Directors

MCHP Staff in Atrium

Nathan Nickel
Director;
Associate professor;
Senior research scientist

  • Harsha Blumer
    Associate director, research and analytical services

  • Selena Randall
    Associate director, planning and development

  • Narmada Retnakaran
    Associate director, repository

Faculty

  • Marni Brownell
    Professor;
    Senior research scientist

  • Mariette Chartier
    Assistant professor;
    Senior research scientist

  • Malcolm Doupe
    Associate professor;
    Senior research scientist

  • Amanda Fowler-Woods
    Assistant professor;
    Research scientist

  • Amani Hamad
    Assistant professor;
    Canada Research Chair;
    Research scientist

  • Alan Katz
    Professor;
    Senior research scientist

  • Lisa Lix
    Professor;
    Canada Research Chair;
    Senior research scientist

  • Leslie Roos
    Founding director;
    Senior research scientist

  • Noralou Roos
    Founding director;
    Professor emerita

  • Chelsea Ruth
    Assistant professor;
    Research scientist

  • Tamara Taillieu
    Assistant professor;
    Research scientist

  • Marcelo Urquia
    Associate professor;
    Canada Research Chair;
    Senior research scientist

Research associates and epidemiologists

  • Lindsey Dahl
    Epidemiologist

  • Jennifer Enns
    Lead research associate

  • Amy Freier
    Lead research associate

Postdoctoral fellows

Data managers and data analysts

  • Wendy Au
    Data analyst

  • Matt Dahl
    Data analyst

  • Gilles Detillieux
    Data analyst

  • Isuru Dharmasena
    Data analyst

  • Abhishek Dhankar
    Data analyst;
    Natural language specialist

  • Roxana Dragan
    Data analyst

  • Okechukwu (Oke) Ekuma
    Data analyst;
    Statistical consultant

  • Lisa Flaten
    Data analyst

  • Kevin Friesen
    Data analyst

  • Say Hong
    Data management analyst

  • Scott McCulloch
    Data analyst

  • Heather Prior
    Lead data analyst

  • Sathi Saha
    Data management analyst

  • Joykrishna Sarkar
    Data analyst

  • Monica Sirski
    Data analyst

  • Qier (Angela) Tan
    Data analyst

  • Carole Taylor
    Data analyst

  • Dave Towns
    Senior data management analyst

  • Ken Turner
    Repository data analyst

  • Randy Walld
    Data analyst

Research support

  • Amber Arnold
    Repository access and
    administrative assistant

  • Umer Bin Faiz
    Research and repository
    access support

  • John-Michael Bowes
    Repository access and
    administrative assistant

  • Laura Bowler
    Data equity specialist

  • Susan Burchill
    Repository access and
    administrative support
    coordinator

  • Theresa Daniuk
    Repository access assistant

  • Audrey Du
    Research support

  • Hudson Du
    Research support dog

  • Kara Dyck
    Repository access coordinator;
    Executive assistant;
    Office manager

  • Diane Gordon Pappas
    Research program manager

  • Aaron Goss
    Knowledge broker

  • Ashley Green
    Event coordinator

  • Cara Jonasson
    Graphic designer

  • Emily Jones
    Repository access assistant

  • Ina Koseva
    Lead research project
    coordinator

  • Chelsey McDougall
    Research project manager

  • Hannah Owczar
    Technical writer

  • Danielle Saj
    Research project coordinator

  • Ruth-Ann Soodeen
    Lead research coordinator

Finance and information technology

  • Sophie Buternowsky
    Senior grants accountant

  • Jeannie Chen
    Grants accountant

  • Darrin Halabuza
    Information technology support

  • Shayla Hossack 
    HR-Finance office assistant

  • Rod McRae
    Information technology manager

Other

Advisory board

Board Chair

Dr. Brian Postl
Former Dean and Vice-Provost, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

 


Members by position

Dr. Nathan Nickel
Director, Manitoba Centre for Health Policy (MCHP)

Mr. Scott Sinclair
Deputy Minister, Manitoba Health

Dr. Sharon Bruce
Head, Department of Community Health Sciences, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Dr. Peter Nickerson
Dean and Vice-Provost, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences

Drs. Noralou Roos and Leslie Roos
Founding Directors

vacant – Member of the Treasury Board

 


Appointed members

Up to seven appointees of Manitoba Health

Ms. Dana Rudy
Deputy Minister, Education and Early Childhood Learning

 


Appointed members

Up to seven appointees of the University of Manitoba

Dr. Terry Klassen
Academic Director, George and Fay Yee Centre for Healthcare Innovation

Dr. Michael Schull
President and CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences

Dr. Mario Pinto
Vice President, Research and International

 


Ex-officio members

Phil Jarman
Executive Director and Chief Data Officer, Information Management & Analytics, Manitoba Health

Dr. Marni Brownell
Associate Director of Research, MCHP

Dr. Selena Randall
Associate Director, Planning and Development, MCHP

Charles Burchill
Associate Director, Repository, MCHP

 


MCHP staff support to advisory committee

Kara Dyck, Executive Assistant

 

Adjunct scientists

The designation of Adjunct Scientist at the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy was created to recognize the valuable contribution made to its research by external participants.

Adjunct Scientists are involved in collaborative research with an MCHP Researcher, have an ongoing commitment to health services research, have previous research involvement with scholarly publications, and/or have clinical/policy expertise that is of assistance to MCHP scientists in framing research questions, interpreting results of particular analyses and advising on the policy implications of the findings.

Appointments as Adjunct Scientist are by invitation of the director of the Manitoba Centre for Health Policy and are reviewed periodically.

Sylvia Alessi-Severini
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

James Bolton
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts, University of Manitoba

Shawn Bugden
Dean, School of Pharmacy, Memorial University

Allison Dart
Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Raisa Deber
Professor, Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; Director, CIHR Team in Community Care and Health Human Resources

Murray Enns
Professor and Head, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Medical Director, Adult Mental Health Program, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Evelyn Forget
Professor, Director, Graduate Program, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Allan Garland
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, Co-Head, Section of Critical Care, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Tim Hilderman
Director, Community Medicine Residency Program; Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Doug Jutte
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UC-Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program, Associate Director, Master’s Degree in Health and Medical Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley

Laurence Katz
Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

William Leslie
Section of Nuclear Medicine, St. Boniface General Hospital; Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Department of Radiology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Josée Lavoie
Director, Manitoba First Nations – Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Sarvesh Logsetty
Director of Manitoba Firefighters Burn Unit, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery and Children's Health, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Doug Manuel
Senior Scientist, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; PHAC/CIHR Chair in Applied Public Health Sciences; Senior Medical Advisor, Statistics Canada; Associate Professor, Department of Family Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, University of Ottawa; Associate Scientist, C.T. Lamont Primary Care Research Centre, Élizabeth Bruyère Research Institute; Adjunct Scientist

Salah Mahmud
Medical Officer of Health, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Canada Research Chair in Pharmacoepidemiology and Vaccine Evaluation, Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences and Pharmacy

Ruth Ann Marrie
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine (Neurology), University of Manitoba. Associate Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Director, Multiple Sclerosis Clinic

Colleen Metge
Associate Professor, Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Hude Quan
Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary

Julianne Sanguins
Assistant Professor, University of Manitoba; Knowledge Development Manager, Manitoba Metis Federation, Health and Wellness Department

Deepa Singal
Scientific Director of Autism Alliance of Canada; Assistant Professor, Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Shahin Shooshtari
Director, Interdisciplinary Health Program, Assistant Professor, Department of Family Social Sciences, Faculty of Human Ecology, Department of Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba; Researcher, St. Amant Research Centre

Harminder Singh
Associate Professor, Section of Gastroenterology, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Laura Targownik
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, Max Rady College of Medicine, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba

Lorna Turnbull
Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba

Collaborators

Silvia Alessi Severini, University of Manitoba

Meghan Azad, University of Alberta

Judith Bartlett, University of Manitoba

Charles Bernstein, University of Manitoba

Robert Biscontri, University of Manitoba

James Blanchard, University of Manitoba

Songul Bozat-Emre, University of Manitoba

Shawn Bugden, University of Manitoba

Brenda Comaskey, University of Manitoba

Bethan Davies, Imperial College London

Carrie Daymont, University of Manitoba

Ana Hanlon Dearman, University of Manitoba

Jino Distasio, University of Winnipeg

Sarita Jha, University of Manitoba

Jamie Falk, University of Manitoba

Marcia Finlayson, Queen's University

Justin Gawaziuk, University of Manitoba

Luiz Guidolin, University of Manitoba

Ana Hanlon-Dearman, University of Manitoba

Margaret Haworth-Brockman, University of Manitoba

Brett Hiebert, University of Manitoba

Carol Hitchon, University of Manitoba

Douglas Hobson, University of Manitoba

Depeng Jiang, University of Manitoba

Asad Junaid, University of Manitoba

Leanne Kosowan, University of Manitoba

Allen Kraut, University of Manitoba

Jeff Kwong, University of Toronto

Ariella Lang, Victorian Order of Nurses

Veronica Lau, University of Manitoba

Josee Lavoie, University of Manitoba

Michael Law, University of British Columbia

Christine Leong, University of Manitoba

Michelle (Xiao-Qing) Liu, University of Manitoba

Lisa Lix, University of Manitoba

Sarvesh Logsetty, University of Manitoba

Salaheddin Mahmud, University of Manitoba

Rizwan Manji, University of Manitoba

Ruth Ann Marrie, University of Manitoba

Punam Mehta, Manitoba Metis Federation

Colleen Metge, University of Manitoba

Javier Mignone, University of Manitoba

Thomas Mutter, University of Manitoba

William Ong, University of Manitoba

Helene Ouellette-Kuntz, Queen's University

Vanessa Percy, University of Manitoba

Virginie Pollet, University of Manitoba

Rasheda Rabbani, University of Manitoba

Malathi Raghavan, University of Manitoba

Clare Ramsey, University of Manitoba

Neda Razaz, University of British Columbia

Kelly Russell, University of Manitoba

Julianne Sanguins, University of Manitoba

Rob Santos, University of Manitoba

Leigh Anne Shafer, University of Manitoba

Garry Shen, University of Manitoba

Harminder Singh, University of Manitoba

Carolyn Snider, University of Manitoba

Genevieve Thompson, University of Manitoba

Mahmoud Torabi, University of Manitoba

Donna Turner, CancerCare Manitoba

James Zacharias, University of Manitoba

Contact us

Manitoba Centre for Health Policy

Community Health Sciences, Max Rady College of Medicine

Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, 
Room 408-727 McDermot Ave.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, MB  R3E 3P5 Canada

204-789-3819