Staff
Dr. Sterling K. Clarren, MD, FAAP - CEO and Scientific Director
Dr. Clarren is a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics within the Division of Developmental Pediatrics and the Child Development at the University Of British Columbia Faculty Of Medicine. He is also a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Washington. He received his BA from Yale University and his MD from the University of Minnesota Medical School. He then completed pediatric residency training at the University of Washington School of Medicine before going on to do fellowships in Biosciences, Dysmorphology, and Congenital Defects at the University of Washington School of Medicine. He was on the faculty at the University of Washington as the Robert A. Aldrich Professor of Pediatrics until the fall of 2004 when he assumed the lead of the Research Network. Contact Dr. Clarren via Krystina Tran.
Dr. Amy Salmon, PhD, Managing Director
Dr.
Salmon is a Clinical Assistant Professor at the University of British
Columbia’s School of Population and Public Health and an Adjunct
Assistant Professor at the University of Victoria’s Centre for
Community Health Promotion Research. She also holds a research
appointment at the Women’s Health Research Institute, the research arm
of BC Women’s Hospital and Health Centre, in Vancouver, BC. She has a BA in Women’s Studies and a PhD in Educational Studies (with a specialization in the sociology of education) from the University of British Columbia. Prior to assuming the role of Managing Director with the Canada Northwest FASD Research Network in August 2008, Dr. Salmon was an Investigator in Addictions Research at the BC Centre of Excellence for Women's Health.
Jan Lutke, Clinical Research Manager
Jan Lutke is the Clinical Research Manager for CanFASD Northwest. She is the past co-chair of the former National Advisory Committee on FASD to Health Canada, Government of Canada. She also chaired the former FASD Provincial Consultation Group to the Province of British Columbia, co-wrote and instructs the two on-line FASD curricula of the Justice Institute of BC, and instructs the MCFD social work core curriculum on FASD. She is the founder and former director of the FAS Support Network of BC, and the founder and Senior Consultant of FASD Connections, an organization dedicated to helping adolescents and adults with FASD and their families. She also sits on numerous provincial and national advisory committees with respect to FASD.
Email: jlutke@cw.bc.ca
Michelle Sherbuck, Research Communications Manager
Michelle Sherbuck is the Research Communications Manager for CanFASD
Northwest. Her role is to
coordinate and execute a wide range of knowledge translation and
communications activities. After seven years in technical communication
within the high-tech sector, she will be contributing her expertise in
the fields of technology, user interface, website management, business
communication and design. Michelle also has over 11 years of experience
in the field of FASD including: leadership, group facilitation, public
speaking and event planning.
Email: msherbuck@cw.bc.ca
Krystina Tran, Administrative Secretary
Krystina Tran is the Administrative Secretary for CanFASD Northwest. She has worked at CCHR for over four years providing administrative and secretarial support to two teams of researchers.
Email: ktran@cw.bc.ca
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