Our Team

Meet the CanScreen T1D Team!

The CanScreen T1D research consortium thrives thanks to the collective effort of our dedicated team members! Our diverse group spans across Canada and internationally, bringing together a wealth of expertise and perspectives.

Explore our team and discover the brilliant individuals driving this vital research forward! You can click on each person’s name or use the table of contents to jump to a specific team. Together, we are making strides in screening for T1D.

Consortium Chair
The Hospital for Sick Children

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Calgary

University of Alberta

Laval University

Newborn Screening Ontario
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Interim Director

Director (On Leave)

Knowledge Mobilization and Communications Lead

Administrative Coordinator

Community Engagement, EDI and SGBA+ Lead

Business Officer

Clinical Research Project Coordinator

Community Engagement Chair
École nationale d’administration publique

Inclusion of Indigenous People Co-Chair
University of Manitoba
Diabetes Action Canada

Knowledge Mobilization Chair
North York General Hospital

Health Disparities, EDI Chair
University of Calgary

Inclusion of Indigenous People Co-Chair
University of Manitoba

SGBA+ Chair
Laval University

Lead: Dr. Robin Hayeems
Early Career Researcher: Dr. Audrey L’Espérance

Principal Investigator
The Hospital for Sick Children

École nationale d’administration publique

Laval University

McMaster University

Principal Investigator
University of Manitoba

Co-Principal Investigator
University of Manitoba
Diabetes Action Canada

Principal Investigator
Laval University

University of Manitoba
Diabetes Action Canada

The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Calgary

Person With Lived Experience

University of Alberta

The Hospital for Sick Children

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Lead: Dr. Ashish Marwaha
Early Career Researcher: Dr. Despoina Manousaki
Knowledge User: Kristin Taylor

Principal Investigator
University of Alberta

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

University of Calgary

BC Children’s Hospital

University of Alberta

University of Alberta

The Hospital for Sick Children

Principal Investigator
University of Montreal

The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Calgary

McGill University

The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Calgary

BC Children’s Hospital

McGill University

University of Alberta

Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

University of Exeter

Lead: Dr. Diane Wherrett
Early Career Researcher: Dr. Nadine Taleb
Knowledge User: Dr. Elizabeth Cummings

Principal Investigator
University of Alberta

BC Children’s Hospital

University of Calgary

The Hospital for Sick Children

Principal Investigator
University of Calgary

Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

The Hospital for Sick Children

École nationale d’administration publique

The Hospital for Sick Children

Laval University

Principal Investigator
The Hospital for Sick Children

University of Montreal

BC Children’s Hospital

Laval University

Co-Principal Investigator
Newborn Screening Ontario
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Co-Principal Investigator
The Hospital for Sick Children

Newborn Screening Quebec
CHU Sainte-Justine

Newborn Screening British Columbia
BC Children’s Hospital

Elizabeth Cummings, Steering Council Chair, Knowledge User

Holly Witteman, Steering Council Vice-Chair, SGBA+ Chair, Project Lead

Albert Tsui, Project Lead
Ashish Marwaha, EDI Chair, Project Lead, Feasibility Theme Lead
Audrey L’Espérence, Community Engagement Chair
Cecilia Hamming, Diabetes Nurse Educator
Christine Bilsky, Community Engagement, EDI and SGBA+ Lead
Conrad Pow, Community partner
Despoina Manousaki, Project Lead
Diane Wherrett, Consortium Chair, Project Lead, Follow-Up Theme Lead
Ebere Uwah, Clinical Research Project Coordinator
Frank Ong, Director
Hymns Chu, Community partner
Jon Mcgavock, Indigenous-led Project co-Lead
Lara Green, National Director, Research Partnerships & Programs at Breakthrough T1D Canada
Lucie Dupuis, Genetic Counsellor
Lushi Aumeer, Knowledge Mobilization and Communications Lead
Michael Wilson, Director of the McMaster Health Forum
Monika Kastner, Knowledge Mobilization Chair
Neal Sondheimer, Project Lead
Peter Senior, Project Lead
Pranesh Chakraborty, Project Lead
Robin Hayeems, Project Lead, Acceptability Theme Lead
Sarah Linklater,  Chief Scientific Officer at Breakthrough T1D Canada
Sasha Delorme, Inclusion of Indigenous People Co-Chair, Project Lead
Vanessa Galluchon, Community partner

Dr. Kirstine Bell, University of Sydney (Australia)
Dr. Rachel Besser, University of Oxford (UK)
Dr. Kurt Griffin, University of South Dakota (USA)
Dr. Bill Hagopian, University of Washington (USA)
Dr. Kevan Herold, Yale University (USA)
Dr. Parth Narendren, University of Birmingham (UK)
Dr. Richard Oram, University of Exeter (UK)
Dr. Marian Rewers, University of Colorado (USA)