Experimental Medicine
Experimental Medicine offers research opportunities in the following specialties: cardiology, cancer biology, dermatology, gastroenterology, hematology/oncology, infectious diseases, molecular medicine, nephrology, neurology, and respiratory medicine. All these fields can involve patients and/or experimental animal models.
Explore our Programs in Experimental Medicine
Faculty Members in Experimental Medicine
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Garnis, Catherine | Cancer biology; Tumor progression; Oral premalignant lesions; Head and neck cancer; RNA biology, microRNAs; Alternative splicing; Biomarkers |
| Gerrie, Alina | Clinical medicine; Lymphoid Cancer; Leukemia; genomics; Population-based outcomes; Cellular therapy; Quality of life; Survivorship |
| Goerges, Matthias | Electronic health (e-Health); Health information systems (including surveillance); Expert systems technologies in artificial intelligence; Anesthesiology; Medical devices; Human-computer systems and interface; Bio-signal processing and analysis; Digital health; predictive analytics; decision support systems; Critical Care Medicine; Biomedical Technologies; Health Care Technologies; Human Computer Interaction and Design; Medical informatics; Software Development; patient-oriented research; Data sharing / open data |
| Gonzalez-Montaner, Julio Sergio | Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, development of antiretroviral therapies and management strategies |
| Gregory-Evans, Cheryl | Tissue fusion during development, Aniridia, retinal therapeutics |
| Gregory-Evans, Kevin | retina, stem cells, gene therapy, retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt’s disease, Best’s disease, x-linked retinoschisis, electroretinography., Eye, novel molcular approaches in the treatment of retinal disease, cell-based therapeutics ofr age-related macular degenration and retinitis pigmentosa, molecular defects underlying retinal disease |
| Grunau, Brian | Anaphylaxis and allergic reactions in the emergency department; Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, resuscitation and E-CPR; Pre-hospital care |
| Hackett, Tillie-Louise | Molecular determinants of COPD, small airway obstruction, angiotensin signalling, defective airway epithelial differentiation in asthma, human lung cell repository |
| Harriman, David | Kidneys and Urinary System |
| Harris, Kevin | Evidence to Innovation; Preventive Cardiology; Cardiovascular Outcomes; Interventional Pediatric Cardiology |
| Hoffman, Bradford | Understanding how the genes critical to endocrine pancreas development, as well as ?-cell function and proliferation are regulated is essential for the development of novel strategies for the production of insulin-secreting cells, and for improving the efficacy of available transplantable material. |
| Janssen, Patricia | Health sciences; Public and population health; Gestation / Parturition; health of marginalized women; Lifestyle Determinants and Health; maternal child health; mobile health for pregnancy and parenting; Perinatal Period; social determinants of health |
| Jiang, Xiaoyan | Cancer drug development and therapeutics |
| Ju, Myeong Jin | Medical and biomedical engineering; algorithms for quantitatively imaging biological dynamics in human retina; cellular resolution functional retinal imaging systems; Medical Imaging; optical imaging systems; signal processing algorithms |
| Kalia, Sunil | Skin Cancer; Optics and Photonics; Skin Disorders; Epidemiology; optics; photobiology; dermatoepidemiology; Cancer |
| Karsan, Aly | Hematological tumours; Cancer molecular targets; Leukemia; Hematopoiesis; Genomics and epigenomics; Noncoding RNAs; Aging |
| Kastrukoff, Lorne | MS; human immunology and multiple sclerosis particularly T-cell responses and most recently NK or natural killer cell responses |
| Kelleher, Dermot | immune response to many of the leading causes of gastrointestinal infectious disease worldwide |
| Keown, Paul Anthony | immune response in transplantation and autoimmune disease, and ranges from molecular genetics to healthcare economics |
| Kissoon, Niranjan | Sepsis and critical care |
| Kitson, Clifford Neil | biological membranes that form the permeability barrier of the skin, and in how these properties may be altered in common and uncommon disorders of the skin |
| Kobor, Michael | Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Genetic medicine; Genomics; Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics; molecular biology; Social Epigenetics |
| Kolind, Shannon | Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; brain; Imaging; MRI; medical physics; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Neurological Disease; spinal cord |
| Kopp, Janel | Genomics; Modeling cancer; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic development |
| Krahn, Andrew | management of cardiac arrhythmias; investigation of genetic causes of arrhythmias, causes of loss of consciousness and implantable arrhythmia device monitoring |
| Krassioukov, Andrei | autonomic dysfunctions following spinal cord injury (SCI) |
| Krausz, Reinhard | addiction, complex concurrent disorders, E -Mental Health, Internet based healthcare, vulnerable urban populaton, Psychosis, opiate addiction, e-mental health, internet based healthcare, vulnerbale urban population, trauma, homelessness and mental health |
| Krüsi, Andrea | Criminalization of sexuality; Health, safety and wellbeing of marginalized cis and trans women |
| Krystal, Gerald | Blood research, immunology, inflammation, effect of diet on cancer |
| Lacaille, Diane | General internal, Arthritis & Joint Health |
| Lack, Nathan | late-stage prostate cancer |
| Lallous, Nada | Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Cancer progression and metastasis; Cancer molecular targets; Biochemistry; Biophysics; Cancer biology; Therapeutics; Protein research; Drug resistance; transcription factors |
| Lam, Stephen C | Lung cancer, optical imaging, tomography, spectroscopy |
| Lange, Dirk | Ureteral stents; antifouling coatings; antimicrobial coatings; device complications |
| Lavoie, Pascal | Neonatal Immunity, Infection/Inflammation, Inheritance/Genetics of Neonatal Morbidities, Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease |
| Lester, Richard | Infectious diseases; Digital health; Mobile health (mHealth); Precision Public Health; Patient-centered care; Global Health |
| Leung, Janice | |
| Levin, Adeera | Hypertension/Renal Transplantation; Medical Education; Outcome/Evaluation Method Applied to Renal Patients |
| Levings, Megan | Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells |
| Li, Linda | Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Patient and citizen engagement research; Patient-centered care; Mobile health (mHealth); Health counselling; Health promotion and disease prevention; Physical therapy; Care |
| Lim, Chinten James | Cancer progression and metastasis; Solid cancer tumours; Hematological tumours; tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; integrin cell adhesion and migration; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology |
| Lima, Viviane Dias | Aging process; Population health interventions; Health promotion and disease prevention; HIV; Aging; Epidemiology; Statistics; mathematical modelling |
| Liu-Ambrose, Teresa | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Healthy Aging; exercise; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activity; Mobility; Neuroimaging; Sleep |
| Loree, Jonathan | Cancer; Carcinoid tumors |
| Loucks, Catrina | Medical, health and life sciences; Pharmacogenomics; Pain management; Medical Genetics; Model organism genetics; Drug reactions |
| Luciani, Dan | Cell metabolism; Cell differentiation, proliferation and death; Organelle function; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Diabetes; Pancreatic beta-cell function and failure; Mitochondrial physiology; Lysosomal physiology; Cell calcium signalling; Cell stress signalling; Mechanisms of cell death; autophagy; Cellular senescence; fluorescence microscopy |
| Lui, Harvey | lasers; skin disease; psoriasis; dermatology; pigmentary disorders; vitiligo; applied optics; photomedicine; photodynamic therapy, Dermatology, photomedicine, lasers, psoriasis, vitiligo, dermatologic education |
| Lunken, Genelle | Clinical nutrition; Human nutrition and dietetics, n.e.c.; Gastroenterology; Personalised nutrition therapies; Dietary fibre; Inflammatory bowel disease; Gut microbiome; Food additives |
| Lyons, Christopher | Pediatric Ophthalmology; Oculoplastics |
| Madden, Kenneth | Geriatrics and gerontology; Exercise interventions; Sedentary Behaviour; Syncope; Falls Prevention; Sarcopenia; Machine Learning |
