Medical Biophysics

Medical Biophysics: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Medical Biophysics

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

The Department of Medical Biophysics is an interdisciplinary graduate department dedicated to fundamental and translational research in biomedicine, with a particular focus on cancer. Research is carried out in the extensive facilities provided in the Princess Margaret Cancer Centre, Sunnybrook Research Institute, and the Hospital for Sick Kids Research Institute, as well as at other hospital locations.

The department accepts students in the biological and life sciences as well as in physics, engineering, and the mathematical sciences. It offers opportunities for research addressing fundamental problems in medical science: projects which cut across the conventional boundaries of biology, physics, engineering, chemistry, and medicine are encouraged. The department focuses on basic and applied research related to cancer, but also addresses neuroscience and cardiovascular medicine. Medical Biophysics research themes include biomedical imaging, cancer diagnosis and therapy, cancer mechanisms and models, cardiovascular sciences, data science and computational biology, image-guided therapy and device development, neuroscience, stem cells and regenerative medicine, and structural biology. For detailed information, please visit the departmental website.

Contact and Address

Web: medbio.utoronto.ca
Email: medbio.info@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 634-8751 or (416) 634-8755

Department of Medical Biophysics
MaRS Centre, Princess Margaret Cancer Research Tower
101 College Street, Suite 15-701
Toronto, Ontario M5G 1L7
Canada

Medical Biophysics: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Ailles, Laurie - PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)
Akens, Margarete - DVM, PhD
Andrews, David - PhD
Arrowsmith, Cheryl - BSc, PhD
Attisano, Liliana - BSc, PhD
Bjerknes, Matthew - BSc, MSc, PhD
Bratman, Scott - MD, PhD
Burns, Peter - BSc, PhD
Chan, Steven - MD, PhD
Chen, Jean - PhD
Chiew, Mark - PhD
Cunningham, Charles - BSc, MSc, PhD (Uptown Vice-Chair)
Czarnota, Gregory - MD, PhD
DaCosta, Ralph - PhD
Danska, Jayne - AB, PhD
De Carvalho, Daniel - PhD
Demore, Christine - PhD
Diamandis, Phedias - BS, MD, PhD
Edwards, Aled - BSc, PhD
Filmus, Jorge - MSc, PhD
Foster, Stuart - BSc, MSc, PhD
Fraser, Paul - BSc, MSc, PhD
Gallie, Brenda - MD
Gariepy, Jean - BSc, PhD
Goertz, David - MSc, PhD
Goubran, Maged - PhD
Graham, Simon - BSc, PhD
Haibe-Kains, Benjamin - PhD
Hakem, Razq - PhD
Harding, Shane - PhD
He, Housheng - PhD
Hoffman, Michael - PhD
Hope, Kristin - PhD
Huang, Annie - MD
Hynynen, Kullervo - BSc, MS, PhD
Ikura, Mitsuhiko - BSc, PhD
Irwin, Meredith - MD
Iscove, Norman - MD, PhD
Jaffray, David - BSc, PhD
Jones, Courtney - PhD
Jurisica, Igor - PhD, CRC
Keller, Gordon - PhD
Kerbel, Robert - BSc, PhD
Khokha, Rama - BSc, MSc, PhD
Kirsch, David - BSc, MD, PhD
Kislinger, Thomas - PhD
Koritzinsky, Marianne
Lau, Angus - PhD
Leong, Hon - MSc, PhD
Lerch, Jason - BA, PhD
Lilge, Lothar - DipPhy, PhD (Downtown Graduate Coordinator)
Lin, Fa-Hsuan - PhD
Liu, Fei-Fei - MD
Liu, Geoffrey - BSc, MSc, MD
Liu, Stanley - MD, PhD
Lok, Benjamin - BSc, MD
Lupien, Mathieu - PhD
Macgowan, Christopher - BSc, MSc, PhD
MacIntosh, Bradley - PhD
Mak, Tak - BSc, MSc, PhD
Malkin, David - MD (Associate Chair)
Marsden, Philip - MD
Martel, Anne - BSc, PhD
Mazhab-Jafari, Mohammad - MSc, PhD
Mcglade-Dolson, Jane - BSc, PhD
McIntosh, Chris - PhD
Moody, Alan - BA, MA, MBBS
Near, Jamie - BSE, PhD
Nieman, Brian - PhD
Notta, Faiyaz - MS, PhD
O'Brien, Catherine - BSc, MSc, DrMed, PhD
O'Reilly, Meaghan - MS, PhD (Uptown Graduate Coordinator)
Paige, Christopher - BSc, PhD
Penn, Linda - BSc, PhD
Prive, Gil - BSc, PhD
Pugh, Trevor - PhD
Purdie, Thomas - BSc, PhD
Ramaswamy, Vijay - MD
Raught, Brian - BS, MS, PhD
Reedijk, Michael - BSc, MSc, MD, PhD
Rink, Alexandra - BSc, PhD
Ross, Bernhard - DipIng, PhD
Rottapel, Robert - BA, MD
Rubinstein, John - BSc, PhD, PhD
Santyr, Giles - PhD
Schimmer, Aaron - MD, PhD
Seuntjens, Jan - PhD
Sled, John - BASc, MEng, PhD (Downtown Vice-Chair)
Spaner, David - PhD
Stambolic, Vuk - BSc, MSc, PhD
Stanisz, Greg - PhD (Uptown Graduate Coordinator)
Stefanovic, Bojana - BASc, PhD
Strother, Stephen - BSc, MS, PhD
Tabori, Uri - MBBS
Taylor, Michael - BSc, DrMed, PhD
Tiedemann, Rodger - MBChB, PhD
Tikhonova, Anastasia - PhD
Trudel, Suzanne - MSc, MD
Tsao, Ming-Sound - BSc, MD
Uludag, Kamil - PhD
Vitkin, Alex - BASc, MASc, PhD
Weersink, Robert - BSc, PhD
Wilson, Brian - BSc, PhD
Wong, Chong Shun - MD
Woodgett, James - BSc, PhD
Wright, Graham - BSc, MSc, PhD
Yaffe, Martin - BSc, MSc, PhD
Zacksenhaus, Eldad - PhD
Zarrine-Afsar, Arash - BSc, PhD
Zheng, Gang - MSc, PhD

Members Emeriti

Boyd, Norman - MD
Chakrabartty, Avijit - BSc, MSc, PhD
Hedley, David - MD
Henkelman, Mark - BSc, MSc, PhD
Julius, Michael - BSc, PhD
Minden, Mark - MD, PhD
Ottensmeyer, Peter - BASc, MA, PhD
Pai, Emil - PhD
Plewes, Donald - BSc, MSc, PhD
Rauth, A. Michael - BSc, PhD

Associate Members

Bissonnette, Jean-Pierre - PhD
Chao, Tzu Cheng - PhD
Coolens, Catherine - BS, MB, PhD
Courtot, Melanie - PhD
Gaiti, Federico - MSc, PhD
Gaiti, Federico - MSc, PhD
Hysi, Eno - MSc, PhD
Kumar, Sushant - BTech, PhD
Michael, Iacovos - MSc, PhD
Nguyen, Long - MD
Qian, Chenxi - PhD
Rose, David - BA
Schwartz, Gregory - MSc, PhD

Medical Biophysics: Medical Biophysics MSc, PhD Courses

Each September the department publishes a list of specific modules available to students during the following two academic years. Please consult with the department.

Course CodeCourse Title
Biophysics Seminar
MBP1017HElectron Cryomicroscopy for Protein Structure Determination
MBP1200HScientific Exposition and Ethics
MBP1201HBiostatistics
MBP1300HQuantitative Cancer Genomics
MBP1301HRadiation Oncology: Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology
MBP1302HStructural Biology and Proteomics
MBP1303HCell Signaling and Metabolism
MBP1304HPredictive Oncology and Therapeutics
MBP1305HExperimental Models for Cancer Research
MBP1306HCancer Epigenetics
MBP1307HDevelopment, Stem Cells, and Cancer
MBP1308HRadiation Biology and DNA Repair
MBP1309HClinical Imaging for Physical Scientists
MBP1310HCancer Immunotherapy
MBP1311HTumour Microenvironment
MBP1400HAdvanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MBP1401HAdvanced Ultrasound
MBP1402HBiological Imaging
MBP1403HBiophysics of Focused Ultrasound, Thermal Biophysics
MBP1404HBasics of Cell and Molecular Biology
MBP1405HIntroduction to Bio-Microscopies
MBP1406HIntroduction to Biophotonics
MBP1407HMagnetic Resonance Imaging — Overview
MBP1408HMedical Device Commercialization Essentials
MBP1409HMedical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MBP1410HNanotechnology for Medicine
MBP1411HOverview of Medical Imaging
MBP1412HUltrasound — Overview
MBP1413HBiomedical Applications of AI
MBP1414HReading Special Topics
MBP1415HRadiotherapy Physics
MBP1416HAnatomy and Physiology (for Non-Specialists or Physicists)
MBP1417HIntroduction to Health Physics