Professor of Physiology and Medicine, University of Toronto

Mladen pioneered tracer methods providing a corner stone for quantifying hormonal interactions in glucoregulation and pathogenesis diabetes. His hypothesis about beneficial or deleterious glucoregulatory effects of exercise in diabetes is universally accepted and is the basis of the concept that exercise not only ameliorates, but also prevents diabetes. He was the first to outline molecular mechanisms of hypothalamic pituitary adrenal dysfunction in diabetes, hypoglycemia and stress. He discovered new mechanisms how muscle, liver and pancreatic ?-cells adapt to hyperglycemia; a critical ...

Professor, Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto

Barry Sessle is Professor and Canada Research Chair at the University of Toronto Faculty of Dentistry and Faculty of Medicine. He joined the University of Toronto in 1971 and was Dean of the Faculty of Dentistry from 1990 to 2001. He is an elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, and has served as President of the International Association for the Study of Pain, and President of both the International and the Canadian Associations for Dental Research. Dr. Sessle has co-authored or edited 11 books, and published over 250 journal articles and book chapters. His research into orofacial ...

Vice Dean Research - Prof. of Anatomy, Physiology and Pharma, University of Saskatchewan

Marek Radomski, MD, PhD, is one of the world's foremost experts in the pharmacology and physiology of platelet aggregation and a pioneer in the field of nanopharmacology. In addition to his outstanding original research contributions, Dr. Radomski has held senior leadership positions in the academy and in industry both in Europe and in Canada. He has also contributed to major international initiatives, including the WHO's Safe Maternity Program and European committees tasked with setting policies on nanotechnologies in food. The recipient of numerous recognitions, Dr. Radomski was elected as ...

Professor of Medicine Emeritus, University of Toronto

Eliot Phillipson served as President and CEO of the Canada Foundation for Innovation from 2004-10. His previous appointments included those of Physician-in-Chief at Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, and Sir John and Lady Eaton Professor and Chair of the Department of Medicine, University of Toronto. He has also served as Co-Chair of the Medical Review Panel of the Gairdner Foundation; President of the Canadian Institute of Academic Medicine; and Chair of the Expert Panel on the State of Science and Technology in Canada 2012, Council of Canadian Academies. Dr. Phillipson received his MD with ...

Dean, USC School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California

Dr. Papadopoulos is the Director of The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) and Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at McGill University. He holds a Canada Research Chair in Biochemical Pharmacology and the Phil Gold Chair in Medicine at McGill/MUHC. Dr. Papadopoulos’ research focuses on the pathophysiology and treatment of diseases related to altered steroid hormone synthesis. His work has led to a better understanding of the pathways leading to steroid hormone synthesis, the pharmacology of steroid formation in the periphery and brain, and the identification of ...

Professor, School of Optometry & Vision Science, University of Waterloo

Lyndon Jones is a Professor at the School of Optometry and Vision Science, Distinguished University Professor and Director of the Centre for Ocular Research & Education (CORE) at the University of Waterloo. He graduated in Optometry from the University of Wales in 1985 and gained his PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Biomaterials Research Unit at Aston University, Birmingham, UK in 1998. He is a Fellow and Diplomate of the American Academy of Optometry (AAO) and a past Chair of the Research Committee of the AAO. His research interests primarily focus on the interaction of novel and ...

Professor, University of Toronto

Dr. David Jenkins is a University Professor, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto and, a Staff Physician in the Division of Endocrinology and metabolism, Director of the Clinical Nutrition and Risk Factor Modification Center and Scientist, Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute, Unity Health Toronto. He researches dietary prevention and treatment of chronic diseases, including heart disease, diabetes and cancer. His team was the first to define and explore the glycemic index of foods and show that soluble fibre can lower blood glucose and cholesterol. These nutrition concepts ...

Distinguished Professor of Neurology, Western University

Vladimir Hachinski of the University of Western Ontario pioneered the early treatment and prevention of stroke and cognitive disorders and discovered a crucial area in the brain that controls the heart. He also pioneered acute stroke units with J. W. Norris, and coined the term ‘brain attack’. He also crystallized the concepts of ‘vascular cognitive impairment’ and ‘multi-infarct dementia’ and devised the simplest, most widely used method of diagnosing them (the Hachinski ischemic scale). He is currently working on developing a common approach to prevention of stroke and cognitive disorders ...

Director, Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal

Jacques Drouin est directeur du Laboratoire de génétique moléculaire à l'Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal. Il est membre de la Société royale du Canada et il a reçu un diplôme Honoris Causa de l'Université d'Aix-Marseille. Ses contributions portent sur les bases moléculaires de la fonction, du développement et des pathologies de l'hypophyse. Il a découvert des facteurs de transcription qui contrôlent la différenciation cellulaire et l'organogenèse de l'hypophyse, et a montré leur implication dans les déficiences hormonales chez l'homme. Il a aussi identifié des mécanismes de ...

John Challis’ research has uncovered fundamental processes contributing to both premature birth and birth at term. He has uncovered the role of different hormones in the birth process, and has developed the concept that in women, the control of labor results from local hormonal interactions within the uterus and placenta. He has made major contributions to our understanding of how adverse circumstances in the uterus during pregnancy can result in predisposition to disease in the later life of the offspring. His role as founding Scientific Director of the CIHR Institute of Human Development, ...