Durhane Wong-Rieger Wong-Rieger

Dr. Durhane Wong-Rieger is President and CEO of the Canadian Organization for Rare Disorders. She is Co-Chair of the Implementation Advisory Group of Canada’s National Strategy on Drugs for Rare Diseases. Internationally, she is President of the Asia Pacific Alliance of Rare Disease Organisations, treasurer of the United Nations Nongovernmental Committee for Rare Diseases, member of the International Research Consortium on Rare Diseases (IRDiRC) and member of the RDI-Lancet Commission on Rare Diseases. Beyond rare, she serves as board member of From Targeted Testing to Treatments (FT3). She has a PhD in Psychology from McGill University and past professor at University of Windsor. Dr. Wong-Rieger is a certified health coach, frequent lecturer and trainer. She has authored three books and multiple articles.