Medical Sciences

Program and Course Offerings

The Graduate Program in Medical Sciences strives to be a student-centered program designed to maximize engagement and foster growth, preparing students for challenging and fulfilling health-related careers. M.Sc. and Ph.D. level degrees are available in one of the five major pillars/research fields that include Blood and Vasculature, Infection and Immunity, Cancer and Genetics, Physiology and Pharmacology, and Metabolism and Nutrition. The Medical Sciences graduate program offers students unlimited opportunities for innovation and discovery in research, encourages intellectual and social interaction among students and faculty and provides unique cross-disciplinary training necessary for positioning candidates favourably for current and emerging job markets.

Enquiries: 905-525-9140 Ext. 24445/27458
E-mail: msadmit@mcmaster.ca
Website: https://medsci.healthsci.mcmaster.ca/

Faculty/Fall 2024

Metabolism and Nutrition

Professors

David Armstrong, M.A., M.B. BChir, F.R.C.P.(UK), F.R.C.P.(C)
Thomas Hawke, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph) / Area Coordinator
Marc Jeschke, M.D. (Tubingen), Ph.D. (Regensburg)
Katherine Morrison, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.D. (Calgary)
M. Constantine Samaan, M.D., B.A., M.A., DCH, DMMD, MRCPI, MRCPCH, M.Sc.
Zainab (Zena) Samaan, MBChB, MScPSych, MRCPsych, DMMD
Deborah Sloboda, B.Sc. (Guelph), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Gregory Steinberg, M.Sc., Ph.D. (Guelph)
Mark Tarnopolsky, M.D., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Associate Professors

Russell DeSouza, B.A. (Queens), B.A.Sc. (Ryerson), M.Sc. (Toronto), Sc.D. (Harvard)
Salhab el Helou, M.A. (Kaiserslauttern, Germany), M.D. (Heidelberg, Germany), Ph.D. (Kaiserslauttern, Germany)
Alexander Hynes, B.Sc. (Calgary), Ph.D. (Memorial)
Joseph Macri, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Windsor)
Natalia McInnes, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.D., M.Sc.(McMaster)
Maria Pinto-Sanchez, M.D. (UNC), M.Sc. (McMaster)
Sandeep Raha, B.Sc.H., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Toronto) / Chair of Admissions

Assistant Professors

Joyce Obeid B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Blood and Vasculature

Professors

Donald M. Arnold, M.Sc. M.D. (McGill), MSc (McMaster)
Richard C. Austin, B.Sc. (Brock), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Anthony K.C. Chan, (Queen’s), M.B.B.S. (Hong Kong), F.R.C.P.(C)
Catherine Hayward, B.Sc., M.D. (Western), F.R.C.P.(C), Ph.D.(McMaster)
John G. Kelton, M.D. (Western), F.R.C.P.(C)
Joan Krepinsky, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Toronto), M.D. (McMaster)
Patricia Liaw, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (McMaster) / Area Coordinator
William P. Sheffield, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Bernardo Trigatti, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Jeffrey I. Weitz, M.D. (Ottawa), F.R.C.P.(C), F.A.C.P.
Geoff Werstuck, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Associate Professors

Peter Gross, B.Sc., M.Sc., M.D., C.I.M.R.P. (Toronto), L.M.C.C.,A.B.I.M., U.S.M.L., F.R.C.P.C.
Paul Kim, B.Sc., (Queens), Ph.D (McMaster)
Colin Kretz, B.Sc., Ph.D (McMaster)
Ishac Nazy, B.Sc. (Guelph), B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)

Assistant Professor

Davide Matino, M.D., M.Sc. (McMaster)

Cancer and Genetics

Professors

Guillaume Paré, D.E.C. (Jean-de-Brebeuf), M.Sc., (McGill), M.D.
Murray Potter, B.Sc., B.Sc. Med., M.D. (Manitoba), F.R.C.P.,F.C.C.M.G.
Roma Sehmi B.Sc.(UCL, UK), Ph.D.(NHLI, Imperial College, UK) / Area Coordinator
Judith West-Mays, H.B.Sc. (Wilfrid Laurier), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Waterloo) / Assistant Dean

Associate Professors

Kjetil Ask, PCEM, License, Maitrise (Burgundy), D.E.A. (Henri Poincaré), Ph.D. (Burgundy)
Tobias Berg, MD (University of Freiburg), F.R.C.P.C.
Darren Bridgewater, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)
Anthony Rullo, B.Sc. (McMaster), M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Damu Tang, B.Sc. (Harbin, China), M.Sc., Ph.D. (Calgary)
Theodoras Tsakiridis, B.Sc.(A.U. Greece), M.Sc. (London, U.K.), Ph.D., M.D. (Toronto), F.R.C.P.C. (McMaster)

Infection and Immunity

Distinguished University Professors

Stephen M. Collins, M.B., B.S. (London), L.M.C.C.(C), F.R.C.P.(C),E.C.F.M.G., V.Q.E.(U.S.A.), M.R.C.P.(U.K.)

Professors

Ali A. Ashkar, D.V.M. (Tehran, Iran), Ph.D. (Guelph) / Area Coordinator
Dawn Bowdish, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (British Columbia)
Jonathan Bramson, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McGill)
Judah A. Denburg, B.A. (Yeshiva), M.D. (McGill, Hebrew Univ.)
Alison Fox-Robichaud, B.Sc. (New Brunswick), M.Sc. (McMaster),M.D. (Ottawa)
Manel Jordana, M.D. (Barcelona), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Charu Kaushic, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Delhi), Ph.D. (National Institute of Immunology, New Delhi)
Waliul Khan, M.B.B.S. (Bangladesh), Ph.D. (Japan)
Martin Kolb, M.D., Ph.D. (Würzburg, Germany)
Maggie Larché, B.Sc., MBChB (Bristol), M.R.C.P. (Royal College of Physicians), Ph.D. (London)
Peter Margetts, B.Sc. (Queen’s), M.D., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Karen Mossman, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Alberta)
Carl D. Richards, B.Sc. (Western), M.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Kenneth L. Rosenthal, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Illinois), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Michael Surette, B.Sc. (Memorial), Ph.D. (Western)
Michael Van Ameringen, B.Sc., M.D. (McMaster)
Yonghong Wan, M.D., M.Sc. (Hubei Medical University)
Zhou Xing, M.D. (North Sichuan, P.R.C.), M.Sc. (Tongi, P.R.C.), Ph.D. (McMaster)

Associate Professors

Jeremy Hirota, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Brian Lichty, B.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Nikhil Pai, BSc (Western), MD (McMaster), FRCPC (Pediatrics, University of Toronto), FAAP (Gastroenterology, Harvard Medical School), CNSC, NASPGHAN-F

Assistant Professors

Amy Gillgrass, B.Sc., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Manali Mukherjee, B.Sc. (Pune), M.Sc. (Dundee), Ph.D. (Nottingham)

Physiology/Pharmacology

Distinguished University Professors

Paul M. O’Byrne, M.B., B.Ch.,B.A.O. (Univ. Coll., Dublin) M.R.C.P.I.,F.R.C.P.(C), F.R.C.P.I.

Professors

Mehran Anvari, M.B.B.S., Ph.D., F.R.C.S.C., F.A.C.S.
Premysl Bercik, M.D. (Charles, Prague), Ph.D. Equivalent (Lausanne, Switzerland), PDF (McMaster)
Margaret Fahnestock, B.Sc. (Stanford), Ph.D. (California, Berkeley)
Gail Gauvreau, B.Sc., M.Sc. (Guelph), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Alison Holloway, B.Sc. (Toronto), Ph.D. (Guelph) / Area Coordinator
Jan D. Huizinga, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Groningen)
Mark Inman, M.Sc. (Waterloo), M.D., Ph.D. (McMaster)
Peter Kavsak, B.Sc. (McGill), Ph.D. (Toronto)
Ram K. Mishra, B.S., M.Sc. (India), M.S. (New Orleans), Ph.D.(St. John’s)
Parameswaran Nair, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.C.P., F.R.C.P.C.
Michel Rathbone, MB, ChB. (Liverpool), Ph.D. (McMaster), FRCPC
Brian Timmons, H.B.K. (Lakehead), Ph.D. (McMaster)
Elena Verdu, M.D. (Buenos Aires), M.D. thesis (Lausanne), Ph.D.(Czech Academic of Science), PDF (McMaster)

Associate Professors

Jihong Chen, M.D., Ph.D.(Wuhan)
Jeffrey Dickhout, Ph.D. (McMaster)
Wolfgang Kunze, B.Sc., M.Sc., Ph.D. (Melbourne)
Elyanne Ratcliffe, B.A., M.D. (McMaster), F.R.C.P.C.

Assistant Professors

Alberto Caminero, B.Sc., Ph.D., (Universidad de Leon)
Giada De Palma, PhD (Polytechnique University of Valencia, Spain)
Mathew Leonardi, B.Sc.(McMaster), M.D. (Toronto), Ph.D.(Sydney)
Imran Satia B.A., M.B BChir, M.A.(Cambridge),MRCP(UK), Ph.D.(Manchester, UK)
Sarah Svenningsen, B.Sc., Ph.D. (Western)
Samantha Wilson, B.Sc. (Western), Ph.D. (British Columbia)

Programs

Master

Medical Sciences, M.Sc.

Doctoral

Medical Sciences, Ph.D

Course Offerings

Medical Sciences Courses