Tiffany Townsend, MD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Neurology, epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, seizures, psychiatry and epilepsy
Matthew J. Farrer, PhD
Professor of Medical Genetics
Senior Scientist, Brain Research Centre
Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism, movement disorders, genetics, neuroscience, brain, neuron, biology, bioinformatics, neurodegeneration, neurology
Roger Wong, CM, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS
Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine
Vice Dean, Education
Geriatrics, geriatric medicine, acute care for older people, hospital medicine, frailty, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, quality improvement in medicine, medical education,
Brian Warriner, MD
Clinical Professor
All aspects of anesthesia practice – drugs, effects, monitoring, pharmacology, physiology, respiratory function, cardiac function, operative assessment, anesthesia for different disease processes, airway management, addiction in anesthetists, opioids, fentanyl
Dr. Lawrence Ward, AB, PhD
Professor
Cognitive/perceptual psychology, psychophysics, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, stochastic resonance,
Prof. Paul van Donkelaar, PhD
Professor
Traumatic brain injury; intimate partner violence; sports-related concussion; sensorimotor control; neurocognitive function; cerebrovascular physiology,
Jehannine Austin, PhD CGC
Professor
psychiatric disorders; genetics; genetic testing; genetic counseling; depression; bipolar; schizophrenia; mental illness; stigma; empowerment
Dr. Catriona Hippman, PhD, CGC
Postdoctoral Fellow
Genetic counselling, genetic counseling, psychiatry, mental illness, postpartum depression, reproductive mental health, perinatal mental health, prenatal genetic screening, Down syndrome, disability, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, antidepressants, antidepressant use in pregnancy, decision making in pregnancy,
Dr. Dzung Vo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Health, Resilience, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders,
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Derryck Smith, MD, FRCP(C)
Clinical Professor Emeritus
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, psychiatry, health care delivery, physician assisted dying, expert witness in psychiatry, traumatic brain injury
Andrea Grabovac, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Associate Professor
Psychiatry, medication, meditation, vipassana, stages of insight, side effects of meditation, concentration practice, insight practice, mindfulness research, MBCT, MiCBT, MBSR, physician wellness, burnout, stress, well-being, neurobiology of mindfulness
Weihong Song, MD, PhD
Professor and Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease
Alzheimer’s disease, Down syndrome, aging
Ashley Miller
Clinical Assistant Professor
Child and adolescent mental health, mood and anxiety disorders, family therapy, interpersonal psychotherapy for depression, mindful parenting, parenting, relationships, parental mental health, social determinants of health, school-based mental health, psychotherapy, emotion-focused therapies, physician wellness
Shernaz Bamji, PhD
Professor
Synapse biology, neuroscience, neurodevelopmental biology, cellular and molecular approaches
Lara Boyd, PT, PhD
Professor, CIHR Delegate & Health Research Advisor to the VP Research
Brain, neuroscience, rehabilitation, neuroplasticity, learning, motor learning, stroke, educational neuroplasticity, MRI, functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, healthy aging, exercise
Brenda Lau, MD, FRCPC
Program Director
Clinical Associate Professor
Anesthesiology, pain medicine, pain interventions, autonomic nervous system, rehabilitation, opioids, pain training, point of care, ultrasound, community clinics, regional pain services, movement rehabilitation, yoga, nutrition, prevention, post surgical pain, post trauma pain, headaches, back pain, whiplash, abdominal, fibromyalgia, widespread pain, neuropathic pain, chronic disease, Royal College pain medicine subspecialty, practice based evidence, injury prevention, post surgical care, non opioid pain services, myofacial release, IMS
Anthony Phillips, CM
Professor
Neural plasticity, learning and memory, brain health, motivation, dementia, mood disorders, schizophrenia
Dr. Shelina Babul, PhD
Clinical Associate Professor
concussion, mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), brain injury, brain dysfunction, health care, pediatrics, sports,sports medicine, sports and recreation, sport-related concussion, sports injury, physical activity, injury prevention, hyperbaric medicine, hyperbaric oxygen therapy,
Dr. Jill Zwicker, PhD, OT
Associate Professor
developmental coordination disorder, motor skills disorder, neurodevelopment, rehabilitation, brain imaging, pediatric, prematurity, brain development,