Marsha Cohen, MD

Marsha Cohen is a Senior Research Scientist at Women's College Research Institute and is the Program Director of the Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research Program at the University of Toronto. Dr. Cohen is Professor, Department of Health Administration, with a cross-appointment to the Department of Anaesthesia at the University of Toronto.

Dr. Cohen holds a Medical Research Council of Canada Senior Scientist Award (1997 to 2000) and was a National Health Research Scholar, National Health Research and Development Program (NHRDP), Health Canada for two terms. Dr. Cohen has served on various external granting agencies and has reviewed for many scientific journals.

Dr. Cohen's current research focus is on the implementation of a protocol to investigate "Life events after pregnancy," a multidisciplinary study that examines medical and psychosocial outcomes of pregnancy and childbirth.

Anna Day, MD, FRCPC, FCCP

Anna Day is a respirologist at Women's College Hospital and an Associate Professor in the Departments of Medicine and Health Administration at the University of Toronto. Dr. Day was Physician-in-Chief at Women's College from 1991-1999. Through her leadership, the Department of Medicine adopted a strategic focus in women's health by developing academic and clinical programs which are important to women.

Dr. Day is a founding board member of Women's College Research Institute.

Lynn From, MD, FRCPC

Lynn From is Head of the Division of Dermatology, Department of Medicine, at Women's College Hospital and is a Professor of Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto. Her particular interest is in both the clinical diagnosis and the identification of risk factors for melanoma, as well as in the pathology of melanoma and investigation of prognostic factors.

Gillian Hawker, MD, MSc, FRCPC

Gillian Hawker is a staff rheumatologist and the Director of the Osteoporosis Clinical Research Program at Women's College Hospital and is affiliated with Women's College Research Institute. Dr. Hawker is also an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto and a Senior Investigator with the Arthritis Community Research and Evaluation Unit at The Toronto Hospital Research Unit.

Dr. Hawker is a member of the Osteoporosis Society of Canada Scientific Advisory Board and the Board of Directors and a member of the Medical Planning Committee of the Arthritis Society of Canada. She is also the recipient of the Medical Research Council of Canada Scholar Award.

Dr. Hawker's osteoporosis research focuses on the factors which determine the attainment and maintenance of peak bone mass in young women and children and secondary osteoporosis in children and young adults. Her arthritis research focuses on improving health care delivery to individuals living with arthritis.

Andrea Miller, RD

Andrea Miller is a registered dietician at Women's College Hospital where she sees patients for a variety of reasons ranging from allergies to vegetarianism.

Ms Miller writes for Patient Care, a national medical journal read by 27,000 physicians across Canada and the United States. She has developed numerous teaching tools and pamphlets for nutrition education and acts as a nutrition consultant to local and national television programs.

Beverley J. Richardson, MD, FRCPC

Beverley Richardson is the former Chief, Medical Staff Affairs at Women's College Hospital and has been Chair of the Gender Issues Committee, Faculty of Medicine, at the University of Toronto since 1992. Previously Dr. Richardson was the Chair of the Committee on the Status of Women, City of Toronto and Chair, District 11 of the Ontario Medical Association.

Dr. Richardson has a part-time gastroenterology practice and was the medical co-editor of the Women's Health Matters newsletter, the precursor to the Women’s Health Matters website.