SPECIALTY AND TITLE

Clinical Pharmacology, Professor

HOSPITAL AFFILIATIONS

London Health Sciences Centre

UNIVERSITY AFFILIATIONS

Western University

AREA OF RESEARCH

Personalized Medicine
Pharmacogenomics
Drug Metabolism and Transport

MAJOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE AND/OR HEALTH CARE DELIVER

In 2008, we established Canada’s first Personalized Medicine Clinic here at London Health Sciences Centre, and we have become well known locally, regionally, nationally, and internationally, for providing pharmacogenomic-based personalized medicine to our patients. As a part of our program, we have enrolled a large cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), to aid in the selection of safe and effective IBD therapies. A tangible example of our success in translation of pharmacogenomics to patient care is demonstrated by the approval of pre-treatment DPYD genotype testing prior to 5-fluorouracil or capecitabine chemotherapies in April 2023 by the Ontario Ministry of Health.