IMPART - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Mass Spectroscopist
- Research Technician at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
Angella Mercer is a Mass Spectroscopist and Research Technician at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick in the Nutrient Signaling Metabolism Laboratory led by Drs. Kienesberger and Pulinilkunnil.
Angella completed a diploma in Chemical Engineering Technology from New Brunswick Community College, and then received a Bachelor of Science with a major in Biology and a minor in Chemistry from the University of New Brunswick. Angella has extensive metabolomics training from NIH West Coast Metabolomics Center located at UC Davis, CA. Angella's 21 years of laboratory experience (specializing in analytical chemistry with a focus on chromatography) is an asset to our research. Angella is designated a Professional Technologist (PTech) through the New Brunswick Society of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (NBSCETT).
Using an Ultra Performance Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry (UPLC-MSMS), Angella develops innovative analytical methods to detect and measure bioactive peptides, nutrients, sugars, and lipids in biological fluids and tissues. Her contributions help examine nutrient metabolism in obesity, diabetes, and cancer.
Job Titles:
- Director
- Clinical Research Manager for the Chronic Pain Service Clinic at the Horizon Health Network
- Director of Experiential Learning
- Director of Experiential Learning and Clinical Research Manager
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate Professor
- Biophysicist
Dr. Alex Quinn is an IMPART associate member and an Associate Professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics at Dalhousie University, with a cross-appointment in the School of Biomedical Engineering.
He received a bachelor of Sciences in Physiology & Physics from McGill University, followed by a Ph.D in Biomedical Engineering from Columbia University in New York. He did his postdoctoral training in the Departments of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetics and Computer Science at the University of Oxford, where he was a Fulford Junior Research Fellow in Medical Sciences at Somerville College and a Research Fellow of the Engineering & Physical Sciences Research Council of the UK. This was followed by a short stint at the National Heart & Lung Institute of Imperial College London, before he was recruited to Dalhousie University.
Alex's research focuses on the regulation of cardiac electrical activity by processes residing within the heart itself, and the role that these auto-regulatory mechanisms play in deadly arrhythmia that occur in disease and with ageing.
Dr. Hassan received his medical degree from McGill University in Montreal and his PhD from Dalhousie University's Department of Medical Sciences. After the completion of a clinical research fellowship at East Carolina University's Brody School of Medicine, where he focused on minimally invasive robotic cardiac surgery, Dr. Hassan returned to Canada in order to practice and teach in Saint John.
Dr. Hassan is also well-regarded as an academic researcher. He currently holds research grants from the Heart and Stroke Foundation of New Brunswick and the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation for the study of access to cardiovascular care and clinical outcomes.
In 2015, Dr. Hassan was recognized as New Brunswick's health researcher of the year in recognition of his work concerning cardiovascular surgery outcomes. His research continues to analyze the impact of conditions like obesity and anxiety on surgical outcomes.
Job Titles:
- Principal Investigator
- Medical Oncologist
As a practicing medical oncologist, Dr. Reiman's interest lies in involving patients in research to improve their care. This includes banking of biological specimens and clinical data for research, cancer biomarker studies, pre-clinical and clinical trials of new therapeutic approaches and collaborating with multidisciplinary researchers in areas such as supportive care, and health services and health outcomes. He has active research projects in the study of multiple myeloma, lymphoma and lung cancer.
Dr. Reiman is a principal investigator (PI), co-investigator and/or student supervisor on research funded by Canada's Foundation for Innovation, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, MITACS, the Canadian Cancer Society, Lung Cancer Canada, the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation, the Beatrice Hunter Cancer Research Institute, the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation, and several industry partners. His research team includes postdoctoral fellows, graduate students, medical students and research staff. The Reiman laboratory is located in the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick facility on the UNB Saint John campus, and his clinical research takes place at the Saint John Regional Hospital.
Dr. Reiman serves on several regional, national and international research committees and clinical guidelines groups, including the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation, the NCIC Clinical Trials Group, the Canadian Association of Medical Oncologists, the Myeloma Canada Research Network, Lymphoma Canada, the Pan-Canadian Oncology Drug Review and the International Myeloma Working Group.
Job Titles:
- Scientist
- Virtual Care Developer
Dr. Arit Archibong is a clinician-scientist focused on the development and integration of virtual care health monitoring systems, particularly for people living in rural communities located in Manitoba.
She completed her medical training in Nigeria and she attained a Masters in Public Health from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Additionally, she is a Fellow of the International Society for Quality in Health Care. Dr. Archibong has global health experience as a clinician and she has worked as a health management expert in population health for emerging economies.
Current clinical research interests for Dr. Archibong include applications within virtual care featuring digital therapeutics and/or deprescribing technologies to improve healthcare delivery and health outcomes, particularly for vulnerable populations.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Transplant Surgeon
Dr. Boris Gala-Lopez is an associate professor of surgery, microbiology, immunology, hepatobiliary and multi-organ transplant surgeon at Dalhousie University.
He received his medical degree from Havana Institute of Medical Sciences, Cuba, where he continued his medical residency. Further, he obtained his master's in medical informatics from Erasmus University of Rotterdam in Netherlands, followed by a PhD in Experimental Surgery from University of Alberta. He completed his postdoctoral training in Multi-Organ Transplant Surgery at University of Alberta Hospital before joining Dalhousie University.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Physiologist
Dr. Brittany Edgett is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of Calgary and a member of the Libin Cardiovascular Institute.
After receiving her BSc in Human Kinetics from Saint Francis Xavier University in Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Dr. Edgett obtained her MSc and PhD in exercise physiology from Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario. She also completed a postdoctoral fellowship jointly at the University of Guelph in the Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences and the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Edgett is interested in sex differences and the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying exercise intolerance and metabolic adaptations to exercise. Her lab uses a variety of techniques in physiology, molecular biology, protein biochemistry, and histology using an animal-to-human research approach to study the interplay between various organ systems that regulate cardiometabolic health and how this differs in men and women.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate Editor for Journal of Functional Foods
- Biochemist
- Professor
Dr. Udenigwe currently serves as an Associate Editor for Journal of Functional Foods, and Vice Chair of the Protein and Co-products Division of the American Oil Chemists' Society (AOCS). He has received the American Chemical Society-Division of Agricultural and Food Chemistry Young Scientist Award (2018), AOCS Young Scientist Research Award (2018), and International Union of Food Science and Technology Young Scientist Award (2012). He is also an invited member of the Early Career Scientists Section of the International Academy of Food Science and Technology.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor in Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick
- Epidemiologist
Dr. Daniel J. Dutton is as assistant professor in Community Health & Epidemiology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick. His current research falls into three general categories: social epidemiology, health economics, and applied policy. Most of his work is quantitative, utilizing large data sets and modeling strategies from economics and epidemiology. His primary interests are population-level exposures and their impact on poverty and health, how governments can address those exposures, and the distributional impacts of addressing those exposures. Currently that work focuses on homelessness, housing, and governmental policy. He also has an interest in methodological practice, including how research is done in applied epidemiology and the questions researchers answer.
He has taught or currently teaches econometrics, statistics, epidemiology, and population health classes. Dan completed his Ph.D. in Community Health Sciences with a specialization in Population and Public Health at the University of Calgary in 2014, his other degrees are in economics from Calgary (MA) and Queen's (BAH). Prior to his Ph.D., Dan worked for the office of the Ontario Ministry of Finance.
Dr. Danielle Bouchard is one of the Associate Members of IMPART. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick. Also, Dr. Bouchard is the co-Director of the Cardiometabolic Exercise & Lifestyle Laboratory at the same university.
Her main research interest is physical activity and chronic condition (e.g., obesity, cancer) with a particular interest for the older adults. For the majority of her projects, physical function is the main outcome.
Outside her academic roles , Dr. Bouchard is an avid runner and biker.
Job Titles:
- Medical Microbiologist
- Physician at the Saint John Regional Hospital
Dr. Duncan Webster is an infectious diseases physician at the Saint John Regional Hospital located in Saint John, New Brunswick, through the Department of Medicine with a cross-appointment in the Department of Laboratory Medicine. He is also an honorary research associate with the University of New Brunswick and an associate professor with Dalhousie University.
Duncan graduated from Mount Allison University in 1993 with a bachelor of Sciences in chemistry, biology & physics as well as a bachelor of Arts (honours) in philosophy and religion. He completed his Masters degree in philosophy at the University of New Brunswick in 1998 and graduated from Dalhousie Medical School in 2001. He also completed his Internal Medicine residency training, Infectious Diseases fellowship and Medical Microbiology fellowship training in 2007, at the University of Alberta.
Dr. Webster has clinical and research interests relating to chronic viral infections including hepatitis C as well as harm reduction, tuberculosis, zoonotic infections and glycosylation.
Job Titles:
- Associate Members
- Medical Engineer
Dr. Erik Scheme is one of IMPART's associate members. He is an Assistant Professor and Professional Engineer at the Institute of Biomedical Engineering at the University of New Brunswick. He is a passionate leader and collaborator with almost 15 years of research and development experience in the private and public sectors. His research expertise include signal processing and machine learning for rehabilitation engineering, health diagnostics, predictive analytics, biometrics, and human machine interfaces.
As the New Brunswick Innovation Research Chair in Medical Technologies his mandate is to work with clinical partners and digital health and medical technology companies to build the health technologies sector in the region.
Dr. Scheme has developed and taught courses in Biomedical and Electrical Engineering, as well as product design and development in the Technology Management and Entrepreneurship Centre, where he serves as an advisor. He is an Adjunct Professor in the Dalhousie Faculty of Medicine, the Director of the Health Technologies Laboratory in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at UNB, and sits on a number of provincial committees, including the Horizon Health Network's Research Task Force on Healthy Aging.
Dr. Hare is one of IMPART associate members. He is a Staff Anesthesiologists and Professor of Anesthesia and Physiology at St. Michael's Hospital at the University of Toronto. His clinical focus is to develop multimodal and inter-professional approaches to optimize patient outcomes through patient blood management strategies and clinical trials related to anemia, transfusion therapy, and cardiovascular outcomes.
The long term research goals of his basic science research are to define mechanisms of anemia-induced cardiovascular morbidity and mortality, to optimize perioperative hemostasis and to design novel treatment strategies to prevent these adverse outcomes. Translational studies have identified integrative adaptive cellular (nNOS and HIF) and physiological mechanisms which promote organism survival during acute anemia. Current clinical research focuses on translational approaches to identify patient specific biomarkers of anemia-induced tissue hypoxia and to assess whether treatment of preoperative anemia can reduce morbidity and mortality associated with both anemia and red blood cell transfusions. Participation in large randomized clinical trials to assess important outcome in cardiovascular anesthesiology including the optimal use of antifibrinolytic agents to prevent acute blood loss and determination of the optimal hemoglobin threshold to transfuse patients undergoing cardiac surgery (TRICSIII).
The overall goal of Dr. Hare's research is to reduce morbidity and mortality associated with acute and chronic anemia and RBC transfusion in perioperative patients with cardiovascular disease.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Food Biochemist
Dr. H. P. Vasantha Rupasinghe is an associate member of IMPART and a professor and Killam Chair in Functional Foods and Nutraceuticals at the Department of Plant, Food, and Environmental Sciences, Dalhousie University. He holds a cross-appointment with the Department of Pathology at the Faculty of Medicine.
Dr. Rupasinghe's primary research interests include elucidating the mechanism of actions of plant flavonoids against cancer chemoprevention and treatment; exploring the neuroprotective and cardio-protective properties of flavonoids; polyphenols-dependent antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities; synthesizing novel acylated flavonoids and examining their anti-cancer, anti-inflammatory, cytoprotective and hypolipidemic properties; and identifying unique phytochemicals that can be used as anti-infective, anti-biofilm and anti-adhesive agents against Streptococcus pyogenes.
Dr. Rupasinghe's research program, which has attracted over $7.5M (since 2004) in external funding, has resulted in five patent filings, one license agreement, and contributions to the commercialization of over a dozen value-added food products. He has published over 170 peer-reviewed articles and 20 book chapters (Google Scholar author h-index 42 and total citations over 5300) and trained over 100 highly qualified personnel (HQP). He is a Fellow of the Canadian Institute of Food Science and Technology (CIFST).
Job Titles:
- Emergency Room Physician
- Emergency Room Physician at the Upper River Valley Hospital
Dr. Hanif Chatur is an Emergency Room Physician at the Upper River Valley Hospital located in Waterville, New Brunswick. In addition, he is a clinical lecturer at Dalhousie and Memorial Universities in the Faculty of Medicine, Co-founder of eVisitNB, a virtual care startup committed to improving access to primary care for all New Brunswickers, and is the current president of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of New Brunswick.
Dr. Chatur graduated with a Bachelor of Science and Doctor of Medicine from the University of Alberta and his residency in Family Medicine in Prince George, British Columbia. He passed his Certification in Emergency Medicine for the Canadian College of Family Physicians in 2011.
Dr. Chatur's clinical and research interests include telemedicine, digital health and using technology to address the healthcare needs of vulnerable populations in both urban and rural areas.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor at the Centre
- Community Health Doctor
Dr. Jalila Jbilou is an associate professor at the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick and the Université de Moncton. She is trained as a public health medical doctor and holds a PhD in community health. She has expertise in healthcare management and implementation science. Dr Jbilou focuses her research program on primary care models for prevention and management of comorbid psychological and physical chronic diseases. She is interested in sub-populations, such as men and seniors, and continues to undertake research comprehensively evaluating uptake and effectiveness of eHealth solutions and devices.
Job Titles:
- Cardiovascular Surgeon
- Head of Cardiac Surgery at the New Brunswick Heart Centre
Dr. Jean-François Légaré is the head of cardiac surgery at the New Brunswick Heart Centre and a professor of surgery, pathology, microbiology and immunology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick.
Dr. Légaré has graduated from McGill University, Faculty of Medicine, in 1995 with training in Cardiac Surgery. He then joined Dalhousie Medical School in 2003 following fellowship training in Germany. From 2003-2016 worked as a cardiac surgeon at the Maritime Heart Centre in Halifax. During this tenure acted as the Director of Research and Director of Cardiac Transplantation in the Division of Cardiac Surgery. He has now taken the position of Head of the Division of Cardiac Surgery (2016-) at the New Brunswick Heart Centre in Saint John NB with continued affiliation with Dalhousie University.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor at Guelph University
- Physiologist
Dr. Jeremy Simpson is an associate professor at Guelph University and the head of the Simpson Lab in the university's Department of Human Health and Nutritional Sciences.
Dr. Simpson has a Bachelor's degree in human biology from Guelph and a PhD in physiology from Queen's University. He also completed a yearlong postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Toronto before assuming his current post at Guelph.
Dr. Jill Rourke, originally from New Brunswick, obtained a Bachelor's degree with Honours in Biochemistry and PhD. in the Department of Pharmacology at Dalhousie University in 2015. Dr. Rourke completed a CIHR postdoctoral fellowship in high-throughput functional genomics and diabetes in the Biological Sciences Department at Sunnybrook Research Institute in Toronto, ON. In 2018, Dr. Rourke returned to New Brunswick and is currently assistant professor in Chemistry and Biochemistry at Mount Allison University in Sackville.
Dr. Rourke's research focuses on cellular communication through activation of cell surface receptors, GPCRs. Since arriving at Mount Allison, Dr. Rourke setup a GPCR discovery lab where she and a group of talented undergraduate and MSc. trainees are examining how this receptor family contributes to nutrient sensing and metabolism, diabetes, and cancer.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist
Dr. John Sapp is a Clinical Cardiac Electrophysiologist at the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax Nova Scotia since 2002. He is a Professor of Medicine, cross-appointed to the Department of Physiology and Biophysics at Dalhousie University, where he also serves as Assistant Dean of Clinical Research for the Faculty of Medicine.
He is Past President of the Canadian Heart Rhythm Society and Co-Director of the Dalhousie University Cardiovascular Research Group. Clinical and research interests include methods for reducing sudden death, improving cardiac mapping, catheter ablation, and clinical management of ventricular arrhythmias.
Job Titles:
- Associate
- Associate Professor
- Director
- Human Toxicologist
Dr. Jong Sung Kim is an IMPART associate member and a tenured Associate Professor and Director of Health and Environments Research Centre (HERC) in the Faculty of Medicine at Dalhousie University.
Dr. Kim obtained his PhD in Human Toxicology from the University of Iowa and completed his Masters of Environmental Toxicology at the University of Nebraska Center for Health and Environmental Toxicology. Nanotoxicology and human health risk assessment have been his primary academic and research. In recognition of his contributions to nanotoxicology research, he has served on the Technical Committee for the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Working Group on Nanotechnology, and he received numerous international awards such as Best Paper Award of Delta Omega Honorary Society in Public Health from the American Public Health Association and the MB Research Award from the Society of Toxicology.
Job Titles:
- Founder
- Leader
- Translational Scientist
Dr. Keith Brunt is the main founder & leader of IMPART team. He is an associate professor at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick, a translational scientist in the cardiovascular surgery/ cardiology departments of the New Brunswick Heart Centre. He is also the president of the Heart & Stroke Foundation New Brunswick.
Following the completion of his undergraduate studies in Physiology at the University of Saskatchewan, Dr. Brunt went on to Queens University to pursue Master of Science and Doctor of Philosophy degrees. After a fellowship in Cardiac Surgery and Regenerative Medicine at Toronto General Hospital, he became an Assistant Professor in Pharmacology and Medicine in Saint John.
Dr. Brunt is currently teaching as an adjunct professor in the University of New Brunswick's Faculty of Business in addition to directing Community Engagement and Innovation Development efforts for Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick. He is also the Chief Scientific Officer at NB-BioMatrix, Inc., and a special graduate faculty member at the University of Guelph in Ontario.
Research interests for Dr. Brunt include nano-pharmocology, heme metabolism, and molecular and cellular cardiology.
Dr. D'Souza is currently a Mitacs post-doctoral fellow at the NBHC, working on cardiac amyloid disease and cardiogenic shock. Additionally, he is a contracted instructor at UNB and Mount Allison.
Job Titles:
- Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiologist
Dr. Ketul Chaudhary is an Affiliate Member of IMPART network and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Dalhousie University.
Dr. Chaudhary obtained Bachelor of Pharmacy degree from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University, India. He moved to Canada to pursue Ph.D. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Alberta. Following completion of PhD, he did postdoctoral fellowship at the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute/University of Ottawa before joining Dalhousie University.
Dr. Chaudhary's research interests include sex differences right ventricular function and right heart failure, pathophysiology of pulmonary vascular disease and sex differences in stem cell function.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Molecular Immunologist
During his doctoral formation, Dr Luc Boudreau developed an expertise in the regulation of inflammatory mediators such as leukotrienes. This potent inflammatory family of mediators actively participates in the development and progression of numerous chronic inflammatory diseases. In 2012, he pursued a postdoctoral formation at the Centre Hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL) where he studied the roles of cell-derived microparticles/microvesicles in inflammatory diseases. Amongst some of his most notable discoveries during his postdoctoral fellowship was the identification of a novel cell-derived microvesicle family that retained a functional mitochondrion, termed mitochondria-containing microparticles. Interestingly, these cell-derived microvesicles cargo bioactive compounds, including inflammatory mediators, thus actively participating in the inflammatory response.
Since July 2015, Dr Boudreau is an assistant professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Université de Moncton, where he has established his independent research program which is based on evaluating the correlation between cell-derived activation and diseases. He has a particular interest in cell-derived containing mitochondria that do not exhibit phosphatidylserine at their surface and that can modulate the phenotype of immune cells by mitochondrial horizontal transfer.
Dr. Boudreau has obtained funding from several agencies since 2015, including the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the New Brunswick Health Research Foundation (NBHRF), the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), the New Brunswick Innovation Foundation (NBIF) and the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society of Canada.
Job Titles:
- Veterinary Cardiologist
- Veterinary Cardiologist and Professor
Dr. Lynne O'Sullivan is a veterinary cardiologist and Professor in the Department of Companion Animals at the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island. She received her Doctor of Veterinary Medicine (DVM) degree from the Atlantic Veterinary College, University of Prince Edward Island in 1998. She then went on to the Ontario Veterinary College at the University of Guelph where she completed a rotating internship, Cardiology residency, and Doctor of Veterinary Science (DVSc) graduate degree. She was board certified in Cardiology by the American College of Veterinary Internal Medicine (ACVIM) in 2003.
Dr. O'Sullivan was a faculty member at the University of Guelph from 2003 to 2018, after which she returned east to the University of Prince Edward Island. She is part of the clinical Cardiology Service at the AVC Veterinary Teaching Hospital, where she evaluates and treats companion animal patients with cardiac disease and teaches DVM students.
Her research has been in the areas of dilated cardiomyopathy in Doberman pinchers, arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy in Boxer dogs, and canine degenerative mitral valve disease. She has had the opportunity to collaborate with other members of the Centre for Cardiovascular Investigation at the University of Guelph, and to be a part of several large multicenter veterinary clinical trials.
Dr. Sénéchal is an Associate Member at IMPART. He is an Assistant Professor at University of New Brunswick and the Co-director of the Cardiometabolic Exercise and Lifestyle Laboratory in the Faculty of Kinesiology.
As IMPART member, Dr. Sénéchal's research interests focus on the impact of physical activity and exercise training on cardiometabolic health in obese individuals. More specifically, his research program targets "Exercise Responders" and "Exercise Non-Responders". Dr. Sénéchal aims to understand why some individuals living with obesity experience benefit from exercise while other individuals do not benefit from the same exercise intervention. His research mainly examines different types and intensities of exercise, the release of myokines, and whether these are predictors of exercise response.
Job Titles:
- Scientist
- Clinician - Scientist
Dr. Allwood has an interest in cardiorespiratory pathophysiology with respect to both fundamental science and translational medicine. Her primary research interests include the impact of hypoxia on cardiac development as well as the how anemia and/or hypoxia impacts practices in anesthesiology and the clinical outcomes of cardiovascular, pulmonary and haematological disease. Dr. Allwood completed her PhD at the University of Guelph in hypoxia physiology and is currently a 4th year medical student at the University of Toronto, exploring where her residency position could align with her clinical research interests.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Medicinal Chemist
Dr. Mohamed Touaibia is an associate professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at the Unversité de Moncton, NB. He obtained his Ph.D. in medicinal chemistry from the Unversité de Paris VII, France. He then completed two postdoctoral fellowships, the first in medicinal chemistry and the second in carbohydrate chemistry at the Université du Québec à Montreal.
Dr. Touaibia's main research projects explore the synthesis and structure-activity relationship of new natural products-based analogues as new inhibitors of enzymes related to many inflammatory diseases and various cancers.
Job Titles:
- Canada Research Chair in Security
- ITC Health Security
Dr. Natalia Stakhanova is the Canada Research Chair in Security and Privacy, and an Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. She is the former New Brunswick Innovation Research Chair in Cybersecurity.
Job Titles:
- Emergency Medicine
- Professor in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University
Dr. Paul Atkinson is a Professor in Emergency Medicine at Dalhousie University and Clinical Academic Head for Emergency Medicine, Saint John Regional Hospital, Horizon Health Network, New Brunswick, Canada. He is also deputy editor of the Canadian Journal of Emergency Medicine; and has recently been appointed Assistant Dean of Research at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick. He is past chair of the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians research committee, as well as the NB trauma Program research sub-committee. His international training began at the Queen's University of Belfast, followed by postgraduate programs in internal medicine in Belfast and emergency medicine in Cambridge, UK. He completed a fellowship at the Royal North Shore Hospital in Sydney, Australia. He relocated to Saint John, NB from Cambridge in late 2009.
He has over 80 peer-reviewed publications, as well as being the lead editor on three textbooks, Emergency Medicine an Illustrated Colour Text, 2010; Point of Care Ultrasound in Emergency Medicine and Resuscitation, 2019; and Emergency Ultrasound Made Easy, 2021.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor
- Lipid Biochemist
Dr. Petra Kienesberger is an associate professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick. She is also an adjunct professor at the University of New Brunswick Saint John and affiliate scientist at the Saint John Regional Hospital.
Job Titles:
- Nurse - Scientist
- Professor
Dr. Rose McCloskey is a Professor in the Department of Nursing & Health Sciences and an adjunct Associate Professor at the Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick.
Dr. McCloskey completed an undergraduate science degree at Acadia University and went on to pursue nursing at the Halifax Infirmary in Nova Scotia. Dr. McCloskey completed a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of New Brunswick and a post-doctoral degree in gerontology from St. Thomas University. She holds certification in gerontological nursing from the Canadian Nurses Association and from the Joanna Briggs Institute of Systematic Reviews.
Dr. McCloskey's research interests include health care transitions, gerontology, digital health solutions for aging in place, long-term care, and nursing education.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor at Dalhousie University
- Bioengineer
Dr. Sarah Wells is an Associate Professor at Dalhousie University in the School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Physics & Atmospheric Science with a cross-appointment in the Department of Physiology & Biophysics.
She received a bachelor of Sciences in Biophysics from Western University, followed by a Ph.D in Materials Engineering from University of Toronto, and postdoctoral training in the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Pittsburgh.
Sarah is an expert in the properties of biopolymers such as collagen and elastin and in the roles these biopolymers play in various anatomical systems including the cardiovascular system. Her research also examines the adaptive remodeling of cardiovascular tissues during development and in pregnancy.
Job Titles:
- Assistant Professor
- Health Technology Designer
Dr. Sowmya Somanath is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Victoria. At UVic, she leads the Creative Experiences Lab, which broadly focuses on topics in the area of Human-Computer Interaction. Nowadays the group is working on several projects that involve studying and designing tools that can help people create digital and physical artefacts using technology (such as electronics, fabrication devices, AR, VR). The group also researches other topics related to studying and designing new physical interactions with technologies such as with autonomous vehicles, wearable cyborg limbs and haptic devices. Before joining UVic, Dr. Somanath was an Assistant Professor at Ontario College of Art and Design University. She completed her PhD from the University of Calgary in 2017, and before moving to Canada, lived, studied and worked in Bengaluru, India.
Job Titles:
- Research Scientist at the University of New Brunswick
- Translational Oncologist
Dr. Stacy Grieve is a research scientist at the University of New Brunswick and a translational scientist at Dalhousie Medicine New Brunswick in the laboratory of Dr. Tony Reiman. She has a strong cancer research background and is responsible for developing and driving translational oncological research programs.
Dr. Grieve completed her PhD at Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario in the department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, focusing on the fundamental aspects of cancer cell biology. She transitioned to a postdoctoral position at Queen's University where she built on her cellular and molecular experience to incorporate preclinical mouse models and translational methodology. Her move to New Brunswick afforded the opportunity to round out her extensive skillset to include clinical models and working with patient outcomes.
Dr. Grieve integrates her basic science foundation with clinical knowledge to develop methods to more effectively and more precisely treat cancers. Her diverse research programs involve developing novel biomarkers to predict treatment response, using innovative nanotechnology to monitor treatment response and identifying novel therapeutic targets.
Dr. Susan Howlett is an IMPART associate member and a University Research Professor of Pharmacology and Medicine (Geriatric Medicine) at Dalhousie University, where she has taught for more than 30 years.
Originally from Montreal, she finished her BSc with Honours in Biology and Psychology at Concordia University followed by MSc and PhD degrees in Experimental Medicine at Memorial University. She completed her Postdoctoral Fellowship in Pharmacology at the University of Alberta as an Alberta Heritage Foundation Fellow. Susan was recruited to Dalhousie in 1989.
Her laboratory is very well known for work on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. She has discovered profound differences in the way that male and female heart cells function, how this changes with age and how sex hormones regulate these processes. Most recently her laboratory has pioneered the measurement of frailty in naturally aging animals with a novel "frailty index" tool based on deficit accumulation. Her recent work shows that maladaptive, age-dependent changes in heart structure and function are better graded by the level of frailty than by age itself.
Job Titles:
- Clinical Research Coordinator
Komal Ambaliya is a qualified medical doctor who earned her MBBS degree and worked as a physician in the past. She is currently preparing for an exam and plans to apply for a residency program soon. As an MBBS graduate, Komal has received comprehensive training in various medical disciplines, including anatomy, physiology, pharmacology, pathology, microbiology, and community medicine. With her experience as a physician, Komal has likely gained valuable clinical skills, such as diagnosing illnesses, interpreting test results, and developing treatment plans for patients. Her upcoming exam and residency application show her dedication to furthering her medical education and career. Overall, Komal‘s qualifications and experience demonstrate her commitment to the medical profession and her pursuit of excellence in patient care. Komal is currently on Maternity leave until December 2024.
Dr. Maryam Kebbe is an Affiliate Member of the IMPART investigator team Canada. She received her Bachelor of Science in Life Sciences from the University of Ottawa, and her Doctorate in Medical Sciences from the University of Alberta's Department of Pediatrics. She completed postdoctoral training in the Medical Sciences Division at the University of Oxford first, followed by the Reproductive Endocrinology and Women's Health Laboratory at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana.
Dr. Kebbe joined the Faculty of Kinesiology at the University of New Brunswick as an Assistant Professor in January 2023. There, she directs the Prenatal and Postnatal Exposures on Adiposity Development in infantS (PEADS) Laboratory. Her research interests are on the interplay between nutrition (including human milk), physical activity, and the infant gut microbiome; specifically, how these factors may prevent obesity programming in infancy through childhood.
Outside of academia, Dr. Kebbe enjoys road trips/travel, outdoor activities, and the piano.
Job Titles:
- Research Analyst
- Research Analyst at the New Brunswick Heart Centre
Jeff MacLeod is a Research Analyst at the New Brunswick Heart Centre (NBHC). Since joining the clinical outcomes research team following his undergraduate degree in 2012, he has been a constant fixture and instrumental in its growth and success, helping to build an internal research program while contributing to countless external publications and presentations addressing topics such as blood transfusion patterns, barriers to patient access in cardiovascular care, and obesity as a predictor of surgical outcomes. Although his current role finds him dealing primarily in data management and analysis, Jeff continues to be a steadfast and experienced resource for clinicians and students in all aspects of research, from study design to publication.
Job Titles:
- Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences
- Medical AI
Prof. Pascal Fallavollita is an Associate Professor at the Interdisciplinary School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Ottawa, Canada. He is an innovative, solution-driven, and award winning research leader with 10 years of experience in North America and Europe that includes cancer imaging training at Johns Hopkins Medical School, USA, and overseeing laboratory initiatives for an elite translational research institution at the Technical University of Munich, Germany. In 2018, he was awarded the Ontario Early Researcher Award for his work in 3D Interventional Augmented Reality. This award seeks to open a new research front by transforming the surgery rooms of tomorrow. He is the director of the Medical Education, Training, and Computer Assisted Interventions (METRICS) laboratory, where the aim is to explore the impact of novel mixed-reality technologies and how these should be integrated and validated to ensure optimal medical education, surgery, and aging, while fostering healthy habits across the lifespan.