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SkIN Canada Research Map

A publicly accessible web database of skin researchers and expertise in Canada.

Title
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Degrees
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Fields of research
Skin condition
Methodological expertise
Prof.

Zarrine-Afsar, Arash

arash.zarrine.afsar@utoronto.ca

University of Toronto
Princess Margaret Hospital Cancer Centre
Toronto,
Ontario
PhD
  • Clinical
  • Basic biomedical
Utility of rapid lipid profiling for 10-second diagnosis of skin cancer types
  • Melanoma
  • Basal
  • squamous cell carcinoma detection using metabolic lipid markers

I have a track record of > 20 papers (highest impact factor of 12.8) in the new research field of rapid disease diagnosis with ambient mass spectrometry methods. My research program is focussed on developing enabling sensing technologies based on Mass Spectrometry (MS) to facilitate clinical decision-making at the bedside. The long-term goal is for rapid MS analysis of tissue molecular content to form the core technology in clinical diagnosis devices. In particular, I aim to create a platform for the rapid determination of various tissue pathologies by using disease-specific changes in tissue molecular content revealed with mass spectrometry.

Dr.

Zhou, Youwen

Full profile

youwen.zhou@ubc.ca

(604) 875-4747

University of British Columbia
Dermatology and Skin Science
Vancouver,
British Columbia
PhD, MD (Dermatology)
  • Clinical
  • Basic biomedical
Macrophages in the development and treatment of skin diseases
  • Skin cancer
  • Vitiligo
  • Melasma
  • Dermatitis
  • Alopecia areata

Transcriptomics, Integrated medical informatics, Clinical trials, Computer-assisted drug design, Animal models in dermatotherapeutic development.