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SkIN Canada Research Map

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

Title
Investigator
Affiliation
Primary department
City, Province
Degrees
Research pillars
Fields of research
Skin condition
Methodological expertise
Dr.

Hanna, Sameh

sh@dermonbloor.com

(416) 962-0123

University of Toronto
Medicine
Toronto,
Ontario
MD (Dermatology)
  • Clinical
Inflammatory and immune mediated skin disease, aesthetic medicine research
  • Vitiligo
  • Alopecia areata
  • Psoriasis
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Cutaneous lupus
  • acne
  • rosacea
Dr.

Hanna, Timothy

Full profile

cce@queensu.ca

Queen’s University
Oncology
Kingston,
Ontario
PhD MD (Radiation Oncology) Master's (Epidemiology)
  • Health system services
Access to quality cancer care, cancer health services research, health economics
  • Skin cancer

Administrative data.

Dr.

Hassan, Fatma

Full profile

fhassa25@uwo.ca

(519) 919-7166

Western University
Physiology and Pharmacology Dept
London,
Ontario
PhD
  • Basic biomedical
Regulation of mechanotransduction by kindlin family protein in epidermal cells
  • Squamous cell carcinoma
  • Kindler syndrome

Handling of epidermal cell culture line, immunofluorescent microscopy, western blot, q-PCR, ELIZA, hands-on various lab animals.

Dr.

Hawkins, C Nicole

catherine.hawkins@albertahealthservices.ca

(639) 998-4860

University of Calgary
Medicine
Calgary,
Alberta
MD
  • Clinical
Medical Dermatology, Cosmetic Dermatology
  • Psoriasis
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Cosmetic Dermatology
Prof.

Hedtrich, Sarah

Full profile

sarah.hedtrich@ubc.ca

(604) 822-2466

University of British Columbia
Pharmaceutical Sciences
Vancouver,
British Columbia
PhD
  • Basic biomedical
Understanding and tackling inflammatory and genetic skin diseases
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Congenital ichthyosis

Tissue engineering of skin (disease) models, skin absorption testing
organ-on-chip setups.

Dr.
University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Toronto,
Ontario
PhD
  • Basic biomedical
Wound healing, Fibrosis, Myofibroblasts, TGF-beta, Stromal cells-inflammatory cells-crosstalk
  • Physiological healing
  • Hypertrophic scarring
  • Fibrosis

Light microscopy imaging Cell Biology, Biomedical engineering, Cell Mechanobiology: AFM-atomic force microscopy, strain devices, micro-patterning, cell contraction analysis, stiff/soft culture substrates.

Dr.

Hong, Chih-ho

chihho@mail.ubc.ca

(604) 585-1110

University of British Columbia
Dermatology and Skin Science
Surrey,
British Columbia
MD (Dermatology)
  • Clinical
Clinical trials
  • Vitiligo
  • Alopecia areata
  • Psoriasis
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Hidradenitis suppurativa
  • acne
  • hyperhidrosis

phase 2/3 clinical trial design

Dr.
McGill University
Department of Medicine
Montreal,
Quebec
PhD, MD (Dermatology)
  • Clinical
  • Basic biomedical
  • Health system services
  • Population health
Immunology, TH2 Immunity, Allergy
  • Atopic Dermatitis

Flow cytometry, confocal imaging, cell and tissue culture, cytokine biochemical assays.

Dr.

Jeschke, Marc

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marc.jeschke@sunnybrook.ca

(416) 480-6703

University of Toronto
Ross Tilley Burn Centre
Toronto,
Ontario
PhD MD (Burns) Master's (Medical Science)
  • Clinical
  • Basic biomedical
Animal Models, Burns, Cell Biology, Hypermetabolism, Inflammation, Regenerative Medicine, Stem Cells, Stress Response, Trauma
  • Burns
  • SJS/TEN

The goal of Dr. Jeschke’s research is to attenuate stress hypermetabolic and catabolic responses, and improve cell regeneration and survival. His team is studying the stress-induced changes in the liver and various other tissues at a cellular and cell organelle level to identify key signalling molecules and pathways that may be altered to improve cell survival and organ function.

Prof.

Johnston, Adam

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adamjohnston@dal.ca

(902) 277-2646

Dalhousie University
Medical Neuroscience
Halifax,
Nova Scotia
PhD
  • Clinical
Wound healing, tissue regeneration, stem cells, diabetes
  • Wound healing
  • Diabetes

Transgenic mice
Single cell and spatial genomics
Immunofluorescence
Wound healing models
Digit tip regeneration