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ALBERT, Paul R. »

Paul R. ALBERT

CIHR/Novartis Michael Smith Chair in Neuroscience
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8307)
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Our research addresses the role of the serotonin and dopamine systems in Depression, Anxiety, and Schizophrenia.  In particular, our research focuses on genetic and environmental factors (such as early or late life stress) that determine the activity of these systems and the implications for brain function and behavior. We have identified specific gene polymorphisms, gene regulators and epigenetic alterations caused by stress that increase the risk of mental illness and affect the response to antidepressant treatments.  Our current research is to develop animal models of these genetic alterations to identify their role in susceptibility to mental illness and as models to develop new treatments to attenuate the effects of stress, anxiety, or depression.

Other area of expertise: Mental Retardation

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BELL, John »

Senior Scientist
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-737-7700 (70333)
Home: 613-521-0549
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My lab is defining at the molecular level, the differences between normal and tumour tissues. Our plan is to develop novel cancer therapeutics that target tumour tissue but do not harm normal tissue. We are developing viruses that can infect and kill tumour cells but do not infect normal cells. These viruses are called Oncolytic Viruses

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BENNETT, Steffany »

Full Professor University Research Chair in Neurolipidomics
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8372)
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Neuroregeneration, neurodegeneration, Neurolipidomics, Cell membranes, Alzheimer's Disease, Adult neural stem cells

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BLAIS, Jules »

Jules BLAIS

Coordinator, Ottawa-Carleton Joint Program
Assistant professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6650)
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We are interested in identifying the consequences of pollutants on natural systems. Our main emphasis is on the sources, pathways and fate of persistent pollutants in aquatic environments. In particular, we are interested in determining how industrial pollutants are transported and concentrated by natural phenomena to reach elevated exposures in target organisms. 

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BLOUIN-DEMERS, Gabriel »

Gabriel Blouin-Demers

Behavioural and Physiological Ecology
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6749)
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My research program is at the interface of ecology, behaviour, and physiology. All physiological processes are temperature dependent. Thus, since reptiles are ectotherms, variation in their body temperature affects all of their developmental and behavioural processes. Hence, body temperature ultimately has a significant impact on fitness. The general goal of my research program is to understand how temperature affects the ecology of reptiles

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BRAND, Kevin »

Dr.
Assistant professor
Institute of Population Health

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1852)
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I specialize in methods for risk assessment and risk management, with a particular focus upon human health risks. I am particularly interested in the science policy interface that mediates between the synthesis of facts and the formulation of policy defining conclusions. Methods of particular interest include uncertainty analysis, applied decision analysis, demography, and health economics. I have applied these types of tools in the context of interpreting animal bioassay evidence in the support of regulatory determinations of chemical safety, and am currently applying demography approaches to the study of summary measures of population health (such as DALYs, QALYs, PEYLLs and alike).

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BROWN, Earl G. »

Earl G. BROWN

Ph.D.
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8310)
Home: 613-224-7533
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Treatment of viral disease by determining how virus genes control disease. Specifically we study how alterations in virus genes control properties that increase damage or allow the virus to avoid host defences, such as the immune system. One of our current applications is to use viruses for cancer therapy.

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CHAPLEAU, François »

Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6357)
Home: 819-827-6416
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Écologie des poissons des rivières et lacs (Ontario, Québec). Espèces de poissons en voie de disparition. Impact de l'humain sur les systèmes aquatiques. Zoologie des vertébrés.

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DIMOCK, Ken »

Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8958)
Office: 613-562-5459
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My main interest is virus interactions with host cells, in particular, mechanisms by which viruses bind to and enter cells.  

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FINDLAY, C. Scott »

Director, Institute of the environment
Associate professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5874
Home: 819-827-5246
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Effects of human activities, including road construction, dams, forest management and pollutants, on biological diversity and ecosystem function and structure. 

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GAJEWSKI, Konrad »

Full professor
Faculty of Arts
Geography

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Office: 613-562-5800 (1057)
Office: 613-562-5800 (1327)
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Climate change and the impacts of climate change on ecosystems, especially northern Canada. Reconstructing past climates (last 20,000 years) using fossils in lake sediments.

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KASSEN, Rees »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6978)
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Research in our lab concerns the most fundamental and persistent puzzle of nature: the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Or, put another way, we are trying to answer the age-old question, why are there so many species in the world? To do this requires that we study the evolutionary process as it unfolds, keeping track of the variety of genotypes and phenotypes in a population or community through time, a task that would be very challenging with any large, long-lived organism. For this reason, we use microbial populations of bacteria and protists to study the evolutionary process in the laboratory. Topics of interest in the laboratory include the relationship between environmental variation and diversity, the genetics of adaptation, evolutionary medicine, and the evolution of social interactions.

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KERR, Jeremy T »

Professor
Associate professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4577)
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Climate change is pushing species to extinction. Climate change also changes the impacts of other factors, like agriculture, that affect whether a species will go extinct. My work addresses an array of topics around these themes with particular emphasis on finding ways to reduce extinction rates in Canada and globally.

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KNOTT, Verner J. »

Director, Neuroelectrophysiolgy Research Laboratory
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Psychiatry

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Office: 613-722-6521 (6843)
Office: 613-722-6521(6254)
Home: 613-269-3645
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Effects of psychotropic drugs and treatments (e.g. nicotine,antidepressants, antipsychotics, anxiolytics) on brain function as measured by EEG, event-related potentials (ERPs) and cognitive performance tasks. Neuroelectrophysioligical research on cognitive deficits in psychiatric disorders.

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KOSZYCKI, Diana »

Full Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Psychiatry

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Office: 613-722-6521 (6886)
Home: 613-526-0476
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Causes and treatments of anxiety disorders, including panic disorder, social anxiety disorder, generalized anxiety disorder. Cognitive Behavior Therapy, Interpersonal Therapy. Spirituality and mental health. Research on children at risk for anxiety disorders. Women's issues.

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LANGLOIS, Marc-André »

Canada Research Chair in Molecular Virology and Intrinsic Immunity
Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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HIV, Retroviruses and Immunity

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LEE, Seung-Hwan »

Canada Research Chair in Viral Infection and Immunity
Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8868)
Cell: 613-851-8781
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Although there are many immune system responses against viral infections, Natural Killer (NK) cells are unique because of their rapid anti-viral responses to infections in comparison to other immune cells.

My research is focusing on identifying and defining the involvement of natural killer (NK) cells during chronic viral infections. We are integrating multiple disciplines to investigate what NK cells can do during chronic viral infection and to find new insights for treatment.

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LITTLE, Julian »

Julian Little

Canada Research Chair in Human Genome Epidemiology, and Department Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8159)
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My current research includes empirical work on potential biases in genetic association studies, harmonization of biobanks, the potential value of germline genetic profiling in prediction of risk for chronic disease, the potential value of information on family history in predicting risk for chronic disease, potential value of information on HPV and other factors in management of women with low-grade cervical abnormalities.

I am engaged in collaborations on enhancing surveillance of congenital anomalies in Canada, on long term health outcomes in people with congenital anomalies and on the etiology and management of cleft lip and palate.

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MALER, Leonard »

Professor
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8189)
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Sensory systems are the gateway from the external world to our brains. They actively process raw sensory input and convert it into a form animals can use to guide themselves and interact appropriately. Sensory systems use feedback to optimize the analysis of important features of the environment. I study the role of feedback in sensory processing using an electric fish model.

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MANGA, Pranlal »

Full professor
Telfer School of Management

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4721)
Home: 613-729-6077
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Various aspects of health, from an economic, ethical and policy perspective.

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MAXIM, Larrivée »

Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2594)
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MERALI, Zul »

President/CEO uOttawa Institute of Mental Health Research
Full professor
Faculty of Social Sciences
School of Psychology

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Office: 613-722-6521 (6551)
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Our first line of work focuses around the brain circuits involved in Depression.  In particular, Our research focuses on determining how stressors influence brain functioning and behavior. We are attempting to identify factors (genetic, neurochemical & psychosocial) that render individuals vulnerable to mental illness and those factors that impart resiliency. Our second line of research focuses on identifying plant derived medications that may attenuate stress, anxiety and depressive responses.

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MOON, Thomas »

Vice-Dean (Research), Distinguished University Professor.
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6002)
Home: 613-233-6922
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Natural and man-made agents affecting the ability of an animal to adapt (live, survive, reproduce) to its environment. Investigation of the mechanisms used by organisms (animals) to adapt, especially to toxins (pharmaceuticals, POPs, nanomaterials), nutrient stress, temperature, oxygen.

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MORIN, Antoine »

Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (4549)
Home: 819-777-0313
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Écologie des écosystèmes d'eau courante. Biologie et écologie des insectes aquatiques. Écologie et contrôle des mouches noires. Transferts d'énergie dans les chaînes alimentaires. Conséquences des activités humaines sur le fonctionnement des écosystèmes aquatiques.

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MUSSIVAND, Tofy »

Medical Devices Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Surgery

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Office: 613-761-4545
Office: 613-761-4323
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Medical devices, clinical engineering, biomedical engineering, engineering medicine, national & international regulatory standards, artificial hearts, ventricular assist devices, DNA extraction, in situ sterilization and heart failure therapies.

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PAULIN-LEVASSEUR, Micheline »

Associate professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6006)
Office: 613-562-5800 (6011)
Home: 613-230-0761
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Architecture nucléaire en relation avec les fonctions cellulaires (la réplication, la transcription, l'épissage et le transport des ARN messagers).

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PERRY, Steve »

Chair
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6005)
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My work focuses on the physiological adaptations enabling fish to survive stress in their environment. Of particular interest, is the involvement of stress hormones. Most recently, my research has been directed toward using fish as model systems for investigating mechanisms underlying human disease.

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PICK, Frances Renata »

Frances Renata Pick

Coordinator of the Chemical and Environmental Toxicology Collaborative Programme / Coordonateur du programme de Toxicologie chimique et environnementale
Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6364)
Office: 613-562-5800 (6365)
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Freshwater ecology (lakes, rivers and wetlands) and water pollution problems (nutrients, metals, organic contaminants). Microbial ecology.

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RUDNICKI, Michael »

Senior Scientist & Director
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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Office: 613-739-6740
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We are interested in how genes regulate the function of stem cells. In particular, we work to identify the regulatory networks that regulate stem cell growth and regulate cellular differentiation.

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SHEHATA, Marlene Fouad »

Prof., Pharmacist and PhD candidate in Genetics of Cardiovascular Diseases
Part-time professor
Faculty of Health Sciences
Medicine

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Office: 613-255-5476
Cell: 613-255-5476
Home: 613-255-5476
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My main field of research is targetting the salt-sensitive high blood pressure. This particular kind of high blood pressure has been connected with a genetic component that is inherited from parents to offsprings and that is usually exacerbated by high salt-intake. As a Geneticist Candidate and a Pharmacist, I am investigating the genes that might be involved in transmitting that genetic form of high blood pressure.

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TESSON, Frédérique »

Director, Laboratory of Genetics of Cardiac Diseases
Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

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Office: 613-798-5555 (16341)
Office: 613-798-5555 (14559)
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Determination of genes involved in the development of heart failure. Determination of genes involved in obesity and diabetes.

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TRINKLE-MULCAHY, Laura »

Dr.
Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8068)
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The typical mammalian cell expresses thousands of proteins, over a third of which are regulated by the reversible addition of a phosphate group. My laboratory studies the targeting and regulation of PP1, one of the key enzymes in the cell that removes these phosphate groups. By studying this phosphatase in living cells using cutting edge fluorescence microscopy techniques and novel methods for identifying protein complexes, we can define its roles in diverse intracellular signalling pathways and how it may be disrupted in disease states such as cancer and diabetes.

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TRUDEAU, Vance »

Vance TRUDEAU

Associate professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6165)
Office: 613-562-5800 (6015)
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Control on reproduction and sexual development by the brain. Effects of sex steroids and pollutants on brain function.

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VANDERHYDEN, Barbara »

Barbara VANDERHYDEN

Corinne Boyer Chair in Ovarian Cancer Research
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Cellular and Molecular Medicine

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Office: 613-737-7700 (70330)
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Ovarian cancer, notably the cellular and molecular mechanisms that are important for the initiation and progression of ovarian tumours. Testing of novel therapeutics against ovarian cancer in women and in animal models of ovarian cancer. Transgenic (genetically modified) animals. Science education and outreach: Let's Talk Science program.

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WEBER, Jean-Michel »

Full professor
Faculty of Science
Biology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (6007)
Office: 613-562-5800 (6008)
Home: 613-565-6913
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How humans and animals manage their reserves of energy. Storage, mobilization and use of metabolic fuel reserves. Human obesity.

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