Institute Advisory Board Members (September 2009 - August 2010)

R. Jane Rylett, PhD (Chair)
Professor of Physiology, Pharmacology and Toxicology
Department of Physiology
University of Western Ontario

Denise Cloutier-Fisher, PhD
Associate professor
Department of Geography
University of Victoria

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

Sultan Darvesh, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Dalhousie University

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

Norma Drosdowech
Chair
Manitoba Council on Aging

Carole Anne Estabrooks, PhD (Vice-Chair)
Professor
Faculty of Nursing
University of Alberta

Rebecca Fuhrer, PhD
Professor
Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health
McGill University

Russell Hepple, PhD
Associate Professor
Faculty of Kinesiology
University of Calgary

Peter Lansley, PhD
Professor of Construction Management
University of Reading, UK

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

Gary Teare, PhD
Director of Quality Measurement and Analysis.
Health Quality Council of Saskatchewan

Ross Upshur, MD
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of Toronto