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The CAN-PACT Team
Steering Committee

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS

CO-INVESTIGATORS

CAN-PACT STAFF

TRAINEES

THE NETWORK

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Dr. Jessica Simon, MB ChB, FRCPC
Palliative Physician & Researcher, University of Calgary

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Dr. Lyle Galloway, MD

Palliative Care Physician, University of Calgary

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Dr. Simon Colgan, MD

Palliative Physician, CAAMP

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Dr. Sasha Mallya, PhD

Clinical Psychologist, Cancer Care Alberta

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John-Jose Nuñez MD, MSc

BC Cancer & UBC

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Dr. Michel Dorval, PhD he/him

Learn More

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Dr. Claude Botha, PhD, MRCPsych

Assistant Professor, Dalhousie University

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Dr. Naomi Giberson, PsyD

 Saint John Regional Hospital

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Dr. Jessica Hemmings, MD

Palliative Physician, Saint John Regional Hospital

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Dr. Pippa Hawley, BM, FRCPC

Palliative Medicine Specialist, BC Cancer

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Dr. Leah Mayo, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinician Scientist, University of Calgary

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Dr. Jennifer Swainson, MD, FRCPC

Associate Professor, Misericordia Hospital

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Dr. Paul Daeninck, MD, MSc, FRCPC

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Dr. Danielle Kain, MD

Palliative Physician, Queen's University

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Dr. Craig Goldie, MD

Associate Professor, Queen's University

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Julie Lapenskie

Executive Director, PCPCRC

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Dr. Nicole Kain, PhD

Program Manager, Research & Evaluation Unit, College of Physicians & Surgeons Alberta

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Dianne Gratton

Cancer Warrior, Patient Partner

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Dr. Zach Walsh, PhD, R. Psych

Professor, University of British Columbia

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Dr. Carolina Hernandorena, MD

PhD Student, Queen's University

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Dr. Kip Pegley, PhD

Professor, Music Department, Queen's University

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Jade Hart, MSw RSW

Palliative Care Team, Alberta Health Services

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Dr. Farzin Houman, MD, MSc

Physician & Researcher in PAT & Palliative, McGill University

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Dr. Kyle Greenway, MD MSc, CCFP

Professor; Physician, McGill University

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Dr. Julia Wildish, MD, CCFP

Physician; Director, Palliative Care Services, Horizon Health Network

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Dr. James Downar, MDCM

Professor, University of Ottawa

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Dr. Jeremie Richard, PhD

Assistant Professor, Clinical Psych, University of Ottawa

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Dr. Shahar Lev-Ari, MD

Researcher, Dept. of Genetics, Stanford University

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Sue-Ling Chang, MPH

CHU de Quebec-Universite Laval Research Centre

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Dr. Erika Dyck, PhD

Professor, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair, University of Saskatchewan

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Dr. Daniel Rosenbaum, MD, FRCPC

Attending Psychiatrist, Clinical Lecturer, UHN

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Deborah Adams, MSHS

Registrar & CEO, College of Registered Psychotherapists of Ontario

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Dr. Emma Hakpe, MD FRCPC

Psychiatrist, Co-founder & Assoc. Director of UHN Psychedelic Psychotherapy Research Group

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Dr. Ishrat Husain, MBBS, MD, MRCPsych

Senior Scientiest, Associate Professor, University of Toronto

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Dr. Sarah Hales, MD

Assistant Professor, Clinician Scientist, University of Toronto

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Dr. Stuart Peacock, PhD

Professor; Researcher, Health Sciences, Simon Fraser

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Dr. Christian Wiens, MD, FRCPC

Psychiatrist, BC Cancer

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Dr. Marni Armstrong, PhD

Scientific Research Director, Cancer Care Alberta 

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Arrow-Lena Big Smoke, MD Candidate

Indigenous Nurse Navigator, Cancer Care Alberta

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Purdy McKenzie

Patient Partner

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