Committees and Meetings
Research Committee
Dr Laura Gillespie - Chair; BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr Michael Bezuhly - Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, Microbiology & Immunology, IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University
Dr Sheila Drover, BioMedical Sciences, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr Conrad Fernandez - Ethics, Pediatric Hematology/Oncology, IWK Health Centre
Dr David Hoskin - Microbiology and Immunology/Pathology/Surgery, Dalhousie University
Dr Robert Hurta, Biology, University of Prince Edward Island
Dr Gerry Johnston - ex officio, BHCRI Scientific Director
Dr Anthony Reiman - Medical Oncology, Saint John Regional Hospital
Dr John Thoms - Radiation Oncology, Dr. H. Bliss Murphy Cancer Centre, St. John's
Dr Robin Urquhart - Health Administration, Dalhousie University
Dr Krista Wilkins - Nursing, University of New Brunswick
Research Committee meeting dates for 2018 are as follows (subject to change without notice):
18 January
15 February
15 March
26 April
17 May
14 June
Training Committee
Dr Sherri Christian - Chair; Biochemistry, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr Gerry Johnston - ex officio, BHCRI Scientific Director
Dr Paola Marcato, Pathology, Dalhousie University
Dr Erin McGowan - Human Kinetics and Recreation, Memorial University of Newfoundland
Dr Pier Morin, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton
Dr Gilles Robichaud, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Université de Moncton
Dr Marie-Laurence Tremblay - Postdoctoral Fellow Representative, Dalhousie University
Mr Calem Kenward - Graduate Student Representative, Dalhousie University
Communications Committee
Ms Heather Strong - Chair, St. John's, NL
Ms Krysta Coyle — Social Media Support, Halifax, NS
Dr Roger Gervais -VP Research, New Brunswick Innnovation Foundation, Fredericton, NB
Dr Gerry Johnston - ex officio, BHCRI Scientific Director
Mr Chris MacDougall - Business Community Representative, Truro, NS
Ms Edith Robb - Communications Expert, Moncton, NB
Dr Brenda Sabo - School of Nursing, Dalhousie University, NS
Finance Committee
Mr Ray Smallwood - Chair; First Vice President and Investment Advisor, Wood Gundy, St. John’s
Dr Gerry Johnston - ex officio, BHCRI Scientific Director
Mr Rod MacLennan - Retired Businessman, Truro, Nova Scotia
Ms Cindy Pettipas - Administrative Director, BHCRI
Mr Daniel Tweel - Lawyer, Tweel Law, Charlottetown
Membership Committee
Dr Stephen Lewis - Chair; Assistant Director, Atlantic Cancer Research Institute
Dr Gerry Johnston - ex officio, BHCRI Scientific Director
Dr Eshwar Kumar - Co-CEO, New Brunswick Cancer Network, Fredericton
Ms Cindy Pettipas - BHCRI Administrative Director
Ms Heather Strong - St. John's, Newfoundland
Dr David Waisman - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Dalhousie University
Nominating Committee
Mr Daniel Tweel - Chair; Lawyer, Tweel Law, Charlottetown
Dr Michael Johnston - Faculty of Medicine, Dalhousie University
Mr Warren McKenzie - President and CEO, Redmond Group Inc.
Ms Erika Nicholson, Director, Screening and Early Detection, Canadian Partnership Against Cancer
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