Physiology & Experimental Medicine
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Research Foci

CardioPulmonary Physiology

This discipline encompasses all aspects of heart and lung health and covers a range of research topics including: the study of fetal cardiology, congenital heart disease, paediatric cardiovascular interventions and outcomes lung development, fetal to neonatal transition and lung growth, congenital diseases, lung injuries and infections, asthma, cystic fibrosis, mechanical ventilation and critical care interventions.

Cardiovascular Researchers:
Dr. Christopher CaldaroneDr. Aleksander Hinek Dr. Luc Mertens
Dr. John ColesDr. Osami HonjoDr. Andrew N. Redington
Dr. Gil GrossDr. Edgar JaeggiDr. Steven Schwartz
Dr. Robert HamiltonDr. Patrick McNamaraDr. Earl Silverman 
Pulmonary Researchers:
Dr. Cameron AckerleyDr. Robert JankovDr. Felix Ratjen
Dr. Jaques BelikDr. Brian KavanaghDr. Susan Richardson
Dr. Allan CoatesDr. Colin McKerlieDr. Padmaja Subbarao
Dr. Flavio CoceaniDr. Theo MoraesDr. Neil Sweezey
Dr. Mark CrawfordDr. Indra NarangDr. Keith Tanswell
Dr. Ernest CutzDr. Nades PalaniyarDr. Valerie Waters
Dr. Hartmut GrasemannDr. Martin PostDr. Greg Wells 
Dr. Jim Hu  

 

Imaging

Imaging provides detection, measurement and visualization of physical processes in human subjects and animals, ranging from the microscopic level to the full body.

Researchers:
Dr. Martin CharronDr. Mark HenkelmanDr. Christopher Macgowan
Dr. Hai-Ling Margaret ChengDr. Andrea KassnerDr. John Sled
Dr. Andrea DoriaDr. Brian Nieman Dr. Shi-Joon Yoo

 

Obesity, Metabolism, Nutrition

Research within this discipline includes the study and application and development of nutritional care, metabolism requirements of amino acids, protein, folate, genetic and pathophysiology of pancreatic-inherited disorders, and clinical studies of child obesity.

Obesity, Metabolism, Nutrition Researchers:
Dr. Joe Clarke Dr. Zdenka PausovaDr. Paul Pencharz
Dr. Peter DurieDr. Jill Hamilton Dr. Michael Riddell
Dr. Tanja GonskaDr. Deborah O'Connor Dr. Greg Wells

Experimental Medicine

Potential therapeutics of novel substances, cellular drug transport, paediatric pharmacology, skin and skeletal muscle pathophysiology, reconstructive surgery and nerve regeneration are the main research areas in this discipline.

Experimental Medicine  Researchers:
Dr. Sylvain BaruchelDr. Loch MacdonaldDr. Margaret Rand
Dr. Greg BorschelDr. Cecil Pace-AsciakDr. Stanley Read
Dr.Shinya ItoDr. Cho Pang