Dr. Shaun Goodman completed his Doctor of Medicine (1987) at McMaster University (Hamilton. Ontario) and a Master of Science in Clinical Epidemiology in the Faculty of Medicine and Graduate Department of Community Health at the University of Toronto (1998). He completed his training in Internal Medicine and Cardiology at the University of Toronto. He pursued a three-year Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada-funded research fellowship before joining the Division of Cardiology at St. Michael’s Hospital in 1995.

Currently, Dr. Goodman is a Staff Cardiologist and Associate Head in the Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, at St. Michael’s Hospital, Toronto, Canada. He is Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Alberta, a Co-Director of the Canadian VIGOUR (Virtual Coordinating Centre for Global Collaborative Cardiovascular Research) Centre (CVC), and Consultant to the Canadian Heart Research Centre (CHRC).

Dr. Goodman’s research interests include facilitating collaborative clinical trial, observational, and knowledge translation research in cardiovascular disease in Canada with a focus on diagnosis, management, and prognosis of stable coronary artery disease and acute coronary syndromes; secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease, including those with diabetes mellitus; and optimal stroke prevention risk stratification and management in atrial fibrillation.

Dr. Anatoly Langer graduated from the University of Manitoba in 1982 and completed his Internal Medicine and Cardiology training at the University of Toronto in 1987. After two years as a Heart and Stroke Foundation Research Fellow, he became a director of the Coronary Care Unit at St. Michael’s Hospital in Toronto, Canada. He is a fellow of the American College of Cardiology and Canadian Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons.

In 1996 Dr. Langer founded the Canadian Heart Research Centre with the goal of improving the care of cardiovascular patients through clinical trials research, physician and patient education, and information-sharing.

Dr. Langer has extensive research experience in the conduct of clinical trials with more than 25 years of experience in protocol design, study coordination, and data management. He has more than 300 peer-reviewed publications, abstracts, and book chapters. His areas of interest and research include pathophysiology and management of acute and stable coronary syndromes, as well as treatment and prevention of cardiovascular disease.

More recently, Dr. Langer has been a keen participant in the development of electronic health records, web-based applications for management of vital data and telemedicine, as well as innovations in data acquisition, disease management algorithms, and clinical decision-making support systems.

Dr. Langer has served for two years as an independent consultant on the Canadian Drug Evaluation Committee (CDEC) at CADTH. Currently, Dr. Langer is a Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto and the Chair of the Canadian Heart Research Centre in Toronto and the International Centre for Professional Development in Health and Medicine in Montreal.

Dr. Alexandra Papaioannou is a Professor of Medicine (Division of Geriatrics) at McMaster University, a Geriatric Medicine Specialist at Hamilton Health Sciences and Executive Director of the GERAS Centre for Aging Research.

She holds a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Geriatric Medicine and Healthy Aging. She is the lead clinician-scientist of the Canadian Geriatrics Society Frailty working group and a member of the Global Frailty Network. Dr. Papaioannou is the Chair of the Regional Geriatric Program Central and past Director of the Division of Geriatric Medicine at McMaster University. She has 370+ peer-reviewed publications, 19 book chapters and 390+ published abstracts (h-index 74; 23,448+ citations).

She has mentored 125+ research trainees from undergraduate to post-doctoral fellows many of whom have received nationally-funded awards. Her program of research is focused on bringing the best research evidence to the frontlines of care for older adults to age with dignity and independence.