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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	Simon Fraser University
Amanda Fowler-Woods	Assistant Professor	Manitoba Centre for Health Policy, University of Manitoba
Amit Garg	Associate Dean, Clinical Research	Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western University
Bill Pratt	Public Member
Brandy Winquist	Executive Director, Academics & Learning	Saskatchewan Health Authority
Brent Diverty	Vice-President, Data Strategy & Statistics	Canadian Institute for Health Information
Charles Victor	Senior Director, Strategic Partnerships and Digital Services	ICES
Claudia Sanmartin	Director General – Analytical Studies and Modelling Branch	Statistics Canada
Gitta Oldendorff	Managing Director	Population Data BC
Jean-François Ethier	Scientific Co-director	Interdisciplinary Research Group in Health Informatics (GRIIS), Université de Sherbrooke
Julia Burt		Memorial University of Newfoundland
Annie Turner		Statistics Canada
Kendra Lester	Senior Director, Data & Information Services	NL Health Services
Lisa Lix	Director, Data Science Platform	George & Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation, University of Manitoba
Malori Keller	Director	Health Research Data Platform – Saskatchewan, University of Saskatchewan
Mary-Ann MacSwain Standing	Director	Secure Island Data Repository, University of Prince Edward Island
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	Health Data Nova Scotia, Dalhousie University
Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox	Scientific Director	NWT SPOR SUPPORT Unit: Hotiì ts’eeda
Ted McDonald	Director	DataNB, University of New Brunswick