Health sciences

Miller, William

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Occupational therapy

Milloy, Michael-John

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Infectious diseases; Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; medical cannabis; overdose; HIV disease; people who use drugs; Substance use disorder

Mitchell, Cameron

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Kinesiology; Aging; molecular biology; Muscle hypertrophy; Nutrition; Physical performance; Protein metabolism; Resistance training; Sarcopenia

Mitton, Craig

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health care administration; Health sciences; Public and population health; Health Policies; Health care resource allocation

Morgan, Steven

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health policy; Economics of health care; Health services and systems; Access to medicines; Health care policy; Pharmacare; Pharmaceutical pricing; Prescribing appropriateness; Comparative policy analysis; Health care financing

Mortenson, Ben

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Occupational therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Accessibility; Assistive technology; Caregiving; Mobility; Outcome measures; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation; Robotics; Social Aspects of Aging; Social participation; Spinal cord injury

Muralidharan, Shruti

Faculty of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow

Electronic health (e-Health); Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Digital health; Behaviour change; Non-communicable disease prevention

Murphy, Rachel

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Health sciences; Human nutrition and dietetics; Public and population health; Aging; Cancer prevention; Community Health / Public Health; Nutrition; Nutrition and Cancer; Obesity

Nelson, Brad

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Cancer immunology and immunotherapy; Cell Therapy of Cancer; Cell therapies; Clinical trials; Oncolytic viruses; T cell engineering

Nethery, Elizabeth

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Postdoctoral Fellow

Obstetrics and gynecology; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Population health interventions; Women's reproductive health; perinatal epidemiology; Midwifery and obstetrics; Diabetes in pregnancy; Contraception

Nimmon, Laura

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Qualitative research; medical education; Health Professions Education; Social network analysis; Human connection; Interdependence; Social theories; Social power; Palliative Care

Norman, Moss

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Kinesiology; Community and public health; Critical weight studies; Indigenous Studies in Kinesiology; Indigenous physical cultures; Masculinities; Socio-Cultural Studies

Norman, Wendy

Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health equity; Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Fertility and maternal health; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Population health interventions; Health services and systems, n.e.c.; Family planning; Health services and policy research; Contraception; Abortion; Population health equity research; Applied public health and population health intervention research; Health professional scope of practice research

Oberle, Eva

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public and population health; Other education; Adolescent Mental Health/ Social-Emotional Wellbeing; Positive youth development; Promoting mental health and wellbeing through schools; Risk and resilience; Research with population-level data; Social and emotional learning in schools

Ojukwu, Emmanuela

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Social sciences; Humanities and the arts; Racial and gender health disparities and inequities; African, Carribbean and Black Immigrant Health; Women, Maternal-Infant, Youth Health; Psycho-social and Socio-ecologic determinants of health; Mental health, HIV/AIDS and other STIs; intersectionality

Oliffe, John

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Care; Sociology and related studies; Men's Health Promotion; Male Depression and Suicide; Psychosocial Prostate Cancer Care; Smoking Cessation

Oviedo-Joekes, Eugenia

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; Substance Use; person-centered care in addiction; injectable opioid agonist treatment; Harm reduction

Palepu, Anita

Division of General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health services and systems; homeless; Addiction; housing; Epidemiology; health care utilization; safe medication prescribing

Patrick, David

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Public and population health; Antibiotics and Resistance; Pharmacoepidemiology; Responding to the Threat of Antimicrobial Resistance at Population Level; Response to Emerging Infectious Diseases; Linking Antibiotics in Infancy to Risk of Atopy

Pearce, Margo

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Peebles, Erin

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Health equity; Environmental, developmental and social factors of youth health; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; medical education; equity, diversity, inclusion; social determinants of health

Pike, Ian

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health promotion and disease prevention; Child and Youth Injury Prevention; Safety-oriented culture; Indigenous child injury prevention; Social Marketing; Child Passenger Safety; Risky play; Drowning prevention

Pollock, Courtney

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; impact of neurological changes associated with aging, disease and injury on motor control; motor control of walking balance and balance reactions

Pouladi, Mahmoud

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Genetic medicine; Fragile X syndrome; Huntington disease; Neurodegenerative diseases

Puterman, Eli

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Kinesiology; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Acute exercise; cellular aging; chronic stress; Exercise interventions; Health Psychology; Physical Activity; Physical literacy; Stress physiology; telomeres

Puyat, Joseph

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Epidemiology; Biostatistics and Public Health Practice; Psychopharmacoepidemiology; mental health; Mental Health Services

Rangel Bousquet Carrilho, Thais

Faculty of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); perinatal epidemiology; Nutritional Epidemiology; Maternal and child health

Ranger, Manon

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurodevelopment; Clinical nursing, secondary (acute care); neurodevelopment; Early-adversity; Biomarkers of early stress exposure; Brain development; pain; Prematurity

Robillard, Julie

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Medical and biomedical engineering; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Patient experience/patient engagement; social media; Assistive technology; Neuroethics; Brain health technology; Artificial Intelligence; Dementia; mental health; Social robots; pediatrics

Ross, Colin

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Care; Genomics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); Biomedical Technologies; Drug Metabolism; Gene Therapy; Gene-based therapeutics; Pharmacogenomics; Precision Medicine; transgenic models

Sadatsafavi, Mohsen

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Respiratory diseases; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Epidemiology; Biostatistics; Respiratory Research

Schmidt, Julia

Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Occupational therapy; Trauma / Injuries; cognition; Neurological diseases; Cognitive impairment; neuroscience; rehabilitation; Self-awareness; Self-identity; Traumatic Brain Injury

Scott, Alexander

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; musculoskeletal; Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair; orthopaedics; physical therapy; physiotherapy; sports medicine

Shadgan, Babak

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors); Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Orthopedics; Sports medicine; Bone, skin and cartilage science; Central nervous system; Implantable Biosensing; sensor and system design, clinical application development; Wearable Biosensors; design and application development in health care and exercise sciences; Musculoskeletal, Sports & Exercise Medicine; Bone Fracture Healing; Spinal Cord Injuries

Shahidi, Neal

Division of Gastroenterology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Gastroenterology; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Large non-pedunculated colorectal polyp; Polyposis; Colorectal neoplasia; Endoscopic resection; Early esophageal cancer; Early gastric neoplasia; Barrett's esophagus

Shannon, Kate

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Ethical, legal, and social issues in health, health systems and health research; Population health interventions; Social oppression and marginalization; equitable sexual health care; reproductive care and justice; structural interventions & policy evaluation; health equity & social justice

Sheel, William

School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Animal physiology, exercise; Kinesiology; airways, exercise, hypoxia, pulmonary physiology, respiratory muscle

Slaunwhite, Amanda

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Public and population health; illicit drug poisoning (overdose); Substance Use; mental health; prison health; health inequities; health geography

Small, Jeff

School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other health sciences; communication; Dementia; strategies; memory training; hearing loss; Accessibility; Stigma

Socias, Eugenia

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Infectious diseases; Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Infectious disease epidemiology; Immunology of Infectious Diseases; HIV & Hepatitic C care; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; HIV; Tuberculosis; Pharmacology; HIV Prevention; Health Services; Hepatitis C; Tropical Diseases; Vulnerable populations; Gender/sexual minorities; Sex workers; Opioid use disorder; substance use disorders; alcohol use disorders; addiction medicine

Staples, John

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Other medical sciences; 'Before medically advised' hospital discharge; Unplanned hospital readmission; Problematic substance use (including opioids and cannabis); Medical risk factors for motor vehicle crash

Stirling, Peter

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Cancer; cancer genetics; Cell; DNA repair; Genome Instability; Genotoxins; Molecular Genetics; Stress responses

Subramaniam, Sriram

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Medical, health and life sciences; Structural Biology; cryo-electron microscopy; drug discovery; Cryo-electron tomography; Antibody design; Protein therapeutics; COVID-19 therapeutic design; Infectious disease; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning

Sutherland, Jason

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Health care administration; Access to care; Healthcare costs; Health systems; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Quality; Surgery; Regional variations in healthcare access, cost and quality

Taubert, Stefan

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other health sciences; Gene regulation and expression; Transcriptomics; Genomics; Aging; beta cells; C. elegans; Diabetes; Gene Regulation and Expression; Gene regulation; Genetics of Aging; genomics; Hypoxia; Metabolism; Molecular Genetics; Mouse; stress; Stress and Cancer; Stress responses; Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism; Transcription

Thompson, Wade

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health services and systems; ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit; deprescribing; polypharmacy

Tremlett, Helen

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; prodrome,; Drug safety and effectiveness; Pharmacogenomics; comorbidities; health administrative data; Gut microbiome; prodromes

Turgeon, Ricky

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cardiology and circulatory sciences (including cardiovascular disease); Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Heart failure pharmacotherapy; Acute coronary syndromes / myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular risk reduction (lipid-lowering therapy, antiplatelet therapy); Cardiovascular safety of medications; Drug Effectiveness; Evidence-based practice; Shared decision making; Point-of-care decision aids / decision support tools; Knowledge translation / implementation; Risk calculators / clinical prediction tools; Pharmacist scope of practice

Van Raamsdonk, Catherine

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Genetic medicine; Health counselling; cancer genetics; Developmental Genetics; Human Cancer Genetics; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Molecular Genetics; Mouse Genetics and Transgenesis; Oncogenesis; Pigmentation

Veenstra, Gerry

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Health equity; Sociology, n.e.c.; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status and health; racial health inequalities; Bourdieusian field theory, lifestyle practices and health; culture and class; Quantitative Methods; Sociology of soccer