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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.

Sibbald, Cathryn

cathryn.sibbald@sickkids.ca

University of Toronto, SickKids Hospital
Division of Dermatology, Department of Pediatrics
Toronto,
Ontario
MD (Dermatology) Master's (Clinical Epidemiology)
  • Clinical
Epidemiology, therapeutics
  • Alopecia
  • Morphea
  • Drug reactions

Epidemiology, systematic reviews.

Dr.

Sigaeva, Tais

Full profile

taisiya.sigaeva@ucalgary.ca

4032203304

University of Calgary
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
Calgary,
Alberta
PhD
  • Basic biomedical
Skin Biomechanics
  • Wounds

Mechanical characterization and modelling of skin tissues

Dr.

Tadrous, Mina

Full profile

mina.tadrous@utoronto.ca

(647) 708-1888

University of Toronto
Leslie Dan Faculty of Pharmacy
Toronto,
Ontario
PhD Master's (PharmD)
  • Health system services
  • Population health
Knoweldge Synthesis and Pharmacoepdiemiology
  • Psoriasis

Knowledge Synthesis, Network meta-analysis, Real-world evidence, Pharmacoepidemiology

Dr.

Thombs, Brett

Full profile

brett.thombs@mcgill.ca

(514) 340-8222

Jewish General Hospital and McGill University
Psychiatry
Montreal,
Quebec
PhD
  • Clinical
  • Health system services
Patient engagement, Psychosocial, mental health, rehabilitation, patient-reported outcomes.
  • other rheumatic disease

Mental health epidemiology, prevention, clinical trials, health services research, systematic reviews, reporting guidelines, research quality.

Dr.

Vender, Ron

Full profile

ron.vender@me.com

(905) 517-8119

Dermatrials Research Inc
Hamilton,
Ontario
MD FRCPC
  • Clinical
Dermatology
  • Psoriasis

Phase 2-3-4 Clinical trials for psoriatic disease via topical, oral, or injectable modes of administration.

Dr.

Wang, Sheila

sheila.wang@utoronto.ca

(416) 323-6407

University of Toronto
Dermatology
Toronto,
Ontario
PhD MD Master's (Dermatology)
  • Basic biomedical
  • Clinical
Artificial intelligence, wound assessment, telehealth, remote monitoring, health innovation
  • Inflammatory skin conditions
  • Wounds

Artificial intelligence and machine imaging in dermatology, digital health

Dr.

Wright, Frances

frances.wright@sunnybrook.ca

(416) 480-4210

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Cancer Care Ontario
Surgery
Toronto,
MD (Surgical Oncology) Master's (Education)
  • Clinical
  • Health system services
  • Population health
Melanoma, Knowledge translation
  • Melanoma

Qualitative research.

Dr.

Yeung, Jensen

jensen.yeung@utoronto.ca

(416) 323-7505

Dermatology
Toronto,
Ontario
MD (Dermatology)
  • Clinical
  • Population health
  • Skin cancer
  • Psoriasis
  • Atopic Dermatitis
  • Inflammatory skin conditions
  • Drug induced inflammatory skin conditions
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
  • squamous cell carcinoma detection using metabolic lipid markers
  • Melanoma
  • Basal

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)
  • Basic biomedical
  • Clinical
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.