Committees

Organizational Subcommittee: Organizational Committee members oversee all components of the conference planning and conference organization tasks, including decisions regarding conference title, themes, and format/number of concurrent sessions.

Scientific Subcommittee:Scientific Subcommittee members provide input into the research themes and applied content of the conference, and are involved in reviewing submissions for paper and poster presentations.

Business Subcommittee: The Business Subcommittee actively works on enhancing linkages with the business community and public and private sectors.

Organizational Committee AND SUBCOMMITEE MEMBERS:

Organizational Committee

Mr. Peter Coleridge, MHSc (Co-Chair), Senior Advisor, BCMHAS Senior Advisor, Mental Health Promotion, Global Business & Economic Roundtable on Addiction & Mental Health

Dr. Elliot Goldner, MD, MHSc, FRCPC (Co-Chair), Professor, CARMHA

Dr. Joti Samra, PhD (Coordinator), Research Scientist, CARMHA

Dr. Merv Gilbert, PhD, Principal, Gilbert & Acton -Organizational Consulting

Dr. Alain Lesage, MD, FRCPC, MPhil, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal and Centre de recherche Fernand-Séguin of l’Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine.

Mr. Bill Wilkerson, Co-Founder & CEO, Global Business & Economic Roundtable on Addiction & Mental Health

Scientific Subcommittee

Dr. Alain Lesage, MD, FRCPC, MPhil, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Université de Montréal and Centre de recherche Fernand-Séguin of l’Hôpital Louis-H. Lafontaine.

Dr. Michel Vézina, MD, MPH, FRCPC, Scientific Advisor, Institut national de santé publique du Québec

Dr. JianLi Wang, Assistant Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Dr. Marc Corbière, professeur-chercheur, Département de réadaptation au CAPRIT (Centre d'Action en prévention et réadaptation de l'Incapacité au travail), Université de Sherbrooke (campus de Longueuil)

Dr. Ed McCloskey, Director, Research Secretariat, WorkSafeBC [WCB-BC]

Ms. Catherine Kidd, Regional Director, Employee & Workplace Health & Safety, Vancouver Coastal Health Authority, Regional Health Authorities Occupational Health & Safety Directors Representative

Dr. Carolyn Dewa, MPH, PhD, Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Toronto; Health Economist, Health Systems Research & Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health

Dr. Raymond Lam, Professor and Head, Division of Clinical Neuroscience, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia

Dr. Scott Macdonald, Assistant Director, Centre for Addictions Research of BC; Associate Professor, School of Health Information Science, University of Victoria.

Dr. Patrick Smith,  Senior Advisor, BC Mental Health & Addiction Services, Provincial Health Services Authority, British Columbia; Senior Advisor, Addictions, Global Business and Economic Roundtable on Addiction and Mental Health; Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia; Head, Addiction Psychiatry Division, University of British Columbia, Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University

Business Subcommittee

Dr. Joti Samra, PhD (Coordinator), Research Scientist, CARMHA

Dr. Merv Gilbert, PhD, Principal, Gilbert & Acton -Organizational Consulting

Dr. Rick Iverson, PhD Professor of Human Resource Management, Faculty of Business Administration, Simon Fraser University

Mr. Darroch Campbell, LLB, Manager of Claims & Operations Support, Manager of Labour Relations, BC Maritime Employers Association

Dr. Ed McCloskey, Director, Research Secretariat, WorkSafeBC [WCB-BC]

Member at Large

Dr. Jean-Yves Savoie, PhD, Co-chair taskforce on implementation of the CIHR research agenda on mental health and addictions in the workplace — Implementation Committee of Partners