Meet Our Speakers
Leading researchers and clinicians from around the world will share their latest insights and innovations at BIW 2027.
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Nathalie Vergnolle
Dr. Nathalie Vergnolle is the Director of the Research Institute for Digestive Health in Toulouse, France, where she leads the “Gut Protease Signals” team. An expert in gastrointestinal inflammation and pain, she has earned international recognition for her pioneering research and collaborations across academia and industry.
Speakers
Tamara Bodnar
University of Calgary (Canada)
Sean Colgan
University of Colorado (USA)
Thiago Cunha
University of São Paulo (Brazil)
Robert Dickson
University of Michigan (USA)
Karen Edelblum
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai (USA)
Brian Gulbransen
Michigan State University (USA)
Zeinab Hosseinidoust
McMaster University (Canada)
Kathryn Howe
University of Toronto (Canada)
Phillip Karpowicz
University of Windsor (Canada)
Catherine Larochelle
Université de Montréal (Canada)
Amy Lee
Simon Fraser University (Canada)
Christopher Lucas
The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Charles Parkos
University of Michigan (USA)
Georgia Perona-Wright
The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Lynne Prince
The University of Sheffield (UK)
Colin Reardon
UC Davis (USA)
June Round
University of Utah (USA)
Christina Thornton
University of Calgary (Canada)
Jerrold Turner
Harvard Medical School (USA)
Chairs
Kim Barrett
UC Davis (USA)
Céline Deraison
INSERM, Toulouse (France)
Rodger Duffin
The University of Edinburgh (UK)
Mark Frey
University of Southern California (USA)
Simon Keely
The University of Newcastle (Australia)
Stephen Keely
Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Lisa Osborne
University of British Columbia (Canada)
Lisa Reynolds
University of Victoria (Canada)
Cormac Taylor
University College Dublin (Ireland)
Banff Inflammation Workshop (BIW 2027)
January 21–24, 2027
Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Banff, Alberta, Canada
Organized by: Inflammation Research Network, University of Calgary
Contact: biw@ucalgary.ca
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