Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

LMP: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Laboratory Medicine

MHSc

Fields:
- Clinical Embryology;
- Pathologists' Assistant

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology

MSc and PhD

Translational Research in the Health Sciences

MHSc

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

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

Biomedical Engineering (admissions have been administratively suspended)
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Cardiovascular Sciences
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Developmental Biology
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Genome Biology and Bioinformatics
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, PhD
Musculoskeletal Sciences
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Neuroscience
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Resuscitation Sciences (admissions have been administratively suspended)
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD
Toxicology
- Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, MSc, PhD

Overview

As part of the Faculty of Medicine, the Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology offers unparalleled access to more than 350 expert faculty including basic scientists, pathobiologists, laboratory physicians, and scientists; outstanding case material; a stunning array of research opportunities; diverse training sites; engaging student-run organizations.

Research Foci

Antimicrobial Resistance: Surveillance and Mechanisms
Bone and Connective Tissue Diseases including Disorders of Mineral Metabolism
Cancer Pathogenesis and Prevention Cardiovascular Disease
Cell-Matrix Interactions
Development: Cell Cycle, Differentiation, Signalling Diabetes
Endocrine and Neuroendocrine Disorders
Hematopathology and Transfusion Medicine
Immunopathology and Transplantation
Inflammatory Disorders
Lipid Disorders
Lymphatic Pathobiology
Microbial Pathogenesis
Molecular Biomarkers
Neurodegenerative Disorders
Proteomics and Bioinformatics
Protein Structure and Function
Toxicology
Translational Research
Vascular Cell Biology
Viral Diseases

For details, consult the departmental website.

Contact and Address

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology Program

Web: www.lmp.utoronto.ca
Email: lmp.grad@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-2663
Fax: (416) 978-7361

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building
Room 6209, 1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Translational Research in the Health Sciences Program

Web: trp.utoronto.ca
Email: trp@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-4474

University of Toronto
Old Administration Building
263 McCaul, Room 120
Toronto, ON, M5T 1W7
Canada

LMP: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Abdelhaleem, Mohamed - MSc, MBChB, PhD

Adeli, Khosrow - DipChem, MSc, PhD

Aubert, Isabelle - BSc, PhD

Bapat, Bharati - BSc, MSc, PhD

Barber, Dwayne - BSc, PhD

Bendeck, Michelle - BSc, PhD

Boggs, Joan - MSc, PhD

Branch, Donald - BA, BSc, PhD

Bremner, Roderick Angus - BSc, PhD

Brown, Martha - BSc, MSc, PhD

Buchan, Alison - BSc, MASc, PhD

Chandran, Vinod - MBBS, PhD

Coburn, Bryan - BSc, DrMed

Cole, David - BSc, MD, PhD

Connelly, Philip - BA, PhD

Cutz, Ernest - MD

Cybulsky, Myron - MD

Das, Sunit - DrMed

Delabie, Jan - MD, PhD

Dennis, James - PhD

Diamandis, Eleftherios - BSc, MD, PhD

Diamandis, Phedias - BS, MD, PhD

Dirks, Peter Benjamin - MD, PhD

Done, Susan - BA, BCh, MA, MB, MBA, PhD

Drewlo, Sascha - PhD

Drucker, Daniel - MD

Elsholtz, Harry - BSc, MSc, PhD

Epelman, Slava - MD, DrMed

Gallinger, Steven - MSc, MD

Gilbert, Richard - MBBS, PhD

Ginsberg, Howard - BSc, LRCP, MD, PhD

Girardin, Stephen - BSc, PhD

Gladdy, Rebecca - DrMed, PhD

Goldenberg, Anna - PhD, PhD

Gopalkrishnan, Rahul - PhD

Gotlieb, Avrum - BSc, MDCM

Grynpas, Marc - MSc, PhD

Gupta, Neeru - BM

Hamel, Paul - BSc, PhD

Hamilton, Robert - BSc, MD, PhD

Harrison, Rene - BS, MS, PhD

Hawkins, Cynthia - MD, PhD

Hazrati, Lili-Naz - BSc, MD, MSc, PhD

Hedley, David - MD

Hegele, Richard - MD

Hinek, Aleksander - MD, PhD

Hu, Jim - BSc, PhD

Huang, Annie - MD

Husain, Mansoor - MB, MD

Hwang, David - BSc, MD, PhD

Ingelsson, Sven Martin - MD, PhD

Irwin, David - BSc, PhD

Jamieson, Frances - MD

Jarvi, Keith - MD

Joshi-Sukhwal, Sadhna - BSc, MSc, DSc, PhD

Jothy, Serge - MD, MSc, PhD

Juvet, Stephen - DrMed, PhD

Kain, Kevin - MD

Kalia, Lorraine - BSc, MD, PhD

Kalia, Suneil - BSc, MD, PhD

Kamel-Reid, Suzanne - BA, MA, PhD

Kandel, Rita - MD (Chair and Graduate Chair)

Kapoor, Mohit - BPhm, MSc, PhD

Karoubi, Golnaz - BSc, PhD

Keating, Armand - BSc, MD

Khokha, Rama - BSc, MSc, PhD

Laflamme, Michael - BS, MD, PhD

Lazarus, Alan - PhD

Lee, Jeffrey - BSc, PhD

Lee, Warren - MD, PhD

Leong-Poi, Howard - MD

Levy, Gary - BSc, MD

Licht, Christoph - MD

Lingwood, Clifford - BSc, PhD

MacParland, Sonya - BS, MS, PhD

Marsden, Philip - MD

Mazzulli, Tony - MD

McCulloch, Christopher - BSc, DDS, PhD

McGeer, Allison - BSc, MSc, MD

McKerlie, Colin - DVM, DVSM

McLaurin, Joanne - BSc, MSc, PhD

Mekhail, Karim - BSc, PhD

Mitchell, Jennifer - DSc

Mogridge, Jeremy - BSc, PhD

Mubareka, Samira - MD

Ni, Heyu - MSc, MD, PhD

O'Brien, Catherine - BSc, MSc, DrMed, PhD

Ohh, Michael - BSc, PhD

Opas, Michal - MSc, PhD

Ostrowski, Mario - MD

Palaniyar, Nades - MSc, PhD

Post, Martin - PhD

Poutanen, Susan - MD, MPH

Pritzker, Kenneth - BSc, MD

Prud'homme, Gerald - MD

Rajalakshmi, Srinivasan - BSc, MA, PhD

Rand, Margaret - BSc, PhD

Richardson, Susan - BSc, MDCM

Robbins, Clinton Shane - BS, PhD

Robertson, Janice - BSc, PhD

Rosenblum, Norman - MD

Rozakis-Adcock, Maria - BSc, PhD

Rudzicz, Frank - PhD

Rutka, James - BSc, LMCC, MD, PhD

Saleeb, Rola - MBChB, PhD

Schmitt-Ulms, Gerold - BSc, MSc, DrRerNat

Schuurmans, Carol - PhD

Scott, James - BSc, PhD

Semple, John - PhD

Seth, Arun - MS, PhD

Shaw, Patricia - SB, MD

Sherman, Philip - MD

Shlien, Adam - BS, PhD

Sivak, Jeremy - PhD

Strauss, Bradley - MD

Swallow, Carol - BA, MD, PhD

Taylor, Michael - BSc, DrMed, PhD

Templeton, Douglas - BSc, MD, PhD (Coordinator of Graduate Studies)

Tenenbaum, Howard - DipPerio, DDS, PhD

Thorner, Paul - MD, DPhil

Tsao, Ming-Sound - BSc, MD

van der Kwast, Theodorus - MD, PhD

Wallace, Valerie - BSc, PhD

Wang, Chen - MD, PhD

Wilson, Gregory - MD, MSc

Wong, Amy - BS, MS, PhD

Yang, Burton - BSc, MSc, PhD

Yousef, George - MD, MSc, PhD

Yucel, Yeni - MD

Yuen, Darren - BSc, MD, PhD

Zacksenhaus, Eldad - PhD

Zhang, Li - MD, MSc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Butany, Jagdish - MBBS, MS

Marks, Alexander - MD, PhD

Yeger, Herman - BSc, MScPhm, PhD

Associate Members

Allen, Vanessa G. - BA, MD

Antoniou, Tony - BScPhm, PhD

Ballios, Brian G. - MD, PhD

Berman, Hal K. - MD, PhD

Bowman, Kerry - BA, BSW, MSW, PhD

Campigotto, Aaron - BS, MS, MD

Chang, Hong - MSc, MD, PhD

Chau, Janet - BSc

Chronis-Brown, Pat - BTech, MSc

Clutterbuck, David - BSc

Conner, James - AB, MD, PhD

Demicco, Elizabeth - SB, MD, PhD

Dickson, Brendan C. - BSc, MSc, MD

Dmetrichuk, Jennifer - BS, MBChB, PhD

Downes, Michelle - MD

Faragalla, Hala - MS, MD, MBChB

Ferenbok, Joseph - PhD, PhD

Gandhi, Rajiv - BSc, MSc, MD

Gao, Andrew - BSc, MSc, MD

Gauda, Estelle - MD

Greenblatt, Ellen - BSc, MD

Greenfeld, Elena - MD, PhD

Gubbay, Jonathan B. - BSc, MBBS, MSc

Hamilton, Scot - BS, MS, PhD

Hojilla, Carlo - BS, MD, PhD

Hurtig, Mark - MSc, DVM

Johnstone, Jennie - BSc, MD, PhD

Jones, Claire - BSc, MD

Jung, Benjamin - BS, MS, PhD

Keating, Sarah - MSc, MD

Kiernan, Jeffrey - BSc, MSc, PhD

Kingdom, John - DipCH, MB, MD

Kongkham, Paul - BSc, MD, PhD

Konvalinka, Ana - DrMed

Kozak, Robert Andrew - BSc, DPhil

Kulasingam, Vathany - BSc, PhD

Lerner-Ellis, Jordan - BS, PhD

Li, Ren-Ke - MHSc, MSc, MD, PhD

Liu, Kimberly - BA, MD

Lu, Fang-I - MD

Madjunkova, Svetlana - MSc, MD, PhD

Marshall, Christian - BS, PhD

McKee, Trevor D. - BSc, PhD

Melano, Roberto - MSc, PhD

Millar, Adam - BSc, MSc, MD

Moraes, Theo - MD

Moskovtsev, Sergey - MD, PhD

Mullen, J. Brendan - BSc, MD

Munoz, David - MSc, MD

Nofech-Mozes, Sharon - MD

Noor, Abdul - BS, MPH, PhD

Paprica, Alison - DSc

Parks, William - AB, MD

Pasic, Maria - BS, PhD

Pavenski, Katerina - BSc, MD

Pendergrast, Jacob - BSc, MD

Philpott, Dana - BS, PhD

Pollanen, Michael - BSc, MD, PhD

Richard-Greenblatt, Melissa - BSc, PhD

Riddell, Robert - LMCC, LRCP, MBBS

Rouzbahman, Marjan - MD

Sakhdari, Ali - MSc, MD

Seidman, Michael - BA, MD, MPH, PhD

Selvaratnam, Rajeevan - BS, PhD

Shapiro, Heather - BSc, MD

Sherman, Christopher - BSc, MD

Siddiqui, Iram - MS, MBBS

Sierra, Sony - BSc, BSc(OT), MSc, MD

Snelgrove, John - BSc, MSc, MD

Somers, Gino - MBBS, BMedSc, PhD

Spears, Melanie - BS, PhD

Stavropoulos, Dimitri James - BSc, MSc, PhD

Stockley, Tracy - BSc, PhD

Sung, Hoon-Ki - MD, MS, PhD

Tadros, Manal - MS, MBChB, PhD

Taher, Jennifer - BSc, PhD

Tein, Ingrid - MD

Thu, Kelsie - BSc, PhD

Tsoi, Kim - BASc, MD, PhD

Tsui, Hubert - BSc, MD, PhD

Weinreb, Ilan - MD

Wilson, Gavin Walter - MS, BMedSc, PhD

Yoon, Ju-Yoon - BSc, MSc, MD

Zhang, Lingxin - MBBS

LMP: Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology MSc, PhD Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please check the departmental website for course availability.

Course Code	Course Title
LMP1001H	Student Seminar I
LMP1002H	Student Seminar II
LMP1003H	Student Seminar III
LMP1005H	Fundamentals of Research Practice
LMP1100H	Cellular Imaging in Pathobiology
LMP1101H	Basic Concepts in Inflammatory/Autoimmune Arthritis
LMP1102H	Clinical Concepts in Inflammatory/Autoimmune Arthritis
LMP1103H	Tissue Injury, Repair, and Regeneration
LMP1104H	Current Understanding of Ischemic Heart Disease
LMP1105H	Current Understanding of Atherosclerosis
LMP1106H	Molecular Biology Techniques
LMP1107H	Bioinformatics in LMP
LMP1108H	Genomic Analysis in Medicine
LMP1109H	Advanced Concepts in Cancer Biology
LMP1110H	Neural Stem Cells: Brain Development and Maintenance
LMP1111H	Introduction to R and the Analysis of Single Cell Data
LMP1200H	Neoplasia
LMP1201H	Research Techniques in Molecular Biology and Pathobiology
LMP1202H	Inflammation, Immunity, and Immunopathology of Atherosclerosis
LMP1203H	Analytical Clinical Biochemistry: Basic Principles
LMP1204H	Translational Research in Pathobiology
LMP1205H	The Role of Genomics in the Era of Personalized Medicine
LMP1206H	Next Generation Genomics in Clinical Medicine
LMP1207H	Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, and Their Clinical Applications
LMP1208H	Molecular Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
LMP1209H	Neurodegenerative Disease — Mechanisms, Models, and Methods
LMP1210H	Basic Principles of Machine Learning in Biomedical Research
LMP1300Y	General and Special Pathology

LMP: Laboratory Medicine MHSc Courses

Not all courses are offered every year. Please check the departmental website for course availability.

Core Courses

Course Code	Course Title
LMP2000H	Cell and Molecular Biology
LMP2001H	Biomedical Research Methods
LMP2002H	Clinical Laboratory Management
LMP2003H	Biomedical Ethics
LMP2004H	Biostatistics
LMP2005Y	Capstone Project in Laboratory Medicine

Clinical Embryology Courses

Course Code	Course Title
LMP2006H	Individual Reading/Research Course
LMP2100H	Advanced Reproductive Physiology and Pathology
LMP2102H	Foundations in ART (Assisted Reproductive Technology)
LMP2103H	Reproductive Genetics
LMP2104H	Applied Methods in ART
LMP2105H	Innovations in ART
LMP2106H	Current Topics in Causes and Treatment of Infertility
LMP2107H	Applied ART Laboratory Decision Making
LMP2108H	Clinical Embryology Laboratory Simulation I
LMP2109H	Clinical Embryology Laboratory Simulation II
LMP2110H	ART Lab Rotations
MSC1008H	Advanced Human Embryology and Teratology

Pathologists' Assistant Courses

Course Code	Course Title
LMP2006H	Individual Reading/Research Course
LMP2200H	Basic Principles in Human Pathobiology and Pathophysiology
LMP2201H	Anatomy and Pathology of Organ Systems
LMP2202H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology I
LMP2203H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology II
LMP2204H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology III
LMP2205H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology IV
LMP2206H	Practicum in Autopsy Pathology
LMP2207H	Practicum in Forensic Pathology
LMP2208H	Biobanking for Research
LMP2209H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology V
LMP2210H	Practicum in Surgical Pathology VI
LMP2211H	Advanced Anatomy Dissection

LMP: Translational Research in the Health Sciences MHSc Courses

Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title
LMP2300Y	Foundations in Translational Research
LMP2301Y	Projects in Translational Research
LMP2320H	Overview of Methods in Practices and Contexts
LMP2322H	Information, Media, and Communication Literacy for the Sciences
LMP2330Y	Capstone Project in Translational Research

Modular Courses (Credit/No Credit; 0.25 FCE each)

Course Code	Course Title
LMP2340H	Project Management I
LMP2341H	Project Management II
LMP2342H	Intellectual Property Fundamentals
LMP2343H	Applied Intellectual Property
LMP2344H	Translational Thinking
LMP2345H	Procurement, Privacy, and Regulatory Affairs
LMP2346H	Grant Writing
LMP2347H	Economics of Healthcare
LMP2348H	Knowledge Translation and the Community
LMP2349H	Student Work and Research Module (SWARM)
LMP2350H	Professionalism
LMP2351H	Leadership
LMP2352H	Intrapreneurship, Entrepreneurship, and Business Model Design
LMP2353H	Introduction to AI in Healthcare
LMP2354H	Hacking Network
LMP2355H	Business Thinking
LMP2390H	Selected Topics