2023 Conference Speakers

Hance Clarke, MD, PhD, FRCPC
Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine University of Toronto
Director of Pain Services Toronto General Hospital, University Health Network
Director Good Hope Ehlers Danlos Clinic
Co-Chair Knowledge Translation, University of Toronto Centre for the Study of Pain
Co-Lead, Centre for Cannabinoid Therapeutics, University Health Network
Toronto, ON Canada

Carrie Cuttler, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychology
Washington State University
Pullman, WA USA

David Hammond, PhD
Professor
CIHR Chair in Applied Public Health
School of Public Health & Health Systems
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, ON Canada

Margaret Haney, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Columbia University Irving Medical Center
New York State Psychiatric Research Center
New York, NY USA

Kim Hellemans, PhD
Associate Dean Faculty of Science
Assistant Professor and Provost’s Teaching Fellow Department of Neuroscience
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON Canada

Matthew Hill, PhD
CCIC EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Professor
Tier II Canada Research Chair on Neurobiology of Stress
Hotchkiss Brain Institute and the Mathison Centre for Mental Health Education and Research
Departments of Cell Biology and Anatomy & Psychiatry, Cumming School of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Cecilia Hillard, PhD
Frederick Kasten, Jr. Chair in Parkinson’s Disease Research
Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Director of the Neuroscience Research Center
Associate Dean for Research
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI USA

Sameer Imtiaz, PhD
Staff Scientist
Institute for Mental Health Policy Research
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Robert Laprairie, PhD
Associate Professor and Research Chair in Drug Discovery and Development
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK Canada

Justin Matheson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH)
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Ruth Ross, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Senior Scientist
Campbell Family Mental Health Research Institute, CAMH
Temerty Faculty of Medicine
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON Canada

Elizabeth Thiele, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Neurology Harvard Medical School
Neurologist & Pediatrician Massachussets General Hospital
Boston, MA USA

Zachary Walsh, PhD, RPsych
Professor
Department of Psychology University of British Columbia
Affiliated Scientist BC Centre on Substance Use
Kelowna, BC Canada