Evaluation of Food Fortification with Folic Acid for the Primary Prevention of Neural Tube Defects

Principal Investigators

Shiliang Liu, MB, PhD
Maternal and Infant Health Section
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division
Centre for Healthy Human Development
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Linda Longerich, MSc
Health Research Unit
Division of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Kathleen Steel O'Connor, PhD
Public Health Research, Education and Development Program
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Health Unit
Kingston, Ontario

Victor Prabhakaran, MD, FRCPC (to 2000)
Discipline of Biochemistry and Immunology
London Health Sciences
University of Western Ontario
London, Ontario

Edward Randell, PhD, FCACB
Division of Biochemistry
Health Care Corporation of St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Linda Turner, PhD (to 2000)
Bureau of Reproductive and Child Health
Laboratory Centre for Disease Control
Health Canada (formerly)
Ottawa, Ontario

Roy West, PhD
Division of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Co-investigators

Marian Crowley, MN, CCGC
Provincial Medical Genetics Program
Health Care Corporation of St. John's
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Angeline Ka-YuK Lam, MSc
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

Catherine McCourt, MD, MHA, FRCPC
Health Surveillance and Epidemiology Division
Centre for Healthy Human Development,
Public Health Agency of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario

Helen Scott, MSc
Public Health Research, Education and Development Program
Kingston, Frontenac and Lennox & Addington Health Unit
Kingston, Ontario

Project Co-ordinator (Newfoundland)

Vicki Gill
Health Research Unit
Division of Community Health
Faculty of Medicine
Memorial University
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador