IMS Faculty Highlights

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Dr. Dany Weisz is an associate professor in the Department of Paediatrics and a neonatal intensivist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre. His research focuses on the epidemiology and management of patent ductus arteriosus among preterm infants, the evaluation and management of transitional hemodynamics, and chronic pulmonary hypertension.

Dr. Laura Avila is a staff physician in the Division of Haematology/ Oncology at SickKids. She leads a research program in long-term outcomes of pediatric thrombosis. Her research interests are focused on measurement in medicine, observational and longitudinal studies and outcome prediction.

Dr. Lindsay Jibb (RN PhD) is a scientist-track investigator with Child Health Evaluative Sciences at the SickKids Research Institute and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto’s Lawrence S. Bloomberg Faculty of Nursing. Dr. Jibb currently holds the Signy Hildur Eaton Chair in Pediatric Nursing Research at SickKids and the University of Toronto. Her research is focused on pursuing better ways to understand and optimize the psychosocial health of those affected by childhood cancer—particularly through family research partnerships.

Dr. Victor M. Tang is a psychiatrist and scientist at CAMH. His research focuses on the development of novel therapeutics in the field of addiction psychiatry through translational neuroscience, brain stimulation, and innovative approaches to treatment delivery.

Dr. Matthew R. Lincoln is a clinician-scientist at the BARLO Multiple Sclerosis Centre. His lab uses genetic and epigenetic techniques to identify molecular mechanisms that cause and sustain multiple sclerosis.

Dr. Bryan Coburn is a clinician-scientist in the Division of Infectious Diseases at the University Health Network. His research interest is observational and interventional studies of human microbiomes, including clinical trials of microbiome targeting interventions in infectious and non-infectious diseases. His lab is in the MaRS complex (PMCRT). He is cross-appointed in Medicine, Immunology and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology.

Dr. Boris Hinz is Keenan Research Chair in Fibrosis Research at St. Michael’s Hospital, Unity Health and University of Toronto Distinguished professor in Tissue Repair and Regeneration. He studies the role of contractile myofibroblasts in physiological tissue repair and in causing pathological tissue fibrosis.

Dr. Liisa Galea studies hormonal influences on neuroplasticity, with a focus on dementia and stress-related psychiatric disorders. Her research goal is to improve brain health by examining the influence of sex and sex hormones in health and disease.

Dr. Michael Ko is a thoracic surgeon at Unity Health Toronto (St. Joseph’s Site) and is an assistant professor in the Department of Surgery. His basic science research interests are in cell cycle checkpoint and centrosome regulation as it relates to carcinogenesis.

Dr. Matthew J. Burke is a cognitive neurologist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Center and is cross appointed between Psychiatry and Neurology. His research focuses on investigating complex topics at the interfaces between psychiatry, neurology and neuroscience.

Dr. Paul Krueger, Associate Professor Emeritus, is an epidemiologist with research experience in primary care, long-term care, palliative care, and public health. He has taught a variety of graduate level research methods courses and has an expertise in survey design and implementation methods.

Dr. Sean Nestor is an interventional psychiatrist at Sunnybrook. His research involves the use of neuroimaging to optimize neuromodulation therapies such as transcranial magnetic stimulation and deep brain stimulation for treatment resistant psychiatric disorders.

Dr. Heather Baltzer is a hand surgeon and surgeon investigator at UHN. She is an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. Her research focuses on the pathobiology of hand osteoarthritis and development of smart digital prosthetic devices.

Dr. Abhi Bhaskaran is a cardiologist at Toronto General Hospital. His focus of research is on improving outcomes in ventricular tachycardia ablation. He is the PI for MASIV study, “MRI assisted substrate ablation in VT” and co PI for the non-invasive VT ablation using radiotherapy.

Dr. Steve Lin is an emergency physician at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an associate professor at the University of Toronto. His translational research program (research. unityhealth.to/lin) is dedicated to improving outcomes in cardiac arrest patients.

Dr. Benjamin Lok is a radiation oncologist clinician-scientist at the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre. His lab is interested in DNA repair, novel therapeutic development, and translational lung cancer research.

Dr. Frances Chung is UHN ResMed Research Chair of Anesthesia, Sleep, & Perioperative Medicine and Uof T professor. Her research interests are in perioperative medicine, cognitive screening tools, obstructive sleep apnea, and patient safety (https//:stopbang.ca).

Dr. Mahavir Agarwal is a psychiatrist at CAMH working on understanding the mechanisms underlying metabolic dysfunction in mental illness, with specific focus on insulin signaling in the brain, and discovering new treatments for these abnormalities.

Dr. Mohammad Qadura is a vascular surgeonscientist at St. Michael’s Hospital, and an assistant professor at the University of Toronto. His research interests include discovering biomarkers for peripheral arterial disease and personalization of antiplatelet therapy in vascular disease patients.

Dr. Daniel Felsky leads the Whole Person and Population Modelling Group (felskylab.com) in the Krembil Centre for Neuroinformatics at CAMH. His team explores the interplay of biological, social, and environmental factors in mental health across the lifespan using big data.

Dr. Brodie Nolan is an emergency physician and trauma team leader at St. Michael’s Hospital and a transport medicine physician for Ornge. His research interests are in trauma, prehospital care and patient safety.