Moderators
Executive Director, Ontario Black Nurses’ Network | Registered Nurse, SickKids, RN, BN, MN, CVAA(C)
Shelly Philip LaForest is a practicing Registered Nurse with many years of experience in pediatrics, leadership and education. She is currently completing her PhD in Interdisciplinary Social Research as Trent University and holds a master's degree in Nursing and a certification...
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Speakers
Manager, Informatics & Analytics, Informatics & Analytics, Ontario Brain Institute, PhD
Brendan is the Manager of Informatics & Analytics at the Ontario Brain Institute, a not-for-profit world leader in brain research, commercialization, and care. He oversees OBI’s state-of-the-art neuroinformatics platform, Brain-CODE, designed to store, manage, and analyze data...
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Executive Director, Epilepsy Ottawa, PhD
Nikki Porter (she/her) is the Executive Director of Epilepsy Ottawa, with a long history of working in the epilepsy not-for-profit sector and building partnerships with neurologists, like-minded community organizations, and other stakeholders. Nikki sits on the Board of Directors...
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Co-Founder & Chief Scientific Officer, Novela Neurotech, PhD
Parisa Sabetian received her Ph.D. degree in 2020 from the University of Toronto’s Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering. With over 7 years of experience in biomedical research—including a special focus in signal processing and artificial intelligence—she has...
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Associate Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioural Neurosciences, McMaster University; Founder, Co-Director, MacART; Chair in Autism and Neurodevelopment, McMaster Children’s Hospital, PhD
Stelios Georgiades is the Founder and Co-Director of the McMaster Autism Research Team (MacART), a partnership between McMaster University and McMaster Children’s Hospital aiming to bridge the research-to-practice gap in Autism. He is the inaugural holder of the McMaster Children’s...
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