Executive Steering Committee
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The Executive Steering Committee provides guidance for program and project teams to ensure that all activities are aligned with the common mission, vision and guiding principles of the CWHHA.
Interim Chair and Healthcare Professional Co-Chair, Research and Knowledge Generation
Kerri-Anne Mullen, PhD, MSc
Director, Canadian Women’s Heart Health Centre and Prevention and Wellness Centre
Division of Cardiac Prevention and Rehabilitation
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Ottawa, ON | @mullenkerri
Patient Advocate Co-Chair, Research and Knowledge Generation
Jennifer Monaghan, LLB, BA
Kelowna, BC
Patient Advocate Co-Chair, Knowledge Translation and Mobilization
Helen Robert, B.Comm, CCP
Ottawa, ON | @HelenLRobert
Healthcare Professional Co-Chair, Knowledge Translation and Mobilization
Christine Pacheco, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Faculty Member, Department of Medicine, University of Montreal
Clinical Investigator-Researcher, Centre de Recherche du Centre Hospitalier de Université de Montréal (CRCHUM)
Montréal, QC | @cpachecoMD
Patient Advocate Co-Chair, Training and Education
Denise Johnson
Retired Director of Instruction, Vancouver School Board
Woman@Heart Peer Support Group Leader/ Facilitator
Vancouver, BC | @dljohnsoncalif
Healthcare Professional Co-Chair, Training and Education
Carolyn Baer, MD, FRCPC
Patient Advocate Co-Chair, Advocacy
Nicole Nickerson
Person with Lived Experience
Middle Lehave, NS | @NicoleNickers11
Healthcare Professional Co-Chair, Advocacy
Judy Luu, MD/PhD, FRCPC
Women’s Heart Health Cardiologist
Assistant Professor, McGill University
Director of Research, Courtois CMR Program
Montreal, QC | @JudyMLuu
Patient Advocate Co-Chair, Health Systems and Policy
Charlotte Girard
Person with Lived Experience
Otterburn Park, QC
Healthcare Professional Co-Chair, Health Systems and Policy
Jodi Edwards, PhD
Scientist and Director
Brain and Heart Nexus Research Program
Co-Director, UOHI Population Outcomes Research Unit
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
Adjunct Scientist, ICES
Assistant Professor, School of Epidemiology and Public Health
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, ON | @brainheartnexus
Trainee Representative
Najah Adreak, MD
University of British Columbia, Vancouver Campus
Vancouver, BC| @NajahAdreak
SECRETARIAT
The purpose of the Secretariat is to facilitate the growth and development of the CWHHA and to support promotion and collaboration, and dissemination and implementation of best practices regarding women’s heart health across Canada.
The Secretariat is a convening body that provides operational, communications, and project management support, and facilitates knowledge brokering membership engagement, and stakeholder coordination. The Secretariat is housed at the Canada Women’s Heart Health Centre at the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
