Faculty Members
![Alison Allan Alison Allan](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Allan-160x180.jpg)
Alison Allan
Department Chair & Professor (Joint Appointment with Oncology)Research Interests / Specializations: Cellular and molecular mechanisms of cancer metastasis, translational research, development of blood biomarkers of metastasis.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 443A; London Regional Cancer Program, LHSC, Victoria Research Labs, Rm. A4-132
519.661.4054; 519.685.8600 Ext. 55134
aallan3@uwo.ca
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519.661.4054; 519.685.8600 Ext. 55134
aallan3@uwo.ca
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![Brian Allman Brian Allman](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Allman-160x180.jpg)
Brian Allman
Associate Professor & Associate Chair Clinical Anatomy![Michele Barbeau Michele Barbeau](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Barbeau -160x180.jpg)
Michele Barbeau
Assistant Professor & Associate Chair Undergraduate Studies![Nathalie Berube Nathalie Berube](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Berube - 160x180.jpg)
Nathalie Berube
Professor (Basic Scientist in Paediatrics)Research Interests / Specializations: Epigenetic regulation of brain development through the study of proteins that modulate chromatin structure
![Tyler Beveridge Tyler Beveridge](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Beveridge-160x180.jpg)
Tyler Beveridge
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Using a fundamental understanding of human anatomy to improve surgical technique and post-operative outcomes. Our present research interests include collaborations in the fields of Urology, Plastics and Orthopaedics.
![Arthur Brown Arthur Brown](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Brown-160x180.jpg)
Arthur Brown
ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Design and development of experimental therapies to improve recovery and regeneration after spinal cord injury, brain injury and stroke.
![Gediminas Cepinskas Gediminas Cepinskas](../../../img/People Staff Images 160x180/people_placeholder_180x160.jpg)
Gediminas Cepinskas
Professor, Cross Appointment with Medical Biophysics)![Vanessa Dumeaux Vanessa Dumeaux](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/v.dumeau-160x180.jpg)
Vanessa Dumeaux
Assistant Professor (Joint Appointment with Oncology)Research Interests / Specializations: Identification of diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers, immune responses to cancer, gut microbiome, genomics, data science, bioinformatics, translational research
![Sandrine De Ribaupierre Sandrine De Ribaupierre](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/deRibaupierre-160x180.jpg)
Sandrine De Ribaupierre
Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Clinical Neurological Sciences)Research Interests / Specializations: Epilepsy, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Paediatric Neurosurgery
![Martin Duennwald Martin Duennwald](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Duennwald-160x180.jpg)
Martin Duennwald
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: The Duennwald lab explores the role of protein misfolding and cellular protein quality control in neurodegenerative diseases and cancer. Our research combines work in yeast models, cultured mammalian cells, in vitro biochemistry, and pathological studies.
![Lauren Flynn Lauren Flynn](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Flynn-160x180.jpg)
Lauren Flynn
Professor (Joint Appointment with Chemical & Biochemical Engineering)Research Interests / Specializations: Development of cell-based regenerative strategies for soft connective tissue regeneration, therapeutic angiogenesis, and wound healing; Design of cell-instructive biomaterials for stem cell culture and delivery.
Dental Science Building, Room 00061A
519.661.2111 Ext. 87226
lauren.flynn@uwo.ca
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519.661.2111 Ext. 87226
lauren.flynn@uwo.ca
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![Douglas Hamilton Douglas Hamilton](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Hamilton-160x180.jpg)
Douglas Hamilton
Professor, (Cross Appointment with Dentistry)Research Interests / Specializations: Pathology of impaired wound healing; design of novel biomaterials for soft tissue regeneration; cellular mechanotransduction and extracellular matrix synthesis
![Victor Han Victor Han](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Han-160x180.jpg)
Victor Han
Professor, (Cross Appointment with Paediatrics)![Lisa Hoffman Lisa Hoffman](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Hoffman-160x180.jpg)
Lisa Hoffman
Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Medical Biophysics)Research Interests / Specializations: Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, positron emission tomography, non-invasive imaging of migration of satellite cells
![Jibran Khokhar Jibran Khokhar](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/J.-Khokhar-160x180.jpg)
Jibran Khokhar
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Preclinical imaging for mental illness and addiction, Treatment Development, Development of pre-clinical models based on GWAS findings, Behavioural Neuropsychopharmacology
![Dale Laird Dale Laird](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Laird-160x180.jpg)
Dale Laird
Professor & Assistant Dean, Research Chairs & AwardsResearch Interests / Specializations: Research program focusses on the role of gap junction proteins (connexins) and a related family of large-pore channel forming proteins (pannexins) in human health and disease.
Dental Sciences Building, Room 00077
519.661.2111 Ext. 86827
dale.laird@schulich.uwo.ca
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dale.laird@schulich.uwo.ca
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![Patrick Lajoie Patrick Lajoie](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Lajoie-160x180.jpg)
Patrick Lajoie
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Models of protein folding diseases, aging, Huntington’s Disease, mechanisms of transcription, yeast genetics, design of fluorescent reporters and live cell imaging
![Peeyush Lala Peeyush Lala](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Lala-160x180.jpg)
Peeyush Lala
Professor Emeritus (active)Research Interests / Specializations: Research in our laboratory investigates cellular and molecular mechanisms at the fetal-maternal interface responsible for human placental development in health and disease, and those responsible for invasion and metastasis in breast cancer with a goal to prevent certain fetal-maternal maladies, and to develop new modes of breast cancer therapy.
![Steven Laviolette Steven Laviolette](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Laviolette-160x180.jpg)
Steven Laviolette
ProfessorMedical Sciences Building, Room 468
519.661.2111 Ext. 80302
steven.laviolette@schulich.uwo.ca
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519.661.2111 Ext. 80302
steven.laviolette@schulich.uwo.ca
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![Charys Martin Charys Martin](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Martin-160x180.jpg)
Charys Martin
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Specializes in anatomy undergraduate medical education. Research focuses on evidence-based medical education.
![Sarah McLean Sarah McLean](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/S.-mclean-160x180.png)
Sarah McLean
Assistant Professor & Director, Schulich Education Enhancement Division (Joint Appointment with Physiology and Pharmacology)![Adrian Mendez Adrian Mendez](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/A.Mendez-160x180.jpg)
Adrian Mendez
Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Otolaryngology)![Derek Mitchell Derek Mitchell](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Mitchell-160x180.jpg)
Derek Mitchell
Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)Research Interests / Specializations: Interests include cognitive neuroscience approaches to emotional processes and empathy, and determining their role and modification in various psychiatric and neurological disorders.
![Corey Moore Corey Moore](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Moore-160x180.jpg)
Corey Moore
Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Otolaryngology)![Michelle Mottola Michelle Mottola](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Mottola-160x180.jpg)
Michelle Mottola
Professor (Joint Appointment with Kinesiology)Research Interests / Specializations: Best-practice strategies for a healthy lifestyle during pregnancy and post-delivery, how exercise and a healthy lifestyle impact women at risk for and diagnosed with diabetes or obesity during pregnancy and their babies up to one year of age, and the effects of exercise during pregnancy on mother and fetus.
![Armen Parsyan Armen Parsyan](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/parsyan-Armen-160x180.jpg)
Armen Parsyan
Assistant Professor (Cross Appointment with Surgery and Oncology)Research Interests / Specializations: Breast cancer development and progression, modern translational breast cancer models, chemotherapy and radiotherapy in breast cancer, role of the immune system in breast cancer development and progression
![Silvia Penuela Silvia Penuela](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Penuela-160x180.jpg)
Silvia Penuela
Associate Professor & Associate Chair, ResearchResearch Interests / Specializations: Cell biology and function of pannexin channels in healthy tissues and their dysregulation in cancer.
![Marco Prado Marco Prado](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/M.Prado-160x180.jpg)
Marco Prado
Professor (Joint Appointment with Physiology & Pharmacology)![Vania Prado Vania Prado](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/V.Prado-160x180.jpg)
Vania Prado
Professor (Joint Appointment with Physiology & Pharmacology)![Raj Rajakumar Raj Rajakumar](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Rajakumar-160x180.jpg)
Raj Rajakumar
Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)Research Interests / Specializations: Novel strategies for disease modifying intervention in human neurodegenerative disorders
![Stephen Renaud Stephen Renaud](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Renaud-160x180.jpg)
Stephen Renaud
Assistant ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Reproductive biology and immunology, with a focus on development of the placenta and what goes wrong during pregnancy complications.
![Charles Rice Charles Rice](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Rice-160x180.jpg)
Charles Rice
Professor (Joint Appointment with Kinesiology)![Kem Rogers Kem Rogers](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/k.rogers-160x180.jpg)
Kem Rogers
Professor![Walter Rushlow Walter Rushlow](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Rushlow-160x180.jpg)
Walter Rushlow
Associate Professor, (Basic Scientist in Psychiatry)![Susanne Schmid Susanne Schmid](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Schmid-160x180.jpg)
Susanne Schmid
Professor & Vice Dean of Basic Medical SciencesResearch Interests / Specializations: Mechanism of sensory filtering and sensory processing disruptions in autism and other neurodevelopmental disorders.
![Trevor Shepherd Trevor Shepherd](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Shepherd-160x180.jpg)
Trevor Shepherd
Associate Professor (Basic Scientist in Obstetrics & Gynaecology) & Associate Chair Graduate StudiesResearch Interests / Specializations: Development of patient-derived model systems for the study of ovarian cancer metastasis and discovery of potential therapeutic vulnerabilities.
![Krishna Singh Krishna Singh](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/K-Singh.jpg)
Krishna Singh
Assistant Professor (Cross-Appointment in Medical Biophysics)![Luciano Sposato Luciano Sposato](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/L.-Sposato-160x180.jpg)
Luciano Sposato
Associate Professor (Cross Appointment with Neurology)![Paul A. Walton Paul A. Walton](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Walton-160x180.jpg)
Paul A. Walton
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: We study the age-related decrease in catalase import into the peroxisome, and investigate the effects of restoring catalase in a number of pathological conditions.
![Shawn Whitehead Shawn Whitehead](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Whitehead-160x180.jpg)
Shawn Whitehead
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Identifying and targeting early risk factors of cognitive impairment.
![Katherine Willmore Katherine Willmore](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Willmore-160x180.jpg)
Katherine Willmore
Associate Professor, Director Clinical Anatomy ProgramResearch Interests / Specializations: Our group works to understand the developmental and biomechanical mechanisms that underly variation in craniofacial shape.
Medical Sciences Building, Room 488
519.661.2111 Ext. 88079
katherine.willmore@schulich.uwo.ca
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katherine.willmore@schulich.uwo.ca
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![Tim Wilson Tim Wilson](../../../img/Faculty Images 160x180/Wilson-160x180.jpg)
Tim Wilson
Associate ProfessorResearch Interests / Specializations: Digitally enumerate and model the anatomical changes following maxillomandibular (MMA) surgery employed to correct obstructive sleep apnea. Measure neurophysiological behaviours (cerebral blood flow, eye-tracking, fNIRS) that accompany learning and/or skill acquisition in pedagogic environments.