Board of Directors and Ambassador

Kelly M. McNagny, PhD

Research Specialty: Immunology, Inflammation, Hematology, Cancer Therapeutics Dr. Kelly McNagny is a full professor in Medical Genetics at The Biomedical Research Centre where his work focuses on stem cell behavior, innate immune responses, inflammatory disease, cancer biology and therapeutics. He is an expert on animal models of human disease and has experience with…

Nesrin Shaheen

Ms. Shaheen is a director and founding member of the Anti-NMDA Receptor Encephalitis Foundation. Her daughter was the first positively identified case in Canada in January 2008. She serves as Caregiver/Patient advocate on the Foundation. Ms. Shaheen holds an Honours B.A. in German Literature and Language from McGill University and…

Dr. Gregory Day

Dr. Day completed his Neurology residency at the University of Toronto, and post-doctoral training in dementia at Washington University in St. Louis (Saint Louis, MO). He is currently an Assistant Professor within the Department of Neurology and Senior Associate Consultant at Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida. His research focuses on…

Dr. Harry E. Peery

Dr. Peery holds a master's degree in microbiology (Ohio State University), and a PhD in pharmacology (University of Saskatchewan). He is currently a licensed Registered Nurse in Arizona. He is affiliated with the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Research Institute in the Cumming School of Medicine at the University of Calgary and…

Yanet Valdez, MSc, PhD

Born in Perú Dr Valdez began her research under Dr Gilman’s supervision (John’s Hopkins and Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru), Dr Valdez led a research team investigating the molecular epidemiology of Helicobacter pylori, a bacterium known as inducer of gastric ulcers and cancer She then completed her MSc with Dr…