Board of Directors

Dr. Paul Gross

Treasurer, Medical Director and Co-founder

Dr. Gross is a family physician with a full-time practice at Spectrum Health, where he focuses on HIV and men’s health. Since 2009, he has also maintained a part-time practice at Vancouver Native Health Society (VNHS), which provides a full range of health care services to mainly First Nations, Inuit, Metis peoples living in and around the Downtown Eastside. He is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Practice at University of British Columbia, and is a Founder of the Dudes Club.

Dr. Lyana Patrick

Interim Chair

Lyana is a PhD candidate in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC. She was the research manager for project #2 of the Masculinities and Men’s Depression and Suicide Network, ‘Evaluating and Extending the Aboriginal Men’s Dudes Club Program’. Lyana has been involved in several Indigenous health initiatives including promotion of cultural safety training for healthcare professionals and creating culturally appropriate research materials for Indigenous communities engaging in health research.

Henry Morgan

Director

Bio soon.