Dr. Macdonald is a Hematologist at the Ottawa Hospital and Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Ottawa. He received his MD at Queen’s University and did residencies in Internal Medicine and Hematology at Dalhousie University. He then did a Clinical Trials Fellowship at the National Cancer Institute of Canada Clinical Trials Group, then a clinical lymphoma fellowship at the BC Cancer Agency in Vancouver. He was Chair of the Hematology Cancer Site Team for Cancer Care Nova Scotia for ten years before moving to Ottawa in 2017. He is a member of the Scientific Advisory Board for Lymphoma Canada. His clinical and research interests are in clinical trials of novel therapies in lymphoma and CLL.

Dr. Gwynivere Davies is an assistant professor at McMaster University and malignant hematologist at the Juravinski Cancer Centre in Hamilton specializing in lymphoma, autologous stem cell transplant and CAR-T. She is the Division Head for Malignant Hematology, and her research interests include population and health outcomes for patients with lymphoma.

Shannon Murphy is a Hematologist and Assistant Professor at Dalhousie University and practices at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, NS. Prior to joining the Division of Hematology and Hematologic Oncology in Halifax, Dr. Murphy completed her internal medicine and hematology training at Dalhousie University, followed by a 1-year clinical lymphoma fellowship with BC Cancer in Vancouver. Her practice focuses on lymphoma and chronic lymphocytic leukemia.

Dr. Nathalie Johnson is an associate professor in the departments of Medicine and Oncology and Director of the division of Hematology at McGill University. She is a hematologist at the Jewish General Hospital in Montreal who performs translational and clinical research since 2010.  Her research focuses on studying mechanisms of therapeutic resistance to conventional and novel therapies and identifying early relapsed lymphoma using plasma circulating tumor DNA.  She is the primary investigator of several clinical trials that test novel treatments for patients with newly diagnosed or relapsed lymphoma. She is also the program director for Clinical Investigator Program at McGill University and President of the Canadian Society for Clinical Investigation (CSCI).

Jean LaMantia is a Hodgkin lymphoma cancer survivor and registered dietitian. She uses her personal experience and training in clinical nutrition to help others at every stage of their cancer experience. She has written three books, writes a popular blog and hosts webinars and classes for people with cancer, lymphedema and lipedema.  

Dr. Culos-Reed is a Professor of Health and Exercise Psychology in the Faculty of Kinesiology; Adjunct Professor in the Department of Oncology in the Cumming School of Medicine; and Director of the Health and Wellness Lab and Thrive Centre. She holds a Research Associate appointment with the Department of Psychosocial Resources at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Cancer Care, Alberta Health Services, and is a Killam Laureate. 

Alison Cumming (MATS) is a Certified Spiritual Health Practitioner at BC Cancer.   Alison has her Master’s in Theology and has post-graduate training in Clinical Psychospiritual Education by the Canadian Association for Spiritual Care, End-of-Life Doula training from Douglas College and is a licensed Minister.  She has a deep love of the arts, engaging creativity in all that she does; she is an intercessor, a vocalist and a playwright and enjoys working with pottery, watercolour and pastels as part of her self-care time.

Katherine-Ann Piedalue is a Doctor of Psychology student at Memorial University in Newfoundland, working under the supervision of Dr. Sheila Garland. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in Religious Studies from the University of Calgary. Following her undergraduate studies, Katherine-Ann continued her research in Psychosocial Oncology at the Tom Baker Cancer Centre, co-authoring several published papers on integrative oncology approaches.

 is a nurse practitioner working in complex hematology at the Saskatoon Cancer Center. She received her Masters of Nursing (Nurse Practitioner) from the University of Saskatchewan in 2022. Her areas of practice include CAR-T, non-Hodgkins lymphoma, CLL, and allogeneic stem cell transplant long term follow up.