The POWER Advisory Council was composed of representatives from a range of health care sectors and research areas. It provided strategic support and recommendations on the POWER study’s design, implementation, and dissemination of information.
Members of the POWER Advisory Council are listed below. Please note that affiliations were current at the time of Advisory Council involvement.
Matthew Anderson
CEO, Toronto Central Local
Health Integration Network
Caroline Andrew, BA, MScSoc, PhD
Chair of the Board
Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario
Adalsteinn Brown, PhD
Assistant Deputy Minister, Health System Strategy Division
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Pat Campbell, BScN, MBA
Chief Executive Officer
Echo: Improving Women’s Health in Ontario
Jane Cooke-Lauder, BA, MBA, CMC
President and Chief Executive Officer
Bataleur Enterprises Inc.
Sheree Davis, BA, MSW
Director, Health System Strategy Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long Term Care
Marie DesMeules, MSc
Director, Innovations and Trends Analysis Division
Public Health Agency of Canada
Kevin Glasgow, MD, MBA, MHSc, FCFP, FACPM, FRCPC
Chief Executive Officer
Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada
Brian Golden, PhD
Sandra Rotman Chair in Health Sector Strategy
University of Toronto & University Health Network Joseph L. Rotman School of Management
Lorraine Greaves, PhD
Executive Director, Health System Strategy Division
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
David Henry, MBChB, MRCP, FRCP (Edin)
President and CEO, Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences
Paul Huras, MBA, MSc, CHE, FACHE
Chief Executive Officer
Southeast Local Health Integration Network (LHIN)
Andreas Laupacis, MD, MS, BA, FRCPC
Executive Director, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
St. Michael’s Hospital
Jack Lee, BA, DDS, MPH, D Grt
Senior Strategic Adviser to CMOH/ADM Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Heather Maclean
Former Director, Centre for Research in Women’s Health
Verna Mai, MD
Director, Screening Programs, Cancer Care Ontario (CCO)
Director of Strategic Policy and Planning
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Domenica Ozarco
Director of Strategic Policy and Planning,
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Valerie Palda, MD, MSc, FRCPC
Medical Director, Guidelines Advisory Committee
Centre for Effective Practice
Indra Pulcins, PhD
Director, Indicators and Performance Measurement
Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
Caroline Rafferty, RN, BScN, MHSc, PMP
Director, Quality and Performance
Cardiac Care Network of Ontario
Jess Rogers, BA
Director, Evidence and Guidelines
Centre for Effective Practice
Shirlee M. Sharkey, CHE, MHSc, BScN, BA
President and Chief Executive Officer
Saint Elizabeth Health Centre (SEHC)
Heather Sherrard
Former Acting CEO, Cardiac Care Network of Ontario
Vasanthi Srinivasan, PhD
Director, Health System Planning and Research Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care
Lisa Watson
Former Director, Strategic Policy and Planning Branch
Ontario Ministry of Health Promotion
Lynn Wilson, MD, CCFP, FCFP
Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Family and Community Medicine, University of Toronto
Ruth Wilson, MD, CCFP
President, College of Family Physicians of Canada
