Prevention of FASD: Key People

Plenary Speakers | Scientific Committee | Steering Subcommittee | Prevention Subcommittee | Organizing Committee

Plenary Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Honorable Alison M. Redford, Q.C., Premier of Alberta, Canada

Speakers

  • Susan Astley, PhD, Research Affiliate at the Center on Human Development and Disability, University of Washington
  • Ilona Autti-Rämö, MD PhD, Research Professor, Chief of Health Research, Kela The Social Insurance Institution of Finland
  • Dorothy Badry, PhD, RSW, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary
  • Tatiana Balachova, PhD, Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center
  • Lauri Beekmann, Secretary General NordAN (Nordic Alcohol and Drug Policy Network)
  • Diane Black, PhD, chairperson, European FASD Alliance
  • Jennifer Blake, MD, MSc, Chief Executive Officer of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists of Canada (SOGC)
  • Albert Chudley, Professor, University of Manitoba; Medical Director,Regional Health Authority Program in Genetics and Metabolism, Winnipeg, Canada
  • Sterling Clarren, MD, CEO and Scientific Director of the Canada North­west FASD Research Network; Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
  • Jody Allen Crowe, MPSA, Executive Director of Healthy Brains for Children, Minneapolis
  • Elizabeth Elliott, AM, NHMRC, Professor in Paediatrics and Child Health, The University of Sydney; Consultant Paediatrician, The Children’s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney; National Health and Medical Council of Australia (NHMRC) Practitioner Fellow
  • Don Fuchs, PhD, Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Manitoba
  • Erikson Furtado, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychiatry with the Department of Neuroscience and Behavior, School of Medicine at Ribeirao Preto (FMRP), University of Sao Paulo
  • Akinori Hisashige, MD, PhD, Director, Institute of Healthcare Technology Assessment, Japan
  • Malcolm King, Member of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation; health researcher at Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Health Sciences, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Carmen Kreft-Jaïs, MD, Scientific Director, Inpes (National Institute for Prevention and Health Education), Saint-Denis, France
  • Stuart MacLeod, MD, PhD, FRCPC, Professor, Pediatrics, University of British Columbia
  • Philip May, PhD, UNC Nutrition Research Institute, University of North Carolina
  • Thomas A. McLellan, PhD, CEO and co-founder of the Treatment Research Institute (TRI), Philadelphia, PA
  • Margaret Murray, PhD, Director of the Global Alcohol Research Program, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health
  • Jacqueline Pei, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology and Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta
  • Nancy Poole, MA, PhD (c), Co-Leader of the Network Action Team on FASD Prevention of the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network
  • Svetlana Popova, MD, MPH, PhD, Independent Scientist, Social and Epidemiological Research Department at CAMH; Assistant Professor,Dalla Lana School of Public Health, Epidemiology Division and Factor Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
  • Edward Riley, PhD, Department of Psychology and Director of the Center of Behavioral Teratology, San Diego State University
  • Amy Salmon, PhD, Coordinator, Sheway; Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia; Collaborating Scientist, Centre for Addictions Research of BC, University of Victoria
  • Cudore Snell, PhD, Professor, School of Social Work, Howard University, Washington, DC
  • Suzanne Tough, PhD, Professor, Departments of Paediatrics and Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary; Scientific Director, Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research
  • Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, PhD, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences in Kampala, Uganda
  • Elena Varavikova, PhD, MPH, Researcher, Federal State Research Institute for the Information and Organization of Public Health (CNIIOIZ); Co-chair, International Coordination Committee for alcohol harm and FAS/FASD prevention
  • Kenneth R. Warren, PhD, Acting Director of the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA)
  • Maggie Watts, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Ayrshire & Arran, Ayr, Scotland
  • Joanne Weinberg, PhD, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia
  • Nancy Whitney, MS, LMHC, Clinical Supervisor for the King County Parent Child Assistance Program (PCAP), University of Washington Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Institute
  • Wadieh Yacoub, MBBCh, MSc, FRCPC(C), Medical Officer of Health and Director of Health Protection, Health Assessment and Surveillance with the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada

Scientific Committee

Chair

Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, University of Calgary and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Committee Members

  • Dorothy Badry, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Jackie Bertrand, Senior Scientist and Psychologist, National Center on Birth Defects and Development Disabilities, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
  • Sterling Clarren, CEO and Scientific Director, Canada FASD Research Network; Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia and University of Washington, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Erikson Furtado, Professor, Department of Neurosciences and Behavioural Sciences, School of Medicine of Ribeirao Preto, University of Sao Paulo, Ribeirao Preto, Sao Paulo, Brazil
  • Therese Grant, Director, Washington State Parent-Child Assistance Program; Director, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit; Associate Professor; Ann Streissguth Endowed Professor in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States
  • Philip Jacobs, Director of Research and Collaborations, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Carmen Kreft-Jais, Special Advisor to the Scientific Director of Inpes (National Institute for Prevention and Health Education); Senior Consultant in Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Pharmacology, Georges Pompidou European Hospital, Saint-Denis, Paris, France
  • Audrey McFarlane, Executive Director, the Lakeland Centre for Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder; Chair, The Northwest FASD Research Network Board of Directors, Cold Lake, Alberta, Canada
  • Anna-Susan Marais, Program Manager, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Prevention Study, School of Health Sciences, Stellenbosch University, Cape Town, South Africa
  • Philip May, Research Professor, Department of Nutrition, Gillings Global School of Public Health; Professor Emeritus, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
  • Jessica Moffatt, Research Associate, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Thanh Nguyen, Research Associate, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, School of Public Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Tessa Parkes, Senior Lecturer, School of Nursing, Midwifery and Health, The University of Stirling, Stirling, Scotland, United Kingdom
  • Jacqueline Pei, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Moira Plant, Professor, Alcohol Studies Alcohol and Health Research Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom
  • Svetlana Popova, Independent Scientist, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
  • Edward Riley, Director, Center of Behavioural Teratology, San Diego State University; Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University San Diego, California, United States
  • Vicki Russell, National Project Manager and Educator, National Organisation for Fetal Alcohol Syndrome and Related Disorders, Tasmania, Australia
  • Amy Salmon, Coordinator, Sheway; Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Robert Sokol, Endowed Chair and Director, C.S. Mott Center for Human Growth and Development; Distinguished Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Wayne State University School of Medicine; Founding Chair, Department of Clinical and Translational Science, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan, United States
  • Caroline Tait, Professor, Department of Women and Gender Studies, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
  • Suzanne Tough, Scientific Director, Alberta Centre for Child, Family and Community Research Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Nazarius Mbona Tumwesigye, Senior Lecturer, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, School of Public Health, Makerere University College of Health Sciences, Kampala, Uganda
  • Kenneth R. Warren, Acting Director, the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism; Chair, Interagency Coordinating Committee on FAS Rockville, Maryland, United States
  • Margaret Watts, Consultant in Public Health Medicine, NHS Ayrshire and Arran Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland
  • Joanne Weinberg, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Steering Subcommittee

Chair

Marguerite Trussler, Former Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench; Chairperson -Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

Subcommittee Members

  • Gail Andrew, Board Member, Canada FASD Research Network; Medical Site Lead -Pediatrics and Medical Director, FASD Clinical Services and Pediatric Consultant, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Peter Ayotte, Judge, Provincial Court of Alberta, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada
  • Shelley Birchard, Co-chair, Alberta FASD Cross-Ministry Committee; Manager, Community Health Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Robyn Blackadar, President and CEO, Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Philip Bryden, Wilbur Fee Bowker Professor and Dean, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Sterling Clarren, CEO and Scientific Director, Canada FASD Research Network; Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia and University of Washington, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Karen Cotton, Manager, Mental Health Initiatives, Young Offender Branch, Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Brenda Lee Doyle, Assistant Deputy Minister, Disability Services Division, Alberta Human Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Daniel Goldowitz, Professor and Canada Research Chair, Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia; Scientific Director, NeuroDevNet, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Louise Hayes, Manager, Organizational Liaison, First Nations Relations, Alberta Aboriginal Relations, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Nora Johnston, Director, Healthy Living Team, Wellness Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, University of Calgary and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Annette Lemire, Director, Office of the Chief Medical Officer of Health, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Gisela Kwok, Provincial Disability Supports Initiatives, Alberta Human Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Holly MacKay, Manager, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Initiative, Childhood and Adolescence, Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • Anne McLellan, Former Deputy Prime Minister of Canada and Federal Minister of Health; Counsel, Bennett Jones LLP, Edmonton, Alberta Canada
  • Diane McNeil, Director, Community Initiatives and Supports, Children, Tertiary and Acute Care, Addiction and Mental Health, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Denise Milne, Co-chair, Alberta FASD Cross-Ministry Committee; Senior Manager, FASD Initiatives, Provincial Disability Supports Initiatives, Alberta Human Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Sharon Mitchell, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Jessica Moffatt, Prevention Lead, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Kurt Sandstrom, Assistant Deputy Minister, Safe Communities and Strategic Policy, Alberta Justice and Solicitor General, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Sangita Sharma, Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health and Professor, Aboriginal and Global Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Rod Snow, Solicitor, Davis LLP; former President, The Canadian Bar Association, Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada
  • Lorne Tyrrell, Chair, Institute of Health Economics; Professor and CIHR/GSK Chair in Virology and Director, Centre of Excellence for Viral Hepatitis Research, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Silvia Vajushi, Executive Director, Addiction and Mental Health Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Susan Williams, Assistant Deputy Minister, Primary Health Care Division, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Wadieh Yacoub, Medical Officer of Health and Director, Health Protection, Health Assessment and Surveillance, First Nations and Inuit Health Branch – Alberta Region, Health Canada, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Prevention Subcommittee

Co-chairs

Amy Salmon, Coordinator, Sheway; Clinical Assistant Professor, UBC School of Population and Public Health, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Robyn Blackadar, President and CEO, Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Committee Members

  • Jessica Moffatt, Prevention Lead, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Gail Andrew, Board Member, Canada FASD Research Network; Medical Site Lead -Pediatrics and Medical Director, FASD Clinical Services and Pediatric Consultant, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Alberta Health Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Shelley Birchard, Co-chair, Alberta FASD Cross-Ministry Committee; Manager, Community Health Branch, Alberta Health, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Linda Burnside, Principal, Avocation: Counselling, Consulting, Research & Training, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Sterling Clarren, CEO and Scientific Director, Canada FASD Research Network; Clinical Professor, University of British Columbia and University of Washington, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Tara Hanson, Director, Knowledge and Partnership Development, Alberta Centre for Child, Family & Community Research, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Louise Hayes, Manager, Organizational Liaison, First Nations Relations, Alberta Aboriginal Relations, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, University of Alberta and University of Calgary, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Gisela Kwok, Director, Provincial Disability Supports Initiatives, Alberta Human Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Denise Milne, Co-chair, Alberta FASD Cross-Ministry Committee; Senior Manager, FASD Initiatives, Provincial Disability Supports Initiatives, Alberta Human Services, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Sharon Mitchell, Clinical Associate Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Tom Noseworthy, Associate Chief Medical Officer, Strategic Clinical Networks and Clinical Care Pathways, Alberta Health Services; Professor, Community Health Sciences – University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
  • Teresa O’Riordan, Executive Director, Northwest Central Alberta FASD Service Network; Co-chair, PCAP Council, Barrhead, Alberta, Canada
  • Jacqueline Pei, Assistant Professor, Educational Psychology and Assistant Clinical Professor, Pediatrics, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Nancy Poole, Director, Research and Knowledge Translation, BCCEWH; Provincial Research Consultant, Women and Substance Use Issues, British Columbia Women’s Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
  • Sangita Sharma, Endowed Chair in Aboriginal Health and Professor, Aboriginal and Global Health, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Marguerite Trussler, Former Justice of the Court of Queen’s Bench; Chairperson -Alberta Liquor and Gaming Commission, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada

Organizing Committee

Co-chairs

Egon Jonsson, Executive Director and CEO, Institute of Health Economics; Professor, University of Calgary and University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Jessica Moffatt, Research Associate/Prevention Lead, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Committee Members

  • Allison Hagen, Director of Finance and Operations, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Joseph Mathieu, Research Assistant, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Scott Meyer, Research Assistant, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Ryan Milne, Research Assistant, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Hana Price, Event Administrator, Institute of Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Helen Ramsey, Project Lead, Legal Issues of FASD, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • Kris Schindel, Executive Assistant, Institute of Health Economics, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada