Faculty
Anatomy
Assistant Professor of Clinical Anatomy | PhD (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Bioscience of Health & Disease
![Andronowski, Janna M.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Andronowski-JM-CLS-180x214.jpg)
Assistant Professor of BioMedical Sciences | Ph.D. (The University of Tennessee, Knoxville)
High-resolution 3D imaging of bone microstructure and the related study of bone adaptation, aging, and disease.
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![Church, Jon](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/church_jon-180x187.jpg)
Professor | Ph.D Toronto
Mechanisms of EGF-medicated signal transduction; EGF-mediated growth inhibition; Breast cancer and communications research.
![Dore, Jules](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/dore_jules-160x229.jpg)
Associate Professor of Cell Biology | B.Sc. UBC, M.S. Florida, Ph.D. Tennessee
Regulation of Cell Growth.
![Dorward, Ann](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Ann Dorward-180x119.jpeg)
Associate Professor of BioMedical Sciences | PhD (McMaster)
Mouse models of reproductive disorders and cancer; genetic and epigenetic regulation.
![Esseltine, Jessica](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/700_Esseltine-180x77.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Cancer and Development | PhD (University of Western Ontario)
![Gendron, Robert](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/image001-180x162.jpg)
Professor of Cancer/Cardiovascular Biology, and Cross Appointment with Oncology | Ph.D. (McGill University)
Regulation of blood vessels in development and disease.
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![Kao, Ken](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/kao-180x182.jpg)
Professor of Oncology | B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. Toronto
Development of the vertebrate embryo -- the role of the Rel proto-oncogene in the formation of the nervous system of amphibians.
![Kendall, Edward](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Kendall_Ed04-166x229.jpg)
Professor, BioMedical Sciences | BSc (Dalhousie) MSc (Dalhousie) PhD (Guelph)
My research covers various aspects of biomedical imaging for both pre-clinical and clinical applications. Current projects include: automated analysis of medical images and radiation management in x-ray imaging. I offer a course (Med 6106) on diagnostic imaging modalities tailored for biomedical students.
![Leitges, Michael](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/MLeitges_photo-180x207.jpg)
Professor of BioMedical Sciences | PhD
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cell Signaling and Translational Medicine
![Paradis, Hélène](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/H-Paradis-WEBSITE-12-5-19-web-layout3-180x196.bmp)
Professor of Vascular Molecular Biology/Pediatric Cancers | B.Sc., Ph.D. Montreal
Development and Cancer to Ocular Health and Aging
Cardiovascular and Renal Sciences
![Fraser, Graham M.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/2017-EB-Head-Shot-Crop-180x219.jpg)
Associate Dean (Acting), Associate Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences | PhD (University of Western Ontario)
microcirculation, oxygen transport, mass transport, blood flow regulation, sepsis, type 2 diabetes, preeclampsia, and inflammation
![Karwi, Qutuba](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Professional Photo Karwi_Qutuba_20230831_0001-180x225.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences I BSc in Pharmacy (Hon), MSc in Pharmaceutical Sciences, PhD in Pharmacology (Cardiff University, Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom)
Alterations in Cell Metabolism in Age- and Mitochondrial-Associated Diseases
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![Stuyvers, Bruno D.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Picture-15-4-180x209.jpg)
Professor of Cardiac & Renal Physiology | PhD (INSERM-France)
Cellular regulations of electrophysiology and force development of ischemic heart.
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![Tabrizchi, Reza](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/tabrizchi-reza-180x226.jpg)
Professor of Pharmacology (Cardiovascular) | B.Sc.(Hons.) Sunderland, M.Sc., Ph.D. British Columbia
Cardiovascular Pharmacology; Heart Failure; Venous circulation; Receptor kinetics.
![Zechariah, Anil](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Profile-new-180x210.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences | PhD (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
Vascular regulatory mechanisms and their significance in cardiovascular and neurological diseases.
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Human Genetics & Genomics
![Benoukraf, Touati](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Benoukraf_MUN-163x229.jpeg)
Canada Research Chair in Bioinformatics for Personalized Medicine | Associate Professor of Genomics & Bioinformatics | PhD (Aix-Marseille II)
Epigenomic drift mechanisms in cancers and neurodegenerative diseases using integrative omics analytics.
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![French, Curtis](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/French_Curtis_04052016_004-163x229.jpg)
Associate Professor of Genetics | PhD (Alberta)
![Savas, Sevtap](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Sevtap-Savas-17.jpg)
Professor, Human Genetics Cross appointment with Oncology | B. Sc., M.Sc., PhD (Bogazici)
Associate Professor, Discipline of Genetics | PhD (Memorial)
![Young, Terry-Lynn](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/T4-2-152x229.jpg)
Professor, Discipline of Genetics | PhD (Memorial)
![Zhai, Guangju](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Guangju-Zhai-President-Award-20171024_0937-168x229.jpg)
University Research Professor | PhD (Tasmania)
Immunology and Infectious Disease
![Grant, Michael](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Grant_Michael_20230501_0003-180x225.jpg)
Professor of Immunology | PhD, McMaster 1993; MSc, UBC 1989; BSc, UBC 1978
Immunology of chronic viral infection in relation to aging.
![Hirasawa, Kensuke](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/hirasawa_ken-159x229.jpg)
Professor of Immunology | PhD University of Tokyo
Virus infection and cellular signaling pathways.
![Kaushik, Deepak](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Kaushik_20221027_0001_2-180x225.jpg)
Assistant Professor of Immunology | Ph.D. (National Brain Research Centre, India)
Understanding the immuno-metabolic signaling within myeloid cells including monocytes and macrophages during multiple sclerosis (MS) pathology, an inflammatory and degenerative condition of the central nervous system
![Law, John](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Law_John (002).jpg)
Assistant Professor of BioMedical Sciences | B.Sc. and Ph.D. (University of Alberta)
Characterize virus-host interaction focusing on replication and the humoral immune response.
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![Russell, Rod](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Russell-2020-179x144.jpg)
Professor of Virology and Immunology | Vice Dean, Research and Graduate Studies | President, Canadian Society for Virology | Editor-in-Chief, Viral Immunology | Ph.D. McGill University
Molecular Virology of Hepatitis C Virus.
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Neurosciences
![Chen, Xihua](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/chen_x-174x229.jpg)
Professor of Neurosciences (Biological Psychiatry) | M.B. China, Ph.D. Cambridge
Regulation of dopamine neurons.
![Hirasawa, Michiru](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/230926-1018-Michiru-Hirasawa-0259-180x120.jpg)
Professor of Neurosciences | PhD, DVM
Neurobiology of Obesity; Cancer Neuroscience
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![Moore, Craig S.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Moore_Craig-20140617-22-tn-171x229.jpg)
Associate Professor (Neuroimmunology) | PhD Dalhousie
Neuroimmunology, inflammation, multiple sclerosis, and glial cell differentiation.
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![Parsons, Matthew](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Parsons_Matthew-180x166.jpg)
Associate Professor of BioMedical Sciences (Neurosciences) | PhD Memorial
Synaptic neurotransmission and neurodegenerative disease.
![Ploughman, Michelle](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/ploughman-180x119.jpg)
Professor of Medicine (Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation) | BScPT (Dalhousie), MSc (MUN), PhD (MUN), Postdoctorate (Atlantic endMS Research & Training Network)
![Stachniak, Tevye](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Stachniak_Tev_20230123_0001_Unedited-180x224.jpg)
Assistant Professor of BioMedical Sciences (Neuroscience) | PhD McGill University; MSc University of Alberta
Synaptic physiology and pharmacology; G-protein-coupled receptors; psychiatric disorders.
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![Vanderluit, Jacqueline L.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Vanderluit-179x229.jpg)
Professor of Neurosciences | Ph.D. University of British Columbia
Neural stem cell biology, neurogenesis, neural regeneration, stroke.
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![Yuan, Qi](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Qi Yuan-168x229.jpg)
Professor of Neurosciences | PhD (Memorial University)
Mechanisms of learning, memory and memory diseases.
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Affiliated Faculty
Belbin, Thomas - B.Sc., Ph.D., Memorial | |
Associate Professor and GSK Research Chair, Discipline of Oncology
(Cross Appointment with the Division of Biomedical Sciences) |
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Brown, Robert – PhD, .B.Sc. (Hons.), University of Ottawa
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Assistant Professor of BioChemistry - Cross Appointed from BioChemistry | |
Cheema, Sukhinder - Ph.D., Biochemistry (Post Graduate Institute of Medical Education & Research, Chandigarh, India), M.Sc. Biochemistry (Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana, India), B.Sc. (Punjab University, Chandigarh, India)
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Professor of Biochemistry - Cross Appointed from BioChemistry |
Christian, Sherri - B.B.(Hons), Alberta, Ph.D. British Columbia | |
Cross appointed from Biochemistry
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Cousins, Patricia - Ph.D., Memorial University
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Adjunct Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences
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Daneshtalab, Noriko - B.Sc., Ph.D., Alberta | |
Cross appointed from Pharmacy
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Hodgkinson, Kathleen - Ph.D. (Memorial) | |
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology
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Jason Huan - Full Stack Software Engineer
Professional Associate of BioMedical Sciences
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Jiang, Xianta – PhD, Simon Fraser University & Zhejiang University
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Assistant Professor of Computer Sciences, Cross Appointed from Computer Sciences
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Kovacs, Christopher - M.D., B.A. Queen's, FRCPC, FACP, FACE | |
University Research Professor
Professor of Medicine (Endocrinology and Metabolism) / Obstetrics & Gynecology, and BioMedical Sciences - Cross appointed from Medicine |
Larijani, Mani - Ph.D., Honors B.Sc., University of Toronto | |
Adjunct Professor, Immunology and Infectious Diseases
(Cross Appointed to Oncology) |
Mandal, Sanat - M.Sc. Bandaras, Ph.D. Calcutta | |
Adjunct Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences
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Moore, G. R. Wayne - BSc, Memorial University of Newfoundland, MD, CM, McGill University
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Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of British Columbia - Adjunct Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences
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O'Rielly, Darren - Head, Molecular Genetics & Centre for Translational Genomics, Eastern Health, Clinical Assistant Professor, Cross Appointed from Discipline of Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University, Adjunct Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences
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Pearcey, Gregory - PhD, University of Victoria; MSc, Memorial University; BKin, Memorial University
Clinical Exercise Physiologist, Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology - Assistant Professor of Biophysical Aspects of Human Movement - Cross Appointed from Human Kinetics and Recreation
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Pena-Castillo, Lourdes - PhD (Magdeburg) | |
Professor in Computer Science
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Power, Kevin – B. Kin. Memorial, MPE Memorial, PhD Manitoba, CSEP-CEP
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Associate Professor of BioChemistry - Cross Appointed from Human Kinetics and Recreation - Acting Associate Dean of Undergraduate Studies, HKR | |
Qi, Dake – Ph.D. Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, M.D. Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China | |
Adjunct Professor, Division of BioMedical Sciences |
Rahman, Proton - MD (Memorial), FRCPC | |
Associate Dean, Clinical Research
Professor of Medicine (Rheumatology) |
Vasdev, Sudesh - B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D., D.V.M. Punjab, FACB | |
Professor of Medicine, and Director Renal Laboratory - Joint Appointment with Medicine
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Weber, John - B.S. Biology, M.S. Pharm, Ph.D. Virginia | |
Associate Professor of Pharmacy - Cross appointed from Pharmacy
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Yilmaz, Yildiz - PhD (Waterloo) | |
Assistant Professor, Department of Statistics
and Discipline of Genetics |
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Zendel, Benjamin – BA., University of Calgary, MA., Ph.D. University of Toronto
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Associate Professor & Canada Research Chair in Aging and Auditory Neuroscience – Cross Appointed from Community Health and Humanities |
Retired Faculty
![Carayanniotis, George](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/carayanniotis-159x229.jpg)
B.Sc., U. of Patras, Greece Ph.D., U. of Toronto (Immunology) | Professor of Medicine
Immunoregulation of Thyroid Disease.
![Drover, Sheila](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Sheila-Drover-171x229.jpg)
Honorary Research Professor, Associate Professor of Immunology | M.Sc., Ph.D. Memorial
Regulation and expression of peptide-dependent HLA epitopes in different antigen-presenting cells; HLA epitopes associated with disease susceptibility and resistance.
![Gillespie, Laura](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Laura-Gillespie-headshot-2019-180x162.jpg)
B.Sc., Ph.D. Ottawa | Professor of Molecular Oncology
Molecular mechanism of signal transduction during growth factor/oncogene-induced cell differentiation; Identification of early response genes to fibroblast growth factor.
![Green, Jane](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Jane-Green-180x221.jpg)
OC, ONL, BSc, MSc (UBC); PhD (Memorial), CCMG (hon), FCAHS | Discipline of Genetics (Cross Appointed to Surgery [Ophthalmology], Medicine, Oncology)
![Harris, MD, June A.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/harris_june-180x224.jpg)
B.Sc., B.P.E., M.D., Memorial | Professor Emeritus, Professor of Anatomy
B.Sc., M.S., Ph.D. Michigan State University | Professor Emeritus
![McLean, John](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/McLean_John-180x216.jpg)
PhD Dalhousie | Professor of Neuroscience and Anatomy
[Neuroscience] A window on promoting memory.
![Mearow, Karen](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/mearow_karen[1]-175x229.jpg)
B.Sc., M.Sc. Brock, Ph.D. McMaster | Professor of Neuro/Molecular Biology
Cellular and molecular mechanisms that are involved in neuronal survival and axonal growth.
![Michalak, Thomas I.](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Michalak2-179x229.jpg)
M.D. Ph.D. Warsaw | Professor Emeritus, Honorary Research Professor Professor of Molecular Virology and Medicine (Hepatology) Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Molecular Virology
Virus-host interactions in immunopathogenesis of liver diseases; molecular biology and immunology of hepatitis B and C virus persistence; immunotherapy of viral hepatitis.
![Paterno, Gary](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/paterno_gary-169x229.jpg)
B.Sc., M.Sc. Toronto, Ph.D. Ottawa | Professor of Oncology
Role of growth factor-related oncogenes in development; Characterization of pattern formation genes.
![Smeda, John](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Smeda_J-149x229.jpg)
B.Sc.(Hons.), M.Sc. Brock, Ph.D. McMaster | Professor of Cardiovascular/Renal Physiology
Alterations in the cerebrovasculature associated with hemorrhagic stroke development; The role of the kidney and renin angiotensin system in the production of hemorrhagic stroke; The role of endothelium in the production of posthemorrhagic vasospasm; The electrophysiological and pharmacological mechanism promoting the autoregulation of cerebrovascular blood flow.
![Van Vliet, Bruce](/medicine/biomed/our-people/faculty/Van Vliet, Bruce-176x229.jpg)
B.Sc. Toronto, Ph.D. Saskatchewan | Professor of Cardiovascular/Renal Physiology
Nervous control of blood pressure; Sympathetic control of renal function; Blood pressure variability; Reflex control of cardiac metabolism.