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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Palliative Medicine; Head, Division of Palliative Care HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS University Health Network UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS Division of Palliative Medicine and Division of Medical Oncology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto AREA OF RESEARCH Our research team is studying theoretical, empirical, and methodological aspects of measuring the effectiveness...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Cardiology, Director, Ted Rogers Program in Cardiotoxicity Prevention HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Peter Munk Cardiac Center, Toronto General Hospital UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS University of Toronto AREA OF RESEARCH My research is in the field of Cardio-Oncology. This is a field that focuses on the preventing the development of cardiovascular...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Department of Biochemistry, and Biomedical Sciences Co-director, Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Transfusion Research HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS N/A UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS McMaster University AREA OF RESEARCH Dr. Ishac Nazy’s research strives to understand disease mechanisms to improve and/or develop diagnostic tools and therapeutic...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Pediatrics HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS uOttawa AREA OF RESEARCH Alex MacKenzie, an attending pediatrician at the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO), has conducted translational research on the rare pediatric disorder spinal muscular atrophy over the past 25 years; in recent...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Pediatric Critical Care, Pediatric Intensivist HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS University of Ottawa AREA OF RESEARCH Dr. McNally has two main areas of interest. First, he leads a program of research evaluating the role of vitamin D deficiency, and rapid normalization of...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Associate Professor HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Affiliate Investigator, Care of the Elderly, Bruyère Research Institute UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa AREA OF RESEARCH Professor Chantal Backman is an Embedded Researcher in the Care of the Elderly Program at the Bruyère Research Institute. Her program...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Family Medicine, Care of the Elderly HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Bruyère Continuing Care UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS University of Ottawa, Assistant Professor AREA OF RESEARCH Fields of Application: Biomedical Aspects of Human Health Disciplines Trained In: Family Medicine, Geriatrics-Gerontology Areas of Research: Aging Process, Health Services Research Specialization Keywords: Quality...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE CIHR-GSK Chair in Paediatric Clinical Pharmacology HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Children's Hospital, London Health Sciences Centre UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS University of Western Ontario AREA OF RESEARCH We have studied drug safety and efficacy issues in children across a broad number of therapeutic classes. This was has included basic and...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE Chair/Chief of Infectious Diseases HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS St Joseph's Hospital, London, ON UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS Western University AREA OF RESEARCH Fecal Microbial Transplantation in the therapy of diseases associated with Gut dysbiosis including Oncology, and metabolic syndrome. Infections in persons who inject drugs MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND/OR...

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SPECIALTY AND TITLE General Medicine, Director Performance and Privacy HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS Hôpital Académique Montfort UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS Institut Savoir Montfort AREA OF RESEARCH Access to services for minorities - health services for francophones and mental health services for minorities. Innovation in health technologies and services (AI and Digital Health) Researcher...

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