Real-world Data – 09:00 – Monday 6th July
Tammy Clifford – Vice-President, Research Programs at CIHR
Tara Gomes – Epidemiologist and Scientist at St Michaels Hospital and ICES
Nav Persaud – Associate Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Patient Involvement – 11:00 – Tuesday 7th July
CHAIR: Dr. Laupacis is Editor-in-Chief of CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal and a specialist in internal medicine
Maureen Smith – Cochrane Consumer Executive Co-Chair, Board Member, Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders
Vincent Dumez – Co-director of the Centre of Excellence on Partnership with Patients and the Public
Carolyn Thomas – Founder, Heart Sisters
Child Health – 17:00 – Tuesday 7th July
CHAIR: Martin Offringa, MD PhD – Neonatologist and clinical epidemiologist, The Hospital for Sick Children
Rulan Parekh – Clinician Scientist and Professor of Medicine and Paediatrics at the University of Toronto , The Hospital for Sick Children and University Health Network
Zulfiqar Bhutta – Inaugural Robert Harding Chair in Global Child Health at The Hospital for Sick Children, Co-Director of the SickKids Centre for Global Child Health and the Founding Director of the Centre of Excellence in Women and Child Health at the Aga Khan University
Peter Szatmari – Chief, Child and Youth Mental Health Collaborative at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health and The Hospital for Sick Children
Communication – 10:30 – Wednesday 8th July
Gordon Guyatt – Distinguished Professor, Department of Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact at McMaster University
Timothy Caulfield – Professor of law at the University of Alberta
The David L. Sackett Lecture – 16:00 – Wednesday 8th July
Professor Sharon Straus – Director, Knowledge Translation Program at St Michaels