Committees

Local Organizing Committee
John Petrila, J.D., LL.M. (Chair)
Professor, Department of Mental Health Law & Policy
University of South Florida
USA  

Corine de Ruiter, Ph.D. (IAFMHS President)
Professor of Forensic Psychology
Department of Clinical Psychological Science Maastricht University
The Netherlands  

Sarah L. Desmarais, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mental Health Law & Policy / Community & Family Health
University of South Florida
USA  

Kevin S. Douglas, LL.B., Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Coordinator, Law and Forensic Psychology Program
Department of Psychology Simon Fraser University
Canada  

Ronald Roesch, Ph.D. (IAFMHS Past President)
Publications Liaison - IAFMHS
Director, Mental Health, Law & Policy Institute
Simon Fraser University
Canada

Program Committee

Trish Martin, D.N. (Chair)
Director of Nursing Research/Associate Professor
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health/Monash University
Australia

Roger Almvik, Ph.D.
Head of Research Department, St. Olav's Hospital, Forensic Dept. Bröset
Norwegian University of Science & Technology
Norway  
 

Keith R. Cruise, PhD, MLS
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology
Fordham University
USA

Michael Daffern Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Centre for Forensic Behavioural Science
Monash University
Australia  

Vivienne De Vogel, Ph.D.
Head of Research Department, Van der Hoeven Kliniek
The Netherlands  

Michiel de Vries Robbé, MSc
Researcher, Van der Hoeven Kliniek
The Netherlands  

Sarah L. Desmarais, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Mental Health Law & Policy / Community & Family Health
University of South Florida
USA  

Dr. Derek Eaves
Executive Director, IAFMHS
Canada  

Frans Fluttert, Ph.D.
Senior Researcher FPC Dr. S. Van Mesdag, The Netherlands
Ass. Professor, Molde University College
Centre for Research and Education in Forensic psychiatry
Oslo University Hospital
Norway  

Robert A. Leark, Ph.D.
Professor, Forensic Psychology
California School for Forensic Studies
Alliant International University, San Diego
USA  

Caroline Logan, D.Phil
Consultant Forensic Clinical Psychologist in the NHS
Honorary Research Fellow at the University of Manchester
United Kingdom  

Tessa Maguire, RN
Clinical Nurse Educator
Victorian Institute of Forensic Mental Health
Australia  

Rüdiger Müller-Isberner, M.D.
Medical Director, Vitos Haina Forensic Psychiatric Hospital
Germany  

Tonia L. Nicholls, Ph.D.
Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar
Senior Research Fellow
Forensic Psychiatric Services Commission
BC Mental Health & Addiction Services
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia
Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychology, Simon Fraser University
Canada  

Prof. Thierry H Pham, Ph.D.
Centre de Recherche en Défense Sociale
Forensic Psychology, UMons University
Belgium  

Ronald Roesch, Ph.D.
Publications Liaison - IAFMHS
Simon Fraser University, Mental Health, Law & Policy Institute
Canada

Sandy Simpson FRANZCP
Clinical Director, Law and Mental Health Program
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Associate Professor and Head
Division of Forensic Psychiatry
Department of Psychiatry
University of Toronto
Canada  

Susanne Strand, Ph.D.
Associate Professor in Criminology
Mid Sweden University, Department of Health Science
Sweden