Dr. Berman is a widely respected clinician, researcher and thought leader and serves as CEO and Scientific Director of the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) Research Institute and as Vice President, Research at CHEO. He is also a Full Professor of Paediatrics and Cellular and Molecular Medicine at the University of Ottawa, having previously served as Professor of Pediatrics, Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology at Dalhousie University, and interim Vice President, Research, Innovation and Knowledge Translation for the IWK Health Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Dr. Berman is also well known for his systems-thinking approach and pioneering research in zebrafish modelling of childhood cancer and orphan diseases. He is past- President of the Canadian Society of Clinical Investigation, President of the Canadian Haematology Society, and is a founding member of the Canadian Rare Disease Models and Mechanisms Network.