Scientific Advisory Committee
The Scientific Advisory Committee (SAC) acts in an advisory capacity to the Toronto Dementia Research Alliance's Executive Director and Coordinating Centre. The SAC brings perspective from each of the partner institutions, people living with dementia and their caregivers/care partners, trainees, and topically relevant external parties to advise the Executive Director on strategy, alignment, support and sustainability, initiatives, and partnerships.
Other members of the SAC include:
- Benedict Albensi – Chair and Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Nova Southeastern University
- Jaideep Bains – Director, Krembil Research Institute
- Dawne Barbieri – Vice President, Clinical Services and Research
- Ari Cuperfain – Learner
- Chaitali Desai – TDRA Lived Experience Advisory Partners (LEAP) Council Representative
- Gina Eom – Learner
- Sid Feldman – Head, Division of Care of the Elderly, University of Toronto
- Esme Fuller- Thomson – Delegate for the Associate Dean, Research, of the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
- Peter Hoang – Learner
- Ging-Yuek Robin Hsiung – Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, University of British Columbia
- Kullervo Hynynen – Vice President, Research and Innovation, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre
- Barbara Liu – Department Division Director, Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine University of Toronto
- Benoit Mulsant – Chair, Department of Psychiatry, Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto
- Justin Nodwell – Vice Dean, Research & Health Science Education, Temerty Faculty of Medicine University of Toronto
- Iryna Palamarchuk – Brain Medicine Research Fellow
- Michael Patlas - Professor and Chair, Department of Medical Imaging, Temerty Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto
- Kenneth Rockwood – Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Dalhousie University
- Ekaterina Rogaeva – Chair in Research on Dementia with Lewy Bodies, Tanz Centre for Research in Neurodegenerative Diseases
- Ori Rotstein – Vice President, Research and Innovation, Unity Health Toronto
- Allison Sekuler – President, Baycrest Academy for Research & Education
- Antonio Strafella - Senior Scientist, Brain Health Imaging Centre, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- David Tang-Wai – Department Division Director, Neurology, Department of Medicine University of Toronto
- Aristotle Voineskos – Vice President, Research, the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Brad Wouters – Vice President, Science and Research, University Health Network