CCASN Advisory Group

Terms of reference

The Advisory Group:

• Provides the Maternal and Infant Health Section of the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC), the provinces and territories, and other interested organizations and associations with advice and direction on strategies for:
  • encouraging the development of congenital anomalies surveillance systems in provinces/territories where there are none;
  • maintaining and enhancing existing surveillance systems;
  • continuous improvement of the Canadian Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System (CCASS);
• Serves as an expert resource for answering queries that the PHAC receives regarding congenital anomalies; and,
• Facilitates collaborative congenital anomalies research efforts among investigators, the provinces and territories and the international community.
  

Advisory Group members

Chair:

Jane Evans, University of Manitoba

Laura Arbour	Victoria General Hospital
Russell Kirby	University of South Florida
Julian Little	University of Ottawa
R. Brian Lowry	Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
Aideen Moore	Hospital for Sick Children
Phil Murphy	Newfoundland and Labrador Provincial Perinatal Program
Reg Sauve	University of Calgary
Heather Scott	IWK Health Centre
Barbara Sibbald	Alberta Congenital Anomalies Surveillance System
Michiel Van den Hof	IWK Health Centre

CCASN members from the Public Health Agency of Canada:

Juan Andrés León	Maternal and Infant Health Section
Wei Luo	Maternal and Infant Health Section
Neel Rancourt	Maternal and Infant Health Section
Jocelyn Rouleau	Maternal and Infant Health Section
Nicolas Gilbert	Maternal and Infant Health Section