Meet AARN

Dr. Gordon Jewett, Steering Committee Chair
Dr. Gord Jewett is an Assistant Professor and Neuromuscular Neurologist at the University of Calgary, Director of the University of Calgary’s Neuromuscular and EMG Fellowship Program and co-Principle Investigator of the Canadian Neuromuscular Disease Network (CNDR).

Dr. Gerald Pfeffer, Steering Committee Member 
Dr Gerald Pfeffer is an Assistant Professor and Clinician Scientist in the Department of Clinical Neurosciences the University of Calgary and the Hotchkiss Brain Institute.  

Dr. Sanjay Kalra, Steering Committee Member
Dr. Sanjay Kalra is a Professor and Henri M. Toupin Chair in Neurological Sciences at the University of Alberta and Director of the Comprehensive Analysis Platform to Understand, Remedy and Eliminate ALS (CAPTURE ALS).

Dr. Kelvin Jones, Steering Committee Member
Dr. Kelvin Jones is a neurophysiologist, computational neuroscientist and Associate Professor at the University of Alberta. He currently serves as the Coordinator for the Neuroscience and Mental Health Institute’s graduate student program. He is a member of the management group for the Nerve and Muscle Excitability Special Interest Group and the International Federation of Clinical Neurophysiology. 

Nancy Lyzaniwski, Steering Committee Member
Nancy Lyzaniwski is the Chair of the ALS Society of Alberta Board of Directors. She also works in government relations for the Rick Hansen Foundation.

Cathy Martin, Steering Committee Member
Cathy Martin has been involved with the ALS Society of Alberta since 2003, first serving as the coordinator of the Walk to End ALS in Edmonton before joining the Board of Directors. 

Leslie Ring Adams, Steering Committee Member
Leslie Ring Adams has been the Executive Director of the ALS Society of Alberta for two years. She has worked for the Society for 10 years, previously in Client Services. 

Kelsie Snow, Project Manager
Kelsie Snow joins AARN as the direct liaison between clinicians and researchers and the Society and ALS community. As project manager, Kelsie works with Alberta doctors, researchers and research trainees to identify, grow and fund ALS research being done in the province and to bring that information back to the Society and the community.