Expertise

Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatric Medicine. clinical and research interests are wide-ranging and include polypharmacy and de-prescribing, frailty and perioperative assessments in older adults.

Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial and Metabolic Regulation in Health and Disease. Assistant Professor, DBMS. Research will elucidate how dysfunction(s) in mitochondria can lead to, or worsen obesity, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.

Canada Excellence Research Chair in Immunophysiology and Immunotherapy. Research to understand immune mechanisms of homeostasis and new disease treatments

Associate Professor, Dept Rehabilitation Therapy. Research focuses on evaluation and rehabilitation of sarcopenia and skeletal muscle dysfunction in people with chronic disease.

Former Canada Research Chair in Mitochondrial Dynamics and Translational Medicine. Professor, Department of Medicine. Director of the Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME). Researching how disorders of mitochondrial structure occur and how they control vital cell functions, including cell division, programmed cell death, and metabolism.

Associate Professor/adjunct faculty Dept. of Pathology. Cytogenomics, Biomarker discovery for neurodegenerative disease

Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology. Research to understand mechanisms by which different intensities and different types of exercise improve mitochondrial function and effect on health & disease.

Assistant Professor, Dept. of Kinesiology. Research to understand cellular and molecular mechanisms underpinning the adaptive response of skeletal muscle to nutrition, exercise training, and immobilization.

Former Canada Research Chair in Neuroscience. Professor DBMS. Measuring and analyzing eye movements to gain insight into brain function and dysfunction: this research will identify new biomarkers for diagnosing neurological and psychiatric conditions, and may lead to new treatments that improve cognitive function.

Associate Professor Dept. of Pathology. Research to understand microRNA-mediated gene regulation in health and disease.

Professor DBMS. Co-Founder & CSO Kinarm. Research into how different regions of the brain are involved in motor control and learning. Developed a robotic device called KINARM that can both sense and perturb planar arm movements.

Canada Research Chair in Biomedical Computing and Informatics. Assoc. Professor School of Computing & DBMS. Director, Centre for Health Innovation. Research uses statistical and machine-learning approaches to generate mechanistic models that attempt to explain human biology.

Professor of Political Theory, Dept. of Political Studies. Major research project for a new manuscript on the social significance of “geroscience”- the science of healthy aging.

Professor and Director, School of Rehabilitation Medicine. Cross-Appointed to School of Policy Studies. Research program focuses on developing, implementing and evaluating self-management programs and rehabilitation services to enhance the health and well-being of people affected by multiple sclerosis