Governance
Structure and people
The CCIC is run by an Executive Director and Executive Officers who report to a Board of Directors. The Board has appointed Deloitte & Touche to audit the corporation’s financial activities.
Executive Officers

Matthew Hill, PhD
Executive Director of the CCIC
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

Robert LaPrairie, PhD
Past-President & Director of Education and Trainee Initiatives
Assistant Professor
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Drug Discovery and Development
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
Board of Directors

Hance Clarke MD, PhD, FRCPC
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

Rebecca Haines-Saah, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Community Health Sciences
Cumming School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
University of Calgary
Calgary, AB

Matthew Hill, PhD
Executive Director of the CCIC
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

Melanie Kelly, PhD
Professor
Departments of Pharmacology, Opthamology & Visual Sciances and Anesthesia, Pain Management and Perioperative Care
Dalhousie University
Halifax, NS

Lauren Kelly, PhD
Assistant Professor
Departments of Pediatrics & Child Health, Pharmacology and Community Health Sciences
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB

Jibran Khokhar, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
University of Guelph
Guelph, ON

Karim Ladha, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Treasurer and Secretary
Staff Physician, Department of Anesthesia, St. Michael’s Hospital
Associate Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, University of Toronto
Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute of St. Michael’s Hospital
Toronto, ON

Robert LaPrairie, PhD
Past-President & Director of Education and Trainee Initiatives
Assistant Professor
GlaxoSmithKline Chair in Drug Discovery and Development
College of Pharmacy and Nutrition
University of Saskatchewan
Saskatoon, SK
Staff

Tiffany Lee, PhD
Director of Operations

Erin Rock, PhD
Communications Coordinator