Women’s digital health award winners announced

OTTAWA – Digital Health Canada announced the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health at Canada Health Infoway’s Partnership Conference in Ottawa. Launched in 2017 by Digital Health Canada, the annual Women Leaders in Digital Health Award is unique among power lists and award programs in that it welcomes nominations for women at any stage of their career progression and is inclusive of all women of influence, no matter where they might be in the health IT field. The 2024 winners are listed by category below.

2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health: Emerging Professional

Charlene Chu                                              Denika McPherson
Assistant professor,                                       Senior business advisor,
University of Toronto                                    Ontario Ministry of Health

2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health: Leader

Elizabeth Keller                                               Dr. Lydia Sequeria
National business development                        Director of service programs and
Leader, public sector, Canada                            innovation implementation,
(Healthcare) Amazon Web Services                 Kids Help Phone

2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health: Executive

Dr. Amanda Louise Caissie
Medical director of the Cancer Care Program Oncology Transformation Project, Nova Scotia Health Authority

Anne Tran Fazzalari
VP, Digital transformation & chief information officer, Canadian Pharmacists Association

Patricia Janssen
CEO, SmartParent Mobile Health

Joby McKenzie
Managing director, Teladoc Health Canada

Alisa Simon
Executive vice president, e-Mental health transformation and chief youth officer, Kids Help Phone

Loreen Wales
CEO and founder, My Viva Inc.

Digital Health Canada congratulates the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health!

The award is open to all women working in the Canadian digital health community at all stages of their career from Emerging Professionals (first 7 years in the profession) to Leaders (within their department or organization) to Executives (representing Director level and up). Each year, up to ten new Women Leaders in Digital Health are selected for recognition of their achievements in the previous year by an adjudication committee of industry peers.

Thank you to the 2024 Women Leaders in Digital Health Adjudication Committee members: Akorede Adekoya (Fraser Health); Emily Hogan (Accenture); Kelly Klein (University Health Network); Erica Pederson (Saskatchewan Health Authority); Sayeh Radpay (HumanisRx); Saara Rajan (Provincial Health Services Authority); Sunil Rajput (Alberta Innovates); Abbas Zavar (OntarioMD).

Visit digitalhealthcanada.com to learn more about the awards.

About Digital Health Canada
Digital Health Canada connects, inspires, and empowers the digital health professionals creating the future of health in Canada. The CHIEF Executive Forum is where public and private sector leaders from across Canada come together to share insights, exchange best practices, address professional development needs, and offer their expertise in setting the agenda for the effective use of information and technology to improve health and healthcare in Canada. Learn more at digitalhealthcanada.com.