and Wolf Lebovic Health Complex
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Ms. Anna Tsouluhas
Business Unit Manager-Rheumatology
Abbott Laboratories

Mr. Bill Woloshyn
Partner
McMillan LLP
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Observers

Ms. Delia Cooper
Consumer Advisory Council
British Columbia Representative
Coquitlam, British Columbia

Tiffany Richards
Senior Program Manager
Networks of Centres of Excellence
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Dr. Carter Thorne
Secretary-Treasurer
Canadian Rheumatology Research Consortium
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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