Scientific and Data Management Committee  

James White is Professor of Medicine and Director of Precision Medicine at the Libin Cardiovascular Institute, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. He is an internationally recognized clinician scientist in cardiovascular imaging with a focus on cardiomyopathy diagnosis and risk prediction modelling.  Funded by CIHR, Alberta Innovates, and industry-partnered grants, he leads numerous national and international research projects. Dr. White is Director of the Libin Precision Medicine Initiative and Principal Investigator of the Cardiovascular Imaging Registry of Calgary. His team of clinician investigators, data scientists and biomechanical engineers is committed to finding data-driven solutions to healthcare challenges. Dr. White has received many awards for innovation and executed technology transfer activities to impact clinical practice on a global scale. 

Richard Bennett – Biography coming soon.

Frédéric Dallaire is Professor of Pediatrics at the Université de Sherbrooke and a pediatric cardiologist at the Centre intégré universitaire de santé et de services sociaux de l’Estrie – Centre hospitalier universitaire de Sherbrooke. He holds a PhD in epidemiology and an MD from Laval University. He trained in pediatric cardiology at the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Québec in Quebec City and at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Dr. Dallaire is a Fonds de recherche du Québec – Santé clinical research scholar with interest in the epidemiology of congenital heart diseases. He is the founder and Scientific Director of the Canadian Congenital and Pediatric Cardiology Research Network.

Kate Hanneman is an associate professor and Vice Chair of Research at the University of Toronto and a clinician scientist at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute. She is also Deputy Lead for Sustainability at the Joint Department of Medical Imaging and University Medical Imaging Toronto. Dr. Hanneman is the
Chair of the Program Planning Committee for the Radiological Society of North America’s annual meeting. She is also an associate editor with Radiology: Cardiothoracic Imaging, the Journal of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance, and the Canadian Association of Radiologists Journal. Dr. Hanneman leads an active research program focused on environmental sustainability and improving health outcomes for patients using cardiac imaging.

Nathaniel Hawkins is a clinician-scientist cardiologist and associate professor at UBC with training in heart failure and electrophysiology. Based in Vancouver, his leadership roles include: Medical Lead for Quality and Research at Cardiac Services BC; Director of Research for the UBC Division of Cardiology; and Physician Lead for the Vancouver Coastal Health Regional Heart Failure Program Nat’s research group examines cardiovascular outcomes, health services, and comorbidities in patients with heart failure and arrhythmia. He has published in leading journals, including Circulation, Journal of the American College of Cardiology, and European Heart Journal. In addition to leading MYCOVACC, Nat is Co-Principal Investigator for the MAPLE-CHF and international SYMPHONY heart failure screening trial, and a member of the CIHR Canadian Heart Function Alliance.

Naveed Janjua is Executive Director, Research with the British Columbia Centre for Disease Control; Director, UBC Centre for Disease Control; and Clinical Professor at the School of Population
and Public Health at UBC. Based in Vancouver, Dr. Janjua is a medical doctor with a Master of Science degree in epidemiology and biostatistics. He also holds a PhD in Public Health. His research interests and expertise include the study of infectious diseases (Hepatitis B and C, COVID-19), health disparities, health outcomes, the safety and effectiveness of prevention and treatment interventions to generate real-world evidence, program monitoring, and hepatitis policy and programming. Dr. Janjua uses real-world big data cohorts including the BC COVID-19 Cohort and the BC Hepatitis Testers Cohort for his research, which has been influential in informing clinical and public health guidelines, policies and programs in Canada and internationally.

Jenny Petterson is Project Manager for the MYCOVACC Study. After completing her Masters of Science, Jenny began working in clinical research at the UBC Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation. Building on her education and research experience, Jenny has developed a strong skillset in database management, research project start-up, and project facilitation. She is also a research coordinator at the UBC/Vancouver General Hospital. In this role, she works on multiple pharmaceutical and academic clinical trials in cardiology.

Based in Ottawa, Meredith Wright leads MYCOVACC governance, operations, stakeholder relations, and reporting for the CCS. Meredith has held clinical, teaching, research, research ethics and leadership positions in hospital, university, and not-for-profit settings. Through her education and experience as an allied health leader, Meredith has a broad knowledge of issues related to professional practice and standards, professional development, research, regulatory requirements, and health policy.