Our team
INFORM RARE is comprised of multidisciplinary research teams that draw from the expertise of patients and families, healthcare providers, policy-makers, methodologists, and research ethicists from across Canada.
Principal Investigators
Beth Potter, PhD (she/her/elle)
Principal investigator
Methodologist
University of Ottawa
Pranesh Chakraborty, MD
Co-principal investigator, PKU lead
Clinician researcher
Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Maureen Smith, M.Ed (she/her/elle)
Co-principal investigator, Patient engagement co-lead
Patient partner
Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders
Ariella Binik, PhD (she/her/elle)
Co-principal investigator, Research ethics lead
Methodologist
McMaster University
Jeff Round, PhD (he/him)
Co-principal investigator, Health economics and policy lead
Policy partner and Methodologist
Institute of Health Economics, University of Alberta
Michal Inbar-Feigenberg, MD (she/her)
Co-principal investigator, MPS lead
Clinician researcher
The Hospital for Sick Children
John Mitchell, MD
Co-principal investigator, MPS lead
Clinician researcher
McGill University Health Centre
Martin Offringa, MD, PhD
Co-principal investigator, Trial methods lead
Clinician researcher and Methodologist
The Hospital for Sick Children
Maryam Oskoui, MD
Co-principal investigator, SMA lead
Clinician researcher and Methodologist
McGill University Health Centre
Sylvia Stockler-Ipsiroglu, MD, PhD, MBA
Co-principal investigator, PKU lead
Clinician researcher
BC Children’s Hospital
Co-Investigators
John Adams | Michèle de Guise | Gloria Ho | Hugh McMillan | Neil Sondheimer | Saadet Andrews | Yan Défossés | Shailly Jain | Aizeddin Mhanni | Rebecca Sparkes | Kim Angel | Jim Dowling | Lawrence Korngut | Nicole Pallone | Kathy Speechley | Danielle Bourque | Sarah Dyack | Mariya Kozenko | Amy Pender | Monica Taljaard | Nancy Butcher | Farah El Turk | Anne-Marie Laberge | Lynda Polgreen | Kednapa Thavorn | Craig Campbell | Dean Fergusson | Thierry Lacaze-Masmonteil | Murray Potter | Yannis Trakadis | Philippe Campeau | Jenifer Gentle | Julian Little | Suzanne Ratko | Sarah Turgeon Desilets | Alicia Chan | Michael Geraghty | Alex MacKenzie | Tony Rupar | Anthony Vandersteer | Xing Chen | Hernán Gonorazky | Jennifer Mackenzie | Chelsea Ruth | Jagdeep Walia | Lorne Clarke | Sharan Goobie | Jean Mah | Ramona Salvarinova | Kumanan Wilsor | Douglas Coyle | Cheryl Greenberg | Eva Mamak | Andreas Schulze | Brenda Wilson | Taylor Danielson | Robin Hayeems | Christopher McCabe | Kathy Selby |