Each of CIRN’s eight networks is overseen by a Principal Investigator(s) (PI) and may encompass several site investigators/collaborators as well. Click on the links below to access PI biographies and team information.

CIRN Nominated Principal Investigator

• Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre

Clinical Trials Network

• Joanne Langley, Dalhousie University and the IWK Health Centre

Co-Investigators:

• Joenel Alcantara, University of Calgary
• Houreratou Barry, Centre Muraz
• Julie Bettinger, BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia
• Kristin Burnett, Lakehead University
• Bill Cameron, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and University of Ottawa
• Nicolas Chomont, Centre Hospitalier de L’Université de Montréal
• Brenda Coleman, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Jeannette Comeau, Dalhousie University
• Curtis Cooper, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Mark Dionne, Université Laval
• Joanne Embree, University of Winnipeg
• Soren Gantt, University of British Columbia
• Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University
• Jia Hu, Alberta Health Services
• Jennifer Isenor, Dalhousie University
• Jim Kellner, University of Calgary
• Tobias Kollmann, BC Children’s Hospital
• Mark Loeb, McMaster University
• Judy MacDonald, University of Calgary
• Souleymane Mboup, Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF)
• Janet McElhaney, Health Sciences North
• Allison McGeer, Mt. Sinai Hospital
• Shelly McNeil, Dalhousie University
• Monika Naus, BC Centre for Disease Control
• Jeff Pernica, McMaster University
• Birahim Pierre Ndiaye, Institut de Recherche en Santé, de Surveillance Epidémiologique et de Formations (IRESSEF)
• Guillaume Poliquin, Public Health Agency of Canada
• Caroline Quach, Université McGill
• Earl Rubin, McGill University
• Chris Sanders, Lakehead University
• David Scheifele, University of British Columbia
• Manish Sadarangani, University of British Columbia
• Mayank Singal, Alberta Health Services
• Kathryn Slayter, Dalhousie University
• Cecile Tremblay, Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
• Innocent Valea, Centre Muraz
• Otto Vanderkooi, University of Calgary
• Brian Ward, McGill University
• Duncan Webster, Saint John Regional Hospital

Canadian National Vaccine Safety Network

• Julie Bettinger, BC Centre for Disease Control, University of British Columbia

 Co-Investigators:

• Brenda Coleman, Mount Sinai Hospital
• Gaston De Serres, Université Laval
• Jennifer Isenor, Dalhousie University
• Jim Kellner, University of Calgary
• Anne McCarthy, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Shelly McNeil, Dalhousie University
• Karina Top, Dalhousie University
• Louis Valiquette, Université Sherbrooke
• Otto Vanderkooi, University of Calgary

Provincial Collaborative Network

• Philippe De Wals, Sherbrooke University
• Jeff Kwong, ICES/University of Toronto
• Shannon MacDonald, University of Alberta

 Co-Investigators:

• Shelly Bolotin, Public Health Ontario
• Marc Brisson, Laval University
• Paula Brna, Dalhousie University
• Elizabeth Brodkin, Fraser Health Authority
• Sarah Buchan, University of Toronto
• Ann Burchell, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Aaron Campigotto, London Health Sciences Center
• Michael Campitelli, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Science
• Cynthia Chen, Public Health Ontario
• Hannah Chung, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
• Joe Cox, McGill University Health Centre
• Francois Coutlée, Laboratoire de Virologie Moléculaire, CRCHUM
• Natasha Crowcroft, Public Health Ontario
• Meena Dawar, Vancouver Costal Health Authority/University of British Columbia
• Alexandra de Pokomandy, McGill University Health Centre
• Shelley Deeks, Public Health Ontario
• Marc Dionne, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval
• Jelena Djordjevic, McGill University
• Simon Dobson, University of British Columbia
• Steve Drews, Alberta ProvLab
• Eduardo Franco, McGill University Health Centre
• Sandra Gardner, University of Toronto
• Vladimir Gilca, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval Institut national de santé publique du Québec
• Troy Grennan, BC Centre for Disease Control
• Ramandip Grewal, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Dane Griffiths, Gay Men’s Sexual Health Alliance (Toronto)
• Jonathan Gubbay, Public Health Ontario
• Trevor Hart, Ryerson University
• Steven Hawken, University of Ottawa/ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
• Ashley Holly, Alberta Health
• Wanrudee Isaranuwatchai, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Frances Jamieson, Public Health Ontario
• Caitlin Johnson, Public Health Ontario
• Jody Jollimore, Health Initiative for Men (Vancouver)
• Tim Karnauchow, University of Ottawa
• Kevin Katz, North York General Hospital
• James Kellner, University of Calgary
• Erich Kliewer, BC Cancer Agency
• Mel Krajden, BC Centre for Disease Control
• George Zahariadis, Public Health Laboratory, Newfoundland & Labrador
• Gilles Lambert, Ryerson University
• Lennon Li, Public Health Ontario
• Mark Loeb, McMaster University
• Salah Mahmud, University of Manitoba
• Alex Marchand-Austin, Public Health Ontario
• Marie-Helene Mayrand, Institut national de santé publique du Québec, Centre de recherche du Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)
• Allison McGeer, Sinai Health System and University Health Network
• Dayre McNally, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Shelly McNeil, Dalhousie University
• Dianne Miller, BC Cancer Agency
• Deborah Money, University of British Columbia
• David Moore, BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
• James Murray, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
• Monika Naus, University of British Columbia, BC Center for Disease Control
• Gina Ogilvie, University of British Columbia/BC-Center for Disease Control
• Susan Richardson, Hospital for Sick Children
• David Richardson, William Osler Health System
• Margaret Russell, University of Calgary
• Chantal Sauvageau, Centre de recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval Institut national de santé publique du Québec
• Kimberley Simmonds, Alberta Health
• Andrew Simor, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
• Joel Singer, University of British Columbia
• Marek Smieja, St. Joseph’s Healthcare Hamilton
• Bruce Smith, Dalhousie University
• Larry Svenson, Alberta Health
• Mark Thompson, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• Len Tooley, St. Michael’s Hospital
• Karina Top, Dalhousie University
• Dirk van Niekerk, BC Cancer Agency
• Bryna Warshawsky, Public Health Ontario
• Krista Wilkinson, University of Manitoba
• Kumanan Wilson, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/ Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
• Sarah Wilson, Public Health Ontario

Serious Outcomes Surveillance Network

• Shelly McNeil, Dalhousie University
• Melissa Andrew, Dalhousie University

Co-Investigators:

• Guy Boivin, Université Laval
• Brenda Coleman, Mount Sinai Hospital
• May ElSherif, Dalhousie University
• Karen Green, Mt. Sinai Hospital
• Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University
• Todd Hatchette, Dalhousie University
• Kevin Katz, University of Toronto
• Joanne Langley, Dalhousie University
• Jason Leblanc, Dalhousie University
• Mark Loeb, McMaster University
• Anne McCarthy, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Allison McGeer, Mt. Sinai Hospital
• Janet McElhaney, Advanced Medical Research Institute of Canada (AMRIC)
• Jeff Powis, Toronto East General Hospital
• David Richardson, University of Toronto
• Daniel Smyth, Moncton Regional Hospital
• Sylvie Trottier, Université Laval
• Louis Valiquette, Université Sherbrooke
• Duncan Webster, St. John Regional Hospital

Special Immunization Clinics Network

• Karina Top, Dalhousie University

Co-Investigators:

• Zainab Abdurrahman, McMaster’s Children’s Hospital
• Adelle Atkinson, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Francois Boucher, Université Laval
• Catherine Burton, University of Alberta
• Rupesh Chawla, University of Calgary
• Cora Constantinescu, University of Calgary
• Shelley Deeks, Public Health Ontario
• Gaston de Serres, Université Laval
• Anne Des Roches, CHU Sainte-Justine
• Jean Philippe Drolet, CHU Laval
• Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University
• Kyla Hildebrand, BC Children’s and Women’s Hospital
• Simon Hotte, Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
• Gina Lacuesta, IWK Health Center
• Sasson Lavi, The Hospital for Sick Children
• Athena McConnell, University of Saskatchewan
• Shelly McNeil, Dalhousie University
• Shaun Morris, Hospital for Sick Children
• Francisco Noya, McGill University
• Taj Jadavji, University of Calgary
• Jeffrey Pernica, McMaster University
• Anne Pham-Huy, University of Ottawa
• Marie-Noëlle Primeau, Montreal Children’s Hospital
• Earl Rubin, McGill University
• Soren Gantt, University of British Columbia
• Manish Sadarangani, University of British Columbia
• Bruce Tapiéro, CHU Sainte-Justine
• Wendy Vaudry, University of Alberta
• Yarden Yanishevsky, Edmonton Clinic Health Academy

Reference Laboratory Network

• Brian Ward, Université McGill
• Shelly Bolotin, Public Health Ontario

 Co-Investigators:

• Guy Boivin, Université Laval
  Marc Brisson, Universite Lava
  Brenda Coleman, Mount Sinai Hospital
  Natasha Crowcroft, Public Health Ontario
  Shelley Deeks, Public Health Ontario
  May Elsherif, Dalhousie University
  Ian Gemmill, Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington Public Health Unit
  Jonathan Gubbay, Public Health Ontario
  Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University
  Todd Hatchette, Dalhousie University
  Tobias Kollmann, University of British Columbia
  Jason Leblanc, Dalhousie University
  Tony Mazzulli, Mount Sinai Hospital
  Elizabeth McLaughlin, NML
  Bouchra Serhir, l’Institut national de santé publique du Québec
  Alberto Severini, University of Manitoba
  Susan Squires, PHAC
  Cecile Tremblay, Université de Montréal
  Tania Watts, University of Toronto
  Sarah Wilson, Public Health Ontario

Social Sciences and Humanities Network

• Eve Dubé, Université Laval

Co-Investigators:

• Julie Bettinger, University of British Columbia
• Nicholas Brousseau, Institut national du santé publique du Québec
• Andrea Bunt, University of Manitoba
• Eliana Castillo, University of Calgary
• Jeannette Comeau, Dalhousie University
• Kim Corace, University of Ottawa
• Natasha Crowcroft, Public Health Ontario
• Liz Darling, McMaster University
• Shelley Deeks, Public Health Ontario
• Michelle Driedger, University of Manitoba
• Vinita Dubey, AMOH Toronto Public Health
• William Fisher, University of Western Ontario
• Arnaud Gagneur, Université de Sherbrooke
• Janice Graham, Dalhousie University
• Joshua Greenberg, Carleton University
• Devon Greyson, University of British Columbia
• Maryse Guay, Université de Sherbrooke
• Juliet Guichon, University of Calgary
• Donna Halperin, St. Francis Xavier University
• Scott Halperin, Dalhousie University
• Jane Heffernan, York University
• Cindy Jardine, University of Alberta
• Kevin Katz, North York General Hospital
• Noni MacDonald, Dalhousie University
• Shannon MacDonald, University of Alberta
• Heather MacDougall, University of Waterloo
• Samantha Meyer, University of Waterloo
• Laurence Monnais, Université de Montréal
• Gina Ogilvie, University of British Columbia
• Monika Naus, BC Centre for Disease Control
• Jennifer Potter, University of Manitoba
• Vineet Saini, University of Calgary
• Chantal Sauvageau, Université Laval
• Karina Top, Dalhousie University
• Dat Tran, University of Toronto
• Jordan Tustin, Ryerson University
• Nancy Waite, University of Waterloo
• Kumanan Wilson, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Holly Witteman, Université Laval
• Sarah Wilson, Public Health Ontario
• Mark Yudin, University of Toronto

Collaborators:

• Cora Constantinescu, University of Calgary
• Kevin Katz, North York General Hospital
• Mary Wiktorowicz, York University
• Michelle Wyndham West, York University

Modeling and Economics Research (ModERN) Network

• Marc Brisson, Université Laval

Co-Investigators:

• Michel Alary, Université Laval
• Philippe Beutels, University of Anterwerpen
• Marie Claude Boily, Imperial College London
• Shelly Bolotin, Public Health Ontario
• Guillaume Béraud, Université Droit et Santé Lille2
• Natasha Crowcroft, Public Health Ontario
• Shelley Deeks, Public Health Ontario
• Benoit Dervaux, Université Droit et Santé Lille2
• Gaston De Serres, Université Laval
• Eve Dubé, Université Laval
• David Fisman, University of Toronto
• Jane Heffernan, York University
• Karsten Hempel, University of Alberta
• Niel Hens, University of Hasselt
• Erin Kirwin, Alberta Health
• Philippe Lemieux-Mellouki, Université Laval
• Salah Mahmud, University of Manitoba
• Gina Ogilvie, University of British Columbia
• Nathaniel Osgood, University of Saskatchewan
• Beate Sander, OAHPP
• Chantal Sauvageau, Université Laval
• Larry Svenson, Alberta Health
• Jordan Tustin, Ryerson University
• Jianhong Wu, York University