What's new in the Ivey Chair?
We are proud to be apart of the new Drug Safety Laboratory, which offers early diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity syndrome and screening for susceptible patients. Please click here for more information.
Upcoming Events...
Our 7th Annual Ivey Symposium, "What You Need to Know When You Treat Pregnant Women with Psychiatric Conditions" which took place on October 16th, 2012 was a very successful event with lots of positive feedback. Please keep an eye out for information regarding our 8th Annual Ivey Symposium which will take place in Fall 2013. Our theme is still to be determined...
Recent articles published by members of the Ivey Chair...
- More codeine fatalities after tonsillectomy in North American children
- Neonatal benzodiazepines exposure during breastfeeding
- Hair cortisol as a biological marker of chronic stress: current status, future directions and unanswered questions
- N-acetylcysteine as a novel prophylactic treatment for ifosfamide-induced nephrotoxicity in children: translational pharmacokinetics
- Safety assessment in pediatric studies
- The in vitro platelet toxicity assay (iPTA): a novel approach for assessment of drug hypersensitivity syndrome
- Codeine, ultrarapid-metabolism genotype, and postoperative death
- Hair mercury levels of women of reproductive age in Ontario, Canada: implications to fetal safety and fish consumption
- Defining a lowest observable adverse effect hair concentrations of mercury for neurodevelopmental effects of prenatal methylmercury exposure through maternal fish consumption: A systematic review
- Ifosfamide nephrotoxicity in children: a mechanistic base for pharmacological prevention
- In vitro testing for the diagnosis of anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: a systematic review
- Patch Testing for the diagnosis of anticonvulsant hypersensitivity syndrome: a systematic review
- An assessment of cortisol analysis in hair and its clinical applications
- N-Acetylcysteine prevents ifosfamide-induced nephrotoxicity in rats
- Ontogeny of drug elimination by the human kidney
- Safety of codeine during breastfeeding
The Ivey Consensus in Molecular and Clinical Toxicology
The Ivey Consensus statements are created by teams of experts to advise clinicians, scientists and the public in areas of uncertainty or controversy related to human toxicology.
In all cases these statements are externally reviewed and published in the peer review literature:
- DEET-based insect repellents: Safety implications
- Designing pregnancy centered medications
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Generic Isotretinoin: a new risk for unborn children
- Is maternal use of selective serotonin harmful to neonates?
- Medications that can kill a toddler
- Ontogeny of drug elimination by the human kidney
- Ribavirin in the treatment of SARS
About Us
The tremendous advance in therapeutics has not been matched by development of similar knowledge of their safe use in patients. Just as concerning, increased environmental risks for human health have not been investigated systematically and require major investments. The Ivey Chair in Molecular Toxicology fosters research, education, and clinical practice in human toxicology by conducting original academic work and by bringing together scientists from all sites of UWO, as well as academic institutions around the world.
We currently offer a course under the department of Physiology and Pharmacology, focusing on human toxicology through case based learned. For more information on our course Human Toxicology 4660a, please click here.
Recent Email from one of our students...
Dear Dr. Koren,
I received an email last week regarding your book,"The Children of Neverland", that you awarded to those of us in PharmTox 4660a who received over 85% in your course... I was delighted to discover the lovely message that you wrote in the front cover of the book. I cannot convey to you how much this book means to me. .... I thoroughly enjoyed your course, and learned a lot from it which I have since applied to many of my other medical science courses. The passion that you possess for your area of study is quite evident, and I hold an infinite respect for your curious mind and ambitious spirit. Thus, in closing, please know that you have not only lifted my spirits with this book, but also inspired me to continue to strive for excellence in my studies and elsewhere. I look forward to the read!
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