Conference Committee

Expert Planning Committee

Jan Lutke, Conference Chair, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Michael Charness, MD, Chief of Staff, VA Boston Healthcare System; Faculty Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology, Harvard Medical School; Associate Dean, Professor of Neurology, Boston University School of Medicine, West Roxbury, MA, USA

Edward Riley, PhD; Director, Center for Behavioral Teratology, San Diego, State University; and, Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

Joanne Weinberg, PhD, Professor and Distinguished University Scholar, Emerita, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Expert Advisory Committee

Sally M. Anderson, Ph.D., FASD Activities Coordinator, Interagency Coordinating Committee on Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Ilona Autti-Rämö, MD, Medical Director, Insurance Medicine Unit, The Social Insurance Institute, Health Benefits and Adjunct Professor at the Childneurology Department, Helsinki University Hospital, Finland

Tatiana Balachova, PhD, Associate Professor, Co-Director, Interdisciplinary Training Program in Child Abuse and Neglect (ITP), Department of Pediatrics, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA

Diane Black, PhD, FAS Foundation of the Netherlands, Uithuizen, the Netherlands; and Chair, European FASD Alliance, Landskrona, Sweden

Peter W. Choate, Ph.D, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB, Canada

Claire D. Coles, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA

Paul D. Connor, PhD, Neuropsychologist, Private Practice and Courtesy Clinical Assistant Professor, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA

Dan Dubovsky, MSW, FASD Specialist, Philadelphia, PA, USA

Elizabeth Elliott AM, MD, MPhil, MBBS, FRACP, FRCPCH, FRCP, Child and Adolescent Health, Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney; and The Sydney Children’s, Hospitals Network, Westmead, Sydney, Australia

Diane Fast, MD, PhD, FRCP(C), Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Associate, Department of Paediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital and The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

James P Fitzpatrick FRACP, MBBS, BSc, PhD. Paediatrician, Director Alcohol and Pregnancy and FASD search, Telethon Kids Institute; Director PATCHES Paediatrics; Subiaco, Australia

Therese Grant, PhD, Professor and Ann Streissguth Endowed Professor in Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, University of Washington Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director, Washington State Parent-Child Assistance Program; Director, Fetal Alcohol and Drug Unit, Seattle, WA

The Honourable Judge Mary Kate Harvie, Judge, Provincial Court of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB

Denis Lamblin, PhD, Pediatrician, President, SAFFRANCE; Delegate Director for Local Networks and Regional, National and International Relations, FASD Resource Center, Père Favron Foundation, Reunion Island, France

Christine Loock, MD, FRCP(C), Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; Responsive Intersectoral Community Health, Education, and Research (RICHER) Initiative, BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Rebecca Martell, Clinical Associate, Occupational Performance Analysis Unit (OPAU), Department of Occupational Therapy, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Philip A May, PhD, Research Professor, Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill-Nutrition Research Institute, Kannapolis, NC, USA

Kathleen T. Mitchell, MHS, LCADC, Vice President and International Spokesperson, National Organization on Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (NOFAS), Washington, DC, USA

Raja A.S. Mukherjee, Consultant Psychiatrist and Lead Clinician, National FASD Specialist Behaviour Clinic, Surrey and Borders, Partnership NHS Foundation NHS Trust, London, UK

Kieran D O’Malley, MB BAO BCh DABPN, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Slievemore Clinic, Dublin, Ireland

Moira Plant, PhD, Adjunct Professor, Curtin University, Perth, Australia; Emeritus Professor of Alcohol Studies Alcohol & Health Research Unit, University of the West of England, Bristol, UK

Nancy Poole, PhD, Researcher, Knowledge Broker, BC Centre of Excellence for Women’s Health, Vancouver, BC, Canada

Svetlana Popova, MD, PhDs, MPH, Senior Scientist, Institute for Mental Health Policy Research, Centre for Addiction and Mental Health; Associate Professor, Epidemiology Division, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto; Associate Professor, Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto; Graduate Faculty Associate Member, Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

Christine Rogan, BA, Health Promotion Advisor, Alcohol Healthwatch Trust and National Coordinator, Fetal Alcohol Network New Zealand

Ihsan Sarman, MD, PhD, Senior Neonatologist emeritus, Sachsska Children Hospital, Southern Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Paula Stanghetta, Facilitator, Coach, Trainer, Paula Stanghetta & Associates, Kitchener, ON, Canada

Kenneth R Warren, PhD, Senior Advisor for Operations, FASD and Science, National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA

Sharon C. Wilsnack, PhD, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science, University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Grand Forks, North Dakota, USA

FASD Leadership Committee

Myles Himmelreich

CJ Lutke

Katrina Griffin

Local Planning Committee

Jan Lutke, Conference Chair, Vancouver, BC

Tina Antrobus, MA, RCC, Registered Clinical Counselor, PLEA Community Services, Coquitlam, BC

Anne Fuller, RN, MSN, Provincial FASD Consultant, Children and Youth with Special Needs Policy, Ministry of Children and Family Development, Government of British Columbia, Victoria, BC

Natascha Lawrence, MA, RCC, Registered Clinical Counsellor, BC Children’s Hospital, Play Therapist, School Consultant, FASD Counselling and Consulting, Vancouver, B.C.

Christine Loock, MD, FRCP(C), Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; Responsive Intersectoral Community Health, Education, and Research (RICHER) Initiative, BC Children’s Hospital & Sunny Hill Health Centre for Children, Vancouver, BC

Kristina Hiemstra, Director, Interprofessional Continuing Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC

Cheryl McIntee, CPCA-RPC, MPCC, Master Practitioner Clinical Counsellor, Cheryl McIntee Counselling and Consulting, White Rock, BC. CDBC/FASD Keyworker, FASD Collaboration Roundtable, Touchstone Family Association, Richmond, BC

Audrey Salahub, Executive Director, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) Society for BC Governing Body for The Asante Centre and Minga Marketplace, Maple Ridge, BC

Michelle Sherbuck, Parent, Advocate and Communications Professional, dba Write and Design, Surrey BC

Marilyn Van Bibber, Research Advisor, Arctic Health Research Network – Yukon Territory, Qualicum Beach, BC

Marsha Wilson, MA, Leadership, Faculty Member, Douglas College, New Westminster, BC

Kee Warner, Executive Director, Whitecrow Village FASD Society, Nanaimo, BC