Supervisors, Co-Supervisors and Committee Members
The following are lists of Faculty Supervisors, Co-Supervisors and Committee Members for the Master of Medical Studies Program. Individuals will be asked to identify a potential Supervisor in their application package. It is strongly encouraged that interested individuals contact Faculty Supervisors and Co-Supervisors whose research projects are aligned with their own research interests. Faculty Supervisors, Co-Supervisors, and Committee Members can be part of thesis committees.
If your proposed supervisor is a co-supervisor, you must secure a supervisor for a successful admission.
Note: Email graduatestudies@nosm.ca to be connected with a potential supervisor.
Supervisors
Doug Boreham PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Division Head
Radiation Biology
Erin Cameron PhD
Human Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Social Accountability, Rural Medical Education, Qualitative and Participatory Research Methods
James Crispo PhD
Human Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury (traumatic & non-traumatic), Epidemiology, Health service utilization and outcomes in Pediatric Spinal Cord Injury, and Pharmacoepidemiology, including passive pharmacovigilance.
Elaine Hogard PhD
Human Sciences Division, Professor
Program Evaluation
Vicki Kristman, PhD
Human Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Epidemiology, Occupational Health, Workplace Mental Health, Workplace Injury, Concussion Injuries, and Work Disability Prevention.
Elizabeth Levin PhD, CPsych
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Clinical Child Psychology
David Maclean PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Cardiovascular and skeletal muscle health, Cancer and chemotherapy treatment and their effects on the development of cachexia, and the influence of microgravity and radiation exposure on skeletal muscle structure and function.
Darrel Manitowabi PhD
Human Sciences Division, Associate Professor
History of Indigenous Health, Traditional Medicine, Social Determinants of Health, Medical Anthropology
David Marsh MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Addiction Medicine
Alexander Moise PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Pharmacology, role of vitamins and micronutrients in health and disease, congenital and cardiovascular disorders
Kristen Morin PhD, MPH
Medical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Addictions, Mental Health, Epidemiology, Health Services, Cohort Studies, Administrative Data, and Health Equity.
Christopher Mushquash PhD
Human Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Clinical Psychology, Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Trauma, Childhood Trauma, bringing together mainstream and Indigenous research methods, Community-based participatory research methods, and Indigenous Mental Health and Addiction, with specific emphasis in rural and northern clinical practice and the development of culturally appropriate interventions for mental health and addiction difficulties in First Nations children, adolescents, and adults.
Robert Ohle MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Vertigo, Acute Aortic Syndrome, Cardiac Arrest, Rural and Resource-constrained Diagnostic Strategies, and Indigenous Health Research capacity-building.
Brian Ross PhD, MEd
Medical Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Men’s mental health, identity, and engagement with care, Mental health and wellbeing in educational settings, Patient and learner experience, suffering, and transformation, Meaning, spirituality, and existential dimensions of health and illness, Interdisciplinary approaches to healthcare (biomedical, psychological, and social), Emerging therapeutic models, including psychedelic-assisted approaches, and Artificial intelligence in healthcare and its implications for practice and education.
Mazen Saleh PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Bacteria, Toxin, Tuberculosis, Pathogenesis, Protein Secretion
Paolo Sanzo DSc
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation, Concussion, Biomechanics, Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy and application to bone and tendon injuries, and Therapeutic Taping and sport specific or rehabilitation applications.
David Savage MD PhD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Health Human Resource Planning, Emergency Department Operations, Data Analytics, and Rural Health.
Alain Simard PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Immunology, Neuroimmunology, Immune Regulation, Multiple Sclerosis, Inflammatory Disease, Flow Cytometry, Animal Models of Disease
Zacharias Suntres PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Professor
Pharmacology/Toxicology
T.C. Tai PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Professor
Area of Study: Understanding the pathways and mechanisms involved in the regulation of the catecholamine biosynthetic enzyme, phenylethanolamine N-methyltransferase (PNMT), and how its dysregulation may contribute to hypertension and stress biology.
Sujeenthar Tharmalingam PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Cancer Genomics, Cancer Screening, Radiation Biology, Point-of-care Diagnostics, Biomarker Discovery, and Environmental Bioremediation.
Chris Thome PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Radiation Biology
Chris Verschoor PhD
Medical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Area of Study: Immunology and Epidemiology, Infectious Disease, Vaccination, Aging, Medications, Biomarkers, Health outcomes, and Cancer outcomes.
Ybazeta, Gustavo, B.Sc.(5 year-UNMSM), PhD (Toronto)
Associate Professor, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
NOSM U – East Campus
Wastewater surveillance epidemiology, relationship between pathogens and host targeting microbiomes and their correlations with clinical outcomes
Co-Supervisors
Amer Alaref MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Mohammed Ibrahim MD, PhD
Clinical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Breast cancer, translational oncology, retrospective data analysis, cancer outcome, immunotherapy
Joseph LeBlanc PhD
Human Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Health Equity, Food Prescription, Research Networks for Health Equity, Planetary Health
Sarah Newbery, MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Professor
Venkadesan Rajendran RPT, PhD
Clinical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Physiotherapy
Petros Zezos PhD MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Inflammatory Bowel Diseases/Gastrointestinal diseases.
Committee Members
Amer Alaref MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Vishaal Bhambhwani MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Assistant Professor
Ophthalmology, Pediatric ophthalmology, Strabismus, Ocular motility disorders, Amblyopia, Cataract
Mohammad Golrokhian-Sani MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Otolaryngology, Balance, Hearing Loss, Sleep apnea, Thyroid Cancer Mutation, and Public Health research.
Ruben Hummelen PhD, MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Pregnancy, Gestational Diabetes, Indigenous Health, Birth outcomes, Probiotics, Microbiome
Shannon Kenrick-Rochon MSN, NP-PHC
Clinical Sciences Division, Lecturer
Bio-Identical Hormone Therapy, Women’s Health, Men’s Health
Stacey Roles PhD
Clinical Sciences Division, Lecturer
Mental health, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Compassion Focused Therapy
Walid Shahrour MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Area of Study: Public Health and Access to care from a urological perspective.
Ioannis Voutsadakis PhD, MD
Clinical Sciences Division, Associate Professor
Cancer, Therapeutics, Biomarkers
NOSM U Faculty who wish to apply for supervisor status in the Master of Medical Studies program should complete the Supervisor Application Form