Organizing Committee

Main Organizing Committee
Chair
Mehrdad Hariri, DVM, MSc
Postdoctoral Fellow
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health
mehrdad.hariri@sciencepolicy.ca
(in alphabetical order)
Shiva Amiri, PhD
Science and Innovation Officer
British High Commission
shiva.amiri@sciencepolicy.ca
Marcius Extavour, Ph.D
Quantitative Risk Analyst, Enterprise Risk Management
Ontario Power Generation
marcius.extavour@sciencepolicy.ca

Eleanor Fast, MSc
Program Director
Council of Canadian Academies
eleanor.fast@sciencepolicy.ca
Curtis Forbes
PhD Student, IHPST
University of Toronto
curtis.forbes@sciencepolicy.ca		 Minnie Kim
Program Administrator
Centre for Research Education and Training, University Health Network
minnie.kim@sciencepolicy.ca
Jeffrey Kinder
Manager, Science &
Technology Strategy
Natural Resources Canada
jeffrey.kinder@sciencepolicy.ca
Wilson Kwong, M.Sc. Candidate
Pharmacology
University of Toronto
wilson.kwong@sciencepolicy.ca		 Odile Nelly Legacé, M.Sc.
Candidate in Biochemistry
University of Toronto
odile.legace@sciencepolicy.ca 		Trevor McKee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ontario Cancer Institute/University Health Network
trevor.mckee@sciencepolicy.ca
Robin McLernon, MSc
Healthscreen Solutions Inc.
robin.mclernon@sciencepolicy.ca		 Anton Neschadim, MSc
PhD candidate
Department of Medical Biophysics
University of Toronto
anton.neschadim@sciencepolicy.ca
Jeff Sharom
PhD candidate
University of Toronto
jeff.sharom@sciencepolicy.ca
Mahadeo Sukhai, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Ontario Cancer Institute
/University Health Network
mahadeo.sukhai@sciencepolicy.ca
Ilia A. Tikhomirov
Associate Director of Science
YM Biosciences Inc.
ilia.tikhomirov@sciencepolicy.ca

 Masoud Yeganegi, M.A.Sc.
(Chief Technical Officer), CSPC
Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering (University of Toronto), Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mt. Sinai Hospital
masoud.yeganegi@sciencepolicy.ca

Christine Zhang
PhD Candidate
Laboratory of Dr.James Booth
Department of Immunology, University of Toronto
christine.zhang@sciencepolicy.ca

Sub-Committee Structure

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Co-Chairs

Curtis Forbes

Robin McLernon

 Masoud
Yeganegi		 Mahadeo
Sukhai

Minnie Kim

Mahadeo Sukhai

 Shiva Amiri

Mehrdad Hariri

Mehrdad Hariri

Anton Neschadim

Masoud
Yeganegi
Members

Andre Cote

Marcius Extavour

Sonali Fonseca

Jennifer Karmona

Minji Kim

Grant Moenting

Shadi Mamaghani

Diana Nuredini

Kirk Nylen

Philip Oakley

Emanuel Pires

Siddharth Vedula

Mark Weir

Christine Zhang

 Shiva Amiri

Marcius Extavour

Sonali Fonseca

Curtis Forbes

Mehrdad Hariri

Wilson Kwong

Robin McLernon

Anton Neschadim
 currently inactive
Marcius Extavour

Curtis Forbes

Eric Gagne

Jeffrey Kinder

Masoud Yeganegi		 Yi-an Chen

Helen Chiang

Sonali Fonseca

Minji Kim

Trevor McKee

Ilia A. Tikhomirov

Siddharth Vedula

Derek Voice

Shadi Mamaghani
 Shiva Amiri

Mehrdad Hariri

Marcius Extavour

Anton Neschadim
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