Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre
Affiliation: Université de Québec à Montréal  
Mylène Aubertin-Leheudre is a professor in the Department of Physical Activity Sciences at the Université du Québec à Montréal (UQAM) and is head of the Laboratoire du muscle et de sa fonction. She is also a researcher at the Centre de recherche de l’Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal. Her work aims to understand how muscle function can be improved and maintained in order to promote and maintain older patient independence.

Raoul Daoust

Raoul Daoust
Associated site: Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Affiliation: Université de Montréal  
Raoul Daoust is a Clinical Professor and researcher in the Department of Family Medicine and Emergency Medicine at the University of Montreal, and staff emergency physician at the Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal. He obtained his MD and later his MSc in Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Research both from the University of Montreal. Dr. Daoust’s research expertise are in evaluation and optimal treatment of acute pain in the elderly, evaluation and optimal management of acute pain in adults, and determination of risk factors for developing chronic pain. 

Eddy Lang

Eddy Lang
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Eddy Eddy Lang is the Academic and Clinical Department Head and an Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, at the Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary. He also holds the position of Senior Researcher with Alberta Health Services. He co-chaired the 2007 Academic Emergency Medicine Consensus Conference on Knowledge Translation which remains an ongoing interest. Dr. Lang is a member of the GRADE working group and has led the development of GRADE-based clinical practice guidelines in pre-hospital care in the US and is currently engages in the same activity with the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation.  Dr. Lang is also an award-winning educator having received recognition at both the university, national and international levels.  He also serves as Senior Associate Editor for the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine and Associate Editor for ACP Journal Club and the International Journal of Emergency Medicine. He is also writes a quarterly column for the Calgary Herald on Evidence-Based Medicine.

Jacques Lee

Jacques Lee
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Jacques Lee is a practicing emergency physician and scientist at the Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto. He is also the Director of Research for the Department of Emergency Services at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. Additionally, Dr. Lee is an assistant professor at the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto after 15 years. Dr. Lee received his MD from the University of Alberta, completed his fellowship training in Emergency Medicine and obtained his MSc in Epidemiology and Biostatistics from McGill University, and completed a fellowship in Emergency Medicine Research at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Lee’s research focuses on improving the care of older adults who need Emergency services.

Natalie LeSage

Natalie Le Sage

Affiliation: Université Laval
Natalie Le Sage is an emergency physician and clinical researcher at the Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval. She is also an associate professor and EM Research Director at the Département de médecine familiale et médecine d’urgence at the Facultée de médecine of the Université Laval. Her research work focusses on emergency and trauma medicine. Her main interest is concussions (mild Traumatic Brain Injuries) and the prognosis factors that could predict long-term persistent symptoms after such trauma. Her research program – PoCS Research Program – aims to develop clinical decision rules for clinicians who treat these patients. The latest Canadian multicentre project in its program aims to validate one of its rules for the early detection of persistent symptoms. Dr. Le Sage has been practicing as an emergency physician for 25 years and holds a Ph.D. in epidemiology. Her dual expertise allows her to perform serious work on these issues, and to properly disseminate the resulting information to clinicians. 

eric mercier

Eric Mercier

Affiliation: Université Laval
Éric Mercier is an emergency physician, trauma team leader and clinical researcher at the Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec-Université Laval. He has completed a Master’s degree in Clinical Epidemiology and specialized Emergency Medicine training at the Université Laval. He then completed additional training in trauma and clinical research at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia where he worked primarily on prehospital care. Dr. Mercier’s research program focuses on the prehospital management of multi-traumatized patients as well as on community paramedicine including the evaluation of alternative care trajectories for minor traumatized patients. He holds a support grant for research in pre-hospital emergency care from the Fondation du CHU de Québec-Université Laval, as well as a Clinical Research Scholars Junior 1 form the Fonds de recherche Québec – Santé.

Jeffrey Perry

Jeffrey Perry
Associated site: Ottawa Hospital
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Jeffrey Perry is Associate Professor with the Department of Emergency Medicine, University of Ottawa, and a Senior Scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute and Research Chair, Emergency Neurological Research, University of Ottawa. He completed the family medicine residency program at the Memorial University of Newfoundland and emergency medicine residency at the University of Manitoba and subsequently completed the Emergency Medicine Research Fellowship at the University of Ottawa, and obtained his Master of Science in Epidemiology in 2002. Dr. Perry’s research program is now very well-established and has published a growing number of peer-reviewed publications. His major research studies have been in the area of neurological emergencies. He has lead several large multicentre prospective clinical decision rule studies to improve care for patients with headache, subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH), elderly patients with minor injuries at risk for subsequent functional decline and transient ischemic attack (TIA).

Nathalie Veillette

Nathalie Veillette
Associated site: Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières
Nathalie Veillette is an Associate professor in the Department of Rehabilitation at University of Montreal, as well as an Investigator at the Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal. She was trained in both psychology (Master’s degree in Neuropsychology) and occupational therapy and received her Ph.D. in biomedical sciences from University of Montreal in 2008. She was also involved as a founding member in starting the occupational therapy program at the Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, where she worked for 6 years.
Since 1996, Nathalie Veillette has practiced as an occupational therapist-clinician in acute-care hospitals as well as in community-based settings. While acquiring this diverse work experience, she specialized in emergency department practice. Her research focuses mainly on the assessment of the functional status of older adults in the emergency department, as well as knowledge transfer between researchers and the knowledge users who would benefit from it to provide more effective health services.