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Leads Team

The HDRN Canada Leads Team provides input to the Executive Committee on development and planning priorities. The Leads Team consists of representatives from HDRN Canada’s Member Organizations and serves as a community of practice through which network members share information, collaborate on network-wide projects and problem-solve operational challenges. The Leads Team includes chairs of HDRN Canada Working Groups and Teams and serves as a bridge between HDRN Canada and Member Organizations, assessing opportunities and risks, and the strategic alignment of objectives and research activities between HDRN Canada and data centres.

See the Leads Team Terms of Reference.

Leads Team
Name	Title	Organization
Kim McGrail	Leads Team Chair & HDRN Canada Scientific Director/CEO	Population Data BC
Alan Katz	Professor	Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba
Amit Garg	Associate Dean, Clinical Research	Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Brandy Winquist	Executive Director, Academics & Learning	Saskatchewan Health Authority
Brent Diverty	Vice-President, Data Strategy & Statistics	Canadian Institute for Health Information
Catherine Street	Director	Newfoundland & Labrador SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Charles Victor	Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships & Digital Services	ICES
Don MacDonald	Vice President, Data & Information Services	Newfoundland & Labrador Health Services
Frank Gavin	Public Member
Gitta Oldendorff	Managing Director	Population Data BC
Hude Quan	Lead, Methods Support & Development Platform	Alberta SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Jean-François Ethier	Scientific Co-director	Interdisciplinary Research Group in Health Informatics (GRIIS), Université de Sherbrooke
Jennifer Walker	Senior Core Scientist & Indigenous Health Lead	ICES
Julie Stratton	Director, Centre for Health Data Integration	Statistics Canada
Knox Makumbe	Resource Statistician	Northwest Territories Bureau of Statistics
JianLi Wang	Acting Director	Health Data Nova Scotia
Lisa Lix	Director, Data Science Platform	George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba
Mary-Ann Standing	Research and Project Manager	Centre for Health & Community Research, University of PEI
Michael Schull	CEO	ICES
Michelle Leach	Operations Manager	Yukon SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Nathan Nickel	Director	Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba
Patricia Caris	Deputy Director General	Institut de la statistique du Québec
Sam Stewart	Director (on leave)	Health Data Nova Scotia
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox	Scientific Director	NWT SPOR SUPPORT Unit: Hotiì ts’eeda
Tanya Verrall	Director, Data Analysis & Research Partnerships	Saskatchewan Health Quality Council
Ted McDonald	Director	New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data & Training
Victoria Schuckel	Principal Knowledge User, SPOR Canadian Data Platform	BC Ministry of Health

Working Group & Team Chairs
Name	Title	Organization
Amy Freier	Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, & Accessibility (IDEA) Team Chair	Manitoba Centre for Health Policy
Catherine Street	Public Engagement Working Group Chair	Newfoundland & Labrador SPOR SUPPORT Unit
Donna Curtis Maillet	Privacy Team Chair	New Brunswick Institute for Research, Data & Training
Frank Gavin	HDRN Canada Public Advisory Council Chair
Jordan Hunt	DASH Working Group Chair	Canadian Institute for Health Information
Lisa Lix	Algorithms & Harmonized Data Working Group Chair	George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba, MB SPOR SUPPORT Unit

Leads Team

Leads Team

Working Group & Team Chairs