William Montelpare, PhD is a senior professor holder of the Margaret and Wallace McCain Chair in Human Development and Health at the University of Prince Edward Island. He has been a professor for over 36 years teaching graduate and undergraduate courses in health, human physiology, research methods and design, biostatistics and epidemiology. For the past 8 years he has been the research lead for the Province of Prince Edward Island on the CIHR primary and integrated healthcare innovations network, and in that capacity he has managed several grants and research projects.
Dr. Montelpare is a member of the Canadian College of Reviewers, a longtime member of the editorial board for the American Journal of Health Behavior, a member of the Banting Post-doctoral Review Board, and reviewer for the Canadian Institutes for Health Research since its inception in early 2000. Additionally, he has been an external adjudicator for PhD and Masters level thesis, and as the invited external examiner for individuals intending to advance from Associate to Full Professor. His experience, specifically in the field of Equine Assisted Services, has been since 2017 when he began collaborating on projects associated with the Atlantic Veterinary College.