Research

Ejaife Agbani

Assistant Professor

Platelet biology, thrombosis and haemostasis, advanced imaging science

Andrew Braun

Professor

Type 2 Diabetes, therapeautics 

Wayne Chen

Professor

Cardiac arrhythmia, musculoskeletal, Alzheimer's

Justin Deniset

Assistant Professor

Cardio-immunology

Morley Hollenberg

Professor

Biosynthesis, peptide hormones, receptor-mediated signaling, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), steroid hormone receptors

Vaibhav Patel

Associate Professor

Perivascular adipocyte-secreted exosomes, renin-angiotensin system, smooth muscle cells, endothelial cells, vascular disease

Aaron Phillips

Associate Professor

Spinal cord injury, neurovascular regulation, neurostimulation therapy, autonomic dysfunction, vascular disease, heart disease, sympathetic nervous system 

Marc Poulin

Professor

Healthy Brain Aging and Dementia, cerebral blood flow (CBF), sleep

Christophe Altier

Professor

Neurobiology of pain, sensory neurons (nociceptors), inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cancer

Claire Arrieta

Associate Professor

Intestinal microbiota, intestinal dysfunction, intestinal microbial networks, immune system.
 

Antoine Dufour

Associate Professor

Proteases 

Simon Hirota

Associate Professor

Inflammation and tissue remodelling, Intestinal organoids, Johne's disease, Host-microbe interactions, drug metabolism/absorption

Kathy McCoy

Professor

Intestinal microbiota- immune interactions, mucosal immunology, microbial regulation of immune development and function, microbial-derived metabolites

Derek McKay

Professor

Regulation of intestinal forma, inflammatory bowel disease

Keith Sharkey

Professor

Enteric nervous system, Gut-brain axis, Endocannabinoid system, Colitis, Intestinal inflammation

Christophe Altier

Professor

Pain, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cancer

Ejaife Agbani

Assistant Professor

Platelet biology, thrombosis and haemostasis, advanced imaging science

Claire Arrieta

Associate Professor

Early-life gut microbiome, infant immune, metabolic, and neurological development

Justin Deniset

Assistant Professor 

Antoine Dufour

Associate Professor

Proteases 

Simon Hirota

Associate Professor

Inflammation, tissue remodelling, intestinal organoids, pathogenesis of Johne's disease, Host-microbe interactions and the regulation of drug metabolism/absorption

Morley Hollenberg

Professor

Biosynthesis, peptide hormones, receptor-mediated signaling, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs), steroid hormone receptors

Paul Kubes

Inflammation, innate immunity, neutrophils, macrophages, platelets during infection and sterile injury.

Andrew Leidal

Assistant Professor

Autophagy, inflammation, immunity, chronic diseases

Kathy McCoy

Professor

Intestinal microbiota- immune interactions, intestinal inflammation, inflammatory bowel disease

Derek McKay

Professor

Regulation of intestinal forma, inflammatory bowel disease

Robert Newton

Professor

Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), corticosteroids

Kamala Patel

Professor

Leukocytes 

Quentin Pittman

Professor

Chronic peripheral inflammation, colitis, neuroinflammation, neuropeptides, neuroendocrinology, fever

Donna Slater

Professor 

Pre-term birth, signaling pathways, G-protein coupled receptors (GPCRs)

Keith Sharkey

Professor

Enteric nervous system, Gut-brain axis, Endocannabinoid system, Colitis, Intestinal inflammation

Pierre-Yves Von der Weid

Professor

Lymphatic system, Crohn’s disease, arthritis and lymphedema

Christophe Altier

Professor

Pain, arthritis, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), cancer

Stephanie Borgland

Professor

Electrophysiology, behavioral neuropharmacology, circuit tracing, biosensing, reward valuation, obesegenic diets, drugs of abuse

Michael Colicos

Associate Professor

Wayne Chen

Professor

Cardiac arrhythmia, musculoskeletal, Alzheimer's

Antoine Dufour

Associate Professor

Proteases

Grant Gordon

Professor

Neuro-vascular functions, cerebral blood flow

Ken Lukowiak

Professor

Long-term memory (LTM) formation, stress

Kathy McCoy

Professor

Intestinal microbiota and neuroinflammation, gut-brain axis, microbial impact on neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders

Aaron Phillips

Associate Professor

Spinal cord injury, neurovascular regulation, neurostimulation therapy, autonomic dysfunction, vascular disease, heart disease, sympathetic nervous system 

Quentin Pittman

Professor

Chronic peripheral inflammation, colitis, neuroinflammation, neuropeptides, neuroendocrinology, fever 

Marc Poulin

Professor

Healthy Brain Aging and Dementia, cerebral blood flow (CBF), sleep

Keith Sharkey

Professor

Enteric nervous system, Gut-brain axis, Endocannabinoid system, Colitis, Intestinal inflammation

Tuan Trang

Professor

Pain, Opioids, Glia, Drug development

Richard Wilson

Professor

Cardiorespiratory control, neuronal circuits and cellular sensors, sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems, respiratory rhythm generation and chemosensitivity

Jun Yan

Professor

Neural mechanism of auditory perception and hearing deficiencies