Delphine Collin-Vézina PhD is an internationally recognized leader in mental health and child protection. Her research and social engagement contribute to the advancement of service systems for children, adolescents, and families. An inducted Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, she is a clinical psychologist, Full Professor at McGill University, Director of the Centre for Research on Children and Families, and holder of the Nicolas Steinmetz and Gilles Julien Chair in Community Social Pediatrics. Her work focuses on the development, evaluation, and implementation of innovative approaches that integrate scientific evidence into clinical practice and public policy. As Founding Director of the Canadian Consortium on Child and Adolescent Trauma (established in 2020), she convenes researchers, practitioners, policymakers, and individuals with lived experience to advance trauma-informed understanding through systemic, evidence-based innovations that promote meaningful and sustainable change, grounded in the lived realities of children and youth.

Cécile Rousseau, MD is professor at McGill University Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry and holds a Canada Research Chair in the prevention of violent radicalization. She has worked extensively with immigrant and refugee communities, developing specific school-based interventions and leading policy-oriented research. Presently her research focuses on intervention and prevention programs to address social polarization and violent radicalization.

Gregory W. Mattingly, MD has been a Psychopharmacology Instructor for over twenty years at The Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, Missouri. He earned his medical degree and residency at Washington University, where he received a Fulbright Scholarship. Dr. Mattingly has been a principal investigator in more than 500 clinical trials and his research has been published in numerous national and international journals. He is the CMO for ACCUMIN Neuroscience, a research insights and analytics company. In addition to his clinical and research practice, Dr. Mattingly has worked as a mental health consultant and evaluator for both the National Football League and Major League Baseball. Dr. Mattingly is the Past President for the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders, serves on the Scientific Program Committee for the World Federation for ADHD and is Co-Chair for the US Psych Congress.

Craig Surman, MD is Director of the Clinical and Research Program in Adult ADHD and a Staff Neuropsychiatrist at Massachusetts General Hospital. Dr. Surman investigates and educates about disorders of self-regulation as an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is co-chair of the Children and Adults with ADHD (CHADD) Professional Advisory Board, and a member of the Adult ADHD Guidelines committee of the American Professional Society of ADHD and Related Disorders (APSARD). Contributing to over 50 investigations, his work has explored the connection between Adult ADHD and comorbidities, and clarified the promise of novel behavioral, pharmacologic, and nutraceutical interventions for ADHD. Dr Surman is a graduate of Oberlin College, University of Massachusetts Medical School, and completed Harvard Medical School residency and fellowship programs in Boston.