The STAGE Curriculum Committee is a cross-regional group that meets monthly to shape the strategic direction of the program and deliver a high-quality training experience.
The Committee:
- Sets guidelines for trainee recruitment and adjudication grounded in EDI principles
- Coordinates national programming, including the International Speaker Seminar Series, Journal Club, and node-based courses
- Reviews and updates curriculum content to reflect STAGE’s training priorities while accommodating regional research strengths
- Supports mentor engagement
- Monitors EDI metrics to foster inclusive practices
- Defines metrics to evaluate trainee progress
- Identifies emerging research areas of strategic relevance to STAGE
Daniel Felsky
Co-Chair
Independent Scientist, Head of Whole Person & Population Modeling, Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health; Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Division of Biostatistics, Dalla Lana School of Public Health; Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science, University of TorontoToronto
Andrew Paterson
Co-Chair
Senior Scientist, Genetics & Genome Biology Program, The Hospital for Sick Children; Associate Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Institute of Medical Sciences, Biostatistics Division Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of TorontoToronto
Mina Aminghafari
Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Faculty of Science, University of Calgary
Prairies Region
Jennifer Brooks
Associate Professor, Program Director MPH Epidemiology, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Executive Director, CanPath (Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health | Partenariat canadien pour la santé de demain)
Toronto
Shelley B. Bull
Senior Investigator, Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Sinai Health;
Professor, Biostatistics Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Professor, Biostatistics Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Toronto
Alexandre Bureau
Professor, Department of Social and Preventive Medicine, Laval University
Quebec Region
Brad McNeney
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University
BC Region
Joanna Mills Flemming
Professor; Associate Dean of Graduate and Global Relations, Department of Mathematics & Statistics Dalhousie University; Atlantic Regional Director, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
Atlantic Region
Jinko Graham
Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University
BC Region
Celia Greenwood
Senior Investigator, Lady Davis Institute; Professor, Department of Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health, School of Population and Global Health, McGill University
Quebec Region
Lisa Lix
Professor and Associate Head, Max Rady College of Medicine, Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
Cross-appointments: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto
Cross-appointments: Department of Community Health & Epidemiology, University of Saskatchewan Institute of Health Policy, Management & Evaluation, University of Toronto
Prairies Region
Sanja Stanojevic
Associate Professor, Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, Dalhousie University
Atlantic Region
Yildiz Yilmaz
Associate Professor of Statistics Department of Mathematics and Statistics, Memorial University of Newfoundland; Associate Director Representing Atlantic Canada, Canadian Statistical Sciences Institute (CANSSI)
Atlantic Region
Ad hoc Members
Lloyd Elliott
Associate Professor, Department of Statistics & Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University
BC Region
Lin Zhang
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, Simon Fraser University.
BC Region