Dr. Evdokia Anagnostou, MD, is the Vice President of Research and Director of the Bloorview Research Institute. She is a senior clinician scientist, co-lead of the  Autism Research Centre , Canada Research Chair in translational therapeutics in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and the inaugural Dr. Stuart D. Sims Chair in Autism.

Melanie Penner, MD MSc FRCP(C) is a developmental paediatrician at Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital and a senior clinician scientist at the Autism Research Centre in the Bloorview Research Institute. She is the Bloorview Childrens Hospital Foundation Research Chair in Developmental Pediatrics.