Board of Directors - Obesity Canada

Bemal Mehta Chair

Managing Director, Energy Intelligence, geoLOGIC Systems Ltd.

Jacob Shelley, SJDVice-Chair

Assistant Professor, Faculty of Law & School of Health Studies, Western University

Mary Forhan, PhDScientific Director

Department Chair and Associate Professor
University of Alberta
Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine

Arya Sharma, MD/PhD, DSc (hc), FRCPC

Past Scientific Director, Obesity Canada

Philip Sherman, MD, FRCPC

Philip Sherman is Professor of Paediatrics, Microbiology, Nutritional
Sciences, & Dentistry at the Hospital for Sick Children, University of
Toronto where he has been on faculty since 1984.

Lisa Schaffer

Chair, Public Engagement Committee

Andre Tchernof, PhD

Director, Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes and Metabolism Research Division, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
Director, Obesity Biobank, Quebec Heart and Lung Institute
Director, Research Chair in Bariatric and Metabolic Surgery
Director, Graduate Programs in Nutrition