Institute Advisory Board Members

(September 2006 - August 2007)

Howard Bergman, MD (Chair)
The Dr. Joseph Kaufmann Professor and Director
Division of Geriatric Medicine, McGill University
Director, Quebec Research Network in Aging (FRSQ)

Phillip G. Clark, ScD
Professor and Director
Program in Gerontology and Rhode Island Geriatric Education Center
University of Rhode Island

Max Cynader, PhD
Director
Brain Research Centre
University of British Columbia / Vancouver Coastal Authority

Louise Demers, PhD
Assistant Professor
School of Rehabilitation
Université de Montréal

Carole Anne Estabrooks, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta

Janice M. Keefe, PhD
Professor, Mount St Vincent University
Canada Research Chair in Aging and Caregiving Policy

Daniel Lai, PhD
Professor & Alberta Heritage Health Scholar
Faculty of Social Work
University of Calgary

Verena Menec, PhD 
Director, Centre on Aging
Department of Community Health Sciences
Faculty of Medicine
University of Manitoba

Gael P. Page
Past President
Canadian Hospice Palliative Care Association

Christopher Patterson, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine
McMaster University

Hélène Payette, PhD
Director, Centre on Aging
Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Sherbrooke
University of Sherbrooke

Louise Plouffe, PhD
Manager, Knowledge Development
Division of Aging and Seniors
Health Canada

Dorothy Pringle, RN, PhD
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Toronto

Douglas Rapelje
Consultant

Rebecca Jane Rylett, PhD
Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physiology
University of Western Ontario

Huber Warner, PhD
Associate Dean (Research)
College of Biological Sciences
University of Minnesota.