Our Researchers
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Carlos Morillo
Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Research areas: Cardiology; Cardiac Electrophysiology; Autonomic Disorders
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Aaron Phillips
Assistant Professor
Departments of Physiology and Pharmacology, Clinical Neurosciences, Cardiac Sciences
Research areas: autonomic disorders; spinal cord injuries
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Satish Raj
Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Research areas: Post Tachycardia Syndrome (POTS); Autonomic Cardiovascular Disorders; devices; syncope
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Robert Sheldon
Professor
Department of Medicine
Research areas: autonomic disorders;
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Darrell Belke
Adjunct Assistant Professor
Lead, Cardiovascular Physiology Core
Associate member
Research areas:
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S.R. Wayne Chen
Professor
Research areas: Cardiac arrhythmias, Cardiomyopathies, Sudden cardiac death, Learning and memory, Pain, Ataxia, Neurodegenerative disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Huntington’s disease, Autism, Bipolar disorder, Intracellular calcium handling, Ryanodine receptors, Inositol, 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptors
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Henry Duff
Cardiology Professor
Research areas: diagnosis and treatment of heart rhythm disturbances; structure/function of the hERG potassium channel both in vitro and in vivo; new strategies to treat cardiac arrhythmias and sudden cardiac death
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Derek Exner
Professor
Research areas: heart rhythm problems, cardiac devices
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Robert Rose
Professor
Department of Cardiac Sciences
Research areas: cardiac arrhythmias; sinoatrial node dysfunction; atrial fibrillation
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Paul Fedak
Professor
Director, Marlene and Don Campbell Translational Research Laboratory
Research areas: epicardial infarct repair; human cardiac fibrosis; inflammation based remodelling; bicuspid aortic valve hemodynamics; adhesive enhanced sternal closure
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Robert J. French
Professor
Research areas: Structure and function of voltage-gated ion channels, Voltage-gated ion channels in the control of pancreatic insulin secretion, Structural basis of toxin and drug targeting to voltage-gated sodium channels, μ-Conotoxin-sodium channel interactions, Molecular basis and (patho-)physiological roles of the mitochondrial permeability transition pore
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Brenda Gerull
Adjunct Assistant Professor Cardiologist and Geneticist AHFMR Clinical Investigator
Research areas: Clinical genetics of cardiac arrhythmias, cardiomyopathies and congenital heart disease; Molecular genetics of cardiomyopathies and arrhythmias, Disease mechanisms of arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC), Mapping of disease genes and modifiers, Characterizing of disease genes in different model systems, Recombinant mouse models of human disease
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Wayne Giles
Professor
Research areas: electrophysiology; electrical impulses that initiate and modulate the heartbeat; understanding cell function by detecting and in some cases controlling the cell’s electrical activity
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Katherine M. Kavanagh
Associate Professor
Research areas: Cardiac arrhythmias; Myocardial activation and conduction; Cell-to-cell communication
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Jonathan Howlett
Clinical Professor
Research areas: clinical trial research in heart failure, end of life care, evaluation of health care delivery systems, healthcare outcomes, and knowledge translation
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Vikas P. Kuriachan
Clinical Associate Professor
Research areas: Arrhythmia ablation; cardiac devices; and consultation letters
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L. Brent Mitchell
Professor
Research areas: clinical cardiac electrophysiology, particularly in the clinical science of tachyarrhythmias
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Anders Nygren
Associate Professor
Research areas: Cardiac electrophysiology, ion channels, arrhythmias, mechanisms underlying cardiac electrophysiological remodeling in disease
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P. Timothy Pollak
Professor
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Russell Quinn
Clinical Associate Professor
Research areas: intracellular calcium handling in relation to contractile performance and arrhythmogenesis
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Mike Slawnych
Clinical Assistant Professor
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Anne Gillis
Professor
Deputy Director, Libin Cardiovascular Institute
Research Areas: treatments and therapies to prevent atrial fibrillation, a common abnormal heart rhythm disorder
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Glen L. Sumner
Clinical Associate Professor
Research areas: His research interests include selection and optimization of cardiac resynchronization therapy using cardiac imaging techniques
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Henk ter Keurs
Emeritus Professor
Research areas: causes and treatment of heart failure
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George D. (Yorgo) Veenhuyzen
Clinical Associate Professor
Research areas: catheter ablation therapy for cardiac arrhythmias
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James White
Professor
Director, Stephenson Cardiovascular MR CentreResearch areas: Cardiac MRI
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Stephen B. Wilton
Associate Professor