Y.Y. Brandon Chen (SJD, MSW, JD, University of Toronto; BSc, Emory University) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Law. A lawyer and social worker by training, Professor Chen’s research program examines laws and policies that contribute to health inequities and marginalization, particularly among noncitizens and racialized minorities. His published work has touched on such topics as health rights litigation, refugee health care, social determinants of health, health care solidarity, and medical tourism.

Aside from his research, Professor Chen engages in a variety of community-based work. Between 2009 and 2011 he was appointed to the Ontario Advisory Committee on HIV/AIDS, where he advised the provincial Minister of Health on HIV/AIDS-related policies. From 2014 to 2016 he served as the Co-Chair of the Committee for Accessible AIDS Treatment, which works to advance the health and wellbeing of immigrants, refugees and non-status people living with HIV/AIDS. And from 2016 to 2020 he sat on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Centre on Statelessness. He is currently the law school’s faculty lead for the Navigating Ottawa Resources to Improve Health (NORTH) Clinic.

Michael Da Silva is the Alex Trebek Postdoctoral Fellow in A.I. and Health Care in the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and a Research Associate on the Canadian Institute for Health Research (CIHR)-funded project entitled Machine M.D.: How Should We Regulate A.I. in Health Care? Michael is also affiliated with the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics and the Centre for Law, Technology, and Society. He previously served as a CIHR Banting Postdoctoral Fellow in the McGill University Faculty of Law and Institute for Health and Social Policy. In addition to A.I., his research interests include health law, policy, and ethics; public law; moral philosophy; and the intersections between them. His first book, The Pluralist Right to Health Care: A Framework and Case Study, will soon be published by the University of Toronto Press. He is also the co-editor for a forthcoming special issue of Bioethics on health rights and published in several venues, including Public Health Ethics, the Journal of Value Inquiry, the Michigan Journal of International Law, and the Review of Constitutional Studies.

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Adam R. Houston (JD, MA, LLM) works at the intersection of health, human rights and globalization with a focus on access to medicines and the role of law in the response to infectious disease. He has worked with organizations across Canada and around the world on a wide range of issues, including reconciling disparate policy approaches towards HIV and tuberculosis, and United Nations accountability for the Haitian cholera epidemic. He is currently the Medical Policy & Advocacy Officer for Médecins sans frontières/Doctors Without Borders Canada (MSF). He has also taught courses on topics relating to health, human rights and international law at multiple universities.

Colleen M. Flood is Professor at the University of Ottawa and a University Research Chair in Health Law & Policy. She is also inaugural Director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. From 2000–2015 she was a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, with cross-appointments to the School of Public Policy and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. From 2006–2011 she served as Scientific Director at the Canadian Institute for Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR). Her primary areas of scholarship are comparative health care law and policy, public/private financing of health care systems, health care reform, constitutional law, administrative law, and accountability and governance issues more broadly.

Signa A. Daum Shanks is a professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. Her teaching has included classes such as Aboriginal Self-Government, Canadian Legal History, Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law, Comparative Indigenous Legal Traditions, and Law and Economics. She has also taught at the summer program hosted at the Indigenous Law Centre in Saskatoon and the Nunavut Law Program in Iqaluit. Her research is concerned with law and economics, and Indigenous governance. She is a frequent commentator in the media on topics related to Indigenous peoples in North American, writing on diverse topics such as reconciliation, pipelines and Indigenous rights, and the use of Indigenous images in sports.

Colleen M. Flood is Professor at the University of Ottawa and a University Research Chair in Health Law & Policy. She is also inaugural Director of the University of Ottawa Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. From 2000–2015 she was a Professor and Canada Research Chair at the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, with cross-appointments to the School of Public Policy and the Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation. From 2006–2011 she served as Scientific Director at the Canadian Institute for Health Services and Policy Research (CIHR). Her primary areas of scholarship are comparative health care law and policy, public/private financing of health care systems, health care reform, constitutional law, administrative law, and accountability and governance issues more broadly.

Jennifer Chandler researches the legal and ethical aspects of biomedical science and technology. She is internationally recognized for her research and writing in the law and ethics of mental health and the brain sciences. She is a former member of the Board of Directors of the International Neuroethics Society, and serves on a number of international editorial and advisory boards boards in the field. She is co-editor of the book Law and Mind: Mental Health Law and Policy in Canada (LexisNexis Canada 2016). Jennifer also holds the Bertram Loeb Chair in Organ Donation and Transplantation Research, a field that has intersections with mind/brain law at issues such as neurological determination of death (brain death) prior to donation. Jennifer holds degrees in Law from Harvard University and Queen’s University, and served as clerk to the Hon. Mr. Justice John Sopinka of the Supreme Court of Canada.

Vanessa Gruben is an Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, a member of the Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics, and Director of the Ottawa Hub for Harm Reduction. After graduating from the University of Ottawa’s Common Law program, she clerked for Chief Justice Richard of the Federal Court of Appeal and then Justice Bastarache of the Supreme Court of Canada. She is co-editor of the fifth edition of Canada’s leading text on health law and policy, Canadian Health Law and Policy (LexisNexis, 2017). Vanessa’s research focuses on professional self-regulation, assisted reproduction, organ donation, and harm reduction.

Lorian Hardcastle is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary, with a joint appointment to the Department of Community Health Sciences in the Cumming School of Medicine. She is also a member of the One Health Consortium, O’Brien Institute for Public Health, and Conjoint Health Research Ethics Board at the University of Calgary. Lorian obtained her J.D. from Dalhousie University, and her LL.M. and S.J.D. from the University of Toronto. She also completed a fellowship at the O'Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law in the U.S.

Lorian is currently involved in research on antimicrobial resistance (funded by Alberta's Major Innovation Fund), artificial intelligence and health (funded by the CIHR), regulation of long-term care, and legal and policy issues arising from COVID-19. Lorian's work has been published in numerous legal and health policy journals including the Canadian Medical Association Journal, University of Pennsylvania Law Review, Healthcare Policy, Alberta Law Review, Queen's Law Journal, and Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics. Lorian is a frequent contributor to health policy debates in the media. Her writing has appeared in several Canadian newspapers including the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Calgary Herald, Edmonton Journal, and Ottawa Citizen.

Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is an Associate Professor of Law and Technology at the Faculty of Law and the Director of the Centre for Law, Technology and Society at the University of Ottawa. A technologist and creative turned legal scholar, his research focuses on technology law, ethics and policy, with a special interest in blockchain, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, whistleblowers and intellectual property. Recipient of the 2019 Common Law Emergent Researcher Award, Dr. Florian Martin-Bariteau is an internationally recognized thought leader on technology policy, engaged in shaping frameworks that safeguard rights and liberties in the digital context. His research is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada, as well as by several foundations and philanthropic gifts. Building on and developing his doctoral work, his first book, Le droit de marque, was the runner-up for the 2018 Walter Owen Book Prize celebrating Canada’s best legal publications. Dr. Martin-Bariteau serves on the Board of Directors of the NCE SERENE-RISC, Canada’s smart cybersecurity network.

Amir Attaran is a Professor in the Faculty of Law and School of Epidemiology and Public Health at the University of Ottawa. Professor Attaran is by training both a lawyer (LL.B., Vancouver) and a biologist (D. Phil, Oxford; M.S., Caltech; B.A., Berkeley). His research covers the gamut of both fields to explore different drivers of human well-being. Current research interests include the social and policy determinants of health in both infections and non-infectious disease; constitutional, administrative, and environmental law in Canada, particularly focused on biodiversity and climate change; and intellectual property and criminal law in the provision of medicines. Professor Attaran is also an active litigator and has appeared in the courts of Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario, Quebec, and Saskatchewan, as well as the federal courts.

Dr. Kumanan Wilson is a specialist in General Internal Medicine at The Ottawa Hospital, CEO of CANImmunize, and an innovation advisor for Bruyère. A Professor and Faculty of Medicine Clinical Research Chair in Digital Health Innovation at the University of Ottawa, he is also a member of the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics.

Dr. Wilson is the CEO and founder of CANImmunize, a science-based technology company that spun out from The Ottawa Hospital in 2019. CANImmunize is a pan-Canadian digital immunization tracking system available as a mobile app and through a web portal, designed to help Canadians keep track of their vaccinations. Dr. Wilson and his team are currently focused on digital immunization solutions to help combat the COVID-19 pandemic.

Dr. Wilson’s research focuses on digital health, immunization, pandemic preparedness and public health policy and innovation. His research on immunization has explored social media’s impact on vaccine hesitancy, and evaluation of vaccine safety using health services data and vaccine policy. Other research interests include blood safety and newborn screening, and health ethics, law and policy. His research has been supported by CIHR, WHO, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Canada’s Immunity Task Force.