Committees representing seven cross-cutting themes will ensure broad input in the BHI vision and its implementation throughout the program.
Leadership
The BHI will bring together long-standing areas of priority and excellence from the University of Ottawa, the uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute and the University of Ottawa Heart Institute.
![Sylvain Charbonneau](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2021-11/perspectives-2020-word-president-and-vice-president-0-sylvain_charbonneau_5x7.jpg)
Sylvain Charbonneau
vice-president, research and innovation, uOttawa
![Peter Liu](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/peter-liu-1x1.jpg)
Peter Liu, MD
chief scientific officer and vice president of research, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); professor, uOttawa
![Ruth Slack](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/Ruth-slack-1x1.jpg)
Ruth Slack, PhD
director, uOttawa Brain and Mind Research Institute; professor, uOttawa
![Dr. Dar Dowlatshashi](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/Dr-Dar-Dowlatshashi-1x1.jpg)
Dar Dowlatshahi, MD
neurologist, The Ottawa Hospital; scientific director, Ottawa Stroke Program, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute; professor, uOttawa
![Jodi Edwards](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/jodi-edwards-1x1.jpg)
Jodi Edwards, PhD
director, Brain-Heart Nexus Research Program, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); associate professor, uOttawa
![Ian Graham](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/graham-ian-1x1.jpg)
Ian Graham, PhD
director, iKT Research Network; professor, uOttawa
![Malcolm King](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/malcolm-king-1x1.jpg)
Malcolm King, PhD
scientific director, Saskatchewan Centre for Patient-Oriented Research, University of Saskatchewan
![Hanns Lochmüller](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/hanns-lochmuller-1x1.jpg)
Hanns Lochmüller, MD
neurologist, CHEO Research Institute; professor, uOttawa
![Katey Rayner](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/Katey-rayner-1x1.jpg)
Katey Rayner, PhD
scientist, University of Ottawa Heart Institute (UOHI); associate professor, uOttawa
![Rhian Touyz](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/Rhian_Touyz.jpg)
Rhian Touyz, MD, PhD
executive director and chief scientific officer, RI-MUHC; professor, McGill University
![Tracy Vaillancourt](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-04/Tracy-vaillancourt-1x1.png)
Tracy Vaillancourt, PhD
CRC Tier 1, School-based Mental Health and Violence Prevention; professor, uOttawa
![headshot of Simone Dahrounge](/research-innovation/sites/g/files/bhrskd326/files/2023-07/Dahrouge%2C%20Simone%201X1.png)
Simone Dahrouge, PhD
population health scientist and associate professor, department of family medicine, uOttawa; researcher at Bruyère Research Institute