Faculty Members

Alison Allan

Alison Allan

Department Chair & Professor (Joint Appointment with Oncology)

Research Interests / Specializations: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis, translational research, development of blood biomarkers of metastasis.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 443A; London Regional Cancer Program, LHSC, Victoria Research Labs, Rm. A4-132
519.661.4054; 519.685.8600 Ext. 55134
aallan3@uwo.ca
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Brian Allman

Brian Allman

Associate Professor & Associate Chair Clinical Anatomy

Medical Sciences Building, Room 474
519.661.2111 Ext. 88689
brian.allman@schulich.uwo.ca
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Michele Barbeau

Michele Barbeau

Assistant Professor & Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies

Medical Sciences Building, Room 491
519.661.2111 Ext. 86756
michele.barbeau@schulich.uwo.ca
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Nathalie Berube

Nathalie Berube

Professor (Basic Scientist in Paediatrics)

Research Interests / Specializations: Epigenetic regulation of brain development through the study of proteins that modulate chromatin structure
LRCC VRL A4 138
519.685.8500 Ext. 55066
nberube@uwo.ca
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Tyler Beveridge

Tyler Beveridge

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Using a fundamental understanding of human anatomy to improve surgical technique and post-operative outcomes. Our present research interests include collaborations in the fields of Urology, Plastics and Orthopaedics.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 486
519.661.2111 Ext. 86819
tbeverid@uwo.ca

Arthur Brown

Arthur Brown

Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Design and development of experimental therapies to improve recovery and regeneration after spinal cord injury, brain injury and stroke.
Robarts Research Institute
519.663.5777 Ext. 24308
abrown@robarts.ca
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David Cechetto

David Cechetto

Professor Emeritus (active)

Gediminas Cepinskas

Gediminas Cepinskas

Professor, Cross Appointment with Medical Biophysics)


Andrew Deweyert

Andrew Deweyert

Assistant Professor

Vanessa Dumeaux

Vanessa Dumeaux

Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment with Oncology)

Research Interests / Specializations: Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, immune responses to cancer, gut microbiome, genomics, data science, bioinformatics, translational research
Medical Sciences Building, Room 432
519.661.2111 Ext. 86806
vdumeaux@uwo.ca
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Sandrine De Ribaupierre

Sandrine De Ribaupierre

Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Clinical Neurological Sciences)

Research Interests / Specializations: Epilepsy, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Paediatric Neurosurgery
LHSC-VH
519.685.8500 Ext. 58107
sderibau@uwo.ca
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Martin Duennwald

Martin Duennwald

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: The Duennwald lab explores the role of protein misfolding and cellular protein quality control in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Our research combines work in yeast models, cultured mammalian cells, in vitro biochemistry, and pathological studies.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 404
519.661.2111 Ext. 86874
martin.duennwald@schulich.uwo.ca
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Anna Farias

Anna Farias

Lecturer - Windsor Campus

519.253.3000 Ext. 4313
afarias@uwindsor.ca

Lauren Flynn

Lauren Flynn

Professor (Joint Appointment with Chemical & Biochemical Engineering)

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of cell-based regenerative strategies for soft connective tissue regeneration, therapeutic angiogenesis, and wound healing; Design of cell-instructive biomaterials for stem cell culture and delivery.
Dental Science Building, Room 00061A
519.661.2111 Ext. 87226
lauren.flynn@uwo.ca
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Douglas  Hamilton

Douglas Hamilton

Professor, (Cross Appointment with Dentistry)

Research Interests / Specializations: Pathology of impaired wound healing; design of novel biomaterials for soft tissue regeneration; cellular mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix synthesis
Dental Sciences Building, Room 0071
519.661.2111 Ext. 81594
dhamil2@uwo.ca
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Victor Han

Victor Han

Professor, (Cross Appointment with Paediatrics)

519.685.8500 Ext. 58306 
vhan@uwo.ca
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Lisa Hoffman

Lisa Hoffman

Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Medical Biophysics)

Research Interests / Specializations: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, positron emission tomography, non-invasive imaging of migration of satellite cells
LRI E5-118
519.646.6100 Ext. 61472
lhoffman@lawsonimaging.ca

Jibran Khokhar

Jibran Khokhar

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Preclinical imaging for mental illness and addiction, Treatment Development, Development of pre-clinical models based on GWAS findings, Behavioural Neuropsychopharmacology
Medical Sciences Building, Room 472
519.661.2111 Ext. 86815
jkhokha@uwo.ca
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Dale Laird

Dale Laird

Professor & Assistant Dean, Research Chairs & Awards

Research Interests / Specializations: Research program focusses on the role of gap junction proteins (connexins) and a related family of large-pore channel forming proteins (pannexins) in human health and disease.
Dental Sciences Building, Room 00077
519.661.2111 Ext. 86827
dale.laird@schulich.uwo.ca
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Patrick Lajoie

Patrick Lajoie

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Models of protein folding diseases, aging, Huntington’s Disease, mechanisms of transcription, yeast genetics, design of fluorescent reporters and live cell imaging
Medical Sciences Building, Room 438
519.661.2111 Ext. 88220
plajoie3@uwo.ca
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Peeyush Lala

Peeyush Lala

Professor Emeritus (active)

Research Interests / Specializations: Research in our laboratory investigates cellular and molecular mechanisms at the fetal-maternal interface responsible for human placental development in health and disease, and those responsible for invasion and metastasis in breast cancer with a goal to prevent certain fetal-maternal maladies, and to develop new modes of breast cancer therapy.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 436
519.661.3015
pklala@uwo.ca
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Steven Laviolette

Steven Laviolette

Professor

Medical Sciences Building, Room 468
519.661.2111 Ext. 80302
steven.laviolette@schulich.uwo.ca
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Charys Martin

Charys Martin

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Specializes in anatomy undergraduate medical education. Research focuses on evidence-based medical education.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 487
519.661.2111 Ext. 87128
charys.martin@uwo.ca
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Sarah McLean

Sarah McLean

Assistant Professor & Director, Schulich Education Enhancement Division (Joint Appointment with Physiology and Pharmacology)

Medical Sciences Building, Room
519.661.2111 Ext.
sarah.mclean@schulich.uwo.ca
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Adrian Mendez

Adrian Mendez

Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Otolaryngology)

London Health Sciences Centre - Victoria Hospital
519.685.8058
amendez3@uwo.ca

Derek Mitchell

Derek Mitchell

Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)

Research Interests / Specializations: Interests include cognitive neuroscience approaches to emotional processes and empathy, and determining their role and modification in various psychiatric and neurological disorders.
Western Interdisciplinary Building, Room 5120
519.661.2111 Ext. 84862
dmitch8@uwo.ca
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Corey Moore

Corey Moore

Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Otolaryngology)

St. Joseph's Health Care
519.646.6383
corey.moore@lhsc.on.ca

Michelle Mottola

Michelle Mottola

Professor (Joint Appointment with Kinesiology)

Research Interests / Specializations: Best-practice strategies for a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy and post-delivery, how exercise and a healthy lifestyle impact women at risk for and diagnosed with diabetes or obesity during pregnancy and their babies up to one year of age, and the effects of exercise during pregnancy on mother and fetus.
3-M Centre, Room 2214
519.661.2111 Ext. 85480 
mmottola@uwo.ca 
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Hossein Noyan

Hossein Noyan

Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences)

Research Interests / Specializations: Educational research, cardioprotective and neuroprotective strategies, and microscopy and imaging methods
Natural Sciences Centre, Room 240
hnoyan@uwo.ca
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Armen Parsyan

Armen Parsyan

Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Surgery and Oncology)

Research Interests / Specializations: Breast cancer development and progression, modern translational breast cancer models, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in breast cancer, role of the immune system in breast cancer development and progression
St. Joseph’s Health Care Centre, Room D1-204
519.646.6244
tracey.doak@sjhc.london.on.ca
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Silvia Penuela

Silvia Penuela

Associate Professor & Associate Chair, Research

Research Interests / Specializations: Cell biology and function of pannexin channels in healthy tissues and their dysregulation in cancer.
Dental Sciences Building, Room 00061B
519.661.2111 Ext. 84735
spenuela@uwo.ca
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Marco Prado

Marco Prado

Professor (Joint Appointment with Physiology & Pharmacology)

Robarts Research Institute
519.663.5777 Ext. 24888
mprado@robarts.ca
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Vania  Prado

Vania Prado

Professor (Joint Appointment with Physiology & Pharmacology)

Robarts Research Institute
519.661.2111 Ext. 24889
vprado@robarts.ca
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Raj Rajakumar

Raj Rajakumar

Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)

Research Interests / Specializations: Novel strategies for disease modifying intervention in human neurodegenerative disorders
Medical Sciences Building, Room 464
519.661.2111 Ext. 80521
nrajakum@uwo.ca
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Stephen  Renaud

Stephen Renaud

Assistant Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Reproductive biology and immunology, with a focus on development of the placenta and what goes wrong during pregnancy complications.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 428
519.661.2111 Ext. 88272
srenaud4@uwo.ca
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Charles Rice

Charles Rice

Professor (Joint Appointment with Kinesiology)

Arthur & Sonia Labatt Health Sciences Bldg, Room 411B
519.661.1628 
crice@uwo.ca
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Kem Rogers

Kem Rogers

Professor

Health Sciences Addition, Room 027
519.661.3995
kem.rogers@schulich.uwo.ca
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Walter Rushlow

Walter Rushlow

Associate Professor, (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)

Medical Sciences Centre, Room 454
519.661.2111 Ext. 85141
wrushlow@uwo.ca 
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Susanne Schmid

Susanne Schmid

Professor & Vice Dean of Basic Medical Sciences

Research Interests / Specializations: Mechanism of sensory filtering and sensory processing disruptions in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 470
519.661.2111 Ext. 82668
susanne.schmid@schulich.uwo.ca
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Trevor Shepherd

Trevor Shepherd

Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Obstetrics & Gynaecology) & Associate Chair Graduate Studies

Research Interests / Specializations: Development of patient-derived model systems for the study of ovarian cancer metastasis and discovery of potential therapeutic vulnerabilities.
London Regional Cancer Program, LHSC, Room A4-836 
519.685.8500 Ext. 56347 
tshephe6@uwo.ca
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Krishna Singh

Krishna Singh

Assistant Professor (Cross-Appointment in Medical Biophysics)

Medical Sciences Building, Room 414
519.661.2111 Ext. 80542
krishna.singh@uwo.ca
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Luciano Sposato

Luciano Sposato

Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Neurology)


Paul A. Walton

Paul A. Walton

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: We study the age-related decrease in catalase import into the peroxisome, and investigate the effects of restoring catalase in a number of pathological conditions.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 474
519.661.2111 Ext. 86825
pwalton@uwo.ca
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Shawn Whitehead

Shawn Whitehead

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Identifying and targeting early risk factors of cognitive impairment.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 458
519.661.2111 Ext. 80440
shawn.whitehead@uwo.ca
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Katherine Willmore

Katherine Willmore

Associate Professor, Director Clinical Anatomy Program

Research Interests / Specializations: Our group works to understand the developmental and biomechanical mechanisms that underly variation in craniofacial shape.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 488
519.661.2111 Ext. 88079
katherine.willmore@schulich.uwo.ca
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Tim  Wilson

Tim Wilson

Associate Professor

Research Interests / Specializations: Digitally enumerate and model the anatomical changes following maxillomandibular (MMA) surgery employed to correct obstructive sleep apnea. Measure neurophysiological behaviours (cerebral blood flow, eye-tracking, fNIRS) that accompany learning and/or skill acquisition in pedagogic environments.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 490
519.661.2111 Ext. 81587
tim.wilson@uwo.ca
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Katelyn Wood

Katelyn Wood

Lecturer

Medical Sciences Building, Room 426
katelyn.wood@uwo.ca

Jenna Yuen

Jenna Yuen

Lecturer

Medical Sciences Building, Room 426
jyuen57@uwo.ca