Our Speakers

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The CHAIM Centre Speakers Bureau is comprised of numerous experts within different fields of health research. Our interdisciplinary experts are available to be booked for various speaking engagements. If you wish to book one of our speakers for your event, please select two individuals from our list below and fill out the Book a Speaker form. Due to availability conflicts, one speaker from your selected pair will be booked for your event.  

Until further notice, all events will occur virtually. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.

Alfonso Abizaid 
Topics of Expertise

• Stress Eating
• Mental Health
• Obesity

Adrian Chan
​Topics of Expertise

• Biomedical Engineering,
• Biomedical Signal Processing
• Biomedical image processing
• Noninvasive Biomedical Sensor Systems​

Kristin Connor 
​Topics of Expertise

• Developmental Origins of Health and Disease
• Metabolic Diseases
• Nutrition Stress; Microbiome
• Fetal/Placental Development
• Maternal Health/Pregnancy
• Inflammation/Infection in Early Life

Francine Darroch
Topics of Expertise

• Community-Based Participatory Research
• Trauma-Informed Physical Activity​ ​​

Katie Gunnell
Topics of Expertise

• Physical Activity
• Screen Time
• Motivation
• Well-being
• ​Psychological needs

Tanya Halsall 
​Topics of Expertise

• Youth Development
• Evaluation Mental Health Promotion
• Ecological Approaches and Interventions that support behaviour change 

​Kim Matheson
​​Topics of Expertise

• Anti-Racism in Research
• Resilience, Stress & Coping
• The Indigenous Youth Futures Partnership Project ​

David Miller
​​Topics of Expertise

• Mycotoxins
• Allergens, Mold and Dampness in the Built Environment
• Forestry

Paul Peters 
​​Topics of Expertise

• Rural Health
• Spatial Analysis
• Health Inequities
• Community-Engaged Research

Paul Villeneuve
​​Topics of Expertise

• Epidemiology
• Biostatistics
• Environmental health

​William Willmore
​​Topics of Expertise

• Stress
• Hypoxia
• Oxidative Stress
• Unfolded Proteins
• Tumour Microenvironments​​​

​John Zelenski
Topics of Expertise

• Subjective well-being
• Personality
• Nature
• Sustainability

Jenny Bruin 
Topics of Expertise

• Diabetes
• Stem Cells
• Toxicology
• Islet Transplantation​ ​​

Melissa Chee 
Topics of Expertise

• ​Obesity
• Dietary Sugar
• Animal Research

Chad Danyluck 
Topics of Expertise

• Discrimination
• Stress and Health
• Physiological Synchrony​ ​​

​Maria DeRosa
Topics of Expertise

• Biosensing
• Drug Delivery
• Aptamers
• Nucleic Acids
• Therapeutics​ ​​

Amir Hakami 
Topics of Expertise

• Air Pollution Modelling
• Health Policy
• Economics​ ​

Kim Hellemans 
Topics of Expertise

• Student Mental Health
• Anxiety, Depression
• Addiction & Substance-Use Disorders
• Social Media
• Cannabis Use​

Robyn McQuaid 
​​Topics of Expertise

• Stress
• Trauma
• Student Mental Health

Marina Milyavskaya 
​​Topics of Expertise

• Goal Pursuit
• Self-regulation
• Perfectionism

Chantal Trudel
​​Topics of Expertise

• Accessibility in Air Travel
• COVID-19 and Design
• Long Term Care Design
• Dementia-Friendly Design

Nicholas Watters
Topics of Expertise

• E-Mental Health (Virtual Care)
• Structural Stigma
• Access to Services
• Knowledge Mobilization
• Recovery

Alex Wong 
​​Topics of Expertise

• Evolutionary Biology
• Antimicrobial Resistance
• Microbiology

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Canadian Health Adaptations, Innovations, & Mobilization (CHAIM) Centre

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1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, Ontario
​613-520-2600 ex. 7825