Improving Mental Health Transitions: Key People

 Speakers | Jury | Scientific Committee | Planning Committee

Scientific Chair

Roger Bland, CM, MB, ChB, FRCPC, FRCPsych
Chair, Scientific Committee; Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Speakers

• Carol Adair, MSc, PhD
  Researcher, Psychiatric Epidemiologist and Associate Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Alberta
• Tim Aubry, BA, MA, PhD
  Chairholder, Faculty of Social Sciences Research Chair in Community Mental Health and Homelessness; Professor, School of Psychology and Senior Researcher, Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services, University of Ottawa, Ontario
• Thomas Becker, Dr. Med.
  Medical Director and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry II, Ulm University, Germany
• Dan Cohen, MD, PhD
  Professor, Department of Chronic Psychiatry, Mental Health Care Organisation North-Holland North, Heerhugowaard, The Netherlands
• Giovanni de Girolamo, MD, PhD
  Head, IRCCS Unit of Psychiatric Epidemiology and Evaluation, Italy
• Philippa A. Garety, MA, MPhil, MA (Ed), PhD, FBPsS
  Professor of Clinical Psychology; Clinical Director, Psychosis Clinical Academic Group (CAG), South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, United Kingdom
• Linda Gask, MSc, PhD, FRCPsych, FRCGP
  Professor Emerita of Primary Care Psychiatry, National Primary Care Research and Development Centre (NPCRDC), University of Manchester, United Kingdom
• Elliot Goldner, MD, FRC(P), MHSc
  Professor, Centre for Applied Research for Mental Health and Addiction (CARMHA), Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, British Columbia
• Heinz Katschnig, MD
  Professor Emeritus and Chairman, Department of Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna; CEO, IMEHPS.research, Vienna, Austria
• Sara Lapsley, BA, MA (Candidate)
  Counsellor and Group Clinician, Forensic Psychiatric Hospital; Peer Researcher with the Collaborative Research Team to Study Psychosocial Issues in Bipolar Disorder (CREST.BD), British Columbia
• Eric Latimer, PhD
  Researcher, Douglas Institute and Professor, Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Quebec
• Antonio Lora, MD
  Director, Department of Mental Health, Lecco General Hospital, Lecco, Italy
• Steve Lurie, BA, MSW, MM
  Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association Toronto Branch, Ontario
• Orrin Lyseng
  Executive Director, Alberta Alliance for Mental Illness and Mental Health (AAMIMH), Edmonton, AB
• Austin Mardon, PhD, CM, LLD (Hon)
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Oliver Mason, DPhil, DClinPsy
  Senior Lecturer, Clinical Education and Health Psychology, University College London, United Kingdom
• David McDaid, BSc, MSc, MSc
  Senior Research Fellow, Health Policy and Health Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, United Kingdom
• Scott Patten, MD, FRCPC, PhD
  Professor, University of Calgary, Alberta
• Thomas Joseph Raedler, MD
  Medical Director, Psychopharmacology Research Unit (PRU) and Associate Professor, University of Calgary, Alberta
• Luis Salvador-Carulla, MD, PhD
  Professor, Disability and Mental Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, Australia
• Howard Sapers
  Correctional Investigator of Canada, Office of the Correctional Investigator, Ottawa, Ontario
• Jitender Sareen, MD, FRCPC
  Professor, Psychiatry, Departments of Psychiatry, Psychology and Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Director, Research and Assistant Head, Department of Psychiatry, Manitoba
• The Honourable Justice Richard D. Schneider, BSc, MA, PhD, LLB, LLM, CPsych
  Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice; Chair of the Ontario Review Board; Adjunct Professor, University of Toronto, Ontario
• Gerrit van der Leer
  Director, Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Ministry of Health Services, British Columbia
• Richard Warner, MD, DPM
  Director, Colorado Recovery; Professor, Psychiatry, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado

Jury

Jury Chair

Alain Lesage, MD, FRCPC, MPhil, DFAPA
Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Montreal; Clinician, Montreal University Mental Health Institute, Montreal, Quebec

Jury Members

• Kathy J Aitchison, BA(Hons), BM, BCh, FRCPsych, PhD
  Alberta Centennial Addiction & Mental Health Research Chair; Professor, Departments of Psychiatry and Medical Genetics, University of Alberta, Edmonton
• Rupert Arcand
  Director, Yellowhead Tribal Community Corrections Society
• André Delorme, MD, FRCPC
  Director of Mental Health Ministry of Health and Social Services, Quebec
• David Goldbloom, OC, MD, FRCPC
  Senior Medical Adviser, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor, University of Toronto, Ontario
• Kaj Korvela, BA Art History, BA Fine Arts, BA Education
  Executive Director, Organization for Bipolar Affective Disorders Society (OBAD), Calgary, Alberta
• Gloria Laird
  Wisdom Council, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta
• Glenda M. MacQueen, PhD, MD, FRCPC
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry, and Vice Dean, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary
• John J. McSorley, MD, MB, MRCGP
  Family Physician, Airdrie, Alberta
• Fay Orr
  Former Mental Health Patient Advocate; Executive Manager, Government of Alberta; Vice-chair of the Board of Directors, United Way, Alberta Capital Region, Edmonton, Alberta
• Tom Shand
  Former Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association, Edmonton, Alberta
• Michel Simard, MA
  Executive Director, Centre Le Havre De Trois Rivieres, Quebec
• Sharon G. Sutherland
  Mental Illness/Health Advocate, Edmonton, Alberta
• Helen-Maria Vasiliadis, MSc, PhD

Scientific Committee

Chair

Roger Bland, CM, MB, ChB, FRCPC, FRCPsych
Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Committee Members

• Donald Addington, MBBS, MRCPsych, FRCPC
  Professor, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Lorraine J. Breault, PhD
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Pierre Chue, MB BCh, MRCPsych, FRCPC
  Clinical Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Carolyn Dewa, PhD
  Health Systems Research and Consulting Unit, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health, Toronto, ON
• Elliot Goldner, BSc, MHSc, MD, FRSPC
  Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC
• Alan Gordon, MB ChB, FRCPC
  Clinical Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Fern Miller
  Director, Maternal-Child and Mental Health, Addiction and Mental Health Branch, Primary Health Care Division, Alberta Health, Edmonton, AB
• Tonia Nicholls, PhD
  Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine, UBC-Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission (FPSC);
  BC Mental Health and Substance Use Services, Vancouver, BC
• Fay Orr
  Former Mental Health Patient Advocate;
  Executive Manager, Government of Alberta;
  Vice-chair of the Board of Directors, United Way, Alberta Capital Region, Edmonton, AB
• Scott Patten, MD, FRCPC, PhD
  Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Peter Silverstone, MB BF, MD, MRCPsych, FRCPC
  Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
• Michael Trew, MD, FRCPC
  Addiction & Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB
• Doug Urness, MD, LMCC, FRCPC
  Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
• Doug Watson
  Past President, Alberta Psychiatric Association, Calgary, AB
• Patrick J. White, MB, BCh, BAO, DCH, Dip OBS, MRCPsych
  Clinical Professor, Psychiatry Department, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB

Planning Committee

Chair

Fern Miller
Director, Maternal-Child and Mental Health, Addiction and Mental Health Branch, Primary Health Care Division, Alberta Health, Edmonton, AB

Committee Members

• Laurie Beverley
  Executive Director, Community Treatment and Supports, Addiction and Mental Health,
  Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, AB
• Allison Hagen, CGA, MBA
  Director of Finance, Operations and Administration, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB
• Sarah Parkinson
  Alberta Health, Edmonton, AB
• Cathy Pryce, RN
  Addiction and Mental Health Strategic Clinical Network, Alberta Health Services, AB
• Helen Ramsey, MSc
  Project Manager, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, AB
• Doug Vincent
  Director, Tertiary and Acute Care, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton,