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BELL, John »

John Bell

Senior Scientist
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-737-7700 (70333)
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My lab is defining at the molecular level, the differences between normal and tumour tissues. Our plan is to develop novel cancer therapeutics that target tumour tissue but do not harm normal tissue. We are developing viruses that can infect and kill tumour cells but do not infect normal cells. These viruses are called Oncolytic Viruses

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CHAMBERS, Larry »

Larry CHAMBERS

Department of Epidemiology and Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Faculty of Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine

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Office: 613-562-4262 (4059)
Office: 613-562-6036
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Seniors' independence, exemplary health care and quality end of life care. Informal caregivers of people with Alzheimer's disease. Control and management of high blood pressure among older adults.

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CHAURET, Denis »

Specialist in internal medicine, Montfort Hospital
Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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My field of expertise is chronic disease management. My topics of expertise are: diabetes, obstetrical medicine, asthma and allergy, hypertension and chronic lung diseases such as COPD.

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JOLLY, Elaine E. »

Elaine E. JOLLY

Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Obstetrics and Gynecology

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Office: 613-738-8400 (81731)
Office: 613-737-8556
Home: 613-737-2989
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Mature women's health, including menopause and osteoporosis. Contraception. Reproductive-hormone issues related to all ages in women.

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LANEUVILLE, Odette »

Assistant professor
Faculty of Medicine
Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8402)
Home: 613-739-7435
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Cyclooxygenase enzyme, which is the target of aspirin and other anti-inflammatory drugs, at the molecular level.

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MCDOWELL, Ian »

Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (8284)
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Epidemiological aspects of Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia. Health measurement methods and evaluation of health care. Impact of social circumstances on disease and health. Social and behavioural epidemiology.

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English and French , Spanish / espagnol; German / allemand

NADLER, Steven P. »

Associate professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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Office: 613-737-8318
Home: 613-521-1803
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Hemodialysis (process of treating patients with failing kidneys). Medical education.

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NICKERSON, Jason »

Adjunct Professor
Faculty of Law, Common Law Section

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Dr. Jason Nickerson, RRT, PhD is the Humanitarian Representative to Canada for Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), based in Ottawa. Jason is appointed as a Clinical Scientist at the Bruyère Research Institute in Ottawa and as an Adjunct Professor of Common Law at the University of Ottawa’s Centre for Health Law, Policy and Ethics. He leads MSF’s humanitarian diplomacy in Canada and provides advice on humanitarian operations, medical advocacy and policy, and access to medicines to MSF’s operations in more than 70 countries affected by crises. Jason has over 10 years’ clinical experience as a respiratory therapist working in adult critical care and anesthesia and has worked extensively in global public health response in Canada and internationally during armed conflicts, disease epidemics, and sudden onset disasters. Jason is a graduate of Dalhousie University’s Bachelor of Health Sciences in Respiratory Therapy program, specializing in anesthesia. Following this, he completed a master’s degree at the University of British Columbia studying the education of health professionals who provide community-based HIV care, and a PhD in population health at the University of Ottawa where he focused on the methodologies for conducting assessments of severely disrupted health systems during acute and protracted emergencies. His research has been published in high-impact medical journals including The Lancet, the Canadian Medical Association Journal, PLOS Medicine, and Health Policy and Planning, among others. He has appeared as a witness before the Canadian Parliament’s Standing Committees on Health, Finance, and International Trade and published opinion pieces in The Star, iPolitics, and The Conversation, and has been widely quoted in international news outlets on a variety of global health and health policy issues including COVID-19, access to pain medicines for safe anesthesia and palliative care, access to affordable medicines, science policy, and humanitarian assistance in natural disasters, armed conflicts, refugee crises, and disease epidemics such as Ebola.

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POTTIE, Kevin »

Equity Methods
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Epidemiology and Community Medicine

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Office: 613-562-5800 (2015)
Cell: 613-878-5812
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I am an internationally recognized expert in Refugee and Migrant, Homeless Health and Cochrane Equity. I provide medical legal expertise with a focus on refugee and migrants, trauma informed care and understanding the clinical context in primary care. My research program focuses on initiatives to use evidence-based medicine to improve the quality of primary care and to address health inequities for vulnerable populations (refugees, homeless, frail elderly, dementia and LTC). Specifically, this includes clinical practice guidelines, deprescribing guidelines, systematic reviews, and community based research. 

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THOMPSON, W. Grant »

Emeritus professor
Faculty of Medicine
Medicine

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Office: 613-761-4147
Home: 613-828-7300
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Problems affecting the intestinal tract, such as irritable bowel disease.

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VEINOT, John »

Chairman of Pathology Department
Full professor
Faculty of Medicine
Pathology

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Office: 613-737-7600 (2261)
Office: 613-562-5422
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Diseases of the heart and blood vessels.

I'm also the Medical head/ chief medical scientific officer of Eastern Ontario Regional Laboratory Association (EORLA).

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