Steering Committee Members

Hance Clarke, MD
CCIC PAST PRESIDENT
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

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

Kim Hellemans, PhD
Associate Dean (Student Recruitment, Wellness and Success), Faculty of Science
Assistant Professor and Provost’s Teaching Fellow, Department of Neuroscience
Director of the Stress, Trauma and Resilience Working Group
Carleton University
Ottawa, ON

Noufissa Kabli, PhD
Associate Director, Toronto Cannabis and Cannabinoid Research Consortium
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Lauren Kelly, PhD
CCIC PRESIDENT
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Justin Matheson, PhD
Institute for Mental Health Policy Research,
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health,
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON

Catharine Mielnik, PhD
Research Associate
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology,
Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto,
Toronto, ON

Ruth Ross, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology,
Anne and Max Tanenbaum Chair in Neuroscience
Temerty Faculty of Medicine,
University of Toronto
Toronto, ON
