Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network committee members are leading health care providers, researchers and patient advocates. Their work engages Canadian seniors, their families, communities and health care providers in conversations and initiatives that promote the safe and appropriate use of medication.
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Executive Committee
Public Awareness Committee
Health Care Provider Committee
Research Committee
Indigenization Working Group
Public Awareness Committee
Connie Newman
Executive Director, Manitoba Association of Senior Communities
Member, Age Friendly Manitoba
Chair, Public Awareness Committee
Wendy Armstrong
Community-based researcher, policy analyst and consumer advocate, Independent Voices for Safe and Effective Drugs
Bill Berryman
Vice President, Seniors Advisory Council of Nova Scotia
Suzanne Clancy
President, Ontario Federation of Union Retirees
Leslie Gaudette, MSc (Epidemiology)
President, Council of Senior Citizens Organizations of BC
Linda Oldford
First Vice-President, Newfoundland and Labrador 50+ Federation
Ruth Pelletier
Founder and Past President, Seniors Action Quebec
Member, Advisory Board of engAGE, Concordia University.
Holly Schick
Executive Director, Saskatchewan Seniors’ Mechanism
Johanna Trimble
Patient Champion, Patients for Patient Safety Canada
Member, Patients in Education, Vancouver Coastal Health Community Advisory Network (CEAN), BC Patient Voices Network, Geriatrics and Palliative Care Committee - Doctors of BC, Steering Committee - BC Polypharmacy Risk Reduction Initiative
Health Care Provider Committee
Brenda Schuster, BSP, ACPR, PharmD, FCSHP
Clinical Pharmacist
Co-Chair, Health Care Provider Committee
Lalitha Raman-Wilms, BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP
Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Co-Chair, Health Care Provider Committee
Allison Bell, BPharm, MSc
Pharmacy Manager, Winnipeg Regional Health Authority, Long Term Care
Sadaf Faisal, BPharm, BCGP, PhD
Director, Professional Affairs, Canadian Pharmacists Association
Barbara Farrell, BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP
Lead, Bruyère Research Institute Evidence-Based Deprescribing Guidelines Research Team, deprescribing.org
Co-Founder, Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network
Jennifer Isenor, BPharm, RPh, PharmD
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Investigator, Canadian Center for Vaccinology
Scientific Staff, IWK Health Centre
Associate Scientist, Maritime SPOR Support Unit
Co-Lead, Optimizing Therapy Through Collaboration (OPTx)
Laurie Mallery, MD, FRCPC, MSM
Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Dalhousie University
Lisa McCarthy, PharmD, MSc
Clinician Scientist, Trillium Health Partners
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Louise Papillon-Ferland, BPharm, MSc
Assistant Clinical Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montréal Clinical Professor, Michel Saucier Endowed Chair of Geriatric Pharmacology, Health, and Aging, University of Montréal
Pharmacist, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal (CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal).
Cheryl A. Sadowski, BPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FCSHP
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
Winnie Sun, RN, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ontario Tech University
Jennifer Young, MD FCFP-EM
Comprehensive Family Physician
Clinical Professor, McMaster Family Medicine
Physician Advisor, College of Family Physicians of Canada
Research Committee
Lisa McCarthy, PharmD, MSc
Clinician Scientist, Trillium Health Partners
Associate Professor, University of Toronto
Chair, Research Committee
Jennifer Isenor, BPharm, RPh, PharmD
Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy and Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Investigator, Canadian Center for Vaccinology
Scientific Staff, IWK Health Centre
Associate Scientist, Maritime SPOR Support Unit
Co-lead, Optimizing Therapy Through Collaboration (OPTx)
Jennifer Knopp-Sihota NP, PhD
Associate Professor, Faculty of Health Disciplines, Athabasca University
Associate Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Alberta
Nurse Practitioner, Indigenous Services Canada/Government of Canada
Erica Lau, PhD
Research Associate, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of British Columbia
Implementation Scientist, ActionADE
Justin Lee, BPharm, ACPR, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University
Associate Research Director, Centre for Integrated Care
Clinician Scientist, GERAS Center for Aging Research
Emily McDonald, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Associate Professor of Medicine and Subspecialist in General Internal Medicine, McGill University Health Centre
Associate Chair of Quality and Safety, McGill Department of Medicine
Co-chair, Executive Committee
Scientific Director, Canadian Medication Appropriateness and Deprescribing Network
Twitter: @DrEmilyMcD
Lalitha Raman-Wilms, BPharm, PharmD, ACPR, FCSHP
Dean and Professor, College of Pharmacy, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Co-Chair, Health Care Provider Committee
Paul Ronksley, PhD
Associate Professor and Health Services Researcher, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary
Cheryl A. Sadowski, BPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FCSHP
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
Wade Thompson, BPharm, PharmD, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Member, Therapeutics Initiative
Shanna Trenaman, BPharm, ACPR, MAHSR, PhD
Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, Dalhousie University
Indigenization Working Group
Larry Leung, BPharm, PharmD, RPh
Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia
Co-Principal Investigator, Uprooting Pharmacy: A Two-Eyed Seeing Path for Change
Jason Min, BPharm, PharmD
Associate Professor of Teaching, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia
Co-Principal Investigator, Uprooting Pharmacy: A Two-Eyed Seeing Path for Change
Amber Ruben, BPharm
MSc Student, Faculty of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
Consultant, Indigenous Health Equity & Reconciliation, Covenant Health, Misericordia Community Hospital
Cheryl A. Sadowski, BPharm, PharmD, BCGP, FCSHP
Professor, Faculty of Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Alberta
Wade Thompson, BPharm, PharmD, MSc, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
Member, Therapeutics Initiative