Faculty Directory
Assistant Professor
Catherine O'Brien PhD
Research Interests
The focus of Dr.O’Brien’s lab is to identify the molecular pathways responsible for driving tumour growth in colorectal cancer. The ultimate goal being to utilize this knowledge to devise improved therapeutic strategies for colorectal cancer.
Professor
Bev Orser MD, PhD, FRCPC
Research Interests
Effects of anaesthetics on ligand-gated ion channels, second messenger systems, electrophysiology, clinical studies of anaesthetics.
Professor
Mark Palmert MD, PhD
Research Interests
Puberty, Diabetes, Hormones, Genetics, Brain Structure
Professor
Zdenka Pausova MD
Research Interests
Obesity and cardio-metabolic disease in adolescence; Eating behavior, addiction and the adolescent brain; Human epigenome in health and disease; Induction of brown fat as a protection against diet-induced obesity
Associate Professor
John Peever PhD
Research Interests
Neurobiology of sleep and sleep disorders
Professor
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Head of the Division of General and Thoracic Surgery
Agostino Pierro OBE, MD, FRCS(Eng.), FRCS(Ed), FAAP
Research Interests
Research is directed towards Neonatal Intestinal Disorders Requiring Surgery, including: Necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC), Acute Intestinal Injury, Stem Cells, Intestinal organoids and Randomized Controlled Trials (RCT)
Professor
Martin Post PhD
Research Interests
The aim of my research is to understand the fundamental biological and physiological mechanisms that direct lung development and the impact of preterm birth on this process.
Professor
Steve Prescott PhD, MD
Research Interests
Computational neuroscience (neural coding, dynamical systems theory, information theory), neuronal excitability, synaptic transmission, pain processing.
Assistant Professor
Amy Ramsey PhD
Research Interests
Our lab studies NMDA receptors, focusing on their role in the pathophysiology of schizophrenia and the treatment of depression. Current projects in the lab examine the plasticity of neural circuits that are relevant to schizophrenia, and the changes in synaptic biochemistry and morphology that occur when NMDA receptors are dysfunctional.
Associate Professor