Physiology

Physiology: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Medical Physiology

MHSc

Physiology

MSc and PhD

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Overview

In the Department of Physiology, research ranges from the gene level to the organism level in areas including endocrinology and diabetes; reproduction endocrinology; fetal physiology, pregnancy, and parturition; neuroendocrinology; cardiorespiratory regulation; gastrointestinal motility; sensory physiology; motor control; brain development and aging; ionic channels and synaptic transmission; excitability, ultrastructure, and plasticity of the brain.

Contact and Address

MHSc Program

Web: www.physiology.utoronto.ca
Email: mhsc.physiology@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-6843
Fax: (416) 978-4940

Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
Room 3209, Medical Sciences Building
1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

MSc and PhD Programs

Web: www.physiology.utoronto.ca
Email: graduate.physiology@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-2601
Fax: (416) 978-4940

Department of Physiology
University of Toronto
Room 3217, Medical Sciences Building
1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Physiology: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Adeli, Khosrow - DipChem, MSc, PhD
Anderson, Harvey - BSc, MSc, PhD
Bagli, Darius - BS, MD
Barr, Cathy - BSc, PhD
Bear, Christine - BSc, MSc, PhD
Belik, Jaques - MD
Belsham, Denise - PhD
Billia, Filio - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Bolz, Steffen-Sebastian - MD, DrMed
Brown, Theodore - BSc, PhD
Brubaker, Patricia - BSc, PhD
Caniggia, Isabella - MD, PhD
Carlen, Peter - MD
Cherney, David - MD, PhD
Collingridge, Graham - BSc, PhD
Connelly, Kim - MBBS, PhD
Cox, Brian - BSc, MSc, PhD
Dimitrijevic, Andrew - BSc, MSc, PhD
dos Santos, Claudia - MSc, MD
Duffin, James - BASc, MASc, PhD
Eubanks, James - BSc, AA, PhD
Feng, Zhong-Ping - PhD (Graduate Coordinator, Student Admissions and Affairs)
Ferguson, Niall - MSc, MD
Fisher, Joseph - MD
Frankland, Paul - MA, PhD
Gaisano, Herbert - BS, MD
Giacca, Adria - MD
Gillis, Jesse - BSc, MSc, PhD
Goldenberg, Neil - BSc, MD, PhD
Gollob, Michael - MD
Gramolini, Anthony - BSc, MSc, PhD (Graduate Coordinator, Academic Affairs)
Hare, Gregory - MD, PhD
Harrison, Robert - PhD, DSc
Hay, Etay - BSc, MSc, PhD
Heximer, Scott - PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Hill, Sean - BA, PhD
Horner, Richard - BSc, PhD
Husain, Mansoor - MB, MD
Hutchison, William Duncan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Jia, Zhengping - PhD
Jin, Tianru - PhD
Jones, Nicola - MD
Jurisicova, Andrea - PhD
Kadis, Darren - BSc, MA, PhD
Kingdom, John - DipCH, MB, MD
Klip, Amira - ScD
Lam, Tony - BS, DPhil
Lambe, Evelyn - AB, MSc, PhD
Levitan, Robert - MSc, MDCM
Lewis, Gary - BCh, MBCHB
Li, Ren-Ke - MHSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Librach, Clifford - MD
Liu, Fang - PhD
Liu, Mingyao - MSc, MD
Lye, Stephen - BSc, PhD
Matthews, Stephen - BSc, DPhil
McGahan, Anita - BA, MA, MBA, PhD
McGowan, Patrick - BSc, MA, PhD
Miller, Freda - BSc, PhD
Monnier, Philippe - MBA, PhD
Ng, Dominic - MD
Orser, Beverley - MD
Palmert, Mark - MD
Peever, John - MSc, PhD
Post, Martin - PhD
Prescott, Steven - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Rocheleau, Jonathan - BSc, PhD
Rogers, Ian - MSc, PhD
Rosenblum, Norman - MD
Salter, Michael - MD, PhD
Seed, Mike - MBBS
Sessle, Barry - BS, MDS, BDS, PhD
Skinner, Frances - PhD
Subbarao, Padmaja - MD
Sugita, Shuzo - PhD
Sun, Hong-Shuo - MSc, DrMed, DPhil
Sweezey, Neil - BSc, MD, MD
Thomas, Scott - BSc, MSc, PhD
Tripathy, Shreejoy - BSc, PhD
Tweed, Douglas - MD, PhD, PhD
Tymianski, Michael - BA, MD, PhD
Wang, Lu-Yang - PhD (Vice Chair, Academic - Graduate)
Wheeler, Anne - BSc, PhD
Wheeler, Michael - BSc, PhD
Wilson, Gregory - MSc, MD
Wittnich, Carin - MSc, DVM
Zhang, Haibo - MSc, PhD
Zhen, Mei - PhD
Zhuo, Min - MS, PhD

Members Emeriti

Adamson, Susan - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Atwood, Harold - BA, MA, PhD, DSc, FRSC
Bocking, Alan - MD
Casper, Robert - MD
Challis, John - BSc, PhD, DSc, FRSC
Charlton, Milton - BSc, MSc, PhD
Dostrovsky, Jonathan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Kwan, Hon - BASc, MSc, PhD
Mount, Howard - BSc, PhD
Norwich, Kenneth - MSc, PhD
Pennefather, Peter - BSc, PhD
Schlichter, Lyanne - BSc, MSc, PhD
Sole, Michael - BSc, MD
Stanley, Elise - PhD
Wojtowicz, J. Martin - BSc, PhD

Associate Members

Balki, Mrinalini - MBBS
Chauhan, Vijay - MD
Friedberg, Mark - MD
Goligher, Ewan - DrMed, PhD
Ivakine, Evgueni (Zhenya) - MSc, MSc, PhD
Lankarany, Milad - PhD
Mazer, Cyril David - MD
McKinnon, Nicole - MS, MD, PhD
McVey, Mark - BSc, MSc, MD
Miliotis, Helen - BSc, PhD (Director, MHSc in Medical Physiology)
Morrison, Janna Leigh - BSc, MSc, PhD
Nagy, Andras - PhD
Ni, Heyu - MSc, MD, PhD
O'Brien, Catherine - BSc, MSc, DrMed, PhD
Pierro, Agostino - MD
Ramsey, Amy - PhD
Shynlova, Oksana - MSc, PhD
Steinberg, Benjamin - MD, PhD
Taxidis, Jiannis - MSc, PhD
Vanderlaan, Rachel - BS, MD, PhD, FRSC
Yuen, Darren - BSc, MD, PhD

Physiology: Medical Physiology MHSc; Physiology MSc, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered each year. Check the departmental website for course availability and course requirements.

Course Code Course Title
JCV1060H
Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology
JCV3060H
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Molecular Biology and Heart Signal Transduction
JCV3061H
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Hormones
JCV3062H
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Heart Function
JCV3063H
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Vascular
JCV3064H
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Microvascular Medicine
JCV3065H
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Systems Biology
JPB1071H Advanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience
JYG1555H
Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
PSL1000H0
MSc Seminars in Physiology (Credit/No Credit)
PSL1014H
Advanced Topics: the Gastrointestinal Epithelium
PSL1024H
Advanced Topics: Neuroendocrinology
PSL1026H
Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology
PSL1034H
Advanced Topics: Metabolic Disorders
PSL1036H
Advanced Topics: Respiration
PSL1040H
Advanced Topics: Systems Biology in Physiology
PSL1047H
Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience
PSL1050H
Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour
PSL1053H
Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function
PSL1066H0
Research Grant Proposal (Credit/No Credit)
PSL1067H
Advanced Topics: Advances and Techniques in Developmental Physiology
PSL1068H
Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour
PSL1070H
Advanced Topics: Hormone Action
PSL1072H
Advanced Topics in the Neural Basis for Sensation
PSL1075H
Biology in Time
PSL1080H+
Advanced Topics: Investigative Developmental Physiology
PSL1086H
Comparative Systems Approach to Diving Physiology
PSL2000H0
PhD Seminars in Physiology (Credit/No Credit)
PSL4000Y
Seminars and Graduate Professional Development (Credit/No Credit)
PSL4010Y
Mentored Literature Review Project in Physiology
PSL4020Y
Medical Physiology Practicum (Credit/No Credit)
PSL4030H
Clinical Physiology
PSL4040H
Big Data and Health
PSL4050H
Collaboration and Commercialization in Physiology

+ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

0 Course that may continue over a program. The course is graded when completed.

Joint Graduate/Undergraduate

Course Code Course Title
JNR1444Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
JNS1000Y
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour
PSL1421H
Pregnancy and Birth: From Implantation to Newborn Life
PSL1425H
Integrative Metabolism and Its Endocrine Regulation
PSL1432H
Theoretical Physiology
PSL1441H
Systems Level Neuroplasticity
PSL1445H
Mechanistic Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
PSL1446H
Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders
PSL1452H
Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function
PSL1462H
Molecular Aspects of Cardiovascular Function