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Meet Our Experts - Research Experts

UHN is home to three research institutes, with more than 300 principal investigators and 350 postdoctoral and clinical fellows. For more information about UHN's research institutes or to speak to a researcher in a specific area, please contact the appropriate Public Affairs contact person listed below.

  UHN Research Experts  
Toronto General Research Institute (TGRI)

Director: Dr. Richard D. Weisel

 
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Behavioural Sciences and Health
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Cell and Molecular Biology
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Clinical Decision Making and Health Care
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Clinical Investigation and Human Physiology
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Experimental Therapeutics
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Genomic Medicine
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Clinical Studies Resource Centre
TGRI Web site
Toronto Western Research Institute (TWRI)
Director: Dr. Peter St George Hyslop
 
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Applied and Interventional Research
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Cell and Molecular Biology
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Outcomes and Population Health
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Clinical Studies Resource Centre
TWRI Web site
Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI)
Director: Dr. Ben Neel
 
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Cancer Informatics
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Cell and Molecular Biology
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Epidemiology, Statistics and Behaviour
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Experimental Therapeutics
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Medical Physics
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Molecular and Structural Biology
OCI Web site
The Campbell Family Cancer Research Institute, part of OCI
Director: Dr. Ben Neel
  • basic mechanisms of cancer development and therapy
  • high content tumour banking, advanced molecular profiling, biomarker identification
  • translating discoveries into new therapies
Advanced Medical Discovery Institute - part of OCI
Director: Dr. Tak Mak
 
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Development of Transgenic Models (to study human diseases including disorders of the immune system and disorders of cell growth)
The Campbell Family Institute for Breast Cancer Research - part of OCI
Director: Dr. Tak Mak
 
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Research and development of more effective drugs and therapies for breast cancer
The McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine
Director: Dr. Gordon Keller
  Origins & Models of Disease
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Cause and development of disease
Repair & Regeneration Focus
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Heart disease
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Diabetes
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Spinal cord Injury & neurodegenerative diseases
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Blood cell disorders
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Lung disease
New Tools for Discovery
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Testing toxicology effects of new drugs
McEwen Centre Web site

View the UHN Research 2007/08 Annual Report

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