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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
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2 INTRODUCTION
2.1 Importance of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cells
2.2 Purpose of the Asset Map
2.3 Description of Stem Cells
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3 OVERVIEW OF STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE RESEARCH IN CANADA
3.1 Canada’s Global Position in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
3.2 Funding for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
3.3 Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Centres
3.4 Funding and Researchers by University and Province
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4 FOCUS OF STEM CELL AND TISSUE ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS
4.1 Pluripotent Stem Cells
4.2 Tissue-Specific Stem Cells (Somatic)
4.3 Cancer Stem Cells
4.4 Tissue Engineering
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5 DISEASES/CONDITIONS TARGETED BY STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE
MEDICINE RESEARCHERS
5.1 Cancer
5.2 Neurology
5.3 Musculoskeletal
5.4 Cardiovascular
5.5 Metabolic Including Diabetes
5.6 Hematological
5.7 Other
5.8 Translational Medicine
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6 RELEVANT SUPPORT FACILITIES
6.1 Biobanks
6.2 Other Relevant Facilities
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7 NETWORKS
7.1 National and International Networks
7.2 Provincial Networks
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8 KEY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS
8.1 Key Researchers
8.2 Key Research Institutions
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9 CONCLUSION
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10 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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11 CONTACTS
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appendiX
Appendix 1
Methodology
Appendix 2
Interviewees
Appendix 3
Lists of Canadian Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Researchers
3a. Researchers in Alphabetical Order
3b. Researchers According to Regenerative Medicine Focus
3c. Researchers According to Disease Focus
3d. Examples of Researchers Working in Translational Medicine and/or
Clinical Trials
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Appendix 4
Research Centres Listed by Province
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Appendix 5
References and Notes
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Canadian asset Map
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regenerative MediCine
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CANADIAN ASSET MAP FOR STEM CELL
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
eXeCutive suMMarY
• Regenerative medicine, particularly stem
cells, has considerable potential to help in
the treatment of numerous common and
intractable diseases and conditions
• Canada is a leader in stem cell research
as these cells were first discovered by
Canadian scientists; however, other
countries have become more and more
important in this field
• 68 centres within or affiliated with 25
of Canada’s universities are associated
with stem cell and regenerative medicine
research
• From the sources available for this Asset
Map (mainly federal government),
more than $277.5 million was spent on
stem cell and regenerative medicine
research over the last five years (2006/7–
2010/11), with Canadian Institutes of
Health Research (CIHR) and Canada
Foundation for Innovation (CFI) as the
largest funders (providing 36% and 23%
of funds, respectively); since the data
from these sources perhaps account
for only 50%–60% of overall funding,
approximately $460 million–$560 million
were probably spent on stem cell/
regenerative medicine research
• The majority (65%) of funding went to
Ontario (ON), particularly the University
of Toronto and the University of Ottawa;
Québec (QC) received 15%, followed by
British Columbia (BC) and Alberta (AB)
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(9% each)
416 researchers (in professor, associate
professor, or similar positions) were
identified as working in the field of stem
cells and regenerative medicine research;
47% of these are located in Ontario, 25%
in Quebec, 13% in British Columbia and
9% in Alberta
In terms of universities, the University
of Toronto (or its affiliated institutions)
houses by far the greatest number of
researchers (26%), followed by the
University of British Columbia (UBC)
(12%), the University of Ottawa, McGill
University, and Université de Montréal
Many of the 416 researchers are
extremely well regarded, with 81
endowed Chairholders, 69 of whom
are Canada Research Chairs (CRCs);
20 researchers have made significant
contributions to stem cell research and/or
are particularly well funded and/or cited
The most important research
organizations within or affiliated with
the universities in terms of numbers
of stem cell and regenerative medicine
researchers and endowed Chairs are
with the University of Toronto (Ontario
Cancer Institute, Sick Kids, McEwen
Centre, Sunnybrook), the University of
British Columbia (Terry Fox Laboratory),
Université Laval (Laboratoire
d’organogénèse expérimentale—LOEX),
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and the University of Ottawa (Sprott
Centre)
73% of researchers work with stem
cells of some type, while 19% work in
tissue engineering; others work in social
sciences & humanities, bioprocessing,
or various stem cell technologies such
as high throughput sorting/analysis or
cryopreservation
Within the stem cell research area, 54% of
researchers work with tissue-specific stem
cells, 16% with pluripotent stem cells and
10% with cancer stem cells; another 10%
work with a number of stem cell types,
with the majority working with both
tissue-specific and pluripotent
Of the researchers who only work with
tissue-specific stem cells, 36% work with
hematopoietic, 19% with bone marrow/
mesenchymal and 14% with neural cells
Of those who work with pluripotent stem
cells, 92% work with embryonic and
20% with induced pluripotent stem cells
(some researchers work with both types
of pluripotent stem cells)
Within the tissue engineering field,
at least 65% work with both scaffolds
and cells, while 27% work just with
biomaterials; the focus of the other
researchers was unspecified
In terms of disease focus, 25% work in
two or more disease areas, 24% work
just on cancer, and 14% on neurological,
12% on musculoskeletal, and 10% on
cardiovascular conditions
Perhaps 100 researchers (24%) are
involved in the translation of stem cell
research from the laboratory to the clinic,
with the Stem Cell Network (SCN) so far
devoting approximately $50 million to
the funding of translational projects over
the past 10 years
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• Canada has at least 4 public or university
cord blood banks, 2 stem cell line banks,
and 15 other relevant tissue banks that
can be accessed by its regenerative
medicine researchers; it also has at least
3 stem cell bioprocessing/manufacturing
facilities as well as other relevant shared
infrastructure
• Canada’s stem cell and regenerative
medicine researchers are members of
at least 5 international, 6 national, and
numerous provincial relevant networks
• Overall, Canada remains among the
world leaders in stem cell research.
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introduCtion
2.1 Importance of Regenerative
Medicine and Stem Cell
Regenerative medicine involves the renewal
of body tissues or the restoration of organ
and tissue function through the use of
living cells, particularly stem cells. Stem
cells offer a particularly rich source of
regenerative technologies as, under the
right conditions, they can differentiate
into many different cell types (see below).
They have considerable potential to help
in the treatment of numerous common
and intractable diseases and conditions,
such as diabetes, arthritis, stroke, renal
failure, heart failure, cancer, spinal cord
injury, and neurodegenerative diseases,
including Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s. They
can also be used in organ regeneration,
genetic diseases, and other tissue repair
or replacement (e.g., bone and skin
transplants, cartilage regeneration).
A number of stem cell-based regenerative
technologies are used today, such as
eye surface stem cells for the treatment
of some corneal diseases and injuries;
and blood stem cells for treating
hematological cancers (e.g. leukemias)
and other conditions, such as sickle cell
anemia. In fact, bone marrow transplants
have become a standard of care for the
treatment of certain hematological cancers,
while skin stem cells are frequently used
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in wound healing. However, these clinical
uses represent just a small fraction of the
opportunities in regenerative medicine
and researchers are working furiously to
understand the role stem cells may play
in other diseases, and to translate these
findings into the clinic.
To be clinically effective, stem cells need
to be delivered to and integrate with the
relevant body site. Delivery methods can
include gels, films, scaffolds, and targeted
carrier technologies that are produced
from biomaterials (e.g., polymers, lipids),
modified cells or, in the case of some
carrier technologies, modified viruses.
The combination of stem cells (or other
cell types) and a scaffold or similar
technology is called tissue engineering.
Furthermore, because stem cells occur in
highly limited quantities within the body,
effective methods are required to mobilize,
isolate, culture, and store them. Adequate
production methods are essential to
unlocking their clinical potential.
2.2 Purpose of the Asset Map
Using the methodology described in
Appendix 1, this Asset Map provides
a snapshot of Canadian stem cell and
regenerative medicine research. Since
this research sector could potentially be
extremely broad-based, we have specifically
INTRODUCTION
focused on pluripotent, tissue-specific, and
cancer stem cell research, biomaterials in
terms of scaffolds or similar technologies
for use in regenerative medicine, and tissue
engineering in terms of production of stem
cells and their delivery device. We have not
included gene therapy (unless it involves
stem cells) or growth factors, xeno-organs,
regeneration of plants or animals (unless
the studies relate to experimental models of
human conditions) or companies working
in regenerative medicine.
2.3 Description of Stem Cells
This Asset Map distinguishes between three
overall types of stem cell. The two major
stem cell types are pluripotent and tissuespecific (also known as adult or stromal).
The third type of stem cell specifically
targeted in this report are cancer stem cells,
a type of tissue-specific cell.
Pluripotent stem cells have the ability to
give rise to all kinds of cell in the body,
such as those of the heart, lungs, muscles,
skeleton, or brain. These unspecialized
stem cells are derived from either embryos
or from adult stem cells that have been
reprogrammed (or “induced”) to enter an
embryonic stem cell–like state. The latter
are called induced pluripotent stem cells.
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capacity for differentiation is usually limited
to cell types in the organ of origin.1 So, for
example, neural stem cells can become any
type of cell in the brain or spinal cord but
cannot differentiate into heart cells unless
they have been reprogrammed into induced
pluripotent stem cells.
Cancer stem cells (also known as tumorinitiating cells) are a resilient subset of
cells found in tumors with the capacity to
self-renew and differentiate. They’ve been
identified in many types of solid tumor
cancers, including cancer of the breast,
head and neck, lung, prostate, pancreas
and glioblastoma. Cancer stem cells appear
to be preferentially resistant to both
standard chemotherapy and radiotherapy.
Although cancer stem cells are not part
of regenerative medicine (they regenerate
cancer tissues thereby destroying normal
tissues), they are an important aspect of
stem cell research.
Tissue-specific stem cells have been
identified in many organs and tissues,
including brain, bone marrow, peripheral
blood, blood vessels, skeletal muscle, skin,
teeth, heart, gut, liver, ovarian epithelium,
and testis. They are undifferentiated
cells that are able to self renew and
differentiate. Since their primary role in a
living organism is to maintain and repair
the tissue in which they are found, their
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3.1
3.2
3.3
3.4
Canada’s Global Position in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
Funding for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research Centres
Funding and Researchers by University and Province
overvieW of steM Cell
and regenerative
MediCine researCH in
Canada
3.1 Canada’s Global Position
in Stem Cell and Regenerative
Medicine Research
Canada has been a leader in the stem cell
research field since Canadian researchers
Drs. James Till and Ernest McCulloch of
the Princess Margaret Hospital/Ontario
Cancer Institute in Toronto first proved
the existence of stem cells (hematopoietic)
almost 50 years ago.2 For this achievement,
they were awarded the 2005 Lasker Prize
(often described as America’s “Nobel”).3
Their work has contributed to the
development of several lifesaving therapies,
such as bone-marrow transplantation to
treat cancer. In fact, more than 42,000
people worldwide have been treated
using blood stem cells to renew their
blood supply.4 Furthermore, through the
continued training of researchers in their
and their former students’ labs, Canada has
continued to make significant contributions
in this area:5
• Drs. Janet Rossant and Andras Nagy first
proved the inherent pluripotential nature
of an embryonic stem cell
• Dr. John Dick discovered cancer stem
cells
• Dr. Sam Weiss was the first to identify
neural stem cells in the brain
• Dr. Connie Eaves discovered breast stem
cells
• Dr. Michael Rudnicki identified muscle
and cardiac stem cells6
• Dr. Freda Miller demonstrated the
existence of stem cells in adult skin tissue
• Dr. Derek van der Kooy identified retinal
stem cells
• Dr. Mick Bhatia developed a process to
transform skin cells into stem cells.7
In fact, Canada’s importance in
hematopoietic stem cell research up until
at least 2000 was illustrated by a Nature
Immunology review that found 15 of the 32
most important papers in the field over the
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period from 1960–2000 were authored by
Canadians.8 In the field of embryonic stem
cell research, Canada ranked second in the
number of publications from 1991–2001,
and first in both total citations and citations
per paper.9
However, in recent years Canada has been
slipping in importance, mainly because
of a slowdown in comparative research
funding. Thus, according to the MaRS
Regenerative Medicine 2009 Industry
Briefing report,10 in 2009 Canada occupied
4th position in the global rankings of
stem cell researching countries after the
United States (US), United Kingdom (UK),
and South Korea in terms of government
funding and 3rd in terms of influential
stem cell patents (after the US and UK),
although it still had a leading position (1st)
in terms of citations. Although the South
Korean investments mentioned above have
probably declined recently following the
bogus cloning research results of Hwang,
other governments (e.g., Germany, the
EU) and US states have been making
significant and growing investments
(Drew Lyall [Executive Director, SCN],
personal communication). Thus, since
2007, individual US states other than
California have promised over $1 billion
in stem cell research funding, generally
over a 10 year period (e.g., Connecticut
$100 million, New Jersey $250 million and
New York $600 million),11 while Wisconsin
has established a $750 million publicprivate partnership for such research.12
California alone is investing $3 billion
in the full spectrum of stem cell research
and therapeutic development, from
fundamental research to manufacturing
facilities to clinical trials and beyond.13
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3.2 Funding for Stem Cell and
Regenerative Medicine Research
The majority of funding information
was obtained from federal government
sources. Funding information was also
available on the Terry Fox Foundation
(TFF), US National Institutes of Health
(NIH), AllerGen, the Ontario Government,
and the Saskatchewan Health Research
Foundation websites. Dollar figures were
not provided on the websites of other
provincial governments. Although the
SCN breaks down its funds for individual
research projects, only total NCE funding
for the Network was used in the analysis
(see Appendix 1 Methodology).
A minimum of $277.5 million from the
aforementioned sources was spent on stem
cell and regenerative medicine research
over the last five years (2006/7–2010/11).
As illustrated in Figure 1, CIHR was the
largest funder, providing 36% of the funds.
The NCE funds, at 10% of the total, were
those dedicated to the SCN.
Based on the data contained in the BC
Regenerative Medicine Asset Map, the
aforementioned funders included in this
analysis probably account for only 50%–60% of
funding in stem cell and biomaterials research
for regenerative medicine. Thus, over the last
five years, approximately $460 million – $560
million were probably spent on research into
these fields. Information contained on the
websites of various researchers indicates that
other funders include:
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•
•
•
ALS Society of Canada
Canadian Cancer Society
Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation
Christopher Reeve Foundation (US)
Heart and Stroke Foundation (of Canada
and Ontario)
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RESEARCH IN CANADA
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2% Genome Canada
1% Other*
5% ON Govt
3% NIH (US)
3% NSERC
8% CRC
36% CIHR
9% TFF
10% NCE
23% CFI
*Other includes AllerGen, the
Saskatchewan Health Research
Foundation, and Insception
Biosciences Inc.
figure 1: Source of Funding for Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine Research 2006/7 to 2010/11 ($277.5M)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute (US)
• Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation
(Canada and US/ International)
• Muscular Dystrophy Association (Canada
and US)
• National Cancer Institute of Canada
• SickKids Foundation
• US Muscular Dystrophy Association
• Various companies (e.g., Roche
Foundation for Anemia Research; Bayer)
individual research institutes within or
affiliated with these universities are also
counted (see Appendix 4), then Canada has
at least 68 centres where researchers are
investigating stem cells and regenerative
medicine. Information on the most
important of these centres can be found in
Section 8.
3.3 Stem Cell and Regenerative
Medicine Research Centres
As illustrated in Figure 2,14 65% of the
$277.5 million in funding went to Ontario
(ON). Québec (QC) received 15% followed
by British Columbia (BC) and Alberta (AB)
(9% each).
As listed in Table 1, 25 of Canada’s
universities are associated with stem cell
and regenerative medicine research. If the
3.4 Funding and Researchers by
University and Province
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2% Other*
table 1. Canadian Universities Associated with
Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
provinCe
9% AB
9% BC
universitY
BritisH ColuMBia (BC)
Simon Fraser U.
U. British Columbia
U. Victoria
15% QC
alBerta (aB)
U. Alberta
U. Calgary
sasKatCHeWan (sK)
65% ON
U. Saskatchewan
ManitoBa (MB)
*Other includes
MB, SK, NB, NS, NL.
U. Manitoba
ontario (on)
figure 2: Total Funding by Province 2006/7 to 2010/11 (Total $277.5M)
Carleton U.
McMaster U.
Queen’s U.
U. Guelph
U. Toronto
$117M
U. Ottawa
U. Toronto
U. Waterloo
U. Western Ontario
York U.
QuÉBeC (QC)
École polytechnique de Montréal
U. Ottawa
$42.8M
UBC
$23.2M
McGill U.
McMaster
U.
$14M
U. Montreal
U.
$25.7M McGill
Alberta
U.
$14.4M
$9.7M
figure 3: University Funding Over $10M (2006/7 to 2010/11)
U. Laval
U. Montréal
U. Québec à Montréal
U. Sherbrooke
nova sCotia (ns)
Dalhousie U.
neW BrunsWiCK (nB)
New Brunswick Heart Centre
neWfoundland & laBrador (nl)
Memorial U.
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCH IN CANADA
Associated with the fact that Ontario
received the most funding, the University
of Toronto received the lion’s share of
funds between 2006/7 and 2010/11, at $117
million (Figure 314). All other universities
received less than $50 million.
Using the definitions stated in section 2.2.
and the Methodology (Appendix 1),
416 researchers (in professor, associate
professor, or similar positions) were
identified as working in the field of stem
cells and regenerative medicine research. A
list of them can be found in Appendix 3a.
Although all these researchers have
obtained grants for stem cell and related
research and/or mention stem cell and
related research on their websites, it should
be noted that they often work in additional
research areas and stem cells may not be
their key focus.
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Ottawa (8%), McGill University (8%), and
Université de Montréal (8%) (Figure 5 and
Appendix 4). Information on individual
research institutions affiliated with these
universities can be found in Section 8.
ON
195
QC
102
BC
53
AB
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A breakdown of the number of researchers
working in each province and institution
can be found in Appendix 4. The provincial
spread of researchers is illustrated in
Figure 4. Forty seven percent reside in
Ontario, 25% in Quebec, 13% in British
Columbia and 9% in AB. In terms of
universities, the University of Toronto
(or its affiliated institutions) houses by
far the greatest number of researchers
(26%), followed by the University of
British Columbia (12%), the University of
SK 5
MB
11
NB 1
NS
11
NL 1
figure 4: Number of Researchers By Province
U. Toronto
110
UBC
50
U. McGill
U. Laval
23
U.
Alberta
16
33
U.
Ottawa
U.
Western
Ontario
17
34
U. Montreal
McMaster
U.
19
32
U.
Calgary
21
figure 5: Number of Researchers By University
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4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
Pluripotent Stem Cells
Tissue-Specific Stem Cells (Somatic)
Cancer Stem Cells
Tissue Engineering
foCus of steM Cell and
tissue engineering
researCHers
Of the 416 researchers working in stem
cell and regenerative medicine research,
303 (73%) work with stem cells of some
type, while 79 (19%) work in tissue
engineering (Figure 6). The others work
in social sciences and humanities (n=16),
bioprocessing (n=6), various stem cell
technologies such as high throughput
sorting/analysis or cryopreservation (n=9),
or their regenerative medicine research
focus was unspecified (n=3).
Within the stem cell research area, the
majority of researchers (54%, n=166) work
with tissue-specific stem cells. Forty nine
(16%) investigators work with pluripotent
stem cells, while 30 work with cancer
stem cells (10%). Another 29 (10%) work
with a number of different stem cell types
(“various”), with at least 17 working
with both tissue-specific and pluripotent
(Figure 7). The specific targets of many
of these researchers can be found in
Appendix 3b.
4.1 Pluripotent Stem Cells
As described previously, pluripotent stem
cells consist of embryonic and induced
pluripotent stem cells. Of the 49 researchers
who work only with pluripotent stem cells,
the majority focus on embryonic stem cells
(84% exclusively, another 12% working
with both types, i.e., 96% in total). Similarly
with the 17 who work with both pluripotent
and tissue-specific cells, 82% focus on
embryonic stem cells (65% exclusively,
another 17% working with both types).
Thus, of all 66 researchers who work with
pluripotent stem cells, whether or not
exclusively, 92% work with embryonic stem
cells. Twenty percent (n=13) of researchers
working with pluripotent stem cells work
with those that have been induced (four
[6%] with induced pluripotent stem
cells only, with or without tissue-specific
cells; and nine [14%] with both types
of pluripotent stem cells, again with or
without tissue-specific cells) (Figure 8).
Individual researchers working with each
group of cells are listed in Appendix 3b.
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4% Other
4% Social Sciences &
Humanities
19% Tissue Engineering
73% Stem Cells
figure 6: Percentage of Researchers Working in Each Major Discipline (n=416)
10% Stem Cells: Unspecified (n=29)
10% Stem Cells: Various (n=29)
10% Stem Cells: Cancer (n=30)
16% Stem Cells: Pluripotent (n=49)
54% Stem Cells: Tissue-Specific (n=166)
figure 7: Focus of Stem Cell Research (n=303)
4.2 Tissue-Specific Stem Cells
(Somatic)
The majority of Canadian stem cell
researchers work with tissue-specific cells.
These can take many different forms as
shown in Figure 9.
Of the 166 researchers who only work with
tissue-specific stem cells, 58 (36%) work
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with hematopoietic cells. The next most
important stem cell types are bone marrow/
mesenchymal and neural cells. Bone
marrow contains at least two kinds of stem
cells: hematopoietic stem cells that form all
types of blood cells and mesenchymal stem
cells that can generate bone, cartilage, fat,
cells that support the formation of blood,
and fibrous connective tissue.15 In most
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ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS
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2% Unspecific Pluripotent & Tissue-Specific (n=1)
3% Induced Pluripotent & Tissue-Specific (n=2)
5% Both Pluripotent Types & Tissue-Specific (n=3)
3% Induced Pluripotent Only (n=2)
9% Both Pluripotent Types Only (n=6)
17% Embryonic & Tissue-Specific (n=11)
61% Embryonic Only (n=41)
figure 8: Focus of Pluripotent Stem Cell Researchers (n=66)
cases where a researcher mentioned bone
marrow stem cells, the kind of stem cell was
not specified. In regard to neural stem cells,
these include stem cells derived from the
brain, spinal cord, and eye. The category of
“other” included the few researchers who
were working with the stem cells listed at
the end of Figure 9. Two of the researchers
working with a number of (“various”)
different stem cell types also worked with
these rarer stem types. The tissue-specific
focus of individual researchers can be found
in Appendix 3b.
4.3 Cancer Stem Cells
As indicated in Figure 7, 30 researchers are
working with cancer stem cells. Among
those researchers who are working with
several different stem cell types, one is also
working with cancer stem cells. Cancer
stem cells are an important group of rare
cancer cells that have the ability to selfrenew, thereby maintaining and growing
cancerous tissue. A list of cancer stem cell
researchers can be found in Appendix 3b.
4.4 Tissue Engineering
Many of those involved in tissue
engineering work with both biomaterials
and stem cells. However, some are just
involved in developing the biomaterials,
particularly scaffolds, that are required
to deliver and/or integrate stem cells
into a person’s body. Figure 10 gives
a breakdown of the research focus of
Canada’s 79 tissue engineers working in the
field of regenerative medicine that includes
stem cells. At least 65% work with both
scaffolds and cells, while 27% work just
with biomaterials. The focus of each tissue
engineering researcher can be found in
Appendix 3b.
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3% Pancreas (n=5)
4% Muscle (n=7)
10% Unspecified Adult (n=17)
36% Hematopoietic, including cord blood (n=58)
14% Other (n=23)*
14% Neutral, including retinal (n=24)
19% Bone Marrow/Mesenchymal (n=32)
*Other includes amniotic (n=1), cardiac
(n=3), dermal (n=3), fat (n=4), fetal (n=2),
gastrointestinal (n=2), germline (n=3), lung
(n=1), mammary (n=2 + a researcher who
worked with various cell types), ovary (n=1),
vascular (n=1). Another researcher who
worked with various cell types worked with
placental stem cells.
figure 9: Focus of Tissue-Specific Stem Cell Researchers (n=166)
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FOCUS OF STEM CELL AND TISSUE
ENGINEERING RESEARCHERS
4
8% Tissue Engineering:
Unspecified
(n=6)
9% Biomaterials:
Scaffolds
(n=7)
18% Biomaterials:
Unspecified
(n=14)
65% Tissue Engineering:
Stem Cells and Scaffolds
(n=52)
figure 10: Focus of Tissue Engineering Researchers (n=79)
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5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
Cancer
Neurology
Musculoskeletal
Cardiovascular
Metabolic Including Diabetes
Hematological
Other
Translational Medicine
pHoto BY: Craig Aarts, Mammary Epithelial Stem Cell Progeny, Stem Cell Network
inside
diseases/Conditions
targeted BY steM Cell
and regenerative
MediCine researCHers
Of the 416 researchers working in stem
cell and regenerative medicine research,
16 are investigating social science and
humanities aspects. These individuals have
been excluded from the disease analysis.
Thus, the data in Figures 11 to 14 refer only
to 400 researchers or a subset thereof. The
disease focus of each researcher is shown in
Appendices 3a and 3c.
As indicated in Figure 11, the highest
number of researchers (n=101) work in two
or more disease areas (designated “various”),
such as hematological and cardiovascular,
or neurological, urological, and cutaneous
conditions. This is particularly true for those
who focus on tissue engineering. Some of
these individuals are referred to in the subsections below.
5.1 Cancer
The most common condition targeted
by Canada’s researchers is cancer with
94 working in this area (Figure 11). In
addition, two of the nine working in
hematological diseases include cancer
research, as do nine working in the
“various” category. Thus, at least 105 (26%)
investigators work in cancer research. As
indicated in Figure 12, the most common
focus of cancer research is hematological,
particularly leukemia.
5.2 Neurology
The second most important disease focus is
neurological. As well as the 56 individuals
almost exclusively focused on such diseases,
at least another 10 categorized in the
“various” group also work in this area. The
most common diseases being investigated
by these 66 researchers (who constitute 17%
of the 400 total number of researchers) are
those of the eye, spinal cord, and multiple
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2% Hematological (n=9)
3% Metabolic (n=12)
25% Various (n=101)
10% Other (n=38)
10% Cardiovascular (n=41)
12% Musculoskeletal (n=49)
24% Cancer (n=94)
14% Neurological (n=56)
figure 11: Disease Focus of Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Researchers (n=400)
sclerosis (Figure 13). “Other” conditions
include ALS (n=2), Parkinson’s (n=2),
Alzheimer’s (n=2), Rett’s syndrome (n=1),
stroke (n=2), brain or unspecified injury
(n=3), neurological development (n=1),
and olfactory (n=2).
5.3 Musculoskeletal
Figure 11 indicates that 49 investigators
are almost exclusively focused on
musculoskeletal conditions, including bone,
disc, ligament and cartilage formation
and/or regeneration and muscular
dystrophy. The targeted condition is not
specified or involves multiple aspects in
32 cases. An additional eight researchers
in the “various” category also work on
musculoskeletal conditions, bringing the
total to 57 (14% of the 400 total).
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5.4 Cardiovascular
Of the 41 researchers working almost
exclusively in cardiovascular research,
23 (56%) are almost entirely focused on the
heart. In addition, 16 of those working in
several disease areas include cardiovascular
conditions among their areas of focus. Thus
at least 57 (14% of the 400 total) researchers
are working on cardiovascular diseases.
5.5 Metabolic Including Diabetes
All 12 people working on metabolic
diseases as shown in Figure 11 work
on diabetes. In addition, five of the
researchers in the “various” category also
work on diabetes. Thus 17 (4% of the 400
total) investigators are using stem cells
or related tissue engineering to address
diabetes.
DISEASES/CONDITIONS TARGETED
BY STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE
MEDICINE RESEARCHERS
4
2
5
*Other includes one each of colorectal,
liver, ovarian and prostate.
Other
Cervix
4
Breast
6
Brain
37
Hematological
52
Not Specified
figure 12: Number of Researchers Working on Cancer (n=105)
5
note that in several cases, two
neurological indications were given,
hence the total of the bars is more
than 66.
Multiple Sclerosis
11
Spinal Cord Injury
16
15
Eye
Other
25
52
Multiple/Not Specified
figure 13: Number of Researchers Working on Neurological Conditions (n=66)
5.6 Hematological
Figure 11 shows that nine researchers
are working on hematological conditions
other than cancer. In addition, five of the
researchers working in several disease areas
are targeting hematological conditions.
Table 2 shows a breakdown of the
hematological focus of these 14 researchers.
5.7 Other
Figure 14 shows all other disease areas
targeted by Canada’s stem cell and
regenerative medicine researchers.
Those receiving the most attention are
immunological conditions (n=6), including
allergies, asthma, immunodeficiency,
and autoimmune. Five researchers are
also working on better understanding
embryogenesis, while eight researchers
are working on aspects of male and female
fertility (“reproduction”). Respiratory
conditions, such as cystic fibrosis, or lung
development or repair, are the focus of
four researchers. All other conditions are
targeted by three researchers or fewer.
5.8 Translational Medicine
Although the constraints involved in the
preparation of this report did not allow for
a detailed analysis of researchers that are
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table 2. Number of Researchers Working Within the Hematological Disease Area (excluding Cancer)
tYpe of disease
nuMBer of researCHers
Anemia
5
Hemophilia
4
Unspecified
5
driving translational medicine (moving
findings from the laboratory to the clinic),
many were noted during the analysis that
did take place. Thirty nine of these are listed
in Appendix 3d.
There is no doubt that many other
researchers listed in Appendix 3a are
also working to translate the basic stem
cell research findings to the clinic, as
the SCN indicated that its approximately
100 researchers had spent around
$50 million on translational research
over the past 10 years (Lyall, personal
communication). Furthermore, Canada
has a history of clinical innovations with
stem cells. For example, clinicians at the
University of Alberta published “The
Edmonton Protocol” in the New England
Journal of Medicine (2000), providing
the first proof of principle that Type 1
Diabetes could be treated effectively
by using replacement beta cells (in this
case from donated pancreases).16 This
innovation has spurred researchers
to explore the potential of deriving
functional beta cells from stem cells. In
addition, Canadian clinicians developed
the “Halifax Protocol” which is now being
used in international clinical trials to treat
Parkinson’s disease17. Our researchers are
also developing new protocols for multiple
sclerosis, graft-versus-host disease, stroke,
pulmonary hypertension, neuroblastoma
and other diseases that can be addressed
with stem cells.
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DISEASES/CONDITIONS TARGETED
BY STEM CELL AND REGENERATIVE
MEDICINE RESEARCHERS
1
Aging
1
Cardiopulmonary
3
Cutaneous
3
Dental
5
1
5
Embryogenesis
Gastrointestinal
2
Genetic
6
1
Infection
1
Renal
5
3
Reproduction—Female
Reproduction—Male
4
2
Immunological
Respiratory
Urological
figure 14: Number of Researchers Working on “Other” Conditions (n=38)
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6.1 Biobanks
6.2 Other Relevant Facilities
relevant support
faCilities
6.1 Biobanks
6.1.1 CORD BLOOD BANKS
There are two public cord blood banks in
Canada: one in Montréal (Héma-Québec
Cord Blood Bank) and the other one in
Edmonton (Alberta Cord Blood Bank).
There are also blood banks at several
universities that have samples available for
research purposes.18 Furthermore, there are
private blood banks in which parents can
place their baby’s blood in case of future
medical problems. In addition, Canadian
Blood Services are trying to establish a
national cord blood bank that should be
available by 2013.19 The blood banks listed
in Table 3 are those that may be accessed
for scientific purposes. It should be noted
that this list may not be all-inclusive.
6.2 Other Relevant Facilities
As well as the biorepositiories, there are
lots of other facilities that may be relevant
to stem cell researchers. These include at
least three manufacturing/bioprocessing
facilities as well as the other centres listed
in Table 5.
6.1.2 OTHER BIOBANKS
Other biobanks include those with tissue
samples (generally from cancer patients) or
pluripotent stem cell lines (both embryonic
and induced pluripotent) available for
research purposes. Table 4 lists some of
those available in Canada. Again, this list
is probably not all-inclusive but includes
two stem cell line banks and 15 other tissue
banks. Other potential biobanks are in the
planning stage, e.g., a brain tumour tissue
bank in Vancouver.20
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table 3. Publicly-Available Cord Blood Banks
Blood BanK
Managed BY
url
Alberta Cord Blood Bank
U. Alberta
www.acbb.ca
Banque publique de sang de cordon
du Québec
Héma-Québec
www.hema-quebec.qc.ca/donner/cellules-souches/don-desang-de-cordon-ombilical/index.fr.html
Registre des donneurs de cellules
souches (moelle osseuse)
Héma-Québec
www.hema-quebec.qc.ca/donner/cellules-souches/registredes-donneurs/index.fr.html
Clinical-Research Cord Blood Bank of
the McGill University Health Centre
McGill University Health Centre
muhc.ca/research/page/core-facilities
Toronto Cord Blood Program
Inseption Biosciences, Mount
Sinai Hospital
www.insception.com
table 4. Other Biobanks Available to Researchers
BioBanK
loCation
inforMation
url
Braley Human Stem
Cell Library (HSCL)
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute (SCC-RI), Hamilton, ON
Has more than 15 iPS cell lines for use in
regenerative medicine research.
fhs.mcmaster.ca/
SCCRI/21
National Registry for
Human Embryonic
Stem Cell Lines
Administered by CIHR22
A list of all human embryonic stem cell lines
derived under the auspices of an Institution
that receives Canadian Agency funds.
Includes 4 cell lines (2 each in Toronto and
Calgary).
www.cihr-irsc.
gc.ca/e/39580.html
Brain Tumour Tissue
Bank
Lawson Research Institute, London,
ON
Collects and provides human brain tumour
specimens and matching clinical data for
neuro-oncology research in Canada and
internationally.
www.lawsonresearch.
com/clinical_research/
brain_tumour_bank.htm
Breast Tumour Bank
BC Cancer Research Centre,
Vancouver, BC
This BC Cancer Agency’s breast cancer
tumour tissue repository (BREAST-TTR)
comprises several important banks of breast
tissues, contemporaneous as well as archival.
molonc.bccrc.ca/?page_
id=421
Canadian Breast
Cancer Foundation
(CBCF) Tumor Bank
Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton;
Tom Baker Cancer Centre, Calgary;
U. of Calgary; all in AB
Collaboration between CBCF—Prairies/NWT
Chapter and the Alberta Health Services,
providing a comprehensive collection of
cancer specimens with related clinical
information for use by researchers.
www.abtumorbank.com
Canadian Virtual Brain
Tumour Bank
Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON
Acts as a resource for researchers to provide
them with information on the types of brain
tumour tissue samples available and direct
them to the tumour tissue banking sites
holding these samples.
www.braintumourbank.
ca
steM Cell lines
otHer BioBanKs
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RELEVANT SUPPORT FACILITIES
BioBanK
loCation
inforMation
url
Manitoba Breast
Tumor Bank
Cancer Care Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB
Provides anonymized, processed, and
annotated cancer tissues and data for
translational research.
www.umanitoba.ca/
institutes/manitoba_
institute_cell_biology/
MBTB/Index4.htm
Maritime Brain Tissue
Bank
Dalhousie U., NS
Collects brain tissues and makes them
available for researchers who are trying to
better understand the causes of dementia.
research.medicine.dal.
ca/cores-brain.htm
National Cancer
Institute of Canada
Clinical Trials Group
(NCIC CTG) Tissue
Bank
Queen’s U., Kingston, ON
Contains unique disease specific collections,
housed, catalogued, and linked to an
associated clinical dataset to support
correlative science.
www.ctg.queensu.ca/
TissueBank/index.html
Ontario Tumour Bank
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research,
Toronto, ON
Focused on collection of tumour-related
human biospecimens for use by academic
and industry cancer researchers.
www.ontariotumourbank.
ca
OvCaRe Gynaecologic
Tissue Bank
Vancouver General Hospital and BC
Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC
Contains tumour and serum samples
from over 1,100 consenting patients. In
addition to providing research material for
OvCaRe researchers, the Tumour Bank has
contributed to 43 national and international
research projects.
ovcare.ca/research/
platforms.php
PROCURE Québec
Prostate Cancer
Biobank
Mont-Royal, QC
Collects and stores standardized high
volumes of prostatic tissues, blood, urine,
clinical information and socio-demographic
data from men undergoing prostate cancer
screening and surgery across QC and
facilitates access to these resources.
www.procure.
ca/tiki-index.
php?page=biobank_
overview_introduction
Québec Leukemia Cell
Bank
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montréal,
QC
Supports basic and clinical blood cancer
research; provides an infrastructure and
services aimed at facilitating the work
of researchers in various fields, such as
oncology, hematology and immunology.
www.bclq.org/en/index.
html
Le Réseau de
recherche sur le
cancer du Fonds de la
recherche en santé du
Québec (RRCancerFRSQ Network)
Montréal, QC
Provides tumour banks and other resources
to Québec researchers.
www.rrcancer.ca
Tumour Bank
Sunnybrook Research Institute,
Toronto, ON
Collects, stores, and distributes tissues for
the following body sites: breast, prostate,
colorectal, gynecological.
sunnybrook.ca/research/
content/?page=sri_core_
tbank_home
Tumour Tissue
Repository
BC Cancer Agency, The Deeley
Research Centre, Victoria, BC
Collects anonymized and appropriately
consented biospecimens (tissues and blood)
and associated clinical information for use by
cancer translational researchers throughout
Canada and worldwide.
www.bccrc.ca/dept/ttr
Vancouver Prostate
Centre Biorepository
Vancouver Prostate Centre,
Vancouver, BC
Contains over 2,000 prostate cancer
specimens (both fresh frozen and paraffin
embedded), as well as an integrated
database.
www.prostatecentre.
com/our-research/corefacilities/biorepository
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table 5. Support Facilities for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
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naMe
desCription
url
Biotechnology and Pharmaceutical
Processes Research Unit, École
polytechnique de Montréal, QC
Develops bioprocesses to produce and purify high quality,
valuable biomolecules.
www.polymtl.ca/bio-p2/
Centre de Recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont, Montreal,
QC
As well as the Québec Leukemia Cell Bank described in
Table 4 and the CECT described below, the Centre de Recherche
de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont also offers other relevant
research facilities such as flow cytometry and an animal supply
facility.
recherche.maisonneuverosemont.org/en-ca/research/
technical-support-programs/
flow-cytometry.html
Centre for Applied Genomics (TCAG),
Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids),
MaRS Centre, Toronto, ON
Provides project support to investigators, including laboratory
experimentation, statistical analysis and bioinformatics
support. It also has a Biobanking and Databasing Facility that
provides DNA extraction from lymphoblasts, fibroblasts and
other cell types, archiving of white cell pellets, preparation and
immortalization of cell lines, and comprehensive databasing and
tracking of samples and/or cell lines within the facility.
www.tcag.ca
Centre of Excellence for Cellular
Therapy (CECT), Centre de Recherche
de l’Hôpital Maisonneuve-Rosemont,
Montreal, QC
Opening in 2011, CECT will conduct leading-edge research
on stem cells, the immune system and cancer; train young
researchers; and bring together basic and clinical research. It
will offer bioreactors, a high speed cell sorter, FACS analyzer, a
level BSCL2 facility, and other state-of-the-art equipment.
recherche.maisonneuverosemont.org/en-ca/research/
research-units/centre-ofexcellence-for-cellular-therapy.
html
LOEX (Experimental Organogenesis
Laboratory—Laboratoire
d’organogénèse expérimentale),
U. Laval. QC
Works with epidermal culture and a self-assembly approach to
tissue engineering. Activities cover four major areas: (1) Stem
cells, differentiation and cellular interactions; (2) Cutaneous,
cardiovascular, orthopedic, ophthalmologic, pulmonary and
urinary tissue reconstruction; (3) Biological applications
of reconstructed tissues (physiology, pathophysiology,
pharmacology, toxicology, transplantation) and pre-clinical
trials; (4) Clinical applications of cellular and tissue-based
therapies.
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/
www/research/fields-ofresearch/tissue-engineeringand-regeneration/index.html;
www.loex.qc.ca/recherche.
interets.php?langue=2
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
(OHRI), Ottawa, ON
With 230,000 square feet of dedicated basic and clinical
research space, the OHRI houses good manufacturing practice
laboratories, advanced imaging equipment, flow cytometry
facilities, a clinical pharmacokinetics laboratory and other
facilities. As a member of the Shared Core Facilities Initiative,
OHRI makes many of its facilities available to the broader
academic health research community in Ottawa.
www.ohri.ca/About/Facilities.
asp
Pharmaceutical Production Research
Facility, Calgary, AB
Commercializing media development and bioreactor protocols
for the expansion of mammalian neural stem cells, as well as
developing expansion protocols for pancreatic endocrine tissue
and progenitor cells, mesenchymal stem cells, hepatic oval stem
cells, embryonic stem cells and mammary stem cells.
www.pprf.ca
Philip S. Orsino Cell Therapy Facility,
Princess Margaret Hospital, Toronto,
ON23
A state-of-the-art facility offering Good Manufacturing Practice
(GMP) grade cell and tissue processing capabilities.
www.uhnres.utoroto.ca/
facilities/psoctf/
RELEVANT SUPPORT FACILITIES
naMe
desCription
url
Ontario Human Induced Pluripotent
Stem Cell Facility, MaRS Centre,
Toronto, ON
Develops best practices in the technologies of reprogramming
with a focus on the establishment and banking of patientspecific primary fibroblast cell lines, and the subsequent
generation and characterization of iPS cells.
www.ontarioips.ca
StemBase, Ottawa Health Research
Institute, ON
The largest stem cell gene expression database in the world
containing information on genomic and proteomic analysis of
stem cells.
www.stembase.ca
Toronto Centre for Phenogenomics,
Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, ON
Conducts and supports genetic research involving generation of
mutant mice, physiological phenotyping, behavioural analysis,
imaging, pathology and cryopreservation for storage and
distribution. Services include generation of novel ES cell lines,
and expansion of ES cell clones.
www.phenogenomics.ca
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7.1 National and International Networks
7.2 Provincial Networks
pHoto BY: Shaalee Dworski, Skin-derived precursors differentiated into Schwann cells, Stem Cell Network
inside
netWorKs
7.1 National and International
Networks
Canada’s stem cell and regenerative
medicine researchers are members of a
number of different relevant national and
international networks. These include
those networks described in Table 6.
Unless otherwise indicated, the description
information has been sourced from the
URL listed in the table.
7.2 Provincial Networks
There are also a number of provincial research
networks to which researchers belong. These
include those listed in Table 7.27
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table 6. National and International Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Networks
naMe
desCription
url
Stem Cell Network (SCN)
Headquartered at U. Ottawa, ON, this federal government-funded
Network of Centers of Excellence (NCE) was formed in 2001 and
currently includes 96 researchers and 167 industry, public service
and academic partners. It is a catalyst for enabling translation of
stem cell research into clinical applications, commercial products
or public policy. It will receive $63.62M in federal government
funding between 2001 & 2012.
www.stemcellnetwork.ca
Centre for Commercialization of
Regenerative Medicine (CCRM)
This federal government-funded Centre of Excellence for
Commercialization and Research (CECR) was established at
the end of 2010 at U. Toronto, ON. It aims to accelerate the
commercialization of regenerative medicine technologies by
bringing together business leadership and innovative stem cell
and biomaterial technology development. It will receive $15M in
federal government funding between 2011 and 2015.24
www.ccrm.ca
AllerGen NCE Inc.
Allergy and asthma research federal government-funded NCE
headquartered at McMaster U., ON. Formed in 2004, it funds
some stem cell research in asthma and inflammatory disease.
www.allergen-nce.ca
C17 Council
Organization composed of the institutionally appointed heads
of the 16 pediatric hematology, oncology, and stem cell
transplantation programs in Canada. Acts as an authoritative
Canadian voice representing the interests of children and
adolescents with cancer and blood disorders.
www.c17.ca
Canadian Blood & Marrow Transplant
(BMT) Group
National, voluntary, multi-disciplinary organization providing
leadership and promoting excellence in patient care, research
and education in the field of blood and marrow transplantation.
www.cbmtg.org
Canadian Tumour Repository Network
(CTRNet)
A translational cancer research resource, funded by CIHR, that
furthers Canadian health research by linking cancer researchers
with provincial tumour banks.
www.ctrnet.ca
Cancer Stem Cell Consortium (CSCC)
Founded in 2007 by a group of Canadian funding agencies (CFI,
CIHR, Genome Canada, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research,
Stem Cell Network) to support international collaboration
on research on cancer stem cells. Currently has a strategic
partnership with the California Institute for Regenerative
Medicine. Aims to secure and manage an estimated $500M in
research funds during an initial 5-year period (2009–2014).25
www.
cancerstemcellconsortium.ca
International Consortium of Stem Cell
Networks
HQ in Ottawa, ON. Consists of 18 stem cell networks from more
than 10 countries; currently chaired by Dr. Michael Rudnicki,
Scientific Director of Canada’s Stem Cell Network.
www.stemcellconsortium.org
International Society for Cellular
Therapy
A global association driving the translation of scientific research
to deliver innovative cellular therapies to patients that was
established in 1992. Dr. Armand Keating is on the Mesenchymal
and Tissue Stem Cells Committee.
www.celltherapysociety.org
International Society of Stem Cell
Research
An independent, nonprofit organization formed to foster
the international exchange of information on stem cell
research between the world’s leading stem cell scientists and
researchers. HQ in Deerfield, Illinois, US. Drs. Connie Eaves and
Derek van der Kooy are on the Board of Directors. Dr. Gordon
Keller is a member of the Global Advisory Council.
www.isscr.org
national
international
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NETWORKS
naMe
desCription
url
International Stem Cell Forum
Consists of 14 leading funders of stem cell research from
13 countries. Founded in January 2003 to encourage
international collaboration and funding support for stem cell
research. Canada’s member is CIHR.26
N/A
Pediatric Bone and Marrow
Transplant Consortium (PBMTC)
A voluntary group of clinicians and scientists that includes over
100 pediatric PBMTC centers in Canada, US, Australia and New
Zealand. Purpose is to engage in scientific and educational
activities related to the use of hematopoietic stem cells in the
treatment of diseases of children and adolescents. Canadian
members include Alberta Children’s Hospital, BC Children’s
Hospital, Cancer Care Manitoba, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire
Ste Justine Chu Ste-Justine, McGill University Health Center—
Montreal Children’s Hospital, and Sick Kids.
www.pbmtc.org
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table 7. Provincial Networks for Stem cell and Regenerative Medicine Researchers
naMe
reaCH
url
BC Network for Aging Research
British Columbia
www.bcnar.ca
Child & Youth Health Research Network
British Columbia
www.cyhrnet.ca
BC Clinical Genomics Network
British Columbia
www.bccgn.ca
BC Preclinical Research Consortium
British Columbia
www.bcprc.ca
BC Biolibrary
British Columbia
www.bcbiolibrary.icapture.ubc.ca
BC Proteomics Network
British Columbia
www.bcproteomicsnetwork.ca
British Columbia Pancreatic Cancer
Research Net
British Columbia
www.bccancer.bc.ca/RES/ResearchPrograms/bcpcr/
default.htm
Brain Research Centre
British Columbia
www.brain.ubc.ca
ICORD (International Collaboration On
Repair Discoveries)
British Columbia
icord.org
Centre for Lymphoid Cancer
British Columbia
www.bccancer.bc.ca/RES/ResearchPrograms/
LymphoidCancers/default.htm
Alberta
www.albertahealthservices.ca/services.
asp?pid=service&rid=1715
U. Saskatchewan
www.medicine.usask.ca/research/health-researchgroups/airways-research-group/index.html
Manitoba Neuroscience Network
Manitoba
www.sbrc.ca/mnn/
Spinal Cord Research Centre
U. Manitoba
www.scrc.umanitoba.ca/SCRC/About.html
Medical Genetics Research Group
Manitoba
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/biochem/
research/genetics.html
Health Services Research Network (cancer
research)
Ontario
www.oicr.on.ca/newsreleases/2010/Backgrounder_
Health_Services_Research_July122010.pdf
Imaging Network Ontario
Ontario
sunnybrook.ca/research/content/?page=sri_proj_imno_
home
Ontario Cancer Genetics Network
Ontario
www.cancercare.on.ca/cms/one.aspx?pageId=10051
Ontario Stem Cell Initiative (virtual network
of over 60 stem cell scientists in Ontario)
Ontario
www.ontariostemcell.ca
Ontario Translational Research Network
(cancer research)
Ontario
www.otrn.ca
Network for Oral and Bone Health Research
Québec
www.rsbo.ca
Vision Research Network
Québec
www.visionnetwork.ca
BritisH ColuMBia
alBerta
Joint Injury and Arthritis Research Group
sasKatCHeWan
Airways Research Group
ManitoBa
ontario
QuÉBeC
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NETWORKS
naMe
reaCH
url
Cancer Research Network
Québec
www.rrcancer.ca
Réseau de thérapie cellulaire et tissulaire
(ThéCell)
Québec
www.reseauthecell.qc.ca
Groupe de recherche en sciences et
technologies biomédicales (GRSTB)
Institut de génie biomédical of
École polytechnique Montréal
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/unites/details.
php?NoUnite=42
Groupe de recherche sur le système
nerveux central
Faculty of Medicine of Université
de Montréal
www.grsnc.umontreal.ca
Montréal Diabetes Research Center
Montréal Institutions
www.montreal-diabetes-research-center.org/en/index.asp
Atlantic Path Research Network (cancer
research)
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick,
Prince Edward Island,
Newfoundland and Labrador
atlanticpath.ca/research/research.html
New Brunswick Cancer Network
New Brunswick
www.gnb.ca/0051/cancer/index-e.asp
7
MaritiMe provinCes
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inside
8.1 Key Researchers
8.2 Key Research Institutions
KeY researCHers and
institutions
8.1 Key Researchers
There are several ways to measure the
importance of a researcher, including:
•
•
•
•
•
•
Key contributions
Amount of research funding received
Position within key research institutes
Endowed Chair
Number of publications
Number of citations.
Each of the six criteria metrics provides
different outcomes, as described below,
but the 21 researchers listed in Table 8
all score high on key contributions and/
or levels of research funding ($5 million
or greater used as excellence level). Three
researchers score high on all criteria, while
at least eight other researchers score high
on a minimum of four of the six criteria
(from the information that was available
for this project; publication, citation, and
contributions data are missing for a number
of researchers):
• Mick Bhatia, McMaster University—
scores high on all six criteria
• John Dick, University of Toronto—scores
high on all six criteria
• Janet Rossant, University of Toronto—
scores high on all six criteria
• Connie Eaves—scores high on four
criteria
• Keith Humphries—scores high on four
criteria
• Armand Keating, University of Toronto—
scores high on five criteria
• Gordon Keller—scores high on four criteria
• Freda Miller—scores high on four criteria
• Andras Nagy, University of Toronto—
scores high on five criteria
• Michael Rudnicki, University of Ottawa—
scores high on four criteria
• Guy Sauvageau, Université de Montréal—
scores high on four criteria.
In terms of amount of funding received
within the constraints of the methodology
used in this Asset Map (see Appendix 1),
51 of the 416 researchers received funding
of more than $1 million over a five year
period (2006/7 to 2010/11). The 13 who
received funding of over $5 million are
all listed in Table 8, as are two researchers
who have recently received over $5 million
of funding for use over the next five years
from either the Ontario Government
(Greenblatt) or Networks of Centres of
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Excellence (NCE) (Zandstra). Thirteen
of the 21 key researchers are directors
of or hold similar positions within their
research institutions and 11 of these
received funding of over $5 million.
As mentioned above, another way of
measuring a researcher’s importance is
whether or not (s)he holds an endowed
Chair. Eighty one of the 416 researchers
are Chairholders, 69 of whom are Canada
Research Chairs (CRCs). The latter
are high level research professorships
created by the Canadian Government
to attract and retain some of the world’s
most accomplished and promising
minds. Eleven Chairholders who have
made significant achievements in stem
cell/regenerative medicine research
and/or received high levels of funding
(over $5 million) are shown in Table 8
while the rest are listed in Appendix 3a.
Furthermore, using data from Scopus
(www.scopus.com), Industry Canada’s Life
table 8. Researchers Who Have Made or Are Making Significant Contributions to Stem Cell Research
researCHer
Bhatia,
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Mickc
researCH institution and position
universitY
affiliation
endoWed CHair
Director and Senior Scientist, Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U., ON
CRC in Human Stem Cell Biology;
Krembil Chair in Stem Cell
Biology
Dick, John
Director, Program in Cancer Stem Cells—Genesis, Ontario
Institute for Cancer Research
U. Toronto, ON
CRC in Stem Cell Biology
Dirks, Peter
Scientist & Principal Investigator, Hospital for Sick Children
(Sick Kids)
U. Toronto
Eaves, Connie
Director, Co-founder, and Senior Scientist, Terry Fox
Laboratory; VP Research BC Cancer Agency
UBC, BC
Greenblatt, Jack
Principal Investigator, The Donnelly Centre, Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto, ON
Humphries, Keith
Director & Distinguished Scientist, Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
UBC, BC
Keating, Armand
Director, Cell Therapy Program and the Orsino Cell Therapy
Translational Research Lab., Princess Margaret Hospital
U. Toronto, ON
Epstein Chair in Cell Therapy &
Transplantation
Keller, Gordon
Director, McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine and
Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute
U. Toronto, ON
CRC in Embryonic Stem Cell
Biology
Korbutt, Gregory
Director, Human Islet Quality Control Laboratory, Alberta
Diabetes Institute
U. Alberta, AB
Miller, Freda
Senior Scientist, Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
program, Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids)
U. Toronto, ON
CRC in Developmental
Neurobiology
Nagy, Andrasd
Senior Investigator, Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital and Investigator, McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine
U. Toronto, ON
CRC in Stem Cells and
Regeneration
Paige, Christopher
VP Research, Ontario Cancer Institute
U. Toronto, ON
KEY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS
Science Industries Branch and ScienceMetrix on publications and citations,28
at least nine of the 21 researchers had
a significant number of publications
and citations. The majority of the other
researchers probably also had numerous
well-cited publications but the data for
these could not be collected for this report.
8.2 Key Research Institutions
As with researchers, there are several ways
of measuring institutional importance,
including:
•
•
•
•
8
Amount of funding received
Number of researchers
Number of endowed Chairs
Number of publications and citations.
These criteria metrics give slightly different
results in terms of key institutions.
As indicated in section 3.3 and Table 1,
25 of Canada’s universities are associated
with stem cell and regenerative medicine
research. Associated with the fact that
Ontario received 65% of funding (Figure 2
funding BetWeen
2006/07 & 2010/11a
# puBs.
2005–2010b
Citation
indeX
(H-indeX)b
KeY ContriButions (froM info. supplied BY industrY
Canada onlY, unless otHerWise indiCated)
$5M+
22
13
Developed a process to transform skin cells into stem cells.29
$5M+
18
13
Isolated the first cancer stem cell, in acute myeloid leukemia (1994), and
subsequent ones in other tumors.
< $1M
N/A
N/A
Isolated and characterized cancer stem cells from human brain tumours of
different phenotypes that express neural stem cell markers and have stem celllike behaviour in vitro and in vivo.
$1M–$2.5M
30
14
Pioneering research in basic blood stem cell biology. Discovered breast stem
cells. Developed stem cell assays.
$1M–$2.5M
N/A
N/A
A $5.27M grant for 2011–2014 from the Ontario Government for Protein
Complexes in the Epigenetics of Human Disease and Stem Cell Fate research.
$5M+
15
8
N/A
$5M+
33
12
N/A
$5M+
N/A
N/A
Demonstrated that human heart progenitor cells could be grown from
embryonic stem cells (2008).30
$5M+
N/A
N/A
N/A
$4M–$5M
16
11
Demonstrated the existence of stem cells in adult skin tissue, and that they
could be used to grow nerve cells that could potentially help people with spinal
cord injuries or Parkinson’s disease.
$5M+
18
8
Reconstituted a mouse from a single embryonic stem cell, thus proving the
cells’ inherent and defining characteristic of pluripotency.31 Established
Canada’s first—and to date only—human embryonic stem cell lines (2005).
Developed method to create induced pluropotent stem cells (iPS) cells without
the use of retroviruses (2009).
$5M+
N/A
N/A
N/A
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table 8. cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution and position
universitY
affiliation
endoWed CHair
Rossant, Janet
Chief of Research, Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids)
U. Toronto, ON
Lombard Insurance Chair
Rudnicki, Michael
Director and Senior Scientist, Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research (also Scientific Director, Stem Cell Network)
U. Ottawa
CRC in Molecular Genetics
Sauvageau, Guy
Chief Executive Officer and founding Scientific Director,
Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer
U. Montréal, QC
CRC in the Molecular Genetics
of Stem Cells
Sefton, Michael
Principal Investigator, Donnelly Centre for Cellular and
Biomolecular Research
U. Toronto, ON
Michael E. Charles Chair in
Chemical Engineering
Till, Jim
Senior Scientist, Ontario Cancer Institute
U. Toronto, ON
van der Kooy, Derek
Professor, Department of Medical Genetics and
Microbiology
U. Toronto, ON
Weisel, Richard
Director, Toronto General Research Institute
U. Toronto, ON
Weiss, Samuel
Director, Hotchkiss Brain Institute
U. Calgary, AB
Zandstra, Peter
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, University
Health Network and Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering, Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto, ON
CRC in Stem Cell Bioengineering
Funding (principally federal) collected according to Methodology described in Appendix 1—includes individual investigator funds from Stem Cell Network.
Only publication and citation data supplied within an internal document provided by Industry Canada’s Life Science Industries Branch were used here—see
above text for reference.
c Also has a 2011–2014 grant from the Ontario Government of $9.2M for the Ontario Consortium for Regeneration Inducing Therapeutics (OCRiT).
d Also has a 2011–2014 grant from the Ontario Government of $7.25M for a project titled: Molecular pathways of reprogramming—from discovery to novel
therapeutics.
a
b
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KEY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS
funding BetWeen
2006/07 & 2010/11a
# puBs.
2005–2010b
Citation
indeX
(H-indeX)b
$5M+
25
11
Reconstituted a mouse from a single embryonic stem cell, thus proving the
cells’ inherent and defining characteristic of pluripotency.32
$5M+
N/A
N/A
Discovered adult muscle stem cells.
$5M+
N/A
N/A
Developed the use of recombinant proteins allowing for the expansion of the
hematopoietic stem cells.
$5M+
N/A
N/A
N/A
Semi-retired
N/A
N/A
Demonstrated the existence of stem cells (1961).
$2.5M–$4M
16
10
Identified retinal stem cells in mice (1994). Identified retinal stem cells in the
human eye (2000).
$5M+
N/A
N/A
N/A
$1M–$2.5M
N/A
N/A
Identified stem cells in the adult human brain (1992)—discovered a mammalian
central nervous system (CNS) stem cell.
< $1M
N/A
N/A
$15M from 2011 for an NCE CECR: Centre for Commercialization of Regenerative
Medicine.
8
KeY ContriButions (froM info. supplied BY industrY
Canada onlY, unless otHerWise indiCated)
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
above), the University of Toronto received
the lion’s share of funds between 2006/7
and 2010/11, at $117 million (see Figure 3
above). This was followed by the University
of Ottawa and Université de Montréal. In
terms of researchers, the order of importance
of the universities changes somewhat. The
University of Toronto remains the most
important, followed by the University of
British Columbia, the University of Ottawa,
McGill University, and Université de
Montréal (see Figure 5 above, Table 9 and
Appendix 4). The University of Toronto has
the most endowed Chairs although there is
a higher percentage of Chairs as a ratio of
researchers at many of the other universities
with more than 10 relevant investigators. On
this measure, Université de Montréal comes
first (Table 9).
Within or affiliated with the universities
are key research organizations, listed in
Appendix 4. The seven largest of these
in terms of numbers of stem cell and
regenerative medicine researchers are
described in Table 10. Four are affiliated
with the University of Toronto (in order
of researcher numbers: Ontario Cancer
Institute, Sick Kids, McEwen Centre,
Sunnybrook) and one of each is affiliated
with the University of British Columbia
(Terry Fox Laboratory), Université Laval
(LOEX), and the University of Ottawa
(Sprott Centre). All have endowed Chairs,
with the most residing at McEwen (n=6),
Sprott (n=5), and Sick Kids (n=4). Table 11
lists 10 other research institutes that each
house five or more investigators: three
affiliated with the University of British
Columbia, two with the University of
Toronto, and one each with the University
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of Calgary, McMaster University, the
University of Ottawa, McGill University
and Université de Montréal. In addition,
although housing fewer than five
researchers (by this report’s analysis), the
Institute of Cell Biology at the University
of Manitoba is also considered to be a key
institution by interviewees.
In terms of publications and citations,
data from Industry Canada33 showed that
between 1996 and 2009, Canada published
over 1,050 regenerative medicine research
papers. Overall, Canadian papers in
regenerative medicine were cited 30% more
often than the world average as indicated
in Table 10 for our key universities: the
University of Toronto, McGill University,
and the University of British Columbia,
as well as the University of Alberta, the
University of Calgary, and McMaster
University.
KEY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS
8
table 9. Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Researchers and Endowed Chairs by University
provinCe
universitY
# relevant
researCHers
# relevant
endoWed CHairs
(% of researCHers)
# puBs/ sCi.
iMpaCt *
ranK BY
researCHer #
U. Alberta
16
4 (25%)
116/1.7
10
U. Calgary
21
1 (5%)
60/1.6
7
SFU
1
0
N/A
21 joint
UBC
50
7 (14%)
121/1.3
2
U. Victoria
2
1 (50%)
N/A
19
U. Manitoba
11
2 (18%)
N/A
11
1
0
N/A
21 joint
Memorial U.
1
0
N/A
21 joint
Dalhousie U.
11
1 (9%)
N/A
12
Carleton U.
1
0
N/A
21 joint
McMaster U.
19
5 (26%)
75/1.1
8
Queen’s U.
9
1 (11%)
N/A
13
U. Guelph
1
0
N/A
21 joint
U. Ottawa
34
9 (26%)
N/A
3
U. Toronto
110
24 (22%)
173/1.5
1
U. Waterloo
3
0
N/A
18
U. Western Ontario
17
1 (6%)
N/A
9
York U.
1
1 (100%)
N/A
20
École polytechnique de Montréal
7
3 (43%)
N/A
14
McGill U.
33
8 (24%)
89/1.1
4
U. Laval
23
1 (4%)
N/A
6
U. Montréal
32
10 (31%)
N/A
5
U. Québec à Montréal
3
1 (33%)
N/A
17
U. Sherbrooke
4
1 (25%)
N/A
16
5
0
N/A
15
alBerta
BC
ManitoBa
neW BrunsWiCK
New Brunswick Heart Centre
neWfoundland & laBrador
nova sCotia
ontario
QuÉBeC
sasKatCHeWan
U. Saskatchewan
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table 10. Institutions Housing More Than Ten Researchers in Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Research
universitY
affiliation
Head
# res./CHairs*
Ontario Cancer Institute (OCI), UHN [UHN also includes
Toronto General Research Institute and Toronto Western
Research Institute]
U. Toronto, ON
Director OCI: Neel, Benjamin
19/1
Hospital for Sick Children (Sick Kids)
U. Toronto, ON
Chief of Research: Rossant, Janet
16/4
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute (OHRI)
U. Ottawa, ON
Director Sprott: Rudnicki, Michael;
CEO & Sci. Director OHRI: Stewart,
Duncan
14/5
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine, Toronto
General Research Institute, University Health Network
(UHN)
U. Toronto, ON
Director McEwan: Keller, Gordon
12/6
Sunnybrook Research Institute (SRI), Sunnybrook Health
Sciences Centre (SHSC)
U. Toronto, ON
Terry Fox Research Labs.
UBC thru BCCA,
BC
Director: Humphries, Keith
10/1
LOEX (Experimental Organogenesis Laboratory—
Laboratoire d’organogénèse expérimentale)
U. Laval, QC
Director: Auger, François A
Sci. Director: Germain, Lucie
10/1
researCH institution
*First number is the number of researchers/second number is number of endowed Chairs.
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12/1
VP Research SRI: Julius, Michael
KEY RESEARCHERS AND INSTITUTIONS
desCription
url
Researchers employ state-of-the-art tools in genomics, proteomics, structural biology, molecular biology,
biophysics and the behavioural sciences. With these tools they analyze cancerous cells at the molecular
level; test gene and cellular therapies for cancer and other diseases; develop new technologies for
diagnosing and treating cancer; determine the effects of diet and behaviour on cancer risks; and develop
and test informatics tools for the large-scale analysis of patient populations.
www.uhnresearch.ca/
institutes/oci
One of the world’s foremost paediatric health-care institutions and Canada’s leading centre dedicated to
advancing children’s health through the integration of patient care, research and education. SickKids is one of
Canada’s most research-intensive hospitals and has generated discoveries that have helped children globally.
www.sickkids.ca
One of the leading regenerative medicine centres in Canada. Houses the OHRI’s Regenerative Medicine
Program (which encompasses basic sciences such as stem cell biology, molecular genetics and molecular
biology, and applied sciences such as transplantation and tissue engineering); headquarters for Canada’s
Stem Cell Network. Provides an important hub for stem cell research community in Ottawa.
www.ohri.ca/centres/
StemCellResearch/default.asp
Aims to be a world-renowned centre for stem cell biology and regenerative medicine. Working to accelerate
the development of more effective treatments for conditions such as heart disease, diabetes, respiratory
disease and spinal cord injury. Distributes their stem cells globally.
www.mcewencentre.com
Main aims are to understand and prevent disease, and develop treatments that enhance and extend life.
Main areas of expertise are in clinical epidemiology and health sciences; clinical integrative biology;
imaging; and molecular and cellular biology.
sunnybrook.ca/research
Aims to fuel major improvements in cancer outcomes through basic and translational research with a
current focus on cancer stem cells. Faculty comprise experts with diverse backgrounds in biology and
medicine and internationally recognized leadership in normal and leukemic stem cell investigations, innate
and acquired immunity, embryo and tissue development, telomere biology and aging, signalling, genomics,
live cell banking, cell separation, imaging and molecular analysis, and bioinformatics and data management.
Strategies range from the investigation of model organisms to experiments with patient’s cells and the
initiation and laboratory support of clinical trials.
www.terryfoxlab.ca
An international leader in tissue engineering. Its strength lies principally in epidermal culture and its selfassembly approach to tissue engineering. Activities cover four major areas: Stem cells, differentiation
and cellular interactions; Cutaneous, cardiovascular, orthopedic, ophthalmologic, pulmonary and urinary
tissue reconstruction; Biological applications of reconstructed tissues (physiology, pathophysiology,
pharmacology, toxicology, transplantation) and pre-clinical trials; Clinical applications of cellular and
tissue-based therapies.
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/
www/research/index.html
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www.loex.qc.ca
table 11. Research Institutes Housing between Five and Ten Researchers
researCH institute
universitY
affiliation
# res./
CHairs *
url
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto, ON
8/3
www.lunenfeld.ca
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto, ON
8/2
thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca
Stem Cell and Cancer Research Institute
McMaster U., ON
7/4
sccri.mcmaster.ca
Institut de recherches cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal, QC
7/3
ircm.qc.ca
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
U. Calgary, AB
7/1
www.hbi.ucalgary.ca
Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
UBC, BC
7/0
www.vchri.ca
BC Cancer Agency (excl. Terry Fox Laboratory)
UBC, BC
6/1
www.bccrc.ca
Biomedical Research Centre
UBC, BC
6/1
www.brc.ubc.ca
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa, ON
5/1
www.ohri.ca
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health
Centre
McGill U., QC
5/0
muhc.ca
*First number is the number of researchers/second number is number of Endowed Chairs.
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ConClusion
In keeping with the fact that Canadian
researchers were the first to identify many
types of stem cells, Canada has a significant
number of current researchers in this field
(416 in professor or associate professor
positions), many of them internationally
renowned. Canada remains among the
world leaders in stem cell research, with
Ontario, and the University of Toronto in
particular, having the greatest number of
researchers and highest levels of funding.
Researchers’ main area of focus is tissuespecific stem cells (not embryonic stem cells
as may have been assumed), particularly
hematopoietic, and the most common
disease area targeted is cancer. However,
a number of other disease areas are also
important, particularly neurological,
musculoskeletal, and cardiovascular
conditions.
aCKnoWledgeMents
We would like to thank everyone who
participated in the creation of this
document including Eric Cloutier, Policy
Advisor, Life Science Industries Branch,
Industry Sector, Industry Canada;
Sue Kingsley, President, International
BioPharma Solutions Ltd. (IBPS); Richard
Taylor, via IBPS; Helen Kingsley, via IBPS;
Drew Lyall, Executive Director, Canadian
Stem Cell Network and Board of Directors
of the Canadian Stem Cell Foundation and
Canadian Stem Cell Consortium; Michael
Rudnicki, Scientific Director, Canadian
Stem Cell Network and Senior Scientist
and Director of the Regenerative Medicine
Program and the Sprott Centre for Stem
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Cell Research, Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute; Cindy Bell, Interim Executive
Director, Cancer Stem Cell Consortium
and Executive VP Corporate Development,
Genome Canada; Gordon Keller, Canada
Research Chair in Embryonic Stem Cell
Biology, Director, McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine, University Health
Network, University of Toronto; Juan Carlos
Zúñiga-Pflücker, Director of the Advanced
Regenerative Tissue Engineering Centre,
University of Toronto; Jim Till, President,
Cancer Stem Cell Consortium and Board
of Directors of the Canadian Stem Cell
Foundation.
ContaCts
Industry Canada, Life Science Industries Branch
Eric Cloutier
613-941-6479
[email protected]
www.ic.gc.ca/lsib
International BioPharma Solutions Ltd.
Sue Kingsley
604-408-4310
[email protected]
www.BioPharmaSolutions.com
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appendiX
1 Methodology
tHis asset Map Was Created as
folloWs:
1. Initial information on regenerative
medicine research in Canada was obtained
from:
• Provincial regenerative medicine asset
maps:
– Ontario’s MaRS Regenerative Medicine
2009 Industry Briefing report
(www.marsdd.com/buzz/reports/
regenerativemedicine)
– Ontario’s MaRS Regenerative Medicine
Asset Map 2009 (www.trra.ca/en/
sectors/resources/MRI_asset_maps_
RM_050809.pdf)
– The BC Regenerative Medicine Asset
Map (www.tted.gov.bc.ca/MIT/SBIIO/
Documents/AssetMap_RegenMed.pdf)
• The websites of:
– Canada Research Chairs
(www.chairs-chaires.gc.ca)
– Canadian Stem Cell Network
(www.stemcellnetwork.ca)
– Canadian Stem Cell Consortium
(www.cancerstemcellconsortium.com)
– Canadian Stem Cell Foundation
(stemcellfoundation.ca/#/aboutUs)
• Industry Canada’s Life Science Industries
Branch.
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2. Using this information, we identified
key leaders within the area of Canadian
regenerative medicine research. We
contacted 10 of these individuals by email
to ask for an interview or for information.
Six replied and, using a discussion guide
we created for this purpose, we interviewed
five (listed in Appendix 2) to gain factual
information and inform the structure and
contents of the final report.
3. The results of the interviews informed
some of the other secondary research
sources we used to obtain information
on regenerative medicine researchers and
research centres in Canada. Information
was obtained from the websites and
reports listed in activity (1), as well as
the following websites, using key word
searches “stem cells”, “tissue engineering”,
and “regenerative”. Data on researchers and
their projects (as well as their associated
funding, where available) were obtained for
the past 5 years (2006/7 to 2010/11) and, in
some cases, into the future from:
• Canada Foundation for Innovation
(www.innovation.ca/projects/index.cfm)
• Canadian Institutes of Health Research
(www.cihr-irsc.gc.ca/e/826.html)
• Genome Canada (www.genomecanada.
ca/en/portfolio/project/health.
aspx; www.genomecanada.ca/en/
portfolio/project/technologies.
appendiX
METHODOLOGY
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
•
aspx; genomereports.ca/section.
php?Lang=En&ID=3&Nav=Section)
Networks of Centres of Excellence
(www.nce-rce.gc.ca/NetworksCentresCentresReseaux/NCE-RCE_eng.asp)
National Research Council Canada
(www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca)
Natural Sciences and Engineering
Research Council of Canada
(www.outil.ost.uqam.ca/crsng/Outil.
aspx?Langue=Anglais)
US National Institutes of Health
(projectreporter.nih.gov/reporter.cfm)
Terry Fox Foundation (www.tfri.ca/
programs/foundation_programs.asp)
Wellcome Trust (www.wellcome.ac.uk/
Funding/International/index.htm —no
Canadian projects found)
MSFHR (Michael Smith Foundation for
Health Research: www.msfhr.org)
Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical
Research—Alberta Innovates
(www.ahfmr.ab.ca/experts/search.php)
Saskatchewan Health Research
Foundation (www.shrf.ca)
Manitoba Health Research Council
(researcherdirectory.mb.ca/eprojects/
prod/mhrc/mhrcdirectory/index.html)
Ontario Ministry of Research and
Innovation (www.mri.gov.on.ca/english/
default.asp)
Fonds de la Recherche en Santé du
Québec (www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/
recherche_sante/expertise_quebecoise.
shtml)
Nova Scotia Health Research
Foundation (www.nshrf.ca/AbsPage.
aspx?siteid=1&lang=1&id=1)
New Brunswick Health Research
Foundation (www.nbhrf.com)
Newfoundland and Labrador Centre for
Applied Health Research (www.nlcahr.
mun.ca/research/).
1
4. Information obtained on researchers
from all the aforementioned websites
and asset maps was entered into a master
Excel spreadsheet. Over 2,000 lines of data
were checked for relevance to this project:
studentship (undergraduate, Master’s,
Doctoral) and postdoctoral fellowship
projects and duplicates were deleted; and
researchers’ location and activities were
checked against their websites to ensure
they worked in the research areas covered
by this Asset Map and were still residents
of Canada. Researchers’ specialties were
determined from their funded projects and
websites. International reputation was also
considered in terms of endowed research
chairs and key accomplishments, with data
for these being obtained from both CRC
and researcher websites, as well as Industry
Canada.
5. In terms of funding, dollar amounts
were generally only available from federal
databases: CFI, CIHR, NSERC, Genome
Canada, and NIH. Funding amounts
were also available from the Terry
Fox Foundation and for some projects
supported by the Ontario Ministry of
Research and Innovation and Saskatchewan
Health Research Foundation. The amount
of NCE funding was generally gleaned
from press releases. CRC funding was
calculated according to the number of years
a researcher had been a CRC at $100,000/yr
for 5 years for a Tier 2 researcher and
$200,000/yr for Tier 1 researcher. Such
calculations were only conducted if the
CRC funding was not included in the
NSERC or CIHR information obtained.
Where large-scale grants had been
announced before January 2011 but monies
would be released in the future, only funds
deemed to have been used up to 2010/11
were included in the analyses. However, it
was not always possible to determine when
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1
appendiX
METHODOLOGY
the money was made available and in those
cases, funds were assumed to be released
within a few months of the announcement.
Although the SCN breaks down its funds
for individual research projects, generally
only total NCE funding for the Network
was used in the analysis as the individual
data were not identified until the end of
this project. The NCE funds were dedicated
to the University of Ottawa where the
SCN is located. NCE funds comprised less
than 10% of total funding so although a
breakdown according to SCN grants across
Canada would have made some difference
to provincial and university funding
(Figures 2 and 3), it would probably have
not been significant except as concerns
the University of Ottawa. Even so, this
university would still have ranked among
the top five. On the other hand, funding for
key researchers (Section 8.1) did include
those granted by the SCN.
6. The data for each relevant researcher were
categorized according to institution, province,
and key research areas. When key research
institutes had been identified from this
categorization, the websites of those institutes
were checked to locate other researchers that
may have been missed.
7. Analyses were conducted in Excel to
determine researcher numbers, expertise,
and government funding according
to province and institution; and key
researchers according to the amount of
funding obtained.
8. For general information on stem cells/
regenerative medicine and Canada’s position
in stem research we used the sources listed
in Appendix 5, some of which were provided
50
by interviewees and Industry Canada Life
Science Industries Branch.
9. Information on biobank support facilities
was obtained from the existing asset maps
and Google searches using key words of
province or Canada and “cord blood bank”,
“tissue bank”, “biobank”, or “biorepository”;
some information on biobanks was
obtained from www.specimencentral.com/
biobank-directory.aspx. Information on
other relevant support facilities came from
existing asset maps and the research on
researchers and their facilities.
10. Information on networks was obtained
from Activity (2) interviews, the websites
for the FRSQ (www.frsq.gouv.qc.ca/en/
index.shtml), NCE (www.nce-rce.gc.ca/
NetworksCentres-CentresReseaux/NCERCE_eng.asp), and Google searches using
key words of province or Canada plus
“research network” or “research group”.
11. Information on key research centres was
obtained form those centres’ websites.
12. Information on Canada’s global position
and expertise was obtained through factual
data gathered during Activity 2 interviews,
information contained in the MaRS
Regenerative Medicine 2009 Industry Briefing
report, and other publications as shown in
Appendix 5.
appendiX
INTERVIEWEES
2
2 Interviewees
1. Bell, Cindy. Interim Executive Director,
Cancer Stem Cell Consortium and
Executive VP Corporate Development,
Genome Canada. [email protected];
T: 613-751-4460. Interviewed December 21,
2010.
5. Zúñiga-Pflücker, Juan Carlos. Director
of the Advanced Regenerative Tissue
Engineering Centre, University of Toronto.
(www.sunnybrook.ca/research/team/
member.asp?t=13&m=191&page=1100)
[email protected]; T: 416-480-6112.
Interviewed Dec 16, 2010.
2. Keller, Gordon. Canada Research Chair
in Embryonic Stem Cell Biology, Director,
McEwen Centre for Regenerative Medicine,
University Health Network, University
of Toronto. (www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/
researchers/profile.php?lookup=12091.
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/keller.html.
www.trra.ca/en/profiles/gkeller.asp).
[email protected]; T: 416-581-7694.
Interviewed Dec 23, 2010.
3. Lyall, Drew (Andrew). Executive
Director, Canadian Stem Cell Network and
Board of Directors of the Canadian Stem
Cell Foundation and Canadian Stem Cell
Consortium. (www.stemcellnetwork.ca/
index.php?page=network-staff&hl=eng).
[email protected]; T: 613-739-6675.
Interviewed Dec 17, 2010.
4. Rudnicki, Michael. Scientific Director,
Canadian Stem Cell Network
Senior Scientist and Director of the
Regenerative Medicine Program and the
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute.
(www.ohri.ca/profiles/rudnicki.asp).
[email protected]; T: 613-739-6740.
Interviewed Dec 20, 2010.
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3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Researchers in Alphabetical Order
researCHer
researCH institution
Acker, Jason
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
U. Alberta
AB
Tissue engineering—
cell storage
Akimenko, Marie-Andrée
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Regeneration—tissue
Allan, Alison
London Regional Cancer Program,
London Health Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Allan, David
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Alman, Benjamin
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Amsden, Brian
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Anderson, Colin C.
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—
pancreatic (islet)
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Annabi, Borhane
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Antel, Jack
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—adult
Anderson, Michele
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Antoniou, John
Jewish General Hospital
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—
scaffold; Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Aparicio, Samuel
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various—
hematopoietic, induced
pluripotent
Arora, Rakesh C.
Associated with National Research
Council of Canada, Institute for
Biological Sciences
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—fat
Atkins, Harry
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Aubin, Jane
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universitY/
institution
Audet, Julie
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Auger, François A.
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
cell culture
Bader, Gary
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Various
url
eMail
No
lmp.med.ualberta.ca/Admin/Faculty/Pages/default.
aspx?P=13
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.careg.uottawa.ca/bio_marie_andree_
akimenko.htm
[email protected]
Cancer—breast
No
www.uwo.ca/anatomy/department/allana/aallan.html
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/allan.asp
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
CRC in Musculoskeletal
Research; A.J.
Latner Professor and Chair
of Orthopaedic
Surgery
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/A/
Benjamin-Alman-Staff-Profile.html
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.queensu.ca/people/faculty/amsden/
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.ualberta.ca/~smri/Surgery Research Web
Page/DrAnderson.htm
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia,
lymphoma
No
www.immunology.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory/
anderson.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in Molecular
Oncology
borhaneannabi.net/index.php?option=com_content&
view=section&layout=blog&id=2&Itemid=2
[email protected]
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
No
www.mni.mcgill.ca/neuro_team/cru/jack_antel/
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
orthodoc.aaos.org/antoniou/
[email protected]
Cancer—breast
CRC in Molecular
Oncology; Nan
and Lorraine
Robertson Chair
www.pathology.ubc.ca/NewPathology/Professor/
Samuel_Aparicio.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.sbrc.ca/content/blogcategory/59/93/
[email protected]
Various, incl. cancer—
hematopoietic,
neurological—MS
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/atkins.asp
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/aubin.html
[email protected]
Various
No
individual.utoronto.ca/julie_audet/
[email protected]
Various, incl.
cardiovascular,
transplantation, injury
No
www.loex.qc.ca/chercheurs.cv.php?id=2
[email protected]
Various
No
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/bader
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Barralet, Jake
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials
Barrett, Christopher
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials
Baylis, Françoise
Dalhousie U.
NS
Social science &
humanities
researCHer
researCH institution
Bani, Mahmud
Associated with National Research
Council of Canada, Institute for
Biological Sciences
Barabé, Frédéric
Barber, Dwayne
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
Beausejour, Christian
Hôpital Sainte-Justine (Montréal)
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Behie, Leo
Includes: Pharmaceutical Production
Research Facility
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem
cells production/
culture
Ben-David, Yaacov
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
stem cells
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—
pluripotent— induced
pluripotent
Bennett, Steffany
Berthod, François
LOEX
Betts, Dean
Bhatia, Mickie
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—various—
pluripotent, embryonic,
hematopoietic
Biernaskie, Jeffrey A.
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—dermal
Bijl, Janetta
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Bjerknes, Matthew J.
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
gastrointestinal
Bramson, Jonathan
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Brand, Marjorie
Brash, John
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Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Neurological—brain
injury
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/NSC/eng/dr_mahmud_bani.
html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.cri.ulaval.ca/?fbarabe_eng
[email protected]
Hematological—
anemia, cancer
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=335
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone formation
CRC in in
Osteoinductive
Biomaterials
www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/barralet/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.chemistry.mcgill.ca/directory/people.
php?p=9&n=Barrett&t=materials
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics
CRC in Bioethics
& Philosophy
bioethics.medicine.dal.ca/people/fbaylis.php
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.chu-sainte-justine.org/research/chercheurs.
aspx?id_nouveau=65947859&id_page=2432&id_
menu=2429
[email protected]
Various—neurological,
metabolic-diabetes
CRC in
Biomedical and
Biochemical
Engineering
schulich.ucalgary.ca/resrch_chem/Chem_Behie.htm
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/bendavid.html
[email protected]
Neurological, incl.
Alzheimer’s
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/bmi/eng/bennett.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
neurological,
urological, cutaneous
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/francois-berthod/index.
html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.uwo.ca/physpharm/facultyprofile/betts.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
respiratory—lung
disease
CRC in Human
Stem Cell
Biology; Krembil
Chair in Stem Cell
Biology
sccri.mcmaster.ca/bhatia_mick.html
[email protected]
Neurological—injury,
wound healing
No
www.ucalgary.ca/research4kids/members/
biernaskie_full
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
recherche.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/en-ca/
research/our-research-investigators/bijl-janet.html
[email protected]
Gastrointestinal
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/bjerknes.html
[email protected]
Cancer
No
fhs.mcmaster.ca/cgt/bramson_jonathan.html
[email protected]
Hematological—ßthalassemia and sickle
cell anemia
CRC in the
Regulation of
Gene Expression
www.ohri.ca/profiles/brand.asp
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.mcmaster.ca/brash.html
[email protected]
3
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3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Brinkman, Ryan
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—cancer
Brodt, Pnina
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—adult—
stromal
Brunette, Donald
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
U. Alberta
AB
Social science &
humanities
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
U. Ottawa
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering—stem
cells
Bubela, Tania
Burt, Helen Mary
Biomedical Research Centre
Buschmann, Michael
Calderone, Angelo
Montreal Heart Institute
Cao, Xudong
Carreau, Madeleine
Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Carrier, Patrick
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—epithelial
(from cornea)
Casper, Robert
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Catelas, Isabelle
U. Ottawa
ON
Tissue engineering
Caulfield, Tim
U. Alberta
AB
Social science &
humanities
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
U. Ottawa
ON
Social science &
humanities
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—
artificial blood cells
Chen, Daniel (Xiongbiao)
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Chen, Jie
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—cord
blood
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
U. Victoria
BC
Stem cells—retinal
Cayouette, Michel
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
Chandler, Jennifer
Chang, Thomas Ming Swi
Cheng, Hai-Ling Margaret
Chow, Bob
56
Artificial Cells and Organs Research
Centre
Sunnybrook Research Institute
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Cancer
No
www.terryfoxlab.ca/people/RBrinkman/ryan.aspx
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.mcgill.ca/translational-research-cancer/
researcher-biographies/brodt/
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.dentistry.ubc.ca/research/brunette.html
[email protected]
SSH: Socioeconomic
benefits
No
www.publichealth.ualberta.ca/en/research/
researchers_supersivors/faculty/bubela.aspx
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
https://www.directory.ubc.ca/index.cfm?page=perso
nDetail&row=104080471
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
cartilage cell delivery
CRC in
Cartilage Tissue
Engineering
www.groupes.polymtl.ca/tissue/en/staff/buschmann.
php
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.recherche.umontreal.ca/chercheurs_unites/
chercheur_affichage.asp?noseq_chercheur=1596
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord, eye
No
www.engineering.uottawa.ca/en/directory/view/
xudong_cao/
[email protected]
Hematological—
anemia
No
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/en/research/researchers/8076
[email protected]
Eye
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/patrick-carrier/index.
html
[email protected]
Reproduction—female
fertility
No
www.obgyn.utoronto.ca/faculty/list/All-Faculty/
Casper.htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone loss
CRC in
Bioengineering in
Orthopedics
www.engineering.uottawa.ca/en/directory/view/
catelas_isabelle/
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics and law
CRC in Health
Law and Policy
www.law.ualberta.ca/facultystaff/profiles/caulfield.
php
[email protected]
Neurological, including
eye
No
www.cenum.umontreal.ca/membres/2_titulaires/
en_cayouette_m.html
[email protected]
SSH: Law, policy
No
www.commonlaw.uottawa.ca/en/jennifer-chandler.
html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
cardiovascular
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/artcell/
[email protected]
Neurological—
peripheral
No
www.engr.usask.ca/faculty/Chen_Daniel.php
[email protected]
Various
No
www.ece.engineering.ualberta.ca/en/FacultyStaff/
FacultyAcademic/JieChen.aspx
[email protected]
Neurological—stroke
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/C/
Hai-Ling-Margaret-Cheng-Staff-Profile.html
[email protected]
Eye
CRC in Retinal
and Early Eye
Development
web.uvic.ca/biology/faculty/facpages/chow.html
[email protected]
3
www.labome.org/expert/canada/mcgill/chang/
thomas-ming-swi-chang-253343.html
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3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Couban, Stephen
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cord
blood
Courtman, David
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult—
endothelial progenitor
Cregan, Sean
John P. Robarts Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
various—embryonic,
trophoblast, placental,
germline
Cross, James Charles
Crump, Michael A.
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Daar, Abdallah
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global
Health, University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Social science &
humanities
Dankort, David
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Davies, John
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds; Stem cells—
mesenchymal
De Crescenzo, Gregory
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
DeCoteau, John
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Stem cells—cancer
Dedhar, Shoukat
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—mammary
Dekaban, Gregory
John P. Robarts Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Denburg, Judah Aryeh
Dennis, James W.
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Dick, Alexander
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Dick, John
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine and Ontario Cancer
Institute, University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various,
incl. hematopoietic
Dilworth, Jeffrey
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—muscle
progenitors
Dirks, Peter
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Doble, Bradley
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
germline—testis
Dobrinski, Ina
58
universitY/
institution
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Cancer—
hematological
No
dom.medicine.dal.ca/clinicaldivisions/hematology/
faculty.htm
[email protected]
Cardiopulmonary
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/courtman.asp
[email protected]
Neurological
CRC in Neurodegeneration and
Stem Cell Regeneration
www.uwo.ca/physpharm/faculty/cregan_sean.html
[email protected]
Reproduction—female
No
people.ucalgary.ca/~jcross/homepage.html
[email protected]
Cancer—lymphoma
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=1254
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics and law
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=18592
[email protected]
Cancer
No
biology.mcgill.ca/faculty/dankort/index.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone
No
www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/
facultyprofiles/john_davies.html
[email protected]
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cardiovascular
CRC in ProteinEnhanced
Biomaterials
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/
details.php?NoProf=302
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.medicine.usask.ca/pathology/people/faculty/
dr-j-decoteau/
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/ic/genetics/shoukat-dedhar-phd
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.robarts.ca/biotherapeutics/Dekaban.htm
[email protected]
Immunological—
allergy, asthma
No
fhs.mcmaster.ca/medicine/Immunology_Allergy/
faculty_member_denburg.htm
[email protected]
Cancer, other
CRC in
Glycobiology
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/dennis
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.
asp?t=10&m=53&page=172
[email protected]
Cancer, incl. leukemia
CRC in Stem Cell
Biology
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=1468
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal:
Duchenne
CRC in Epigenetic
Regulation of
Transcription
www.ohri.ca/profiles/dilworth.asp
[email protected]
Cancer—brain
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/D/
Peter-Dirks.html
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in Stem Cell
Signaling
www.fhs.mcmaster.ca/SCCRI/faculty/doble.html
[email protected]
Reproduction—male
No
www.ucalgary.ca/bmb/dobrinski
[email protected]
3
59
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Doillon, Charles
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials
Downey, Gregory
U. Toronto
ON
Regenerative
medicine—unspecified
Doyle, John
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
researCHer
researCH institution
Draper, Jonathan
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Drouin, Jacques
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—fetal
Duff, Henry Joseph
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
unspecified
Dufort, Daniel
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—cord
blood
Dumont, Dan
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Duval, Michel
Dyck, Richard Henry
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
unspecified
Eaves, Allen
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Eaves, Connie
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various
(embryonic,
hematopoietic, breast
epithelial)
Egan, Sean
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mammary
epithelial
Einsiedel, Edna
U. Calgary
AB
Social science &
humanities
El-Hakim, Assaad
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, cells
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Elliott, Janet Anne Wade
U. Alberta
AB
Technology—
stem cells—
cryopreservation
Ellis, Anne
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic (cord
blood)
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
pluripotent—
embryonic, induced
pluripotent
Eliopoulos, Nicoletta
Ellis, James
60
tYpe of regen.
Med
Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis
Institute for Medical Research
Hospital for Sick Children
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various—
cardiovascular, cancer
No
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/en/research/researchers/4683
[email protected]
Respiratory
CRC in
Respiration
Sciences
www.utoronto.ca/respirology/who/Gregory_Downey.
html
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.paeds.utoronto.ca/faculty/doyle.htm
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Human
Stem Cell Lineage
Commitment
sccri.mcmaster.ca/draper_jon.html
[email protected]
Neurological—
Parkinson’s
GlaxoSmithKline
Chair in
Molecular
Genetics
www.ircm.qc.ca/en/recherche/statique/unite27.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
cardiacsciences.ucalgary.ca/research/#duff
[email protected]
Reproduction—
implantation
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/expmed/staff/dufort_daniel.
htm
[email protected]
Various—
cardiovascular, cancer
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/dumont.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.chu-sainte-justine.org/research/chercheurs.
aspx?ID_nouveau=38393948&id_page=2432&id_
menu=2429
[email protected]
Neurological—brain
No
www.cell.ucalgary.ca/r_dyck.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/dr.allen-eaves
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/dr.connie-eaves
[email protected]
Cancer—breast
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/E/
Sean-Egan.html
[email protected]
SSH: Social science
No
www.ucalgary.ca/einsiedel/
[email protected]
Urological
No
urology.mcgill.ca/clinicalStaff/associatePart/ElHakim_A.html
[email protected]
Renal
No
www.ladydavis.ca/en/nicolettaeliopoulos
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Interfacial
Thermodynamics
www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca/en/FacultyStaff/
FacultyAcademicStaff/Elliott.aspx
[email protected]
Immunological—
allergy
No
microimm.queensu.ca/facultyPages/cross_
appointed/ellis.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
neurological, incl.
Rett’s; hematological—
anemia
No
www.sickkids.ca/Research/Ellis-Lab/index.html
[email protected]
disease
3
61
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Emery, Gregory
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Emili, Andrew
The Donnelly Centre—Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Farhat, Walid
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering —
cells, scaffold
Farookhi, Riaz
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—ovarian
epithelial
Faucheux, Nathalie
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Favis, Basil
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Fehlings, Michael
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine and McLaughlin Centre for
Molecular Medicine, Toronto Western
Research Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Ferguson, Peter Charles
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal stromal
Fernandes, Karl
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Fernlund, Goran
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
Figeys, Daniel
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—cell
handling
Filiaggi, Mark J.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials
Flynn, Lauren
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—fat;
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—fat; Tissue
engineering
Frei, Hanspeter
Carleton U.
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Garnier, Alain
U. Laval
QC
Bioprocessing—stem
cells—culture
Fradette, Julie
62
universitY/
institution
LOEX
Gassas, Adam
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Germain, Lucie
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—adult—
epithelial
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Cancer
url
eMail
No
www.iric.ca/Recherche/Unites_Recherche/
Signalisation_vesiculaire.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
No
lambda.med.utoronto.ca/Emili.htm
[email protected]
Urological
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/F/
Walid-Farhat-landing-page.html
[email protected]
Reproduction—ovary
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/physio/staffpages/rfarookhi.
htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone and cartilage
regeneration
CRC in CellBiomaterial
Biohybrid
Systems
www.usherbrooke.ca/gchimiquebiotech/personnel/
professeurs/nathalie-faucheux/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/
details.php?NoProf=30&showtab=PUB
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=1781
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
orthopaedics.utoronto.ca/faculty/list/ferguson.htm
[email protected]
Neurological—
neurodegenerative
diseases, incl.
Alzheimer’s
CRC in Stem Cell
Neurobiology
www.cenum.umontreal.ca/membres/2_titulaires/
en_fernandes_k.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.mtrl.ubc.ca/faculty_&_staff/fernlund.php
[email protected]
Various
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/bmi/eng/figeys.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone
No
faculty-server.dentistry.dal.ca/datasystems/faculty_
website/Faculty_Staff_details.php?name=Mark_
Filiaggi&section=presentations
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.queensu.ca/people/faculty/flynn/index.php
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.loex.gc.ca
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone
No
research.mae.carleton.ca/Faculty.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.gch.ulaval.ca/agarnier/
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.sickkids.ca/Research/LRG/LRG-members/dradam-gassas/index.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
cutaneous,
cardiovascular, eye
CRC in Stem
Cell and Tissue
Engineering
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/lucie-germain/index.
html
[email protected]
3
63
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Geyer, Ronald
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Stem cells—cancer
Ghanekar, Anand
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Ghanem, Amyl
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials—tissue
engineering
Giacomantonio, Carman A.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering
Glass, Kathleen
McGill U.
QC
Social science &
humanities
Golding, Michael C.
U. Western
Ontario (moved
to Texas A&M U.
June 2010)
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
researCHer
Giasson, Claude J.
researCH institution
LOEX affiliation
Goulet, Francine
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, culture
Gramolini, Anthony Orlando
The Donnelly Centre, Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
pluripotent—
embryonic, induced
pluripotent
Grant, Denis
Greenblatt, Jack
The Donnelly Centre, Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Gregory-Evan, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Stem cells—muscle
progenitors
Grenier, Guillaume
64
Griffith, May
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Biomaterials—
scaffolds; Tissue
engineering—stem
cells
Guidos, Cynthia
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Gutkowska, Jolanta
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
Hamilton, Douglas
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering
Hansen, David
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
unspecified
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Cancer
url
eMail
No
www.saskcancer.ca/Default.aspx?DN=a7fb7a713960-4787-b700-e2925d8a7c8a
N/A
Cancer—liver
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=2011
[email protected]
Various
No
chemicalengineering.dal.ca/Faculty/Research/
Dr._A._Ghanem_.php
[email protected]
Cancer
No
generalsurgery.medicine.dal.ca/faculty.
htm#Giacomantonio
N/A
Eye
No
mapageweb.umontreal.ca/giassonc/
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics, legal
No
www.mcgill.ca/biomedicalethicsunit/faculty/glass/
[email protected]
Embryogenesis
No
vetmed.tamu.edu/vtpp/directorydetail?userid=9942;
vetmed.tamu.edu/rsl/faculty/michael-golding
N/A
Musculoskeletal
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/francine-goulet/index.
html
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
CRC in
Cardiovascular
Proteomics
and Molecular
Therapeutics
www.physiology.utoronto.ca/res/list/gramolini.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory/grant.
htm
[email protected]
Various
No
tdccbr.med.utoronto.ca/members/jack_greenblatt.
html
[email protected]
Eye
Julia Levy B.C.
Leadership
Chair in Macular
Research
www.ophthalmology.ubc.ca/faculty_pages/kgregory-evans.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
muscle
No
www.usherbrooke.ca/departement-chirurgie/
francais/recherche/professeurs-ayant-une-activitede-recherche/fiches-de-professeurs/guillaume
[email protected]
Eye
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/griffith.asp
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.sickkids.ca/Research/Guidos-Lab/index.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
chumtl.qc.ca/crchum/chercheurs/chercheurs-liste/
gutkowska-j.en.html?mode=print
[email protected]
Dental
No
www.uwo.ca/anatomy/department/hamiltond/
dhamilton.html
[email protected]
Various
No
homepages.ucalgary.ca/~dhansen/
[email protected]
3
65
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Harvey, Edward
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering—cells
Hassell, John
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—adult,
cancer
Hawke, Thomas
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—muscle
progenitor
researCHer
researCH institution
Hazell, Alan Stewart
Centre de recherché du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Hebert, Marie-Josee
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Hedley, David William
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Helgason, Cheryl
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Hess, David
John P. Robarts Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—bone
marrow (mesenchymal,
hematopoietic)
Heveker, Nikolaus
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Hicks, Geoffrey
Cancer Care Manitoba—Institute of
Cell Biology
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—embryonic
Hill, David
Lawson Health Research Institute,
London Health Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—adult
Hill, Richard
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Hoang, Trang
Institute for Research in Immunology
and Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Hoare, Todd
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Hoemann, Caroline
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering—
cells; Biomaterials
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
Hogge, Donna
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
Hombach-Klonisch, Sabine
66
tYpe of regen.
Med
Hoodless, Pamela
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Hope, Kristin Jill
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Horb, Markoe
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
adult—endodermal
progenitors
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Musculoskeletal—
bone
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/orthopaedics/faculty.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.biology.mcmaster.ca/faculty/hassell/hassell.
htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
muscle
No
fhs.mcmaster.ca/pathology/contact_us/faculty/
faculty_bios/Hawke_000.html
[email protected]
Neurological—brain
injury
No
www.chumtl.qc.ca/crchum/chercheurs/chercheursliste/hazell-as.en.html
[email protected]
Various—renal,
cardiovascular
No
www.chumtl.qc.ca/crchum/chercheurs/chercheursliste/hebert-mj.fr.html
[email protected]
Cancer—cervical
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=2395
[email protected]
Immunological—
autoimmune
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/et/personnel - content/seniorscientists/cheryl-helgason
[email protected]
Various—
cardiovascular;
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.robarts.ca/david-hess
[email protected]
Various
No
www.chu-sainte-justine.org/research/chercheurs.
aspx?ID_NOUVEAU=35430911&id_page=2432&id_
menu=2429
nikolaus.heveker@recherche-ste-justine.
qc.ca
Cancer
CRC in Functional
Genomics
www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/manitoba_institute_
cell_biology/MICB/hicks_geoff.htm
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.uwo.ca/physpharm/faculty/hill_david.html
[email protected]
Cancer—cervical
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=2445
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
CRC in Cell
Differentiation
and the Genetics
of Acute
Leukemias
www.iric.ca/Recherche/Chercheurs/Hoang_T.html
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.mcmaster.ca/hoare.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/
details.php?NoProf=347
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/
Hogge
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/
anatomy/hombachks.html
[email protected]
Embryogenesis
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/dr.pamela-hoodless-phd
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
sccri.mcmaster.ca/hope_kristin.html
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.montreal-diabetes-research-center.org/en/
horb/horb.asp
[email protected]
disease
3
67
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Hough, Margaret
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
various—embryonic,
hematopoietic
Huang, Annie
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
Huang, Sui
Hughes, Timothy
The Donnelly Centre—Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Hui, Chi-chung
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
Humphries, Keith
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Calgary
AB
Tissue engineering—
stem cells;
Biomaterials
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Illes, Judy
U. British
Columbia
BC
Social science &
humanities
Ingram, Liz
U. Alberta
AB
Social science &
humanities
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Jackson, Michael
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Jervis, Eric
U. Waterloo
ON
Bioprocessing—cell
culture; Tissue
engineering
Hunter, Christopher
Husain, Mansoor
Iscove, Norman
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, and Ontario Cancer
Institute, University Health Network
Jiang, Xiaoyan
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Jirik, Frank
Southern Alberta Cancer Research
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—adult
Johnson, James
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
pancreatic (islet)
Johnston, James
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Jolicoeur, Mario
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Bioprocessing
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—
cancer/mammary
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering
Jolicoeur, Paul
Jones, Elizabeth
68
tYpe of regen.
Med
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Genetic
url
eMail
No
sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.
asp?t=11&m=83&page=172
margaret.hough@ sri.utoronto.ca
Cancer—brain
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/H/
Annie-A-Huang.html
[email protected]
Hematological
No
www.bio.ucalgary.ca/contact/faculty/huang.html
[email protected]
Various
No
hugheslab.med.utoronto.ca/
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/H/
Chi-chung-Hu.html
[email protected]
Hematological—
anemia, cancer
No
www.terryfoxlab.ca/people/khumphries/keith.aspx
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—disc
No
www.eng.ucalgary.ca/resrch_mech/Mech_Hunter.
htm
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=2610
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics
CRCin
Neuroethics
www.neuroethics.ubc.ca/National_Core_for_
Neuroethics/People.html
[email protected]
SSH: Social
No
www.artdesign.ualberta.ca/Faculty_and_Staff/
Faculty/Liz_Ingram.aspx
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=2679
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/
pharmacology/faculty_members/index.html
N/A
Various
No
chemeng.uwaterloo.ca/faculty/jervis.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.terryfoxlab.ca/people/XJiang/xiaoyan.aspx
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.sacri.ucalgary.ca/node/158
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.cellphys.ubc.ca/faculty_pages/johnson.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.engr.usask.ca/faculty/Johnston_James.php
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Applied
Metabolic
Engineering
www.polymtl.ca/bio-p2/
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in in Studies
of Pathogenesis
of Retrovirus—
Induced
Diseases
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Jolicoeur
www.ircm.
qc.ca/fr/recherche/statique/unite4.html
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
CRC in Embryonic
Biomechanics
people.mcgill.ca/elizabeth.jones3/
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Jones, Kim
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Joshi, Sadhna
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem
cells, tissue culture
Kamacheva, Eugenia
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
Kamnasaran, Deepak
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—cancer
researCHer
Julius, Michael
researCH institution
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Kaern, Mads
Kallos, Michael
Includes: Pharmaceutical Production
Research Facility
Kandel, Rita
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, stem
cells
Kaplan, David
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—neural
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
bone marrow—
mesenchymal,
hematopoietic
Karimi-Abdolrezaee, Soheila
Karsan, Aly
BC Cancer Agency
Keating, Armand
70
Keeley, Fred
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
Keller, Gordon
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine and Ontario Cancer
Institute, University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Kelly, Kevin Francis
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Khan, Zia
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—vascular
Kieffer, Tim
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
gastrointestinal
Kim, Seung
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—neural
Kislinger, Thomas
Ontario Cancer Institute, UHN
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various, incl.
immunological
No
chemeng.mcmaster.ca/jones.html
[email protected]
Infection—HIV
No
www.utoronto.ca/idmicro/
[email protected]
Various, incl.
immunological, cancer,
infection
No
www.immunology.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory/
julius.htm
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Systems
Biology
www.med.uottawa.ca/Associations/OISB/members/
member_mads_kaern.htm
[email protected]
Various
No
schulich.ucalgary.ca/resrch_chem/Chem_Kallos.htm
[email protected]
Various
No
www.chem.utoronto.ca/staff/EK/index.htm
[email protected]
Cancer—brain
No
kamnasaran.yolasite.com/
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/kandel
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in in
Cancer and
Neuroscience
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/K/
David-Kaplan.html
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.mich.ca/index.php?page=9&id=64
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/cmsgsc/faculty/dr-aly-karsanmd/?searchterm=Karsan
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
Epstein Chair in
Cell Therapy and
Transplantation
www.armandkeating.com
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
Heart and Stroke
Foundation of
Ontario—Robert
M. Freedom Chair
in Cardiovascular
Science
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/K/
Frederick-Keeley-staff-profile.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
hematological,
cardiovascular
CRC in Embryonic
Stem Cell Biology
www.uhn.ca/donate/tgwh/site/mcewen/bio_keller.
asp
[email protected]
Various, incl.
cutaneous, cancer
No
sccri.mcmaster.ca/kelly_kevin.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.uwo.ca/pathol/faculty/khan.html
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.cellphys.ubc.ca/faculty_pages/kieffer.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.brain.ubc.ca/people.htm#K
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=12469
[email protected]
disease
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Klonisch, Thomas
CancerCare Manitoba
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
Knoppers, Bartha
McGill U.
QC
Social science &
humanities
Ko, Frank
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Korbutt, Gregory
Alberta Diabetes Institute
U. Alberta
AB
Tissue engineering—
stem cells, islet;
Transplantation
Kothary, Rashmi K.
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Kreplak, Laurent
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Krieger, Charles
Simon Fraser U.
BC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Krylov, Sergey N.
York U.
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Krystal, Gerald
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Kuruvilla, John
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Kwon, Brian
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Labbé, Jean-Claude
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
unspecified
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering
Lagace, Diane
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Lajoie, Gilles
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Langelier, Eve
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Tissue engineering;
Biomaterials
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various—
hematopoietic, induced
pluripotent, embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Lacroix, Dan
Lansdorp, Peter
LOEX
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer
Agency
Laposa, Rebecca
72
Larouche, Danielle
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Leavitt, Blair
Centre for Molecular Medicine &
Therapeutics
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
unspecified
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Cancer
url
eMail
No
www.umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/
anatomy/klonischt.html
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics, law, policy
No
academic.mcgill.ca/newfac/profiles/2009/by-name/
knoppers.htm
[email protected]
Various
CRC in in
Advanced
Fibrous Materials
afml.ampel.ubc.ca/ProfKo.php
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes;
Other
No
www.adi.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Research/
PrincipalInvestigators/Bio/korbutt.cfm
[email protected]
Various, incl.
neurological,
cardiovascular
University Health
Research Chair in
Neuromuscular
Disorders
www.ohri.ca/profiles/kothary.asp
[email protected]
Various
No
fizz.phys.dal.ca/~kreplak/?page_id=14
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www2.fas.sfu.ca/kin/Faculty/Krieger.html
[email protected]
Various
CRC in
Bioanalytical
Chemistry
www.chem.yorku.ca/profs/krylov/
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/
Krystal
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
No
N/A
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.orthosurgery.ubc.ca/faculty_bios/kwon.html
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in Cellular
Division and
Differentiation
www.iric.ca/Recherche/Chercheurs/Labbe_JC.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/dan-lacroix/index.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/NSC/eng/lagace.htm
[email protected]
Various; Proteomics
No
www.biochem.uwo.ca/fac/lajoie/
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.usherbrooke.ca/gmecanique/departement/
personnel/professeurs/eve-langelier/
[email protected]
Cancer, other
No
www.bccrc.ca/dept/terry-fox-laboratory/faculty/
Lansdorp
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory/laposa.
htm
[email protected]
Various
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/danielle-larouche/
index.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.cmmt.ubc.ca/research/investigators/leavitt/lab
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—neural
Lee, Patrick WK
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cancer
Lefebvre, Louis
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Legge, Raymond
U. Waterloo
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Leibing, Annette
U. Montréal
QC
Social science &
humanities
Lemmens, Trudo
U. Toronto
ON
Social science &
humanities
Leroux, Therese
U. Montréal
QC
Social science &
humanities
researCHer
researCH institution
Lecanu, Laurent
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
Lessard, Julie
Institute for Research in Immunology
and Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Levesque, Eric
Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Levin, Leonard
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Levy, Gary
Toronto General Research Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
Lewis, James Franklin
Lawson Health Research Institute,
London Health Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—bone
marrow
U. Guelph
ON
Stem cells—dermal
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Li, Julang
Li, Ren-Ke
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
Lilicrap, David
Ly, Hung
Montreal Heart Institute
Lynn, Francis
Mak, Tak
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Marra, Marco
BC Cancer Agency, Genome
Sciences Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—
adult
Marshall, Aaron
Massie, Bernard
74
Associated with National Research
Council—Biotechnology Research
Institute
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Neurological
url
eMail
No
muhc.ca/research/researcher/laurent-lecanu-mscphd
N/A
Cancer
No
microbiology.medicine.dal.ca/people/plee/
[email protected]
Genetic
CRC in Genomic
Imprinting
www.medgen.ubc.ca/research/research_faculty/
llefebvre.htm
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.uwaterloo.ca/faculty/legge.html
[email protected]
SSH: Social
No
www.meos.qc.ca
[email protected]
SSH: Law
No
www.law.utoronto.ca/faculty_content.asp?profile=33
&cType=facMembers&itemPath=1/3/4/0/0
[email protected]
SSH: Policy
No
www.crdp.umontreal.ca/en/chercheurs/leroux_
therese/index.html
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
CRC in Molecular
Genetics of
Stem Cell
Hematopoiesis
www.iric.ca/Recherche/Chercheurs/Lessard_FR.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.pharmacogenomics.pha.ulaval.ca/sgc/lang/
en_CA/pid/10271
[email protected]
Eye
CRC in
Ophtalmology
and Vision
Sciences
recherche.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/en-ca/
research/our-research-investigators/levin-leonard.
html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
immunological
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=3442
[email protected]
Immunological—
inflammation
No
dom.lhsc.on.ca/dom/divisions/respirology/jl.htm
[email protected]
Reproduction—female;
Other
No
www.aps.uoguelph.ca/?action=faculty&id=104
[email protected]
Cardiovascular,
cardiology
CRC in Cardiac
Regeneration
www.mcewencentre.com/bio_li.asp
[email protected]
Hematological—
hemophilia
No
www.path.queensu.ca/labs/lillicrap/
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.icm-mhi.org/en/medecine-prof.html
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.surgery.ubc.ca/faculty/fclynn.html
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=3816
[email protected]
Various
No
www.bcgsc.ca/faculty/mmarra/research/view
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Molecular
Immunology
umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/immunology/
marshallbio.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
hematological—
hemophilia
No
www.universadecouvrir.gc.ca/page/index.
php?p=195&l=e
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Matyas, John Robert
McBurney, Michael
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
McDonald, Michael
McElwee, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
McGann, Locksley Earl
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Social science &
humanities
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
U. Alberta
AB
Technology—
Stem cells—
cryopreservation
McGuigan, Alison
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
cells
McInnes, Roderick
Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis
Institute
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—various—
embryonic, adult
McKerlie, Colin
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
McNagny, Kelly
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Meakin, Susan
John P. Robarts Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Megeney, Lynn
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
myocardial
Mendez, Ivar
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—fetal
Menon, Devidas
U. Alberta
AB
Social science &
humanities
Mequanint, Kibret
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Merrifield, Peter
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—muscle
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—adult—
endogenous progenitor
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
Metz, Luanne
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
Michalak, Marek S.
76
universitY/
institution
Midha, Rajiv
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—dermal
Miller, Freda
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
dermal, neural
Minden, Mark David
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Musculoskeletal
No
www.cell.ucalgary.ca/j_matyas.html
[email protected]
Various—aging,
cancer
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/mcburney.asp
[email protected]
SSH: Ethics
No
www.ethics.ubc.ca/index.php?p=personweb2
[email protected]
Cutaneous
No
www.hairlaboratory.com/hair-laboratory-team/kevinmcelwee.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.experts.ualberta.ca/expert.cfm?id=40321
[email protected]
Various
No
www.ibbme.utoronto.ca/Page502.aspx
[email protected]
Various, incl. eye
Alva Chair
in Human
Genetics; CRC in
Neurogenetics
www.ladydavis.ca/en/rodmcinnes
[email protected]
Various
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/M/
Colin-McKerlie.html
[email protected]
Various—
allergy, asthma,
cardiovascular,
hematological,
neurological
No
www.brc.ubc.ca/drupal5/node/39
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.robarts.ca/smeakin/
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
Mach Gaensslen
Chair in Cardiac
Research
www.ohri.ca/profiles/megeney.asp
[email protected]
Neurological
No
neurosurgery.medicine.dal.ca/labs.htm
[email protected]
SSH: Policy
No
www.publichealth.ualberta.ca/research/
researchers_supersivors/faculty/menon.aspx
[email protected]
Various
No
www.eng.uwo.ca/research/compendium/faculty/
kmequanint.htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.uwo.ca/anatomy/department/merrifieldp/
pmerrifield.html
[email protected]
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
No
www.hbi.ucalgary.ca/members/metz
[email protected] [email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.biochem.ualberta.ca/faculty_detail.php?id=13
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.hbi.ucalgary.ca/members/midha
[email protected]
Neurological, incl.
spinal cord injury
CRC in
Developmental
Neurobiology
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/M/
Freda-Miller.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=4159
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Moffat, Jason
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
pluripotent— induced
pluripotent
Mollica, Luigina
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Moroy, Tarik
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Morris, Quaid
The Donnelly Centre, Banting and
Best Department of Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Morshead, Cindi
Moulin, Véronique
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
stem cells
Munoz Risueno, Ruth
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Mwale, Fackson
Jewish General Hospital, Lady Davis
Institute
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Nagano, Makoto
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—
germline—sperm
Nagy, Andras
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital and McEwen
Centre for Regenerative Medicine,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
pluripotent— induced
pluripotent, embryonic;
Somatic
Nanci, Antonio
U. Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering—
cells; Biomaterials
Nazhat, Showan
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials—
scaffolds; Tissue
engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Neel, Benjamin
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
Nemer, Mona
Nevill, Thomas
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
O’Brien, Catherine Adell
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Ohasi, Pamela Sumiko
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
embryonic, cancer
Opas, Michal J.
Paige, Christopher
78
tYpe of regen.
Med
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various
No
tdccbr.med.utoronto.ca/members/jason_moffat.html
[email protected]
Various
No
recherche.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/en-ca/
research/our-research-investigators/mollica-luigina.
html
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
CRC in
Hematopoiesis
and Immune Cell
Differentiation
www.ircm.qc.ca/microsites/moroy/en/
[email protected]
Various
No
thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca/members/quaid_
morris.html
[email protected]
Neurological, other
No
www.utoronto.ca/morsheadlab/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/www/research/theresearch-centre/researchers/veronique-moulin/
index.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
sccri.mcmaster.ca/risueno_ruth_munoz.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—disc
No
www.ladydavis.ca/en/facksonmwale
[email protected]
Reproduction—male
No
people.muhc.ca/makoto.nagano/
[email protected]
Various, incl. cancer
CRC in Stem Cells
and Regeneration
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/nagy
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.nancicalcifiedtissuegroup.com/ananci.htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/nazhat/
[email protected]
Cancer—ovarian
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=14776
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
web5.uottawa.ca/admingov/biography_4.html
N/A
Cancer
No
www.leukemiabmtprogram.org/general_information/
about_us/our_doctors/nevill.html
[email protected]
Cancer—colorectal
No
generalsurgery.utoronto.ca/faculty/list/obrien.htm
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in
Autoimmunity
and Tumour
Immunity
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=4520
[email protected]
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cardiovascular
No
icarus.med.utoronto.ca/patho/faculty.
asp?FacultyID=349
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=4608
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Pang, Stephen
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Paquin, Joanne
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various
embryonic, adult
Parise, Gianni
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—muscle
Park, Edward
U. Victoria
BC
Technology—stem
cells—cell sorting
Pasumarthi, Kishore Babu S.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cardiac
progenitor
researCHer
researCH institution
Pelletier, Marc
New Brunswick Heart Centre
New Brunswick
Heart Centre
NB
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Perkins, Theodore
Sprott Center for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
Pilarski, Linda
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—cancer
Pilliar, Robert
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering
Pilon, Nicolas
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
Piret, James
Michael Smith Laboratories
U. British
Columbia
BC
Technology—
stem cells, incl.
hematopoietic—high
throughput analysis;
Bioprocessing—cell
culture
Podor, Thomas
iCapture
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic (bone
marrow)
Post, Martin
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering;
Biomaterials
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering
Postovit, Lynne-Marie
Pouliot, Roxane
LOEX
Prakash, Satya
Prato, Frank
Lawson Health Research Institute,
London Health Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—adult—
endothelial progenitor
Puri, Mira
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Putnins, Edward
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Puymirat, Jack
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—amniotic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Qayumi, Karim
80
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Cardiology
No
anatomy.queensu.ca/faculty/pang.cfm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.biomed.uqam.ca/spip.php?rubrique60
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.science.mcmaster.ca/kinesiology/people/
faculty/291-Gianni Parise.html
[email protected]
Various
No
N/A
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
pharmacology.medicine.dal.ca/about/people/faculty_
detail.cfm?ID_People=105
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.ctsnet.org/home/mpelletier
[email protected]
Various
No
www.perkinslab.ca/
[email protected]
Cancer—multiple
myeloma
CRC in
Biomedical
Nanotechnology
www.oncology.med.ualberta.ca/faculty/
facultymember.cfm?id=24
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
bone; Dental
No
www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/
facultyprofiles/pilliar_robert.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.biomed.uqam.ca/spip.php?rubrique87/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.msl.ubc.ca/faculty/piret
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.icapture.ubc.ca/who/who_bios_tom_podor.
shtml
[email protected]
Respiratory
No
www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/P/
Martin-Post.html
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uwo.ca/anatomy/department/postovitl/
lpostovit.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.pha.ulaval.ca/sgc/pid/4929
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.bmed.mcgill.ca/BTCTRL/
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.uwo.ca/radnuc/radiologists/prato.html
[email protected]
Embryogenesis
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/puri.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.dentistry.ubc.ca/directory/faculty/detail.
asp?user_id=24&from_directory=1
[email protected]
Mysculoskeletal
myotonic dystrophy
No
jpuymiratlab.crchul.ulaval.ca/
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.researchers.vchri.ca/s/Researchers.
asp?ReportID=40705&_Type=ResearchersDatabase&_Title=Qayumi-Dr.-A.-Karim
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Quinn, Thomas
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering
Radisic, Milica
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds, cells; Stem
cells—angiogenic
progenitor
Rafuse, Victor
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—
pluripotent—
embryonic, induced
pluripotent; Neural
Rajotte, Raymond V.
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—
pancreatic
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Ramsay, Bruce
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Rancourt, Derrick
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
pluripotent—
embryonic, induced
pluripotent
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
Rastegar, Mojgan
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—
pluripotent—induced
pluripotent, embryonic
Reilly, Raymond Matthew
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Reinhardt, Dieter
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, cells
researCHer
Rak, Janusz
Raouf, Afshin
researCH institution
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
Cancer Care Manitoba—Institute of
Cell Biology
Reudelhuber, Timothy Luther
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Rivest, Serge
Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—germline
Robaire, Bernard
Robert, François
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Rogers, Ian
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
cord blood, induced
pluripotent, bone
marrow
Rosenberg, Lawrence
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—
pancreatic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—neural
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Roskams, Jane
Rossant, Janet
82
Hospital for Sick Children
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Musculoskeletal—
cartilage, ligaments
url
eMail
CRC in Soft
Tissue Biophysics
people.mcgill.ca/thomas.quinn/
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.labs.chem-eng.utoronto.ca/radisic/principalinvestigator/
[email protected]
Neurological, including
Parkinson’s, ALS
No
www.anatomy.dal.ca/Rafuse/index.htm
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.adi.med.ualberta.ca/Home/Research/
PrincipalInvestigators/Bio/rajotte.cfm
[email protected]
Cancer—brain
No
people.muhc.ca/janusz.rak/
[email protected]
Various
No
chemeng.queensu.ca/people/adjunct_Instructors/
bruce-ramsay/index.php
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
people.ucalgary.ca/~derlab/index.html
[email protected]
Cancer—breast
No
www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/manitoba_institute_
cell_biology/MICB/Rauof Afshin.htm
[email protected]
Neurological,
cancer—brain
No
umanitoba.ca/faculties/medicine/units/biochem/
faculty/facultylists.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
/www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5062
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
CRC in
Extracellular
Matrix Biology
www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/reinhardt/
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/expmed/staff/reudelhuber_
timothy.htm
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/en/research/researchers/4681
[email protected]
Reproduction—male;
Other
No
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/pharma/robairelab/
[email protected]
Hematological
No
www.ircm.qc.ca/microsites/francoisrobert/en/
[email protected]
Various, including
diabetes
No
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/rogers
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.montreal-diabetes-research-center.org/en/
rosenberg/rosenberg.asp
[email protected]
Neurological—
olfactory
No
www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/roskams
[email protected]
Embryogenesis
Lombard
Insurance Chair
www.sickkids.ca/aboutsickkids/directory/people/r/
janet-rossant.html
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
Rossi, Fabio
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Rottapel, Robert
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Roy, Denis-Claude
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Roy, Jean
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Rudnicki, Michael
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—
embryonic, muscle,
other adult
Ruel, Marc
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—
mesenchymal and
endothelial progenitor;
Tissue engineering
Sabourin, Luc
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—
embryonic, adult
Santamaria, Pere
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
Santerre, Paul
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, cells
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—
hematopoietic,
embryonic
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—muscle
Institute for Research in Immunology
and Cancer
Savard, Pierre
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
researCH institution
Sauvageau, Guy
84
universitY/
institution
researCHer
Schimmer, Aaron
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Schrader, John W.
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Schuh, Andre
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Schultz, Kirk
Child & Family Research Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Schuurmans, Carol
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
unspecified
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various
CRC in
Regenerative
Medicine
(previously)
www.brc.ubc.ca/drupal5/node/73
[email protected]
Various
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5182
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
recherche.maisonneuve-rosemont.org/en-ca/
research/our-research-investigators/roy-denisclaude.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
Chair
Industrielle—
Alliance/
Université
de Montréal
Foundation
on Leukemia
Research
www.sct-hmr.org/en/jroy.php
[email protected]
Various, incl.
neuromuscular
CRC in Molecular
Genetics
www.ohri.ca/profiles/rudnicki.asp
[email protected]
Cardiology
Cardiac Surgery
Research Chair
www.ottawaheart.ca/misc/marc-ruel.htm
[email protected]
Various
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/sabourin_summ.asp
[email protected]
Various, incl.
immunological,
metabolic—diabetes
No
medicine.ucalgary.ca/research/chairs/santamaria/cv
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.utoronto.ca/dentistry/facultyresearch/
facultyprofiles/santerre.html
[email protected]
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological; Other
CRC in the
Molecular
Genetics of
Normal and
Cancer Cells
www.iric.ca/Recherche/Chercheurs/Sauvageau_G.
html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/recherche/chercheurs/4641
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5351
[email protected]
Immunological—
immunodeficiency
No
www.brc.ubc.ca/drupal5/node/36
[email protected]
Hematological—
hemophilia
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/schuh.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.cfri.ca/our_research/researchers/search_
researchers/researcher_detail.asp?ID=119
[email protected]
Neurological—stroke,
spinal cord injury, eye
No
www.ucalgary.ca/bmb/schuurmans
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Sefton, Michael
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
biomaterials, cells
Seguin, Cheryle
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—various—
pluripotent, neural
Sen, Arindom
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem
cells—adult
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering:
Biomaterials—
scaffolds; Stem cells
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—
high throughput
screening; Stem
cells—mesenchymal,
cord blood; Tissue
engineering
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Shaw, Patricia Ann
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
Sheardown, Heather
Shoichet, Molly
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
Simmons, Craig
Singh, Sheila
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute
Skerjanc, Ilona Sylvia
Slack, Ruth
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Smith, Clayton
Terry Fox Laboratoy, BC Cancer
Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
pluripotent—induced
pluripotent, embryonic;
Mesenchymal
Smith, Lawrence C.
Song, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
Stanford, William
86
tYpe of regen.
Med
Stanisz, Greg
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Stewart, Alexandre
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—cardiac
Stewart, Duncan
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult
Stifani, Stefano
Montreal Neurological Institute
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various
Michael E.
Charles Chair
in Chemical
Engineering
alumni.utoronto.ca/s/731/index.
aspx?sid=731&gid=36&pgid=2135; tdccbr.med.
utoronto.ca/members/michael_sefton.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
metabolic,
musculoskeletal,
embryogenesis
No
www.uwo.ca/physpharm/faculty/seguin_cheryle.html
cheryle.seguin@ schulich.uwo.ca
Various
No
www.schulich.ucalgary.ca/chemical/ArindomSen
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5485
[email protected]
Various—eye,
cardiovascular
No
chemeng.mcmaster.ca/sheardown.html
[email protected]
Various—neurological:
Spinal cord injury, eye;
Cancer
CRC in Tissue
Engineering
www.mcewencentre.com/bio_shoichet.asp
[email protected]
[email protected]
Various—cardiology;
Musculoskeletal—
bone
CRC in
Mechanobiology
www.mie.utoronto.ca/staff/profiles/simmons/
[email protected]
Cancer—brain
CRC in Human
Cancer Stem Cell
Biology
sccri.mcmaster.ca/singh_sheila.html
[email protected]
Various—
cardiovascular,
musculoskeletal
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/bmi/eng/skerjanc.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/ruthslack/
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
CRC in Cell
Therapies
www.terryfoxlab.ca/people/csmith/clayton.aspx
[email protected]
Embryogenesis
No
www.medvet.umontreal.ca/crra/index.php/
chercheurs/lawrence-c-smith
[email protected]
Cancer—lymphoma
No
www.vch.ca/bmt/public/referral/attending.htmlwww.
leukemiabmtprogram.org/general_information/
about_us/our_doctors/song.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
musculoskeletal—
osteoporosis
CRC in Stem Cell
Bioengineering
and Functional
Genomics
www.wlstanfordlab.com/index.php
[email protected]
Neurological
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/stanisz.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.ottawaheart.ca/misc/alexandre-stewart.htm
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/stewart.asp
[email protected]
Neurological—ALS
No
www.mni.mcgill.ca/neuro_team/neuronal_survival/
stefano_stifani/
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Sun, Yu
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—
screening
Suuronen, Erik
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal and
endothelial progenitor;
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Tabori, Uri
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Tabrizian, Maryam
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering—
scaffolds
Tanentzapf, Guy
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
unspecified
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—Stem
cells—cancer; High
throughput technology
Tang, Damu
St. Joseph’s Hospital (Hamilton)
Tanner, Scott
Tannock, Ian Frederick
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Tator, Charles
Toronto General Research Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—adult
Tetzlaff, Wolfram
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
unspecified
Thebaud, Bernard
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—lung
Tian, Ganghong (Hong)
Associated with National Research
Council of Canada, Institute for
Biological Sciences
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—fat
Till, Jim
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Waterloo
ON
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Tran, Simon
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Tredget, Edward Eric
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—bone
marrow
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Toyserkani, Ehsan
Toze, Cynthia
Tremblay, Jacques
88
universitY/
institution
BC Cancer Agency
Centre hospitalier de l’Université Laval
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
Various
CRC in Micro and
Nano Engineering
Systems
amnl.mie.utoronto.ca%20/
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.ottawaheart.ca/misc/erik-suuronen.htm
[email protected]
Cancer—brain
No
www.sickkids.ca/aboutsickkids/directory/people/t/
uri-tabori.html
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
/www.bmed.mcgill.ca/tabrizian/people_pages/
maryam.htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
celldevelopment.ubc.ca/research/researchers/drguy-tanentzapf/
[email protected]
Cancer—prostate
No
/www.hamiltonkidneyresearch.ca/page.aspx?menu=
39&app=173&cat1=433&tp=2&lk=no
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.chem.utoronto.ca/ppl/faculty_profile.
php?id=186
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5941
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=5950
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/~tetzlaff
www.zoology.ubc.ca/person/~tetzlaff
Respiratory
CRC in
Translational
Lung and
Vascular
Development
Biology
www.physiology.ualberta.ca/home/People/
Academic/thebaud.cfm
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/eng/people/tian_
ganghong_6253.html
[email protected]
Cancer
No
myprofile.cos.com/tillj16
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.mme.uwaterloo.ca/people/info.php?id=70
[email protected]
Cancer—
hematological
No
www.leukemiabmtprogram.org/general_information/
about_us/our_doctors/toze.html
[email protected]
Dental
CRC in
Craniofacial Stem
Cells and Tissue
Engineering
www.mcgill.ca/dentistry/research/tran/
[email protected]
Cutaneous
No
www.surgery.ualberta.ca/Home/Divisions/surgical_
research.cfm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal—
muscular dystrophy
No
www.vrr.ulaval.ca/bd/chercheur/fiche/228703.html
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Tremblay, Michel L.
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Trigatti, Bernardo Louis
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—bone
marrow
Tropepe, Vince
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
researCHer
researCH institution
Tsai, Eve
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
unspecified
Tsilfidis, Catherine
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Tufenkji, Nathalie
Turksen, Kursad
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—
embryonic, epidermal
Turner, Robin
Michael Smith Laboratories
U. British
Columbia
BC
Technology—Stem
cells—embryonic;
Analysis, production
Tyndale, Rachel
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
pluripotent—
embryonic, induced
pluripotent
Underhill, Michael
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—cord
blood
Unsworth, Larry
U. Alberta
AB
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
(incl. retinal)
Vanderluit, Jacqueline
Memorial U.
NL
Stem cells—neural
Verchere, Bruce
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—adult
Veres, Teodor
U. Laval
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue
engineering—cells
Vermette, Patrick
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Tissue engineering—
cell culture;
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Vincent, Michel
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—muscle
progenitor
U. Toronto
ON
Regeneration—heart
van der Kooy, Derek
von Harsdorf, Rudiger
90
tYpe of regen.
Med
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Cardiology
url
eMail
No
www.mcgill.ca/biochemistry/department/faculty/
tremblay/
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.science.mcmaster.ca/biochem/faculty/trigatti/
[email protected]
Neurological
development
No
www.utoronto.ca/tropepe-lab/people.html
[email protected]
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/tsai.asp
[email protected]
Eye
Don and Joy
Maclaren
Chair for Vision
Research
(previously)
www.ohri.ca/profiles/tsilfidis.asp
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
CRC in
Biocolloids and
Surfaces
people.mcgill.ca/nathalie.tufenkji/
[email protected]
Cutaneous
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/turksen.asp
[email protected]
Various
No
www.msl.ubc.ca/faculty/turner
[email protected]
Various
CRC in Pharmacogenetics
www.pharmtox.utoronto.ca/faculty/directory/tyndale.
htm
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.cellphys.ubc.ca/faculty_pages/underhill.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.cme.engineering.ualberta.ca/en/FacultyStaff/
FacultyAcademicStaff/Unsworth.aspx
[email protected]
Neurological—brain;
Eye
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/vanderkooy.html
[email protected]
Neurological
No
www.med.mun.ca/Medicine/Faculty/Vanderluit,Jackie.aspx
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.pathology.ubc.ca/NewPathology/Professor/
Bruce_Verchere.html
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
www.vrr.ulaval.ca/bd/chercheur/fiche/551399.html
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.usherbrooke.ca/gchimiquebiotech/personnel/
professeurs/patrick-vermette/
[email protected]
Various—
cardiovascular,
musculoskeletal
No
www.vrr.ulaval.ca/bd/chercheur/fiche/4934.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=10949
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Social science &
humanities
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Waldman, Stephen
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—
cell culture
Walker, Gilbert Creighton
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
researCHer
researCH institution
von Tigerstrom, Barbara
Waddell, Thomas
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health Network
Wall, Donna
Cancer Care Manitoba
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—
hematological
Wallace, Valerie
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell Research,
Ottawa Health Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—retinal
Walus, Konrad
U. British
Columbia
BC
Biomaterials—
scaffolds
Wang, Chen
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Wang, Lisheng
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Ward, Christopher Andrew
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Warnock, Garth
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—
pancreatic (islet)
Weisel, Richard
Toronto General Research Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering:
Stem cells—
transplantation
Weiss, Samuel
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—neural
Wells, Richard Alexander
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Wells, Sarah
Dalhousie U.
NS
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Wertheimer, Michel Robert
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Whyne, Cari
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Wiper-Bergeron, Nadine Louise
92
tYpe of regen.
Med
Wong, Peggy
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Woodgett, James
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—adult
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
url
eMail
SSH: Law
No
www.usask.ca/law/about_us/bio.php?id=19
[email protected]
Respiratory—lung
transplant
No
www.uhnresearch.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=6315
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
CRC in
Engineering of
Human Joints
www.chemeng.queensu.ca/people/faculty/waldman/
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
CRC in Molecular
Microscopy and
Nanophotonic
Devices
www.chem.utoronto.ca/~gwalker/
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.cancercare.mb.ca/resource/File/Super_
Seven_Bios.pdf
[email protected]
Eye
No
www.ohri.ca/profiles/wallace.asp
[email protected]
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cutaneous
No
www.mina.ubc.ca/konradw
[email protected]
Hematological—
anemia
No
icarus.med.utoronto.ca/patho/faculty.
asp?FacultyID=233
[email protected]
Various
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/associations/oisb/members/
member_lisheng_wang.htm
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.queensu.ca/cgi-bin/ph/whois.queensu.
ca?Query=deptcode=D922_34
[email protected]
Metabolic—diabetes
No
www.surgery.ubc.ca/faculty/gwarnock.html
[email protected]
Cardiology
No
www.uhn.ca/media/faq/experts/research/res_exp_
weisel.asp
[email protected]
Neurological—brain,
olfactory
No
www.ucalgary.ca/gdrg/sweiss.html
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.
asp?t=13&m=177&page=187
[email protected]
Cardiovascular
No
bme.medicine.dal.ca/faculty/wells/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/
details.php?NoProf=150
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.
asp?t=13&m=178&page=172
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.med.uottawa.ca/research/wiper-bergeronlab/
[email protected]
Cancer—leukemia
No
www.ontariodoctordirectory.ca/Toronto/DoctorPeggy-Pui-Chi-Wong-31836.html
N/A
Various, incl. cancer,
metabolic—diabetes,
neurological
No
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/woodgett
[email protected]
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3a. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Woodhouse, Kimberly
provinCe
tYpe of regen.
Med
Queen’s U.
ON
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds, stem cells
Wouters, Bradley
Ontario Cancer Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Wrana, Jeffrey
Samuel Lunenfeld Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—stem
cells—high throughput
analysis
Wynder, Christopher
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Yahia, L’Hocine
École
polytechnique de
Montreal
QC
Biomaterials
Yang, Xiang-Jiao
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
Yip, Christopher
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
Yong, Von Wee
Associated with Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—
hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various
including embryonic,
hematopoietic
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Zackenhaus, Eldad
Zandstra, Peter
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, University Health Network
and Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering, Donnelly
Centre
Zhang, Ze
94
universitY/
institution
Ziltener, Hermann Johann
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
Zúñiga-Pflücker, Juan-Carlos
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
appendiX
3A. RESEARCHERS IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER
disease
endoWed
CHair
Cardiovascular
url
eMail
No
chemeng.queensu.ca/people/faculty/woodhouse/
index.php
[email protected]
Cancer
No
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/researchers/profile.
php?lookup=27665
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in Systems
Biology; Mary
Janigan
Research Chair
in Molecular
Cancer
Therapeutics
www.lunenfeld.ca/researchers/Wrana
[email protected]
Cancer
CRC in Epigenetic
Control of Stem
Cells
fhs.mcmaster.ca/main/canada_chairs/epigenetic_
control_of_stem_cells_chair.html
[email protected]
Musculoskeletal
No
www.polymtl.ca/recherche/rc/en/professeurs/
details.php?NoProf=243
[email protected]
Aging
No
www.mcgill.ca/mog/research/yang/
[email protected]
Various
No
biochemistry.utoronto.ca/yip/bch.html
[email protected]
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
No
www.hbi.ucalgary.ca/members/yong
[email protected]
Cancer
No
medbio.utoronto.ca/faculty/zacksenhaus.html
[email protected]
Various, incl.
hematological
CRC in Stem Cell
Bioengineering
stemcell.ibme.utoronto.ca/
[email protected]
Various
No
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca/en/research/researchers/8491
www.vrr.ulaval.ca/bd/chercheur/fiche/283780.html
[email protected]
Various
No
www.brc.ubc.ca/drupal5/node/38
[email protected]
Immunological—
immunodeficiency
CRC in
Developmental
Immunology
www.sunnybrook.ca/research/team/member.
asp?t=13&m=191&page=1100
[email protected]
3
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3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Researchers According to Regenerative Medicine Focus
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Acker, Jason
U. Alberta
AB
Tissue engineering—cell storage
Amsden, Brian
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
researCHer
researCH
institution
tissue engineering inCluding BioMaterials
Antoniou, John
Jewish General
Hospital
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—scaffold; Stem cells—
mesenchymal
Auger, François A.
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—cell culture
Barralet, Jake
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials
Barrett, Christopher
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—stem cells
Berthod, François
LOEX
Brash, John
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Brunette, Donald
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
Burt, Helen Mary
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
Buschmann, Michael
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
Cao, Xudong
U. Ottawa
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering—stem
cells
Catelas, Isabelle
U. Ottawa
ON
Tissue engineering
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—artificial blood cells
Chen, Daniel (Xiongbiao)
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Davies, John
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds; Stem
cells—mesnchymal
De Crescenzo, Gregory
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
Doillon, Charles
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials
El-Hakim, Assaad
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, cells
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering —cells, scaffold
Chang, Thomas Ming Swi
Farhat, Walid
96
Artificial Cells and
Organs Research
Centre
Hospital for Sick
Children
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Faucheux, Nathalie
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Favis, Basil
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Fernlund, Goran
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, stem
cells—mesenchymal
Filiaggi, Mark J.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials
Ghanem, Amyl
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials—tissue engineering
researCHer
researCH
institution
Giasson, Claude J.
LOEX affiliation
U. Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering
Goulet, Francine
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, culture
Griffith, May
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Biomaterials—scaffolds; Tissue
engineering—stem cells
Hamilton, Douglas
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering
Harvey, Edward
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering—cells
Hoare, Todd
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Hoemann, Caroline
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering—cells; Biomaterials
Hunter, Christopher
U. Calgary
AB
Tissue engineering—stem cells;
Biomaterials
Johnston, James
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Jones, Elizabeth
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering
Jones, Kim
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
Kamacheva, Eugenia
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
Kandel, Rita
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, stem
cells
Keeley, Fred
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
U. Alberta
AB
Tissue engineering—stem cells, islet;
Transplantation
Ko, Frank
Korbutt, Gregory
Alberta Diabetes
Institute
3
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3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Dalhousie U.
NS
Biomaterials—scaffolds
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering
Langelier, Eve
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Tissue engineering; Biomaterials
Legge, Raymond
U. Waterloo
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—cells
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
researCHer
researCH
institution
Kreplak, Laurent
Lacroix, Dan
McGuigan, Alison
LOEX
Institute of
Biomaterials
and Biomedical
Engineering
Mequanint, Kibret
Moulin, Véronique
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—stem cells
Nanci, Antonio
U. Montréal
QC
Tissue engineering—cells; Biomaterials
Nazhat, Showan
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials—scaffolds; Tissue engineering
Pilliar, Robert
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering; Biomaterials
Prakash, Satya
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering
Quinn, Thomas
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering
Radisic, Milica
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds, cells; Stem
cells—angiogenic progenitor
Ramsay, Bruce
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Reinhardt, Dieter
McGill U.
QC
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, cells
Santerre, Paul
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, cells
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—biomaterials, cells
McMaster U.
ON
Biomaterials
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering: biomaterials—
scaffolds; Stem cells
Sun, Yu
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering—screening
Tabrizian, Maryam
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Toyserkani, Ehsan
U. Waterloo
ON
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Tufenkji, Nathalie
McGill U.
QC
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Unsworth, Larry
U. Alberta
AB
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Veres, Teodor
U. Laval
QC
Biomaterials; Tissue engineering—cells
Vermette, Patrick
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Tissue engineering—cell culture;
Biomaterials—scaffolds
Pouliot, Roxane
Sefton, Michael
LOEX
LOEX
The Donnelly Centre
Sheardown, Heather
Shoichet, Molly
98
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Waldman, Stephen
Queens U.
ON
Tissue engineering—cell culture
Walker, Gilbert Creighton
U. Toronto
ON
Biomaterials
Walus, Konrad
U. British
Columbia
BC
Biomaterials—scaffolds
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering: Stem cells—
transplantation
Wells, Sarah
Dalhousie U.
NS
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Wertheimer, Michel Robert
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
U. Toronto
ON
Tissue engineering
Woodhouse, Kimberly
Queen’s U.
ON
Tissue engineering—scaffolds, stem cells
Yahia, L’Hocine
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Biomaterials
Zhang, Ze
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Tissue engineering—scaffolds
Includes:
Pharmaceutical
Production Research
Facility
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem cells production/
culture
Garnier, Alain
U. Laval
QC
Bioprocessing—stem cells—culture
Jervis, Eric
U. Waterloo
ON
Bioprocessing—cell culture; Tissue
engineering
Jolicoeur, Mario
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Bioprocessing
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem cells, tissue culture
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem cells—adult
Weisel, Richard
Whyne, Cari
Ziltener, Hermann Johann
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
3
BioproCessing
Behie, Leo
Kallos, Michael
Sen, Arindom
Includes:
Pharmaceutical
Production Research
Facility
steM Cell Handling teCHnologies (e.g., HigH tHrougHput sorting, CrYopreservation)
Elliott, Janet Anne Wade
U. Alberta
AB
Technology—stem cells— cryopreservation
Figeys, Daniel
U. Ottawa
ON
Technology—stem cells—cell handling
McGann, Locksley Earl
U. Alberta
AB
Technology—stem cells—
cryopreservation
Park, Edward
U. Victoria
BC
Technology—stem cells—cell sorting
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
Michael Smith
Laboratories
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
U. British
Columbia
BC
Technology—stem cells, incl.
hematopoietic—high throughput analysis;
Bioprocessing—cell culture
Simmons, Craig
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—high throughput screening;
Stem cells—mesenchymal, cord blood;
Tissue engineering
Tanner, Scott
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—stem cells—cancer; High
throughput technology
Piret, James
Turner, Robin
Michael Smith
Laboratories
U. British
Columbia
BC
Technology—stem cells—embryonic;
Analysis, production
Wrana, Jeffrey
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Technology—stem cells—high throughput
analysis
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Regeneration—unspecified—tissue
U. Toronto
ON
Regenerative medicine—unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Regeneration—unspecified—heart
Baylis, Françoise
Dalhousie U.
NS
Social science & humanities
Bubela, Tania
U. Alberta
AB
Social science & humanities
Caulfield, Tim
U. Alberta
AB
Social science & humanities
Chandler, Jennifer
U. Ottawa
ON
Social science & humanities
U. Toronto
ON
Social science & humanities
Einsiedel, Edna
U. Calgary
AB
Social science & humanities
Glass, Kathleen
McGill U.
QC
Social science & humanities
Illes, Judy
U. British
Columbia
BC
Social science & humanities
Ingram, Liz
U. Alberta
AB
Social science & humanities
Knoppers, Bartha
McGill U.
QC
Social science & humanities
Leibing, Annette
U. Montréal
QC
Social science & humanities
Lemmens, Trudo
U. Toronto
ON
Social science & humanities
Leroux, Therese
U. Montréal
QC
Social science & humanities
McDonald, Michael
U. British
Columbia
BC
Social science & humanities
Menon, Devidas
U. Alberta
AB
Social science & humanities
regeneration unspeCified
Akimenko, Marie-Andrée
Downey, Gregory
von Harsdorf, Rudiger
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
soCial sCienCes & HuManities
Daar, Abdallah
100
McLaughlin-Rotman
Centre for Global
Health, University
Health Network
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH
institution
von Tigerstrom, Barbara
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Social science & humanities
3
steM Cells—pluripotent
eMBrYoniC
Bader, Gary
Institute of
Biomaterials
and Biomedical
Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Doble, Bradley
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Draper, Jonathan
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
Dufort, Daniel
Dumont, Dan
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Emili, Andrew
The Donnelly Centre—
Banting and Best
Department of Medical
Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Gregory-Evan, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Gutkowska, Jolanta
Centre de recherche
du Centre hospitalier
de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
Helgason, Cheryl
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Hicks, Geoffrey
Cancer Care
Manitoba—Institute of
Cell Biology
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—embryonic
Hoodless, Pamela
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Huang, Sui
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
Hughes, Timothy
The Donnelly Centre—
Banting and Best
Department of Medical
Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Husain, Mansoor
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Julius, Michael
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Kaern, Mads
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Keller, Gordon
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine
and Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Kelly, Kevin Francis
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Kothary, Rashmi K.
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Lajoie, Gilles
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Lefebvre, Louis
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
Lynn, Francis
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Opas, Michal J.
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Pang, Stephen
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Pilon, Nicolas
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
researCHer
Marra, Marco
BC Cancer Agency,
Genome Sciences
Centre
Matyas, John Robert
McBurney, Michael
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
Michalak, Marek S.
Morris, Quaid
The Donnelly Centre,
Banting and Best
Department of Medical
Research
Post, Martin
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Puri, Mira
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Rossant, Janet
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Skerjanc, Ilona Sylvia
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Smith, Lawrence C.
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
Santamaria, Pere
Schuh, Andre
Stifani, Stefano
Wang, Lisheng
102
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
Montreal Neurological
Institute
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—embryonic
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—pluripotent—induced
pluripotent
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—pluripotent—induced
pluripotent
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—pluripotent—embryonic,
induced pluripotent
Grant, Denis
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—pluripotent—embryonic,
induced pluripotent
Rafuse, Victor
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—pluripotent—embryonic,
induced pluripotent; neural
Rancourt, Derrick
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—pluripotent—embryonic,
induced pluripotent
Rastegar, Mojgan
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—pluripotent—induced
pluripotent, embryonic
Tyndale, Rachel
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—pluripotent—embryonic,
induced pluripotent
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—adult unspecified
researCHer
researCH
institution
Wynder, Christopher
Zúñiga-Pflücker, Juan-Carlos
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
3
induCed pluripotent
Betts, Dean
Moffat, Jason
The Donnelly Centre
induCed pluripotent and eMBrYoniC
Ellis, James
Hospital for Sick
Children
steM Cells—tissue speCifiC
steM Cells—adult unspeCified
Antel, Jack
Bani, Mahmud
Associated with
National Research
Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
Brodt, Pnina
The Research Institute
of the McGill University
Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—adult—stromal
Carrier, Patrick
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—adult—epithelial (from cornea)
Courtman, David
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult—endothelial progenitor
Germain, Lucie
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—adult—epithelial
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—adult, cancer
Hassell, John
Hill, David
Lawson Health
Research Institute,
London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
Horb, Markoe
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—adult—endodermal
progenitors
103
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Jirik, Frank
Southern Alberta
Cancer Research
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—adult unspecified
Metz, Luanne
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—adult—endogenous progenitor
Prato, Frank
Lawson Health
Research Institute,
London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—adult—endothelial progenitor
Stewart, Duncan
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
Tator, Charles
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
Tsilfidis, Catherine
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—adult unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—adult unspecified
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—amniotic
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—bone marrow (mesenchymal,
hematopoietic)
Jackson, Michael
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—bone marrow
Keating, Armand
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—bone marrow—mesenchymal,
hematopoietic
Krieger, Charles
Simon Fraser U.
BC
Stem cells—bone marrow
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—bone marrow
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone marrow
researCHer
Verchere, Bruce
Woodgett, James
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
steM Cells—aMniotiC
Puymirat, Jack
steM Cells—Bone MarroW
Hess, David
Lewis, James Franklin
John P. Robarts
Research Institute
Lawson Health
Research Institute,
London Health
Sciences Centre
Putnins, Edward
104
Qayumi, Karim
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone marrow
Rivest, Serge
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—bone marrow
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
Toze, Cynthia
BC Cancer Agency
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone marrow
Tran, Simon
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—bone marrow
Tredget, Edward Eric
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—bone marrow
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—bone marrow
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—bone marrow
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—cancer
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—cancer
Dankort, David
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—cancer
DeCoteau, John
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Stem cells—cancer
Geyer, Ronald
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Stem cells—cancer
Ghanekar, Anand
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Giacomantonio, Carman A.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cancer
Tremblay, Jacques
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
Trigatti, Bernardo Louis
3
steM Cells—CanCer
Allan, Alison
London Regional
Cancer Program,
London Health
Sciences Centre
Bramson, Jonathan
Brinkman, Ryan
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
Hedley, David William
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Hill, Richard
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
Hombach-Klonisch, Sabine
Kamnasaran, Deepak
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Kaplan, David
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Klonisch, Thomas
CancerCare Manitoba
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cancer
Lee, Patrick W.K.
Neel, Benjamin
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
O’Brien, Catherine Adell
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—cancer
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Pilarski, Linda
Rak, Janusz
The Research Institute
of the McGill University
Health Centre
105
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCHer
Raouf, Afshin
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Cancer Care
Manitoba—Institute of
Cell Biology
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Reilly, Raymond Matthew
Roy, Denis-Claude
Centre de recherche
de l’Hôpital
MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Schimmer, Aaron
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Singh, Sheila
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Tabori, Uri
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Tang, Damu
St. Joseph’s Hospital
(Hamilton)
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Tannock, Ian Frederick
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Wong, Peggy
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Wouters, Bradley
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—cardiac
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cardiac progenitor
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—cardiac
Chen, Jie
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—cord blood
Couban, Stephen
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cord blood
Duval, Michel
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—cord blood
Underhill, Michael
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—cord blood
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—dermal
Zackenhaus, Eldad
steM Cells—CardiaC
Megeney, Lynn
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
Pasumarthi, Kishore Babu S.
Stewart, Alexandre
University of Ottawa
Heart Institute
steM Cells—Cord Blood
steM Cells—derMal
Biernaskie, Jeffrey A.
106
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH
institution
Li, Julang
Midha, Rajiv
universitY/
institution
provinCe
3
regen. Med desCription
U. Guelph
ON
Stem cells—dermal
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—dermal
Associated with
National Research
Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—fat
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—fat; Tissue engineering—
scaffolds
steM Cells—fat
Arora, Rakesh C.
Flynn, Lauren
Fradette, Julie
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—fat; Tissue engineering
Tian, Ganghong (Hong)
Associated with
National Research
Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—fat
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—fetal
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—fetal
Bjerknes, Matthew J.
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—gastrointestinal
Kieffer, Tim
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—gastrointestinal
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—germline—testis
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—germline—sperm
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—germline
steM Cells—fetal
Drouin, Jacques
Mendez, Ivar
steM Cells—gastrointestinal
steM Cells—gerMline
Dobrinski, Ina
Nagano, Makoto
The Research Institute
of the McGill University
Health Centre
Robaire, Bernard
steM Cells—HeMatopoietiC
Allan, David
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Anderson, Michele
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Atkins, Harry
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCHer
Audet, Julie
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Institute of
Biomaterials
and Biomedical
Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Barabé, Frédéric
Barber, Dwayne
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Beausejour, Christian
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
(Montréal)
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Ben-David, Yaacov
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Bijl, Janetta
Brand, Marjorie
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Carreau, Madeleine
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Casper, Robert
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Crump, Michael A.
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Denburg, Judah Aryeh
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Doyle, John
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Eaves, Allen
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
Ellis, Anne
108
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic (cord blood)
Gassas, Adam
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Guidos, Cynthia
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Heveker, Nikolaus
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Hoang, Trang
Institute for Research
in Immunology and
Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Hogge, Donna
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Hope, Kristin Jill
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Humphries, Keith
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Iscove, Norman
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, and Ontario
Cancer Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Jiang, Xiaoyan
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
researCHer
Joshi, Sadhna
Karsan, Aly
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Krystal, Gerald
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Lessard, Julie
Institute for Research
in Immunology and
Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Levesque, Eric
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Li, Ren-Ke
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
McNagny, Kelly
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Minden, Mark David
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Mollica, Luigina
Centre de recherche
de l’Hôpital
MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Moroy, Tarik
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Munoz Risueno, Ruth
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Nevill, Thomas
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Podor, Thomas
iCapture
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic (bone marrow)
Robert, François
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Rossi, Fabio
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Rottapel, Robert
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Roy, Jean
Centre de recherche
de l’Hôpital
MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Schrader, John W.
Biomedical Research
Centre
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Schultz, Kirk
Child & Family
Research Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Smith, Clayton
Terry Fox Laboratoy,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Song, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Till, Jim
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
researCHer
Tremblay, Michel L.
Wall, Donna
Cancer Care Manitoba
Wang, Chen
Wells, Richard Alexander
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Yip, Christopher
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Yong, Von Wee
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—hematopoietic
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—lung
steM Cells—lung
Thebaud, Bernard
steM Cells—MaMMarY
Dedhar, Shoukat
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—mammary
Egan, Sean
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mammary epithelial
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—mesenchymal
steM Cells—MesenCHYMal
Alman, Benjamin
Aubin, Jane
Dick, Alexander
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
Eliopoulos, Nicoletta
Ferguson, Peter Charles
Mount Sinai Hospital
Frei, Hanspeter
Hebert, Marie-Josee
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Centre de recherche
du Centre hospitalier
de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal stromal
Carleton U.
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—mesenchymal
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Ly, Hung
Montreal Heart
Institute
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Mak, Tak
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
McElwee, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Mwale, Fackson
Jewish General
Hospital, Lady Davis
Institute
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Ohashi, Pamela Sumiko
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Pelletier, Marc
New Brunswick Heart
Centre
New Brunswick
Heart Centre
NB
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Shaw, Patricia Ann
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Suuronen, Erik
University of Ottawa
Heart Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal and endothelial
progenitor; Biomaterials—scaffolds
Waddell, Thomas
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Ward, Christopher Andrew
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Wiper-Bergeron, Nadine Louise
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—muscle progenitors
Grenier, Guillaume
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Stem cells—muscle progenitors
Hawke, Thomas
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—muscle progenitor
Merrifield, Peter
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—muscle
Parise, Gianni
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—muscle
Savard, Pierre
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—muscle
Vincent, Michel
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—muscle progenitor
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
researCHer
3
steM Cells—MusCle
Dilworth, Jeffrey
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
steM Cells—neural
Aviv, Tzvi
Hospital for Sick
Children
Bennett, Steffany
Calderone, Angelo
Montreal Heart
Institute
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Cayouette, Michel
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Cregan, Sean
John P. Robarts
Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—neural
Dirks, Peter
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Fehlings, Michael
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine
and McLaughlin
Center for Molecular
Medicine, Toronto
Western Research
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
researCHer
Fernandes, Karl
Hazell, Alan Stewart
Centre de recherche
du Centre hospitalier
de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Huang, Annie
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—neural
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—neural
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Karimi-Abdolrezaee, Soheila
Kim, Seung
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
Laposa, Rebecca
Lecanu, Laurent
The Research Institute
of the McGill University
Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—neural
Levin, Leonard
Centre de recherche
de l’Hôpital
MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—neural
Morshead, Cindi
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Roskams, Jane
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—neural
Tropepe, Vince
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural (incl. retinal)
Memorial U.
NL
Stem cells—neural
van der Kooy, Derek
Vanderluit, Jacqueline
112
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
appendiX
3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—neural
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—ovarian epithelial
Anderson, Colin C.
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—pancreatic (islet)
Johnson, James
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—pancreatic (islet)
researCHer
Weiss, Samuel
3
steM Cells—ovarian epitHelial
Farookhi, Riaz
steM Cells—panCreatiC
Rajotte, Raymond V.
U. Alberta
AB
Stem cells—pancreatic
Rosenberg, Lawrence
The Research Institute
of the McGill University
Health Centre
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—pancreatic
Warnock, Garth
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—pancreatic (islet)
U. Victoria
BC
Stem cells—retinal
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—retinal
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—vascular
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—unspecified
steM Cells—retinal
Chow, Bob
Wallace, Valerie
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
steM Cells—vasCular
Khan, Zia
steM Cells—unspeCified
Annabi, Borhane
Cheng, Hai-Ling Margaret
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Dekaban, Gregory
John P. Robarts
Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Dennis, James W.
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Duff, Henry Joseph
Dyck, Richard Henry
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
Emery, Gregory
Gramolini, Anthony Orlando
The Donnelly Centre,
Banting and Best
Department of Medical
Research
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
The Donnelly Centre,
Banting and Best
Department of Medical
Research
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
York U.
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Kwon, Brian
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—unspecified
Labbé, Jean-Claude
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—unspecified
Lagace, Diane
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
researCHer
Greenblatt, Jack
Hansen, David
Kislinger, Thomas
Ontario Cancer
Institute, UHN
Krylov, Sergey N.
Kuruvilla, John
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
Larouche, Danielle
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—unspecified
Leavitt, Blair
Centre for Molecular
Medicine &
Therapeutics
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—unspecified
Queen’s U.
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Nemer, Mona
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Postovit, Lynne-Marie
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Lilicrap, David
Meakin, Susan
John P. Robarts
Research Institute
Reudelhuber, Timothy Luther
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—unspecified
Schuurmans, Carol
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—unspecified
Slack, Ruth
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Stanisz, Greg
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Tanentzapf, Guy
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—unspecified
Tetzlaff, Wolfram
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—unspecified
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various—hematopoietic,
induced pluripotent
Tsai, Eve
steM Cells—various
Aparicio, Samuel
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3B. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE FOCUS
researCHer
Bhatia, Mickie
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—various—pluripotent,
embryonic, hematopoietic
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—various—embryonic,
trophoblast, placental, germline
Cross, James Charles
Dick, John
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine
and Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various, incl. hematopoietic
Eaves, Connie
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various (embryonic,
hematopoietic, breast epithelial)
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—various
Golding, Michael C.
Hough, Margaret
Sunnybrook Research
Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—embryonic,
hematopoietic
Hui, Chi-chung
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various
Jolicoeur, Paul
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—cancer/mammary
Lansdorp, Peter
Terry Fox Laboratory,
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—various—hematopoietic,
induced pluripotent, embryonic
Levy, Gary
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various
Marshall, Aaron
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—various
Massie, Bernard
Associated with
National Research
Council—
Biotechnology
Research Institute
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—adult
McInnes, Roderick
Jewish General
Hospital, Lady Davis
Institute
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—various—embryonic, adult
McKerlie, Colin
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various
Miller, Freda
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto
General Research
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—dermal, neural
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3b. Cont’d
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
regen. Med desCription
Nagy, Andras
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
and McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—pluripotent—
induced pluripotent, embryonic; Somatic
Paige, Christopher
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—embryonic, cancer
U. Québec à
Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—embryonic, adult
researCHer
Paquin, Joanne
Perkins, Theodore
Sprott Center for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various
Rogers, Ian
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—cord blood, induced
pluripotent, bone marrow
Rudnicki, Michael
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—embryonic, muscle,
other adult
Ruel, Marc
University of Ottawa
Heart Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—mesenchymal and
endothelial progenitor; Tissue engineering
Sabourin, Luc
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—embryonic, adult
Sauvageau, Guy
Institute for Research
in Immunology and
Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—various—hematopoietic,
embryonic
Seguin, Cheryle
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—various—pluripotent, neural
Stanford, William
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—pluripotent—
induced pluripotent, embryonic;
Mesenchymal
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—various—embryonic,
epidermal
McGill U.
QC
Stem cells—various
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various including embryonic,
hematopoietic
Turksen, Kursad
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
Yang, Xiang-Jiao
Zandstra, Peter
116
McEwen Centre
for Regenerative
Medicine, University
Health Network
and Institute of
Biomaterials
and Biomedical
Engineering, Donnelly
Centre
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
3
3c. Researchers According to Disease Focus
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
McGill U.
QC
Aging
aging
Yang, Xiang-Jiao
CanCer
Allan, Alison
London Regional Cancer
Program, London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western Ontario
ON
Cancer—breast
Anderson, Michele
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia,
lymphoma
U. Québec à Montréal
QC
Cancer
BC Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—breast
U. Laval
QC
Cancer—leukemia
Beausejour, Christian
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
(Montréal)
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer
Ben-David, Yaacov
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—leukemia
Annabi, Borhane
Aparicio, Samuel
Barabé, Frédéric
Bijl, Janetta
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer
Brinkman, Ryan
Bramson, Jonathan
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer
Brodt, Pnina
The Research Institute of
the McGill University Health
Centre
McGill U.
QC
Cancer
Dalhousie U.
NS
Cancer—
hematological
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—lymphoma
Couban, Stephen
Crump, Michael A.
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
Dankort, David
McGill U.
QC
Cancer
DeCoteau, John
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Cancer
Dedhar, Shoukat
BC Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer
Dennis, James W.
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer, other
Dick, John
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine and
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer, incl. leukemia
Dirks, Peter
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—brain
Doble, Bradley
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Doyle, John
Eaves, Allen
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—leukemia
Eaves, Connie
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Egan, Sean
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—breast
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer
Emery, Gregory
Emili, Andrew
The Donnelly Centre—Banting
and Best Department of
Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Gassas, Adam
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Cancer
Geyer, Ronald
Ghanekar, Anand
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—liver
Giacomantonio, Carman A.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Cancer
Grant, Denis
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer
Guidos, Cynthia
Hospital for Sick Children
Hassell, John
Hedley, David William
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—cervical
Hicks, Geoffrey
Cancer Care Manitoba—
Institute of Cell Biology
U. Manitoba
MB
Cancer
Hill, Richard
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—cervical
Hoang, Trang
Institute for Research in
Immunology and Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—leukemia
Hogge, Donna
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—leukemia
U. Manitoba
MB
Cancer
Hombach-Klonisch, Sabine
Hope, Kristin Jill
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Huang, Annie
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—brain
Iscove, Norman
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine, and
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Jiang, Xiaoyan
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—leukemia
Jirik, Frank
Southern Alberta Cancer
Research Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Cancer
Jolicoeur, Paul
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer
U. Laval
QC
Cancer—brain
Kamnasaran, Deepak
Kaplan, David
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Karsan, Aly
BC Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—leukemia
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—
hematological
U. Manitoba
MB
Cancer
Keating, Armand
Klonisch, Thomas
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CancerCare Manitoba
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—
hematological
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer, other
Dalhousie U.
NS
Cancer
researCHer
researCH institution
Krystal, Gerald
Kuruvilla, John
Labbé, Jean-Claude
Lansdorp, Peter
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
Lee, Patrick W.K.
Lessard, Julie
Institute for Research in
Immunology and Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—
hematological
Levesque, Eric
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Cancer
Mak, Tak
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Minden, Mark David
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Moroy, Tarik
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—
hematological
Munoz Risueno, Ruth
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Neel, Benjamin
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—ovarian
Nevill, Thomas
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer
O’Brien, Catherine Adell
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—colorectal
Ohasi, Pamela Sumiko
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Paige, Christopher
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Pilarski, Linda
U. Alberta
AB
Cancer—multiple
myeloma
Postovit, Lynne-Marie
U. Western Ontario
ON
Cancer
Prakash, Satya
McGill U.
QC
Cancer
Rak, Janusz
The Research Institute of
the McGill University Health
Centre
McGill U.
QC
Cancer—brain
Raouf, Afshin
Cancer Care Manitoba—
Institute of Cell Biology
U. Manitoba
MB
Cancer—breast
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Reilly, Raymond Matthew
Roy, Denis-Claude
Centre de recherche de
l’Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—leukemia
Roy, Jean
Centre de recherche de
l’Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—leukemia
3
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Institute for Research in
Immunology and Cancer
U. Montréal
QC
Cancer—
hematological; Other
Schimmer, Aaron
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Schultz, Kirk
Child & Family Research
Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—leukemia
Shaw, Patricia Ann
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Singh, Sheila
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer—brain
Smith, Clayton
Terry Fox Laboratoy, BC
Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—
hematological
Song, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—lymphoma
Tabori, Uri
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—brain
Tang, Damu
St. Joseph’s Hospital
(Hamilton)
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer—prostate
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
researCHer
researCH institution
Sauvageau, Guy
Tanner, Scott
disease
desCription
Tannock, Ian Frederick
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Till, Jim
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Toze, Cynthia
BC Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Cancer—
hematological
Wall, Donna
Cancer Care Manitoba
U. Manitoba
MB
Cancer
Wells, Richard Alexander
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Wong, Peggy
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer—leukemia
Wouters, Bradley
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Wrana, Jeffrey
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Wynder, Christopher
McMaster U.
ON
Cancer
Zackenhaus, Eldad
U. Toronto
ON
Cancer
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiopulmonary
Allan, David
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiovascular
Arora, Rakesh C
Associated with National
Research Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
U. Manitoba
MB
Cardiology
CardiopulMonarY
Courtman, David
CardiovasCular
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3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Calderone, Angelo
Montreal Heart Institute
U. Montréal
QC
Cardiology
Dick, Alexander
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiology
U. Calgary
AB
Cardiology
Duff, Henry Joseph
Gramolini, Anthony Orlando
The Donnelly Centre, Banting
and Best Department of
Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Gutkowska, Jolanta
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Cardiology
Husain, Mansoor
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Jackson, Michael
U. Manitoba
MB
Cardiology
Jones, Elizabeth
McGill U.
QC
Cardiovascular
Keeley, Fred
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Kislinger, Thomas
Ontario Cancer Institute, UHN
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Li, Ren-Ke
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular,
cardiology
Ly, Hung
Montreal Heart Institute
U. Montréal
QC
Cardiology
Megeney, Lynn
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiovascular
Michalak, Marek S.
U. Alberta
AB
Cardiovascular
Nemer, Mona
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiology
Pang, Stephen
Queen’s U.
ON
Cardiology
Pasumarthi, Kishore Babu S.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Cardiology
Pelletier, Marc
New Brunswick Heart Centre
New Brunswick Heart
Centre
NB
Cardiology
Podor, Thomas
iCapture
U. British Columbia
BC
Cardiology
Prato, Frank
Lawson Health Research
Institute, London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western Ontario
ON
Cardiology
Qayumi, Karim
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Cardiology
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiology
Radisic, Milica
3
Reudelhuber, Timothy Luther
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Cardiovascular
Ruel, Marc
University of Ottawa Heart
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiology
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Santerre, Paul
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Stewart, Alexandre
University of Ottawa Heart
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiology
Stewart, Duncan
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiovascular
Suuronen, Erik
University of Ottawa Heart
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Cardiology
McGill U.
QC
Cardiovascular
U. Manitoba
MB
Cardiology
Tremblay, Michel L.
McGill U.
QC
Cardiology
Trigatti, Bernardo Louis
McMaster U.
ON
Cardiovascular
Veres, Teodor
U. Laval
QC
Cardiovascular
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiology
Walker, Gilbert Creighton
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiovascular
Ward, Christopher Andrew
Queen’s U.
ON
Cardiology
U. Toronto
ON
Cardiology
Wells, Sarah
Dalhousie U.
NS
Cardiovascular
Woodhouse, Kimberly
Queen’s U.
ON
Cardiovascular
U. British Columbia
BC
Cutaneous
U. Alberta
AB
Cutaneous
U. Ottawa
ON
Cutaneous
Hamilton, Douglas
U. Western Ontario
ON
Dental
Tran, Simon
McGill U.
QC
Dental
Tran, Simon
McGill U.
QC
Dental
U. Western Ontario
ON
Embryogenesis
U. British Columbia
BC
Embryogenesis
Tabrizian, Maryam
Tian, Ganghong (Hong)
von Harsdorf, Rudiger
Weisel, Richard
Associated with National
Research Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
Cutaneous
McElwee, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
Tredget, Edward Eric
Turksen, Kursad
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
dental
eMBrYogenesis
Golding, Michael C.
Hoodless, Pamela
122
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Puri, Mira
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Embryogenesis
Rossant, Janet
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Embryogenesis
U. Montréal
QC
Embryogenesis
U. Toronto
ON
Gastrointestinal
U. Toronto
ON
Genetic
U. British Columbia
BC
Genetic
Smith, Lawrence C.
3
gastrointestinal
Bjerknes, Matthew J.
genetiC
Hough, Margaret
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Lefebvre, Louis
HeMatologiCal
Barber, Dwayne
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Hematological—
anemia, cancer
Brand, Marjorie
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Hematological—ßthalassemia and sickle
cell anemia
Carreau, Madeleine
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
U. Laval
QC
Hematological—
anemia
U. Calgary
AB
Hematological
U. British Columbia
BC
Hematological—
anemia, cancer
Queen’s U.
ON
Hematological—
hemophilia
Huang, Sui
Humphries, Keith
Terry Fox Laboratory, BC
Cancer Agency
Lilicrap, David
Robert, François
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Hematological
Schuh, Andre
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Hematological—
hemophilia
U. Toronto
ON
Hematological—
anemia
Denburg, Judah Aryeh
McMaster U.
ON
Immunological—
allergy, asthma
Ellis, Anne
Queen’s U.
ON
Immunological—
allergy
Wang, Chen
iMMunologiCal
Helgason, Cheryl
BC Cancer Agency
U. British Columbia
BC
Immunological—
autoimmune
Lewis, James Franklin
Lawson Health Research
Institute, London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western Ontario
ON
Immunological—
inflammation
Schrader, John W.
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Immunological—
immunodeficiency
Zúñiga-Pflücker, Juan-Carlos
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Immunological—
immunodeficiency
U. Toronto
ON
Infection—HIV
infeCtion—Hiv
Joshi, Sadhna
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
U. Alberta
AB
Metabolic—diabetes
MetaBoliC—diaBetes
Anderson, Colin C.
Hill, David
Lawson Health Research
Institute, London Health
Sciences Centre
U. Western Ontario
ON
Metabolic—diabetes
Horb, Markoe
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Metabolic—diabetes
Johnson, James
U. British Columbia
BC
Metabolic—diabetes
Kieffer, Tim
U. British Columbia
BC
Metabolic—diabetes
U. Alberta
AB
Metabolic—diabetes;
other
Korbutt, Gregory
Alberta Diabetes Institute
Lynn, Francis
U. British Columbia
BC
Metabolic—diabetes
Rajotte, Raymond V.
U. Alberta
AB
Metabolic—diabetes
McGill U.
QC
Metabolic—diabetes
Verchere, Bruce
U. British Columbia
BC
Metabolic—diabetes
Vermette, Patrick
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Metabolic—diabetes
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Metabolic—diabetes
Akimenko, Marie-Andrée
Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Musculoskeletal
Alman, Benjamin
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal
Antoniou, John
Jewish General Hospital
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal
Rosenberg, Lawrence
Warnock, Garth
The Research Institute of
the McGill University Health
Centre
MusCulosKeletal
Aubin, Jane
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal
Barralet, Jake
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal—
bone formation
Brunette, Donald
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Burt, Helen Mary
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Buschmann, Michael
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Musculoskeletal—
cartilage cell delivery
Catelas, Isabelle
U. Ottawa
ON
Musculoskeletal—
bone loss
Davies, John
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal—
bone
U. Ottawa
ON
Musculoskeletal:
Duchenne
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Musculoskeletal—
bone and cartilage
regeneration
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal
Dilworth, Jeffrey
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
Faucheux, Nathalie
Ferguson, Peter Charles
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Mount Sinai Hospital
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Fernlund, Goran
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Filiaggi, Mark J.
Dalhousie U.
NS
Musculoskeletal—
bone
U. Laval
QC
Musculoskeletal
Carleton U.
ON
Musculoskeletal—
bone
U. Laval
QC
Musculoskeletal
Grenier, Guillaume
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Musculoskeletal—
muscle
Harvey, Edward
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal—
bone
Hawke, Thomas
McMaster U.
ON
Musculoskeletal—
muscle
Hoemann, Caroline
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Musculoskeletal
Fradette, Julie
LOEX
Frei, Hanspeter
Goulet, Francine
LOEX
Hunter, Christopher
U. Calgary
AB
Musculoskeletal—disc
Johnston, James
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Musculoskeletal
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal
U. Sherbrooke
QC
Musculoskeletal
Kandel, Rita
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Langelier, Eve
Matyas, John Robert
U. Calgary
AB
Musculoskeletal
Merrifield, Peter
U. Western Ontario
ON
Musculoskeletal
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal—disc
U. Montréal
QC
Musculoskeletal
Mwale, Fackson
Jewish General Hospital, Lady
Davis Institute
Nanci, Antonio
Nazhat, Showan
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal
Paquin, Joanne
U. Québec à Montréal
QC
Musculoskeletal
Parise, Gianni
McMaster U.
ON
Musculoskeletal
Pilliar, Robert
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal—
bone; Dental
Pouliot, Roxane
U. Laval
QC
Musculoskeletal
Putnins, Edward
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Puymirat, Jack
U. Laval
QC
Mysculoskeletal
myotonic dystrophy
Quinn, Thomas
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal—
cartilage, ligaments
Rancourt, Derrick
U. Calgary
AB
Musculoskeletal
Reinhardt, Dieter
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal
Tanentzapf, Guy
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Toyserkani, Ehsan
U. Waterloo
ON
Musculoskeletal
U. Laval
QC
Musculoskeletal—
muscular dystrophy
Tremblay, Jacques
LOEX
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
3
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Tufenkji, Nathalie
McGill U.
QC
Musculoskeletal
Underhill, Michael
U. British Columbia
BC
Musculoskeletal
Waldman, Stephen
Queens U.
ON
Musculoskeletal
U. Toronto
ON
Musculoskeletal
Wiper-Bergeron, Nadine Louise
U. Ottawa
ON
Musculoskeletal
Yahia, L’Hocine
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Musculoskeletal
McGill U.
QC
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
researCHer
Whyne, Cari
researCH institution
Sunnybrook Research Institute
neurologiCal
Antel, Jack
Aviv, Tzvi
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological
Bani, Mahmud
Associated with National
Research Council of Canada,
Institute for Biological
Sciences
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological—brain
injury
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological, incl.
Alzheimer’s
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—injury,
wound healing
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological—spinal
cord, eye
Bennett, Steffany
Biernaskie, Jeffrey A.
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
Cao, Xudong
Carrier, Patrick
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Eye
Cayouette, Michel
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Neurological, including
eye
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
Neurological—
peripheral
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological—stroke
U. Victoria
BC
Eye
Chen, Daniel (Xiongbiao)
Cheng, Hai-Ling Margaret
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Chow, Bob
Cregan, Sean
John P. Robarts Research
Institute
U. Western Ontario
ON
Neurological
Dekaban, Gregory
John P. Robarts Research
Institute
U. Western Ontario
ON
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
Drouin, Jacques
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Neurological—
Parkinson’s
Dyck, Richard Henry
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—brain
Fehlings, Michael
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine
and McLaughlin Centre for
Molecular Medicine, Toronto
Western Research Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
U. Montréal
QC
Neurological—
neurodegenerative
diseases, incl.
Alzheimer’s
Fernandes, Karl
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appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Giasson, Claude J.
LOEX affiliation
U. Montréal
QC
Eye
Gregory-Evan, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
U. British Columbia
BC
Eye
Griffith, May
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Eye
Hazell, Alan Stewart
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Neurological—brain
injury
Hui, Chi-chung
Hospital for Sick Children
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological
U. Manitoba
MB
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
U. British Columbia
BC
Neurological
Krieger, Charles
Simon Fraser U.
BC
Neurological
Kwon, Brian
U. British Columbia
BC
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
Lagace, Diane
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological
Karimi-Abdolrezaee, Soheila
Kim, Seung
Vancouver Coastal Health
Research Institute
Laposa, Rebecca
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological
Leavitt, Blair
Centre for Molecular Medicine
& Therapeutics
U. British Columbia
BC
Neurological
Lecanu, Laurent
The Research Institute of
the McGill University Health
Centre
McGill U.
QC
Neurological
Levin, Leonard
Centre de recherche de
l’Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Eye
Meakin, Susan
John P. Robarts Research
Institute
U. Western Ontario
ON
Neurological
Dalhousie U.
NS
Neurological
Mendez, Ivar
3
Metz, Luanne
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
Midha, Rajiv
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological
Miller, Freda
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological, incl.
spinal cord injury
Morshead, Cindi
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological, other
Pilon, Nicolas
U. Québec à Montréal
QC
Neurological
Rafuse, Victor
Dalhousie U.
NS
Neurological, including
Parkinson’s, ALS
Rastegar, Mojgan
U. Manitoba
MB
Neurological, cancerbrain
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LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
researCHer
researCH institution
Rivest, Serge
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
Roskams, Jane
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
U. Laval
QC
Neurological
U. British Columbia
BC
Neurological—
olfactory
Schuurmans, Carol
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—stroke,
spinal cord injury, eye
Slack, Ruth
Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological
Stanisz, Greg
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological
Stifani, Stefano
Montreal Neurological
Institute
McGill U.
QC
Neurological—ALS
Tator, Charles
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
Tetzlaff, Wolfram
U. British Columbia
BC
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
Tropepe, Vince
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological
development
Tsai, Eve
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
Tsilfidis, Catherine
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Eye
van der Kooy, Derek
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Neurological—brain;
Eye
Memorial U.
NL
Neurological
Vanderluit, Jacqueline
Wallace, Valerie
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Eye
Weiss, Samuel
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—brain,
olfactory
Yong, Von Wee
Associated with Hotchkiss
Brain Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
Jewish General Hospital, Lady
Davis Institute for Medical
Research
McGill U.
QC
Renal
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Reproduction—female
fertility
renal
Eliopoulos, Nicoletta
reproduCtion
Casper, Robert
128
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Cross, James Charles
U. Calgary
AB
Reproduction—female
Dobrinski, Ina
U. Calgary
AB
Reproduction—male
Dufort, Daniel
McGill U.
QC
Reproduction—
implantation
Farookhi, Riaz
McGill U.
QC
Reproduction—ovary
Li, Julang
U. Guelph
ON
Reproduction—female;
Other
McGill U.
QC
Reproduction—male
McGill U.
QC
Reproduction—male;
Other
U. Toronto
ON
Respiratory
U. Toronto
ON
Respiratory
U. Alberta
AB
Respiratory
U. Toronto
ON
Respiratory—lung
transplant
Baylis, Françoise
Dalhousie U.
NS
SSH: Ethics
Bubela, Tania
U. Alberta
AB
SSH: Socioeconomic
benefits
Caulfield, Tim
U. Alberta
AB
SSH: Ethics and law
Chandler, Jennifer
U. Ottawa
ON
SSH: Law, policy
U. Toronto
ON
SSH: Ethics and law
Einsiedel, Edna
U. Calgary
AB
SSH: Social science
Glass, Kathleen
McGill U.
QC
SSH: Ethics, legal
Illes, Judy
U. British Columbia
BC
SSH: Ethics
Nagano, Makoto
The Research Institute of
the McGill University Health
Centre
Robaire, Bernard
3
respiratorY
Downey, Gregory
Post, Martin
Hospital for Sick Children
Thebaud, Bernard
Waddell, Thomas
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
soCial sCienCes & HuManities
Daar, Abdallah
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre
for Global Health, University
Health Network
Ingram, Liz
U. Alberta
AB
SSH: Social
Knoppers, Bartha
McGill U.
QC
SSH: Ethics, law, policy
Leibing, Annette
U. Montréal
QC
SSH: Social
Lemmens, Trudo
U. Toronto
ON
SSH: Law
Leroux, Therese
U. Montréal
QC
SSH: Policy
McDonald, Michael
U. British Columbia
BC
SSH: Ethic
Menon, Devidas
U. Alberta
AB
SSH: Policy
von Tigerstrom, Barbara
U. Saskatchewan
Sask
SSH: Law
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AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
McGill U.
QC
Urological
U. Toronto
ON
Urological
Acker, Jason
U. Alberta
AB
Various
Amsden, Brian
Queens U.
ON
Various
researCHer
researCH institution
urologiCal
El-Hakim, Assaad
Farhat, Walid
Hospital for Sick Children
various
Atkins, Harry
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Various, incl. cancer—
hematopoietic,
neurological—MS
Audet, Julie
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Auger, François A.
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Various, incl.
cardiovascular,
transplantation, injury
Bader, Gary
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Various
McGill U.
QC
Various
Barrett, Christopher
Behie, Leo
Includes: Pharmaceutical
Production Research Facility
U. Calgary
AB
Various—neurological,
metabolic—diabetes
Berthod, François
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Various, incl.
neurological,
urological, cutaneous
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Various, incl.
respiratory—lung
disease
McMaster U.
ON
Various
McGill U.
QC
Various, incl.
cardiovascular
Betts, Dean
Bhatia, Mickie
Brash, John
Chang, Thomas Ming Swi
Chen, Jie
U. Alberta
AB
Various
De Crescenzo, Gregory
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cardiovascular
Doillon, Charles
U. Laval
QC
Various—
cardiovascular, cancer
Draper, Jonathan
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Various
Dumont, Dan
Sunnybrook Research Institute
U. Toronto
ON
Various—
cardiovascular, cancer
Duval, Michel
U. Montréal
QC
Various
Elliott, Janet Anne Wade
U. Alberta
AB
Various
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
neurological, incl.
Rett’s; Hematological—
anemia
Ellis, James
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Artificial Cells and Organs
Research Centre
Hospital for Sick Children
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
researCHer
researCH institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
Favis, Basil
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Various
Figeys, Daniel
U. Ottawa
ON
Various
Flynn, Lauren
Queen’s U.
ON
Various
Garnier, Alain
U. Laval
QC
Various
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Various, incl.
cutaneous,
cardiovascular, eye
Dalhousie U.
NS
Various
The Donnelly Centre, Banting
and Best Department of
Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Various
U. Calgary
AB
Various
Germain, Lucie
Ghanem, Amyl
Greenblatt, Jack
Hansen, David
Hebert, Marie-Josee
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de
Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Various—renal,
cardiovascular
Hess, David
John P. Robarts Research
Institute
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various—
cardiovascular;
Metabolic—diabetes
Heveker, Nikolaus
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
U. Montréal
QC
Various
McMaster U.
ON
Various
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Hoare, Todd
Hughes, Timothy
The Donnelly Centre—Banting
and Best Department of
Medical Research
Jervis, Eric
U. Waterloo
ON
Various
Jolicoeur, Mario
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Various
Jones, Kim
McMaster U.
ON
Various, incl.
immunological
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
immunological, cancer,
infection
U. Ottawa
ON
Various
U. Calgary
AB
Various
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Julius, Michael
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Kaern, Mads
Kallos, Michael
Includes: Pharmaceutical
Production Research Facility
Kamacheva, Eugenia
Keller, Gordon
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine and
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
hematological,
cardiovascular
Kelly, Kevin Francis
Stem Cell and Cancer
Research Institute
McMaster U.
ON
Various, incl.
cutaneous, cancer
Khan, Zia
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various
Ko, Frank
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
3
131
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
U. Ottawa
ON
Various, incl.
neurological,
cardiovascular
Kreplak, Laurent
Dalhousie U.
NS
Various
Krylov, Sergey N.
York U.
ON
Various
U. Laval
QC
Various
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various; Proteomics
researCHer
researCH institution
Kothary, Rashmi K.
Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute
Lacroix, Dan
LOEX
Lajoie, Gilles
Larouche, Danielle
LOEX
Legge, Raymond
U. Laval
QC
Various
U. Waterloo
ON
Various
Levy, Gary
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
immunological
Marra, Marco
BC Cancer Agency, Genome
Sciences Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
U. Manitoba
MB
Various
Marshall, Aaron
Massie, Bernard
Associated with National
Research Council—
Biotechnology Research
Institute
U. Montréal
QC
Various, incl.
hematological—
hemophilia
McBurney, Michael
Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Various—aging,
cancer
U. Alberta
AB
Various
McGann, Locksley Earl
McGuigan, Alison
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
U. Toronto
ON
Various
McInnes, Roderick
Jewish General Hospital, Lady
Davis Institute
McGill U.
QC
Various, incl. eye
McKerlie, Colin
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Various
McNagny, Kelly
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Various—
allergy, asthma,
cardiovascular,
hematological,
neurological
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various
Mequanint, Kibret
132
disease
desCription
Moffat, Jason
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Mollica, Luigina
Centre de recherche de
l’Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Various
Morris, Quaid
The Donnelly Centre, Banting
and Best Department of
Medical Research
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Moulin, Véronique
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Various
appendiX
3C. RESEARCHERS ACCORDING TO DISEASE FOCUS
universitY/
institution
provinCe
disease
desCription
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl. cancer
Opas, Michal J.
U. Toronto
ON
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cardiovascular
Park, Edward
U. Victoria
BC
Various
researCHer
researCH institution
Nagy, Andras
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
and McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
University Health Network
Perkins, Theodore
Sprott Center for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Health
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Various
Piret, James
Michael Smith Laboratories
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
Queens U.
ON
Various
U. Toronto
ON
Various, including
diabetes
Ramsay, Bruce
Rogers, Ian
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
Rossi, Fabio
Biomedical Research Centre
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
Rottapel, Robert
Ontario Cancer Institute,
University Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Rudnicki, Michael
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Various, incl.
neuromuscular
Sabourin, Luc
Ottawa Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Various
Santamaria, Pere
U. Calgary
AB
Various, incl.
immunological,
metabolic—diabetes
Savard, Pierre
U. Laval
QC
Various
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Seguin, Cheryle
U. Western Ontario
ON
Various, incl.
metabolic,
musculoskeletal,
embryogenesis
Sen, Arindom
U. Calgary
AB
Various
Sheardown, Heather
McMaster U.
ON
Various—eye,
cardiovascular
U. Toronto
ON
Various—neurological:
Spinal cord injury, eye;
Cancer
Simmons, Craig
U. Toronto
ON
Various—cardiology;
Musculoskeletal—
bone
Skerjanc, Ilona Sylvia
U. Ottawa
ON
Various—
cardiovascular,
musculoskeletal
Sefton, Michael
Shoichet, Molly
The Donnelly Centre
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General Research
Institute, University Health
Network
3
133
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3c. Cont’d
universitY/
institution
provinCe
Stanford, William
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
musculoskeletal—
osteoporosis
Sun, Yu
U. Toronto
ON
Various
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
Tyndale, Rachel
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Unsworth, Larry
U. Alberta
AB
Various
Vincent, Michel
U. Laval
QC
Various—
cardiovascular,
musculoskeletal
Walus, Konrad
U. British Columbia
BC
Various—
musculoskeletal,
cutaneous
Wang, Lisheng
U. Ottawa
ON
Various
Wertheimer, Michel Robert
École polytechnique de
Montréal
QC
Various
researCHer
Turner, Robin
researCH institution
Michael Smith Laboratories
Woodgett, James
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl. cancer,
metabolic—diabetes,
neurological
Yip, Christopher
The Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Various
Zandstra, Peter
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
University Health Network
and Institute of Biomaterials
and Biomedical Engineering,
Donnelly Centre
U. Toronto
ON
Various, incl.
hematological
U. Laval
QC
Various
U. British Columbia
BC
Various
Zhang, Ze
Ziltener, Hermann Johann
134
disease
desCription
Biomedical Research Centre
appendiX
3D. EXAMPLES OF RESEARCHERS WORKING IN
TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE AND/OR CLINICAL TRIALS
3
3d. Examples of Researchers Working in Translational Medicine and/or Clinical Trials
researCHer
Atkins, Harry
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen. Med
disease
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Various, incl. cancer—
hematopoietic,
neurological—MS
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—mesenchymal
Musculoskeletal
Aubin, Jane
Behie, Leo
Includes:
Pharmaceutical
Production Research
Facility
U. Calgary
AB
Bioprocessing—stem cells
production/ culture
Various—neurological,
metabolic—diabetes
Berthod, François
LOEX
U. Laval
QC
Tissue engineering—stem
cells
Various, incl.
neurological,
urological, cutaneous
Bramson, Jonathan
McMaster U.
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer
Couban, Stephen
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—cord blood
Cancer—
hematological
Courtman, David
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Hospital Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult—
endothelial progenitor
Cardiopulmonary
Crump, Michael A.
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer—lymphoma
Dekaban, Gregory
John P. Robarts
Research Institute
U. Western
Ontario
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer
Doyle, John
Drouin, Jacques
Institut de recherches
cliniques de Montréal
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—fetal
Neurological—
Parkinson’s
Gassas, Adam
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer—leukemia
Griffith, May
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Biomaterials—scaffolds;
Tissue engineering—stem
cells
Eye
Kaplan, David
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—bone marrow—
mesenchymal, hematopoietic
Cancer—
hematological
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Cancer—
hematological
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—unspecified
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
U. Laval
QC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer
Keating, Armand
Kuruvilla, John
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
Kwon, Brian
Levesque, Eric
Centre hospitalier de
l’Université Laval
135
3
LISTS OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCHERS
3d. Cont’d
researCHer
Levy, Gary
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen. Med
disease
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—
unspecified
Various, incl.
immunological
Dalhousie U.
NS
Stem cells—fetal
Neurological
Mendez, Ivar
Metz, Luanne
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—adult—
endogenous progenitor
Neurological—multiple
sclerosis
Miller, Freda
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—dermal,
neural
Neurological, incl.
spinal cord injury
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Neurological, other
Morshead, Cindi
Rogers, Ian
Samuel Lunenfeld
Research Institute,
Mount Sinai Hospital
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—various—cord
blood, induced pluripotent,
bone marrow
Various, including
diabetes
Roy, Denis-Claude
Centre de recherche de
l’Hôpital MaisonneuveRosemont
U. Montréal
QC
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer—leukemia
Schimmer, Aaron
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer—leukemia
Schultz, Kirk
Child & Family
Research Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer—leukemia
Schuurmans, Carol
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—unspecified
Neurological—stroke,
spinal cord injury, eye
Slack, Ruth
Ottawa Hospital
Research Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Neurological
Song, Kevin
Vancouver Coastal
Health Research
Institute
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—hematopoietic
Cancer—lymphoma
Stewart, Duncan
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—adult
Cardiovascular
Tannock, Ian Frederick
Ontario Cancer
Institute, University
Health Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer
Toze, Cynthia
BC Cancer Agency
U. British
Columbia
BC
Stem cells—bone marrow
Cancer—
hematological
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural
Neurological
development
Tropepe, Vince
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RESEARCH CENTRES LISTED BY PROVINCE
researCH
institution
universitY/
institution
provinCe
tYpe of regen. Med
disease
Tsai, Eve
Sprott Centre for Stem
Cell Research, Ottawa
Health Research
Institute
U. Ottawa
ON
Stem cells—unspecified
Neurological—spinal
cord injury
van der Kooy, Derek
McEwen Centre for
Regenerative Medicine,
Toronto General
Research Institute,
University Health
Network
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—neural (incl.
retinal)
Neurological—brain;
Eye
Wall, Donna
Cancer Care Manitoba
U. Manitoba
MB
Stem cells—hematological
Cancer
Weiss, Samuel
Associated with
Hotchkiss Brain
Institute
U. Calgary
AB
Stem cells—neural
Neurological—brain,
olfactory
Wong, Peggy
Hospital for Sick
Children
U. Toronto
ON
Stem cells—cancer
Cancer—leukemia
researCHer
4
appendiX 4 Research Centres Listed By Province
provinCe/
universitY
departMent/affiliated
institution
url
alBerta
U. Alberta
# endoWed
CHairs
37
5
# puBs/sCi.
iMpaCt *
All
www.ualberta.ca
16
4
116/1.7
Alberta Diabetes Institute
www.adi.med.ualberta.ca
1
0
N/A
15
4
Other
U. Calgary
# asset Map
researCHers
All
www.ucalgary.ca
21
1
60/1.6
Hotchkiss Brain Institute
www.hbi.ucalgary.ca
7
0
N/A
Pharmaceutical Production
Research Facility
www.pprf.ca
2
1
N/A
Southern Alberta Cancer Research
Institute
www.sacri.ucalgary.ca
1
0
N/A
11
0
53
8
Other
BritisH ColuMBia
Simon Fraser U.
All
www.sfu.ca
1
0
N/A
U. British
Columbia
All
www.ubc.ca
50
7
121/1.3
BC Cancer Agency (BCCA) (excl.
Terry Fox Laboratory)
www.bccancer.bc.ca
6
1
83/1.9
Biomedical Research Centre
www.brc.ubc.ca
6
1
N/A
Centre for Molecular Medicine &
Therapeutics
www.cmmt.ubc.ca
1
0
N/A
Child & Family Research Institute
www.cfri.ca
1
0
N/A
iCapture
www.icapture.ubc.ca
1
0
N/A
Michael Smith Labs
www.michaelsmith.ubc.ca
2
0
N/A
137
4
LIST OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCH CENTRES
appendiX 4 Cont’d
provinCe/
universitY
departMent/affiliated
institution
url
# asset Map
researCHers
# endoWed
CHairs
# puBs/sCi.
iMpaCt *
Terry Fox Labs, BCCA
www.terryfoxlab.ca
10
1
N/A
Vancouver Coastal Health Research
Institute
www.vchri.ca
7
0
N/A
2
0
2
1
11
2
Other
U. Victoria
All
www.uvic.ca
ManitoBa
U. Manitoba
All
www.umanitoba.ca
11
2
N/A
Cancer Care Manitoba (incl.
Institute of Cell Biology)
www.cancercare.mb.ca;
www.umanitoba.ca/institutes/
manitoba_institute_cell_biology
4
1
N/A
7
1
1
0
1
0
1
0
1
0
11
1
11
1
195
41
Other
neW BrunsWiCK
All (New Brunswick Heart Centre)
www.ahsc.health.nb.ca
neWfoundland & laBrador
Memorial U.
All
www.mun.ca
All
www.dal.ca
nova sCotia
Dalhousie U.
ontario
N/A
N/A
N/A
Carleton U.
All
www.carleton.ca
1
0
McMaster U.
All
www.mcmaster.ca
19
5
75/1.1
St. Joseph’s Hospital
www.stjosham.on.ca
1
0
N/A
Stem Cell and Cancer Research
Institute (SCC-RI)
sccri.mcmaster.ca
7
4
N/A
11
1
Other
Queen’s U.
All
www.queensu.ca
9
1
N/A
U. Guelph
All
www.uoguelph.ca
1
0
N/A
U. Ottawa
All
www.uottawa.ca
34
9
N/A
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
(OHRI) (excl. Sprott Centre)
www.ohri.ca
5
1
N/A
Sprott Centre for Stem Cell
Research, OHRI
www.ohri.ca/centres/
StemCellResearch
14
5
N/A
University of Ottawa Heart Institute
www.ottawaheart.ca
3
1
N/A
Other
U. Toronto
138
N/A
11
2
All
www.utoronto.ca
110
24
173/1.5
McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for
Global Health, University Health
Network (UHN)
www.mrcglobal.org
1
0
N/A
Mount Sinai Hospital
www.mountsinai.on.ca
1
0
N/A
appendiX
RESEARCH CENTRES LISTED BY PROVINCE
provinCe/
universitY
departMent/affiliated
institution
url
# asset Map
researCHers
# endoWed
CHairs
# puBs/sCi.
iMpaCt *
The Donnelly Centre (Terrance
Donnelly Centre for Cellular and
Biomolecular Research) (incl.
Banting and Best Department of
Medical Research)
thedonnellycentre.utoronto.ca
8
2
N/A
Hospital for Sick Children
www.sickkids.ca
16
4
47/1.2
Institute of Biomaterials and
Biomedical Engineering
www.ibbme.utoronto.ca
3
0
N/A
McEwen Centre for Regenerative
Medicine, Toronto General
Research Institute, UHN
www.mcewencentre.com
12
6
N/A
Ontario Cancer Institute (Princess
Margaret Hospital), UHN
www.uhnresearch.ca/institutes/
oci
19
1
N/A
Samuel Lunenfeld Research
Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital
www.lunenfeld.ca
8
3
N/A
Sunnybrook Research Institute
sunnybrook.ca/research
12
1
N/A
Toronto General Research Institute
(excl. McEwen Centre), UHN
www.uhnres.utoronto.ca/
institutes/tgri
3
0
N/A
27
7
Other
U. Waterloo
All
www.uwaterloo.ca
3
0
N/A
U. Western
Ontario
All
www.uwo.ca
17
1
N/A
John P. Robarts Research Institute
www.robarts.ca
4
1
N/A
Lawson Health Research Institute,
London Health Sciences Centre
www.lawsonresearch.com
3
0
N/A
London Regional Cancer Program,
London Health Sciences Centre
www.lrcc.on.ca
1
0
N/A
9
0
1
1
102
24
Other
York U.
All
www.yorku.ca
QueBeC
N/A
École
polytechnique de
Montréal
All
www.polymtl.ca
7
3
N/A
McGill U.
All
www.mcgill.ca
33
8
89/1.1
Artificial Cells and Organs Research
Centre
www.medicine.mcgill.ca/artcell
1
0
N/A
Jewish General Hospital incl.
Lady Davis Institute for Medical
Research
www.jgh.ca
2
1
N/A
1
0
N/A
5
0
N/A
24
7
Montreal Neurological Institute
The Research Institute of the McGill
University Health Centre
muhc.ca
Other
U. Laval
All
www.ulaval.ca
23
1
Centre hospitalier de l’Université
Laval
www.crchuq.ulaval.ca
4
0
4
N/A
139
4
LIST OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCH CENTRES
appendiX 4 Cont’d
provinCe/
universitY
departMent/affiliated
institution
url
LOEX (Experimental Organogenesis
Laboratory—Laboratoire
d’organogénèse expérimentale)
www.cha.quebec.qc.ca/en/
www/research/fields-ofresearch
# asset Map
researCHers
# endoWed
CHairs
# puBs/sCi.
iMpaCt *
10
1
N/A
9
0
www.loex.qc.ca
Other
U. Montreal
All
www.umontreal.ca
32
10
N/A
Centre de recherche de l’Hôpital
Maisonneuve-Rosemont
recherche.maisonneuverosemont.org
3
2
N/A
Centre de recherche du Centre
hospitalier de l’Université de
Montréal
www.chumtl.qc.ca/crchum.
en.html
3
0
N/A
Hôpital Sainte-Justine
www.chu-sainte-justine.org
2
0
N/A
Institut de recherches cliniques de
Montréal
www.ircm.qc.ca
7
3
N/A
Institute for Research in
Immunology and Cancer
www.iric.ca
3
3
N/A
Montreal Heart Institute
www.icm-mhi.org
2
0
N/A
10
2
Other
U. Québec à
Montréal
All
www.international.uqam.ca/
pages/anglais.aspx
3
1
N/A
U. Sherbrooke
All
www.usherbrooke.ca
4
1
N/A
5
0
All
www.usask.ca
5
0
sasKatCHeWan
U. Saskatchewan
N/A
*Publications and scientific impact data were produced by Industry Canada in 2010 in a report titled Mapping Canadian BioPharmaceutical Assets. Data were
collected from 1996–2009. For the Scientific Impact rating, the global average is 1.0.
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Ontario’s MaRS Regenerative Medicine
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States applaud new stem cell funding.
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13
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(1) www.stemcellnetwork.ca. Accessed
December 16, 2010; (2) Lyall, A, Isasi, R.
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LIST OF CANADIAN STEM CELLS
AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE
RESEARCH CENTRES
Health Nov 2, 2010. www2.parl.gc.ca/
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anguage=E&Mode=1&Parl=40&Ses=
3&DocId=4750819&File=0. Accessed
December 15, 2010.
14
All NCE funds were dedicated to
U. Ottawa where the Stem Cell Network
(SCN) is located. A breakdown of funds
according to SCN grants across Canada
would have made some difference
to provincial and university funding
(Figures 2 and 3), although this generally
would not have been significant except
for U. Ottawa. Even so, this university
would still have ranked among the top
five.
15
Stem Cell Basics. National Institutes of
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Stem Cell Network. Stem cells for the
treatment of Parkinson’s disease project.
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18
www.suite101.com/content/
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January 28, 2011.
19
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www.bccancer.bc.ca/NR/rdonlyres/
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21
Ontario’s MaRS Regenerative Medicine
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22
Stem Cell Banks, Libraries and Registries.
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Ontario’s MaRS Regenerative Medicine
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Data were obtained from the first 50 hits
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cells from 2005 to 2010. Self-citations
were excluded. Citation index (h-index)
quantifies the impact of a researcher’s
publications. So an h-index of 16 means
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