The Indigenous Health Committee (IHC) respects and upholds Indigenous governance principles and honours shared governance of the Committee and its work.
The Indigenous Component and the Indigenous Health Committee has two Co-Chairs, Dr. Wayne Clark (U of A) and Dr. Wanda Phillips-Beck (First Nations Health & Social Secretariat). Drs. Phillips-Beck and Clark are supported by the shared leadership of Dr. Melanie Morris who leads the Metis component. Together they support and guide the IHC as it advances the work of Clinical Trial Research and Indigenous Peoples and Communities.
Executive Committee
Wayne Clarke, Ed.D
Executive Director, Wâpanachakos Indigenous Health Program
Wanda Phillips-Beck, R.N., PhD.
Indigenous Research Chair, Nursing
First Nations Health & Social Secretariat of Manitoba (FNHSSM)
University of Manitoba
Melanie Morris, MD
Pediatric Surgery and Urology
Lead of Indigenous Health at the Children's Hospital (WRHA)
Tibetha Kemble, PhD
Project Lead, ACT (Indigenous)
Director, Indigenous Clinical Trials Unit
Academic Lead, Indigenous Women's Health (WCHRI)
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, U of A
Taylor Morriseau, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow – Data Sovereignty
First Nations Health and Social Secretariat of Manitoba
Indigenous Health Committee Membership
Richard Budgell, PhD
ᕇᑦᓴ ᐸᑦᔭᓪ
Assistant Professor/ Professeur adjoint
Department of Family Medicine/ Département de médicine de famille
McGill University
Susan Chatwood, PhD
Professor, School of Public Health
Associate Dean Education, School of Public Health
Amanda Fowler-Woods, PhD
Research Associate, Indigenous health care quality.
Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba.
Florence Glanfield, PhD.
Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming & Research), Provost & Vice-President Academic - Admin
Tracy Hillier, MD
Executive Dean and Director, Alberta Institute , Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - International
Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry - Radiology & Diagnostic Imaging Dept
Josee Lavoie, PhD
Professor and Director of Ongomiizwin Research Indigenous Institute of Health and Healing
Andrew Volk, MD
Resident, Psychiatry
Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, U of A