Researcher of the Month
Meet the scientists conducting some of the most interesting research in Canada today.
| February 2010 Dr. Rhian Touyz Physician - Division of Nephrology -The Ottawa Hospital, Professor - Department of Medicine - University of Ottawa, Senior Scientist - Chronic Disease - Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Canada Research Chair in Hypertension January 2010 Dr. Samuel Aparicio BM, BCh, PHD, MRCPath, Nan & Lorraine Robertson Chair in Breast Cancer Research, Canada Research Chair in Molecular Oncology, Head-Dept. of Breast & Molecular Oncology, Head-Dept. of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Prof.-Pathology & Medicine, U of B.C. December 2009 Dr. Paul Fedak Assistant Professor-Department of Cardiac Sciences at the University of Calgary, Cardiac Surgeon at Alberta Health Services, Clinical Investigator at Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research November 2009 Dr. Jacques Simard Canada Researchn Chair i Oncogenetics - Laval University, Director - CIHR Team in Familial Risks of Breast Cancer, Director - Cancer Genomics Laboratory - CHUQ Research Center/CHUL Quebec October 2009 Dr. D. Lorne Tyrrell Professor of Medicine, Biochemistry, and Medical Microbiology and Immunology and Director of the Glaxo Heritage Research Institute University of Alberta September 2009 Dr. Tak Mak Director, The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research, Princess Margaret Hospital August 2009 Dr. Salim Yusuf Professor, Department of Medicine, McMaster University July 2009 Dr. Thérèse Stukel Scientist, Sunnybrook Research Institute June 2009 Prof. Timothy Caulfield Research Director of the Health Law Institute, University of Alberta May 2009 Dr. Constantin Polychronakos Director Montreal Children’s Hospital, Research Institute Endocrine Genetics Laboratory April 2009 PhD Eugenia Kumacheva Canada Research Chair in Advanced Polymer Materials, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto March 2009 Dr. Ray V. Rajotte CM, AOE, MSM, PhD, PEng FRCPC, FRCS Professor of Surgery and Medicine, Director Surgical-Medical Research Institute, Founding Scientific Director, Alberta Diabetes Institute, University of Alberta February 2009 Dr. Alain Brunet Montreal’s Douglas Mental Health University Institute Researcher and Associate Professor at the Department of Psychiatry at McGill University January 2009 Dr. Donald (Don) Woods Canada Research Chair in Microbiology and Professor at the Department of Microbiology & Infectious Diseases, University of Calgary December 2008 Dr. John MacDonald Scientific Director of Robarts Research Institute at The University of Western Ontario November 2008 Dr. Diane Finegood Scientific Director of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Institute of Nutrition, Metabolism and Diabetes and Professor at the school of Kinesiology, Simon Fraser University October 2008 Dr. Geoffrey Hicks Director of the Manitoba Institute of Cellular Biology's Mammalian Functional Genomics Centre, Associate Professor of Biochemistry & Medical Genetics at the University of Manitoba, Canada Research Chair in Functional Genomics August 2008 Dr. Lucy Gilbert Director of the Health Centre’s Gynecological Oncology Division and Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, McGill University July 2008 Dr. Ronald Barr University of British Columbia, Director of The Centre for Community Child Health Research, Vancouver and the Experience-based Brain & Biological Development Program at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research June 2008 Dr. Thomas J. Hudson President and Scientific Director of the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research June 2008 Dr. Rafick-Pierre Sékaly Professor, Immunology (University of Montreal), Scientific Director, National Immune-Monitoring Laboratory (University of Montreal), Associate Scientific Director, Basic Sciences and Strategy(Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal /CHUM) May 2008 Dr. Jack Antel Professor of neurology, neurosurgery, microbiology and immunology, McGill University May 2008 Dr. Linda Wykes Associate Professor School of Dietetics and Human Nutrition, McGill University April 2008 Dr Stewart B Harris Departments of Family Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Medicine (Division of Endocrinology) at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western Ontario March 2008 Dr. Michael Hayden Director of the Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics (CMMT) and Senior Scientist at the Child & Family Research Institute at BC Children’s Hospital February 2008 Dr. Christo Tchervenkov Director of the McGill Centre of Excellence for Congenital Heart Disease, and Director of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Montreal Children’s Hospital January 2008 Dr. Peter Swain Department of Physiology, Centre for Nonlinear Dynamics. McGill University December 2007 Dr. Lawrence Rosenberg McGill University Health Centre November 2007 Dr. Yong Kang University of Western Ontario October 2007 Dr. Vassilios Papadopoulos McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) September 2007 Dr Terry Graham University of Guelph August 2007 Dr Tony Reiman University of Alberta July 2007 Dr Gopinadhan (Gopi) Paliyath University of Guelph June 2007 Dr Elizabeth Van Den Kerkhof Queen's University May 2007 Dr. David Westaway University of Alberta April 2007 Dr Milena Corredig University of Guelph March 2007 Dr Padma Kaul University of Alberta February 2007 Dr. Joaquín (Quim) Madrenas University of Western Ontario January 2007 Dr. Alison Duncan University of Guelph December 2006 Dr. Richard Leigh University of Calgary November 2006 Dr. Rob Myers Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research, University of Alberta October 2006 Dr. Yves Berthiaume Department of Medicine, University of Montreal September 2006 Dr. Pamela A. Sokol University of Calgary August 2006 Dr. André Cantin University of Sherbrooke July 2006 Dr. James Shapiro University of Alberta May 2006 Dr. Marie-Josée Hébert Université de Montréal May 2006 Dr. Anne Gillis University of Calgary May 2006 Dr. Peter L. Davies Queen's University May 2006 Dr. Seang Lin Tan McGill University Health Center (MUHC) December 2005 Dr. Katherine Siminovitch University of Toronto November 2005 Dr. Harriet MacMillan McMaster University November 2005 Dr. Anita Gagnon McGill University November 2005 Dr. Freda D. Miller University of Toronto November 2005 Dr. Lorne A. Babiuk University of Saskatchewan November 2005 Dr. Susan P. Lees-Miller University of Calgary October 2005 Dr. Lisa A. Robinson University of Toronto October 2005 Dr. Serge Marchand Université de Sherbrooke October 2005 Dr. Sheena A. Josselyn University of Toronto October 2005 Dr. Andrew J. Roger Dalhousie University September 2005 Dr. Hue Sun Chan University of Toronto September 2005 Dr. William G. Paterson Queen’s University September 2005 Dr. Mark Loeb McMaster University September 2005 Dr. Daniel J. Drucker University of Toronto August 2005 Dr. Suryakant K. Shah Memorial University of Newfoundland August 2005 Dr. Claude Asselin Université de Sherbrooke August 2005 Dr. Brendan Barrett Memorial University of Newfoundland August 2005 Dr. Anna Janowska-Wieczorek University of Alberta August 2005 Dr. Scott MacKinnon Memorial University of Newfoundland July 2005 Dr. Claudine Rancourt Université de Sherbrooke July 2005 Dr. Laura Gillespie Memorial University of Newfoundland July 2005 Dr. Daniel MacPhee Memorial University of Newfoundland July 2005 Dr. Raymond Lai University of Alberta June 2005 Dr. Khalid Aziz Memorial University of Newfoundland June 2005 Dr. Samuel Weiss University of Calgary June 2005 Dr. Sonia Anand McMaster University June 2005 Dr. Brenda Milner McGill University June 2005 Dr. Michael Tyers University of Toronto May 2005 Dr. Erwin Schurr McGill University May 2005 Dr. Gregory Downey University of Toronto May 2005 Dr. William Ghali University of Calgary May 2005 Dr. Susan E. Quaggin University of Toronto April 2005 Dr. André Carpentier Université de Sherbrooke April 2005 Dr. Shitij Kapur University of Toronto April 2005 Dr. Hertzel Gerstein McMaster University April 2005 Dr. Brian Robinson University of Toronto March 2005 Dr. Brian Ward McGill University March 2005 Dr. Charles Boone University of Toronto March 2005 Dr. Alain Vanasse Université de Sherbrooke March 2005 Dr. Martin Post University of Toronto March 2005 Dr. Judah Denburg McMaster University February 2005 Dr. Elise F. Stanley University of Toronto February 2005 Dr. Susan P.C. Cole Queen's University February 2005 Dr. Karen D. Davis University of Toronto February 2005 Dr. Peter Szatmari McMaster University January 2005 Dr. Benjamin Alman University of Toronto January 2005 Dr. Padma Kaul University of Alberta January 2005 Dr. Robert Kerbel University of Toronto January 2005 Dr. Jane Green Memorial University of Newfoundland December 2004 Dr. Richard Collins University of Toronto December 2004 Dr. Zongchao Jia Queen's University December 2004 Dr. Amira Klip University of Toronto November 2004 Dr. Nathalie Rivard Université de Sherbrooke November 2004 Dr. Patricia Brubaker University of Toronto November 2004 Dr. Douglas P. Munoz Queen's University November 2004 Dr. Richard Camicioli University of Alberta October 2004 Dr. Terry-Lynn Young Memorial University of Newfoundland October 2004 Dr. Mark Glover University of Alberta October 2004 Dr. David Hill The University of Western Ontario October 2004 Dr. David Lillicrap Queen's University September 2004 Dr. Barbara Ballermann University of Alberta September 2004 Dr. Johanne Desrosiers Université de Sherbrooke September 2004 Dr. Michiru Hirasawa Memorial University of Newfoundland September 2004 Dr. Aziz Ghahary University of Alberta September 2004 Dr. Raymund Wellinger Université de Sherbrooke August 2004 Dr. Thomas Michalak Memorial University of Newfoundland August 2004 Prof. Timothy Caulfield University of Alberta August 2004 Dr. Janet Smylie University of Ottawa August 2004 Dr. Philip F. Halloran University of Alberta July 2004 Dr. Kuruthukulangar S. Joseph Dalhousie University July 2004 Dr. Christopher Kovacs Memorial University of Newfoundland July 2004 Dr. Victor K. Han The University of Western Ontario July 2004 Dr. Proton Rahman Memorial University of Newfoundland June 2004 Dr. Richard W. Wozniak University of Alberta June 2004 Dr. Christopher R. McMaster Dalhousie University June 2004 Dr. Jeremy S. Lee University of Saskatchewan June 2004 Dr. Guang Sun Memorial University of Newfoundland June 2004 Dr. Carmel Martin University of Ottawa May 2004 Dr. Miguel Valvano The University of Western Ontario May 2004 Dr. Stephen Bornstein Memorial University of Newfoundland May 2004 Dr. Peter K. Stys University of Ottawa May 2004 Dr. Jean-Luc Parent Université de Sherbrooke April 2004 Dr. Vivian Mushahwar University of Alberta April 2004 Dr. Fraser Rubens University of Ottawa April 2004 Dr. Ann Chambers The University of Western Ontario April 2004 Dr. Richard Rachubinski University of Alberta March 2004 Dr. May Griffith University of Ottawa March 2004 Dr. Patrick Parfrey Memorial University of Newfoundland March 2004 Dr. Carmen Loiselle McGill University March 2004 Dr. Simon Labbé Université de Sherbrooke March 2004 Dr. Louis T.J. Delbaere University of Saskatchewan February 2004 Dr. John Bell University of Ottawa February 2004 Dr. Paul Kubes University of Calgary February 2004 Dr. Zemin Yao University of Ottawa February 2004 Mary Ellen Macdonald McGill University January 2004 Dr. Robert Hegele The University of Western Ontario January 2004 Dr. Ivar Mendez Dalhousie University January 2004 Dr. Robert Day Université de Sherbrooke January 2004 Dr. Andrew Simmonds University of Alberta December 2003 Dr. Ruth McPherson University of Ottawa December 2003 Dr. Pierre Lavigne Université de Sherbrooke December 2003 Dr. Anthony Tang University of Ottawa December 2003 Dr. Robert Kisilevsky Queen's University November 2003 Dr. Sarah J. Childs University of Calgary November 2003 Dr. François Bénard Université de Sherbrooke November 2003 Dr. Howard J. Nathan University of Ottawa November 2003 Dr. Joe Casey University of Alberta October 2003 Dr. Dale Corbett Memorial University of Newfoundland |
