Get to know our special guest Dr. Aws Almufleh! Dr. Almufleh received his medical degree with First Class Honors from King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia in 2012. He then completed a Master of Public Health (MPH) at the University of Miami focusing on epidemiology and clinical research. He did internal medicine residency at McGill […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Tony Sanfilippo as he discusses his new book ‘The Doctors We Need – Imagining a New Path for Physician Recruitment, Training, and Support’. Dr. Sanfilippo, a respected cardiologist and former Associate Dean of Medical Education at Queen’s University, confronts a startling reality: in a nation proud of its […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Art McDonald, a native of Sydney, N.S. Canada. He has degrees in physics from Dalhousie University (BSc, MSc) and Caltech (Ph.D.) and fifteen honorary degrees. Following his doctorate, he worked as a Research Officer at AECL Chalk River Laboratories from 1969-1982, then went on to be a Professor […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Jane Philpott. Queen’s University appointed the Honourable Jane Philpott as the Dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences and Director of the School of Medicine for a five-year term. During this time she also served as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Southeastern Ontario Academic Medical Organization (SEAMO) […]
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Get to know our guest Dr. Will Sharp an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago. Dr. Sharp’s research is to understand the fundamental mechanisms that couple mitochondrial behavior with cellular energetic demand. Specifically, his lab studies how substrate limitations or increased workload of the cell are coupled […]
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Get to know our guest Dr. Tony Bai, joined the Department of Medicine as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases in November 2021. He graduated from the University of Ottawa School of Medicine. Subsequently, he completed his core internal medicine residency at Queen’s University and his infectious diseases fellowship at McMaster University. […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Andrew Winterborn, Queen’s University’s veterinarian. A graduate of the University of Montreal in 2005 with a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine degree, Dr. Winterborn completed his residency at the University of Rochester Medical Centre before joining Queen’s in 2009. During his time at Queen’s, Dr. Winterborn, an acknowledged expert […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Adrian Baranchuk. Dr. Adrian Baranchuk, a native of Buenos Aires, Argentina, obtained his MD from the University of Buenos Aires in 1990. After qualifying in Internal Medicine and Cardiology (1995), he completed a Clinical Fellowship in Cardiac Electrophysiology (1997). In 2002 he immigrated to Spain for a Research […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Lynne Postovit. Dr. Postovit earned her Bachelor of Science (Honours) at Queen’s University in 1999. After receiving her PhD in Anatomy and Cell Biology at Queen’s, Dr. Postovit completed a CIHR Postdoctoral Fellowship at Northwestern University in the Department of Cancer Biology and Epigenomics. Dr. Postovit was an […]
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Get to know our special guest Dr. Bernard Thébaud. Dr. Thébaud is a clinician-scientist with a focus on the clinical translation of stem cell-based therapies for lung diseases. Dr. Thébaud is a senior scientist with the Ottawa Hospital Research Institute (OHRI) and Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario Research Institute (CHEO RI), and a neonatologist with […]
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Get to know Dr. Annette Hay. Dr. Annette Hay is a Hematologist within the Department of Medicine, Queen’s University, cross-appointed to the Departments of Oncology and Pediatrics, and a Senior Investigator with the Canadian Cancer Trials Group (CCTG). She became Chair of the Division of Hematology in January 2021. Commencing at the University of Dundee […]
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Get to know Dr. Jennifer Flemming – Dr. Flemming is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Public Health Sciences at Queen’s University with clinical training in gastroenterology, hepatology and liver transplantation. After completing her Internal Medicine and Gastroenterology training at Queen’s University, she completed two years of advanced hepatology and a Master’s in Clinical Research […]
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Get to know Dr. Amer Johri – a professor and clinician in the department of medicine at Queen’s University, Kingston, Ontario. Dr. Johri is an expert on 3D echocardiography, interventional echocardiography, and Handheld Cardiac Ultrasound. His research focus involves patient-oriented research projects and the innovation of non-invasive techniques to predict and diagnose atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease. This […]
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The TIME podcast is getting a bit of an update! We would like to introduce: ‘TIME to Talk Science & Medicine’ with hosts Dr. Stephen Archer and Dr. Charlie Hindmarch. This new podcast is designed to highlight translational researchers at Queen’s University. Our goal is to focus on a translational researcher, to learn about where they’ve […]
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In medicine, we often use reviews and guidelines to inform best practices that are safe, and effective and are updated regularly based on new forthcoming evidence. The treatment of malignant superior vena cava syndrome, a rare condition where cancer causes obstruction to the blood flow to the heart, is less well studied and has not been reviewed […]
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Synopsys: Irritable bowel syndrome, or IBS, is a common disorder characterized by abdominal pain and altered bowel habits. While there may be multiple mechanisms that lead to development of IBS, the bacteria in our gut appear to play an important role in a number of IBS patients. We discuss novel research by scientists at Queen’s University […]
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Synopsys: In early 2020, Dr Archer (Queen’s University, Canada) proposed a novel mechanism for the way in which the SARS-CoV-2 virus responsible for COVID-19 might affect our lungs. He proposed that this virus causes damage to cells by targeting the powerhouse of the cells, structures known as mitochondria. Dr Archer has spent the last two years building an […]
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