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Translational Medicine Graduate Faculty

Dr. Anne Ellis

Dr. Anne Ellis

Graduate Program Director

Immunology
Molecular Biology 
Allergy


Dr. Mark Ormiston

Dr. Mark Ormiston

Graduate Program Co-Director, TMED 800 Course Chair

Regenerative Cardiovascular Medicine

Dr. Stephen Archer

Cardiology
Pulmonary Hypertension
Cardiovascular Diseases

Dr. Yuka Asai

Dermatology
Immunology, Inflamation and Infectious Disease
Allergy

 

Dr. David Berman

High impact cancer tests for bladder and prostate cancer 
Discovery and evaluation of novel biomarkers and therapeutic targets

 

Dr. Gord Boyd

Neurology
Critical Care

Dr. Michael Brundage

Oncology
Public Health Sciences

Dr. Che Colpitts

Dr. Che Colpitts

Graduate Program Committee Member

Virus-host interactions, focusing on positive-sense RNA viruses such as Flaviviridae (hepatitis C virus and dengue virus) and Coronaviridae (HCoV-229E and SARS-CoV-2).

Dr. DJ Cook

Translational Stroke research
Pre-clinical Validation of Stroke Therapy
Neuroplasticity and Stroke Recovery

Dr. Chris Cotton

Microeconomics
Public and Development Economics
Labour, Health, Education and Welfare

 

Dr. Kerstin de Wit

Traumatic brain injury in older patients
Deep vein thrombosis 

Dr. Sarah Dick

Cardiac Immunology

Dr. Geneviève Digby

Quality Improvement (QI) in healthcare, particularly in terms of efficient resource utilization, timeliness of care, guideline adherence, and QI education

Dr. Nicolle Domnik

Respirology
Cardiopulmonary physiology
Exercise and sleep influence breathing for patients with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) and Obstructive Sleep Apnea (OSA) 

Dr. Kimberly Dunham-Snary

Mitochondrial genetics and dynamics
Cardiovascular diseases
Mollecular and cellular biology

 

Dr. Jennifer Flemming

Hepatology
Gastroenterology
Epidemiology 

Dr. Katie Goldie

Nursing
Palliative care
Evaluation of health services 
Epidemiology 
Systematic reviews 

 

Dr. Nader Ghasemlou

Translational Pain Research
Neuroimmunology
Circadian Biology



Dr. Sudeep Gill

Geriatric Medicine

Dr. Timothy Hanna

Health technology assessment
Global oncology
Cancer therapy 
Malignant melanoma
Non-melanoma skin cancer

Dr. Annette Hay

Hematology
Oncology
Clinical Trials


Dr. Charlie Hindmarch

Genomics
Transcriptomics and Molecular Medicine

Dr. Rachel Holden

Nephrology
Cardiovascular System

Dr. Paula James

Dr. Paula James

Deputy Department Head of Medicine

Hematology
Bleeding Disorders 

Dr. Amer Johri

Cardiology

Dr. David Lillicrap

Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Molecular Hemostasis

Dr. Christopher Lohans

Microbiology
Biochemistry



Dr. Alan Lomax

Neuroimmunology
Gastroenterology

Dr. Chris McGlory

Cellular and molecular mechanisms 
Muscle proteins
Metabolism
Nutrition 
Physiology

Dr. David Maslove

Critical Care Medicine

Dr. Don Maurice

Biomedical and Molecular Medicine
Biochemistry
Cell Biology
Pharmacology

Dr. Daniel Mulder

Pediatric gastroenterology
Immunophenotyping techniques for IBD patients

Dr. Akihiro Nakamura

Rheumatology
Identifying novel therapeutic targets and disease-specific markers for inflammation and new bone formation in SpA using techniques such as spatial gene mapping and single-cell analysis for immune cells and stromal cells.

Dr. Lynne Marie Postovit

Dr. Lynne Marie Postovit

Head, Department of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences

Ovarian Cancer
Cancer Biology and Epigenomics

Dr. Jamie Purzner

General Neurosurgery
Neurooncology 

 

Dr. Teresa Purzner

Dr. Teresa Purzner

Graduate Program Committee Member

General Neurosurgery
Neurooncology 

 

Dr. Michael Rauh

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS)
Myeloid innate immunity

Dr. Damian Redfearn

Cardiology

 

Dr. David Reed

Dr. David Reed

Graduate Program Committee Member

Gastroenterology

Dr. David Rodrigues

GI motility disorders (such as achalasia and gastroparesis), disorders of gut-brain interaction (such as functional dyspepsia and irritable bowel syndrome).
Medical Education  
Qualitative and quantitative research methodology 

Dr. Jacob Rullo

Ophthalmology
Ocular microenvironment 
Understanding intraocular immune mechanisms

Dr. Prameet Sheth

Microbiology
Microbiome

Dr. Garima Shukla

Neurology
Epilepsy
Sleep Medicine

 

Dr. Amber Simpson

Artificial Intelligence
Biomedical Computing

Dr. Chris Simpson

Cardiology
Electrophysiology

Dr. Samuel Silver

Nephrology
Kidney Disease

Dr. David Taylor

Medical Education

Dr. Stephen Vanner

Gastroenterology

Dr. Jadgeep  Walia

Novel gene therapies for inherited and acquired neurodegenerative disorders
(Tay-Sachs, Sandhoff diseases and AB variant)
Genetic, epigenetic and metabolic changes in autism



Dr. Gavin Winston

Neurology
Cognitive Disorders
Epilepsy
Biomedical Big Data
Robotic Techologies in Cognitive Assessment

 

Dr. Karen Yeates

Dr. Karen Yeates

Graduate Program Committee Member

Nephrology
Global Health