Working Groups 

Long Term Care & Food

Marlis Atkins, RD (Co-chair)
Janice Sorensen, PhD, RD (Co-chair)
Rupinder Dhaliwal, RD, FDC Program Manager CMTF-CNS
Debby Berteau, Dt.P
Allison Cammer, PhD, RD
Amrit Chhoker, RD
Cherie Furlan-Craievich, RD, HBSc HEc
Marie-Hélène Cyr, Dt. P
Teresa Hymanyk, RD
Heather Keller, RD, PhD, FDC, FCAHS
Brenda MacDonald, RD 
Catherine Marshall, MSc, RD
Stephanie Ovsenek, CNM
Heather Stukalo RD
Safura Syed-RD
Linda Tobin
Penny Zdichavsky, CNM

*Replaces the CMTF Food in Healthcare Working Group

Pediatrics

Kim BrunetWood, MSc, RD (Co-Chair)

Jessie Hulst, MD, PhD (Co-Chair)

Marlis Atkins, RD

Robert Bandsma, MD, PhD

Laura Carter, Msc, RD

Rupinder Dhaliwal, RD, FDC Program Manager CMTF-CNS

Bonnie Fleming-Carroll, RN, BSc. M.N. CpedN

Kim Hutchison, RD 

Koen Huysentruyt, MD, PhD

Daina Kalnins, MSc, RD

Paula Littlejohn, PhD, MHS

Valerie Marchand, MD

Andrea Martinez, MD, FAAP, FRCPC

Jill Owens, MHM, RD

Rabin Persad, MD

Jessica Power, RD

Melanie Vachon, RD

Nikhil Pai, BSc MD CSNC FAAP FRCPC

Erin Starman BSc, RD

Primary Care

Heather Keller, RD, PhD, FDC  (Chair)

Rupinder Dhaliwal, RD, FDC Program Manager CMTF-CNS

Marlis Atkins, RD

Aimee Bowcott, RD 

Allison Cammer, PhD, RD

Catherine Chan, PhD

Sarah Frank Nichols, RD, MPH

Hana Dakkak, MScFN, RD, PhD(c)

Pamela Klassen, PhD RD

Michele MacDonald Werstuck, RD,MSc,CDE

Catherine Morley PhD, RD, FDC

Christine Mills, RD, MPH, PhD

Sarah Ross, RD

Sarah Sandham, RD

Christine Wellington, RD

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