Medical Science

Medical Science: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Biomedical Communications

MScBMC

  • Fields:
    • Biomedical Media Design;
    • Biomedical Visualization Design

Medical Science

MSc and PhD

  • Fields:
    • Bioethics;
    • Biomedical Science;
    • Clinical Science;
    • Health Professions Education;
    • Population Health/Health Services;
    • Radiation Oncology

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

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

Diploma Programs

Graduate Diploma in Health Research

GDipHR

Overview

With over 600 faculty and 550 students, the Institute of Medical Science (IMS) was established to foster education and scholarship in the Clinical Departments of the Faculty of Medicine. IMS specializes in translational research with a strong emphasis on bench-to-bedside clinical applications. Degree candidates have the opportunity to conduct research in one of four training areas: bio-medical science; clinical science; health systems and services; and population health. Graduates have been appointed to positions as academics and health-care professionals in universities, government, and industry.

Contact and Address

Medical Science Program

Web: ims.utoronto.ca/core-team
Telephone: (416) 946-8286
Fax: (416) 971-2253

Institute of Medical Science
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building
Room 2374, 1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Biomedical Communications Program

Web: bmc.med.utoronto.ca
Email: bmc.info@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (905) 569-4849

Master of Science in Biomedical Communications
University of Toronto Mississauga
HSC 308, 3359 Mississauga Road
Mississauga, Ontario L5L 1C6
Canada

Graduate Diploma in Health Research

Web: md.utoronto.ca/graduate-diploma-health-research-gdiphr
Email: gdip.hres@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 946-7866

Graduate Diploma in Health Research
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building
Room 2256, 1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Medical Science: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Advani, Andrew - MBChB, PhD
Agarwal, Sri Mahavir - MD, PhD
Agur, Anne - BSc, MSc, PhD
Akbari, Mohammad - MD, PhD
Al-Omran, Mohammed - MSc, MD, MBBS
Alain, Claude - BA, MA, PhD
Alibhai, Shabbir - MD
Allard, Johane - MD
Ameis, Stephanie - BA, MD, MSc
Andrade, Danielle - MD, MSc
Aspuru-Guzik, Alan - PhD
Astell, Arlene - BSc, PhD
Bagby, Michael - BA, MA, PhD, PhD
Baker, Andrew - MD, MD
Baker, Andrew - MHSc, MD
Barr, Cathy - BSc, PhD
Barron, David - MD
Barua, Moumita - DrMed
Bassett, Anne - BSc, MD
Batt, Jane - MD, PhD
Battaglia, Marco - BA, DrMed
Baxter, Nancy - DrMed, PhD
Bayoumi, Ahmed - MD, MSc
Bendayan, Reina - BScPhm
Bhat, Mamatha - MD, Mmed
Black, Sandra - BSc, MD
Blumberger, Daniel - BA, BA, MSc
Boggild, Andrea - BSc, MD, MSc
Boileau, Isabelle - PhD
Boulos, Mark - BSc, MD
Brill, Julie - PhD
Brochard, Laurent - MD
Brown, Theodore - BSc, PhD
Brydges, Ryan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Castle, David - MD, MBChB, MSc
Cattral, Mark - BScMed, MD, MSc
Cescon, David - BSc, MD
Chandran, Vinod - MBBS, PhD
Chapman, Kenneth - MD, MSc
Chauhan, Vijay - MD
Cheema, Asim - MBBS
Chen, Robert - MB
Cherney, David - MD, PhD
Cheyne, Douglas - BSc, MA, PhD
Chow, Chung-Wai - MD, PhD
Chung, Frances - MBBS
Clarke, Hance - MD, MSc
Coburn, Bryan - BSc, DrMed
Cohen, Eyal - MSc, MD
Coles, John Gordon - MD
Connelly, Kim - MBBS, PhD
Croitoru, Ken - MDCM
Cusimano, Michael - MD, MHPE, PhD
Cypel, Marcelo - DrMed
Das, Sunit - DrMed
Dawson, Laura - MD
De Luca, Vincenzo - MD, PhD
Diaconescu, Andreea - PhD
Dimaras, Helen - BSc, PhD
Dlamini, Nomazulu - MBBS
dos Santos, Claudia - MD, MSc
Downar, Jonathan - MD
Dror, Yigal - MD
Drucker, Daniel - MD
Eder, Lihi - DrMed
Esplen, Mary Jane - BScN, MSN, PhD, PhD, RN
Eubanks, James - AA, BSc, PhD
Faiz, Maryam - PhD
Fan, Eddy - BSc, MD, PhD
Fasano, Alfonso - MD, PhD
Fehlings, Michael - MD, PhD, LMCC
Feinstein, Anthony - MBChB, PhD
Feldman, Brian - MD
Feusner, Jamie - BS, MD
Fish, Joel Steven - BSc, MSc, MD
Fleshner, Neil - MD, MPH, LRCP
Flint, Alastair - ChB
Floras, John - MD, DPhil
Forrest, Christopher Robert - BSc, MD, MSc
Foussias, George - BSc, MSc, DrMed, PhD
Fremes, Stephen - BA, MD, MSc
Furlan, Andrea - MD, PhD
Gagliardi, Anna - BSc, BE, MLS, MSc, PhD
Gaisano, Herbert - BS, MD
Galea, Liisa - BSc, AM
Gallinger, Steven - MD, MSc
George, Tony - BSc, MD
Gerretsen, Philip - MD, MSW, PhD
Ginsburg, Shiphra - MD, MEd
Gladdy, Rebecca - DrMed, PhD
Gladman, Dafna - MD
Goldenberg, Neil - BSc, MD, PhD
Graff-Guerrero, Ariel - MD
Grantcharov, Teodor - DrMed, PhD
Granton, John - BS, MD
Griffiths, John - BSc, MSc, PhD
Grunebaum, Eyal - MD
Guerguerian, Anne Marie - MD
Gupta, Neeru - BM
Hahn, Margaret - DrMed, PhD
Haider, Masoom - BM, MD
Hamani, Clement - DrMed, PhD
Hamilton, Jill - BSc, MD, MSc
Hamilton, Robert - BSc, MD, PhD
Haroon, Nigil - MD, MBBS, PhD
Harrison, Robert - PhD, DSc
Hawco, Colin - BSc, MSc, PhD
Haykal, Siba - BS, MD, PhD
Heon, Elise - MD, LMCC
Herrmann, Nathan - MD
Hill, Sean - BA, PhD
Hodaie, Mojgan - BSc, MD, MSc
Hodges, Brian - BA, MD, Med
Honjo, Osami - DrMed, PhD
Horner, Richard - BSc, PhD
Howard, Andrew William - BA, MD, MSc, CPSO, LMCC
Howe, Kathryn - BSc, MD, PhD
Humar, Atul - MSc, MD
Hung, Rayjean - MSc, DrMedVet, PhD
Husain, Mansoor - MB, MD
Ibrahim, George - BS, MD, PhD
Irwin, Meredith - MD
Janssen, Harry - MD, PhD
Jarvi, Keith - MD
Jenkinson, Jodie - BA, MSc, PhD
Jeschke, Marc - DrMed, PhD
Jin, Yaping - PhD
Jones, Jennifer - BA, PhD
Josselyn, Sheena - MA, PhD
Juvet, Stephen - DrMed, PhD
Kaplan, Allan - AA, BA, MD, MSc
Kaplan, David - BA, PhD
Kapus, Andras - MD, PhD
Kassner, Andrea - MSc, PhD
Katz, Joel - MA, PhD
Kaul, Rupert - MD, PhD
Keating, Armand - BSc, MD
Kennedy, James - MD
Kennedy, Sidney - BAO, MBChB, DPsych
Keshavjee, Shaf - BA, MD, MSc, LMCC
Khalvati, Farzad - MASc, PhD
Kiang, Michael - MD, PhD
Kingdom, John - DipCH, MD, MB
Kloiber, Stefan - DrMed
Kolla, Nathan - BA, MD, MA, PhD
Kontos, Pia - BA, MA, PhD
Konvalinka, Ana - DrMed
Koritzinsky, Marianne
Krzyzanowska, Monika - MD, MPH
Kucharczyk, Walter - MD
Kutryk, Michael - MD
Kwong, Jeff - BSc, MD, MSc
Lai, Meng-Chuan - MD, PhD
Le Foll, Bernard - MSc, DrMed, PhD
Lee, Douglas - DrMed, PhD
Lee, Jacques - MD, MSc
Lee, Warren - MD, PhD
Lemaire, Mathieu - MD, PhD
Leong-Poi, Howard - MD
Levinson, Wendy - BSc, MD
Levitan, Robert - MDCM, MSc
Li, Madeline - MD
Li, Ren-Ke - MD, MHSc, MSc, PhD
Librach, Clifford - MD
Licht, Christoph - MD
Lim, Andrew - BSc, MD
Lin, Fa-Hsuan - PhD
Lin, Steve - MSc, MD
Lindsay, Thomas - BSc, MDCM, MSc
Lipsman, Nir - BS, MD, PhD
Liu, Fang - PhD
Liu, Fei-Fei - MD
Liu, Geoffrey - BSc, MD, MSc
Liu, Mingyao - MD, MSc (Director)
Lok, Benjamin - BSc, MD
Mahmud, Farid - MD
Mak, Susanna - MD, PhD
Malkin, David - MD
Mamdani, Muhammad - MA, MPH
Marsden, Philip - MD
Martinu, Tereza - MD
Masellis, Mario - MD, MSc
Maunder, Robert - MD
Mazer, Cyril David - MD
McCart, Andrea - MD, MSc
McCrindle, Brian - MD
McDonald, Lynn - PhD
McIntosh, Anthony Randal - BSc, MSc, PhD
McIntyre, Roger - MD
Mertens, Luc - MD
Mikulis, David - BS, MD
Miller, Freda - BSc, PhD
Milosevic, Michael - MD
Mishra, Sharmistha - BSc, MD
Mital, Seema - MBBS
Moe, Gordon - MD
Mohammadzadeh, Gelareh - BSc, BScMed, DrMed, DPhil
Montandon, Gaspard - MSc, PhD
Moraes, Theo - MD
Morshead, Cindi - BS, PhD
Moulton, Carol-Anne - MSc, DrMed
Mucsi, Istvan - MD, PhD
Mueller, Daniel - MD
Muise, Aleixo - MD
Mulsant, Benoit - MD
Naglie, Gary - BSc, MDCM
Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy - MD
Narang, Indra - MBBS
Narod, Steven - BSc, MD
Nauth, Aaron - BSc, MSc, MD
Nolan, Robert - PhD
Orser, Beverley - MD, PhD
Osborne, Lucy - PhD
Parekh, Rulan - MD
Parshuram, Christopher - MBChB
Paterson, Andrew - BSc, MBChB
Pausova, Zdenka - MD
Pei, York - MD
Penner, Melanie - MD
Piguet, Vincent - BM, DrMed, PhD
Pollock, Bruce - BSc, MD, PhD
Popova, Svetlana - MedScD, MPH, MSD, DSW
Popovic, Milos - DipIng, PhD
Post, Martin - PhD
Qadura, Mohammad - BS, MD, PhD
Rabin, Jenny - PhD
Rajji, Tarek - MD
Rao, Vivek - MD, PhD, LMCC
Ratjen, Felix - MD
Ravindran, Arun - PhD
Ray, Joel - MSc, MD
Rehm, Jurgen - PhD
Reid, Aylin - MD
Reithmeier, Reinhart - BSc, PhD
Richards, Robin - BA, MD
Robinson, Lisa - MD
Rodin, Gary M. - BSc, MD
Rosenblum, Norman - MD
Ross, Heather - BSc, MD
Rotstein, Ori - MSc, MD
Rutka, James - BSc, MD, PhD, LMCC
Ryan, Jennifer - BS, PhD
Sadavoy, Joel - MD
Sandor, Paul - BASc, MD
Schachar, Russell James - MD
Schneider, Raphael - MD, PhD
Scholey, James - MD
Seed, Mike - MBBS
Selby, Peter - MBBS, MHSc
Selzner, Markus - MD, PhD
Semple, John - BSc, MD, MSc
Serghides, Lena - BSc, PhD
Sherman, Philip - MD
Shoichet, Molly - PhD
Silverman, Melvin - BSc, MDCH
Siminovitch, Katherine - MD
Singer, Lianne - MD
Sinyor, Mark - BSc, MSc, DrMed
Sockalingam, Sanjeev - MD
Steinberg, Benjamin - MD, PhD
Strafella, Antonio - MD, PhD
Strauss, Bradley - MD
Strauss, John - MD
Sun, Hong-Shuo - MSc, DrMed, DPhil
Swallow, Carol - BA, MD, PhD
Swartz, Richard - BSc, MD, PhD
Sweezey, Neil - BSc, MD, MD
Tabori, Uri - MBBS
Tarlo, Susan - MBBS
Tartaglia, Carmela - BA, BSc, MDCM
Tator, Charles - MA, MD, PhD
Thaut, Michael - PhD
Tripathy, Shreejoy - BSc, PhD
Trope, Graham - DOMS, MD, LMCC
Tymianski, Michael - BA, MD, PhD
Tyrrell, Pascal - BSc, MSc, PhD
Urbach, David - MSc, MD
Urowitz, Murray - MD
Valiante, Taufik - BSc, MD, PhD
Van Der Kooy, Derek - BSc, MA, PhD
van Klei, Wilhelmus - MD, MSc
Vasdev, Neil - PhD
Vincent, Ajoy - MD, MBBS
Vincent, John - PhD (Graduate Coordinator)
Vogel, Arndt - MD
Voineskos, Aristotle - MD, PhD
Vorstman, Jacob - MD, PhD
Waddell, Thomas - MD, MSc, PhD, LMCC
Walsh, Catharine - MEd, MD
Wang, Kasper - BA, MD
Warsh, Jerry - MD
Wei, Xiaolin - MD, MPH, PhD
Weksberg, Rosanna - MD, PhD
Whitehead, Cynthia - AB, MD, MHSc, PhD
Whyne, Cari - BSc, PhD
Widjaja, Elysa - MBBS, MPH, MSc
Wong, Agnes - DOMS, MD, PhD
Woo, Minna - MD
Woodside, Blake - BSc, MD, MSc
Woolridge, Nicholas - BFA, MSc
Wright, Graham - BSc, MSc, PhD
Yang, Burton - BSc, MSc, PhD
Yang, Victor - BASc, MD, MASc, PhD
Yasufuku, Kazuhiro - DrMed, PhD
Yau, Terrence - BA, MDCM, MDCM, MSc
Yeh, Ann - MD
Yeung, Rae - DrMed, MD
Yucel, Yeni - MD
Yuen, Darren - BSc, MD, PhD
Zhang, Liang - PhD
Zimmermann, Camilla - MSc, MD

Members Emeriti

Bombardier, Claire - MA, MD
Brown, Gregory - BCh, MD, DrMed
Fisher, Joseph - MD
Gorczynski, Reginald - BA, BSc, MD, MA, PhD
Kish, Stephen John - BSc, MSc, PhD
Krueger, Paul - BS, MHSc, MSc, PhD
Levy, Gary - BSc, MD
Seeman, Mary - BA, MD, MDCH
Toner, Brenda - BA, MA, PhD
Weisel, Richard - BA, MD
Wiley, Mike - BSc, MSc, PhD
Yeger, Herman - BSc, MScPhm, PhD

Associate Members

Abdullah, Nadine - BS, MD
Abi-Jaoude, Elia - BSc, MSc, MD
Abrahao Junior, Agessandro - MSc, MSc, MD
Ali, Asim - MD
Andreazza, Ana Cristina - BPhm, MSc, PhD, PhD
Andrews, Mahmutoglu - MD
Anthony, Samantha - PhD
Aoyama, Kazuyoshi - MD
Asztalos, Elizabeth - BScN
Avila, Maria Laura - MD, PhD
Ballios, Brian G. - MD, PhD
Baribeau, Danielle - BSc, MD, PhD
Barnett Tapia, Carolina - DrMed
Bartoszko, Justyna - BS, MD, MSc
Bernardini, Marcus - BSc, MD, MSc
Bhalerao, Shree - MD
Bhat, Venkat - MSc, MD
Bogoch, Isaac - BSc, MD, MSc
Bouchard, Maryse - MDCM, MS
Brull, Richard - BS, MD
Burhan, Amer - MBChB, MSc
Chan, Steven - MD, PhD
Chepeha, Douglas - MD
Cheskes, Sheldon - BSc, DrMed
Cheung, Amy - BA, MSc, MD
Cheung, Helen - BSc, MD, PhD
Chintoh, Araba - MBBS, MSc, PhD
Chow, Edward - MBBS
Cil, Tulin - BSc, MEd, DrMed
Corrin, Michael - BA, BFA, BSc, MSc
Courtney, Darren - BSc, MD
Cushing, Sharon L. - BSc, MD
Das, Anirban - MBBS
Dash, Satya - MBBS, PhD
Delgado, Diego - MD
Desarkar, Pushpal - MD
Dickie, Erin - BSc, MSc, PhD
Dryer, Marc - BA, MSc
Dunkley, Benjamin - BSc, PhD
Emmenegger, Urban - MD
Farcas, Monica - BE, ME, MD
Felsky, Daniel - BSc, PhD
Ferguson, Sarah - BSc, MD
Fischer, Corinne - MD
Floh, Alejandro - MD
Forbes, Thomas - MD
Fralick, Michael - MD, PhD
Freeman, Sloan - MD
Furlan, Julio - MSc, DrMed, PhD
Gallagher, Damien - MB, MD
Gandhi, Sonal - BSc, MSc, MD
Giacobbe, Peter - MD
Goldstein, Benjamin - MD
Goldstein, Roger - MBChB
Goligher, Ewan - DrMed, PhD
Gomez Jaramillo, David - MD, PhD
Gonska, Tanja - MD
Grant, Robert - MD
Green, Robin - PhD
Gupta, Sumit - MD
Hahn, Cecil - MD
Hannon, Breffni - MB
Harnett, Nicole - BSc
Hassan, Ahmed - MBBS
Heyn, Chris - MD, PhD
Hiraki, Linda - MS, MD, ScD
Ho, Emily - BSc(OT), MEd, PhD, PhD
Hobson, Sebastian - BMedSc, MBBS, MPH, PhD
Holden, Lori - BSc
Husain, M. Omair - MBBS
Husain, Muhammad Ishrat - MBBS
Irish, Jonathan - MSc, MD
Ivers, Noah - MD
Jibb, Lindsay - PhD
Johnson, Sindhu - BMedSc, MD, PhD
Jung, James - BS, MD, PhD
Kahr, Walter - MD
Kalyvas, Aristotelis - MD, MS, PhD
Kamath, Binita - MBBS
Karkouti, Keyvan - MD
Katzberg, Hans - BSc, MD, MSc
Kayssi, Ahmed - BA, BS, MPH, MS
Kertes, Peter - MD, MD
Kidd, Sean - PhD
Kim, Dong Hwan (Dennis) - MD, PhD
Kim, Raymond - MD
Knight, Andrea - MD
Ko, Michael - BSc, DrMed, PhD
Korczak, Daphne - BS, MD
Kridel, Robert - MPH, DrMed, PhD
Kulkarni, Abhaya - BSc, MD, PhD
Kumar, Rajat - DrMed
Kuruvilla, John - MD
Kuzyk, Paul - BSc, MD
Kwan, Jennifer - MD, ScD
Langelier, David - MD
Lankarany, Milad - PhD
Laprade, Judi - BSc(PT), BPHE, MS
Lau, Jenny - BSc, MD
Le, Trung - MD
Lebel, David - MD, MS, PhD
Lee, Jason - BSc, MHPE, MD
Lee, Sun-Ho - MD
Lheureux, Stephanie - MD, MSc, MSc, PhD
Lim, David Wai - MDCM, MEd, PhD
Lincoln, Matthew - MD, PhD
Lo, Christopher - MA, PhD
Lofters, Aisha - BSc, MD, PhD
Luk, Cynthia Theresa - MD, PhD
Lunsky, Yona - PhD
Madani, Amin - BSc, MD, PhD
Magalhaes, Marco - MSc, BDS, PhD
Mah, Linda - MHSc, MD
Mailis-Gagnon, Angela - MSc, MD
Mansur, Rodrigo - MD, PhD
Maralani, Pejman Jabehdar - MD
Matheson, Flora - BA, MA, PhD
Matsuura, Naomi - ME, PhD
Mazierski, David - BSc, MSc
Melamed, Nir - MSc, MD
Melamed, Osnat - MD, MSc
Menon, Mahesh - PhD
Milosevic, Luka - PhD
Minian, Nadia - BA, MA, MPH, PhD
Muller, Matthew - MD
Naeem, Farooq - MBBS, MSc, PhD
Nelson, Kate - MD, PhD
Nestor, Sean - MSc, MD
Neufeld, Nicholas - BSc, MSc, MD
Ng, Derek - BSc, MSc, PhD
Nolan, Brodie - MD
Nowrouzi-Kia, Behdin - BSc, MSc
Nyhof-Young, Joyce - PhD
Oh, Jiwon - BSc, MD, PhD
Oliveira, Vanessa - BSc, MSc, PhD
Orkin, Julia - MD
Ortiz, Abigail - MSc, MD
Papsin, Blake Croll - BSc, MSc, MD
Parotto, Matteo - MD, PhD
Parsons, Janet - BA, BSc(PT), MSc, PhD
Pasternak, Jesse - BS, MD, MPH
Patel, Keyur - MD, PhD
Persaud, Navindra - BA, BSc, MD, MSc
Propst, Evan - BA, MSc, MD
Ramaswamy, Vijay - MD
Reich, Heather - MDCM, PhD
Retnakaran, Ravi - MD, MSc
Riazi, Sheila - MD, MSc
Richter, Peggy - MD
Rogalla, Patrik - MD
Rozenberg, Dmitry - MD, MedScD
Rudzicz, Frank - PhD
Rueda, Sergio - AM, MSc, PhD
Sage, Andrew - BS, MS, PhD
Saharan, Shehryar - BE, MSc
Sayed, Blayne - BA, MD, PhD
Schaffer, Ayal - MD
Schuh, Suzanne - MD
Selzner-Malekkiani, Nazia - MSc, PhD
Serban, Monica - BSc, PhD
Shafiee Nyestanak, Mohammad - MD
Shaikh, Furqan - MD
Shapiro, Gilla - BA, MPA, PhD
Shore, Eliane - BA, MD
Shulman, Rayzel - MD
Silversides, Candice - MSc, MD
Sloan, Matthew - MSc, MD
Sorbara, Julia - MD
Spence, Erik - PhD
Spithoff, Sheryl - BSc, MD
Stergiopoulos, Vicky - MHSc, MD
Strug, Lisa - BA, BS, SM, PhD
Tam, Emily - MD
Tang, Victor - BSc, MSc, MD
Tannenbaum, Evan - BSc, MD, MSc
Taylor, Edward - PhD
Thavendiranathan, Paaladinesh - BSc, MD, MSc
Tobe, Sheldon - BSc, MD
Touma, Zahi - BSc, MD, PhD
Trudeau, Maureen - BSc, MD, MA
Tsang, Yat - PhD
Unger, Sharon - MD, MD
Upton, Julia - MD
Van Mieghem, Tim - MD
Vanderlaan, Rachel - BS, MD, PhD, FRSC
Verma, Atul - BSc, BScMed, MD
Voineskos, Daphne - BSc, BMedSc, DrMed
Wainberg, Michael - BASc, MSc, PhD
Wall, Shelley - BA, MA, MSc, PhD
Wasserstein, David - BSc, MD, MSc
Weisz, Dany - MD
Wentlandt, Kirsten - BSc, MD, MHSA, PhD
Witheford, Miranda - BS, MD, PhD
Witterick, Ian - DrMed
Wong, Jean - MD
Wu, Robert - MD, MSc
Yeung, Jonathan - BS, MD, PhD
Zaheer, Juveria - AB, MSc, DrMed
Zai, Gwyneth - BSc, MSc, DrMed
Zani, Augusto - MD, PhD
Zheng, Chao - BSc, PhD
Zinman, Lorne - MD, MSc
Zrenner, Brigitte - DrMed
Zwingerman, Rhonda - BSc, MD, MSc

Medical Science: Biomedical Communications MScBMC Courses

Consult the department each session regarding course offerings.

Required Courses

Course CodeCourse Title
Human Anatomy
Visual Representation of Medical Knowledge
Sequential Medical Communication
Biomedical Communications Technologies
Research Methods
Ethics and Professionalism in Biomedical Communications
Neuroanatomy for Visual Communication
Visual Representation of Processes in Human Pathology
MSC2020HVisual Representation of Biomolecular Structure and Function
MSC2023HInformation Visualization
MSC2025YMaster's Research Project for BMC

Elective Courses

Students are encouraged to take at least one of their electives in a graduate program other than Biomedical Communications.

Course CodeCourse Title
Advanced Media Design Technologies
Visual Synthesis of Medical/Scientific Process
Community-Centred Design Research
Special Topics in Biomedical Communications
MSC2013YMaster's Research Project and Paper
MSC2014HFundamentals of Scripting for Health Science Communication
Interpretive Visualization: Cinematic Design and Preproduction
Visualization Technology
MSC2022HGraphic Medicine Seminar
MSC2026HBiomedical 2D Animation and Motion Design

Medical Science: Health Research GDipHR Courses

Core Courses

Course CodeCourse Title
Supervised Research Project
Research Skills for the Physician-Scientist

Approved Elective Courses by Graduate Unit

Health Policy, Management and Evaluation (Dalla Lana School of Public Health)

Course CodeCourse Title
Introduction to Clinical Epidemiology and Health Care Research
Quantitative Methods in HSR I
Introduction to Health Services and Systems Research Theory and Methods
Independent Reading for Health Informatics

Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (Temerty Faculty of Medicine)

Course CodeCourse Title
Cellular Imaging in Pathobiology
Tissue Injury, Repair, and Regeneration
Inflammation, Immunity, and Immunopathology of Atherosclerosis
The Role of Genomics in the Era of Personalized Medicine
Next Generation Genomics in Clinical Medicine
Mass Spectrometry, Proteomics, and Their Clinical Applications
Molecular Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases
Neurodegenerative Disease — Mechanisms, Models, and Methods
LMP1504HCell and Molecular Biology of Cardiovascular Diseases
LMP1510HMolecular Biology Techniques

Medical Science (Temerty Faculty of Medicine)

Course CodeCourse Title
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Molecular Biology and Heart Signal Transduction
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Hormones and the Cardiovascular System
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Heart Function
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Vascular
Studies in Schizophrenia
Neuroimaging Methods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Biopsychosocial Basis of Mental Health and Addictive Disorders

Medical Science: Medical Science MSc, PhD Courses

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

Course CodeCourse Title
An Interdisciplinary Approach to Global Challenges
Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Molecular Biology and Heart Signal Transduction
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Hormones and the Cardiovascular System
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Heart Function
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Vascular
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Systems Biology
Topics in Developmental Biology (MSc)
Developmental Biology (PhD)
Student Seminars in Developmental Biology (PhD)
Graduate Seminar in Toxicology
Current Topics in Molecular and Biochemical Toxicology
Molecular and Biochemical Basis of Toxicology
JNP1019HBiomedical Toxicology
JNP1020HInterdisciplinary Toxicology
Fundamentals of Neuroscience — Cellular and Molecular
Fundamentals of Neuroscience — Systems and Behaviour
LMP1211HFoundations in Musculoskeletal Science
Human Anatomy
MSC1004HHealth and Pharmaceuticals
MSC1005HTherapeutic Approaches in Mood and Anxiety Disorders
Neuroanatomy
Advanced Human Embryology and Teratology
MSc Student Seminars in Translational Research
PhD Student Seminars in Translational Research
MSC1030HLearning from Data — Introduction to Study Design and Statistical Analysis Methods
Physiologic Basis of Disease
Studies in Schizophrenia
Molecular Approaches to Mental Health and Addictions
Neuroimaging Methods Using Magnetic Resonance Imaging
The Biopsychosocial Basis of Mental Health and Addictive Disorders
Introduction to Computational Biostatistics with R
MSC1100HSuccess in Graduate School: a Professional Development Module for MSc Students
MSC1101HSuccess After Graduate School: a Professional Development Module for PhD Students
MSC1102HPsychiatric Implications of Traumatic Brain Injury
MSC1103HKnowledge Translation
MSC1104HNeurodegenerative Disease
MSC1105HClinical Trials
MSC1106HGREAT Network Epidemiology, Biostatistics, and Surveillance Practicum
MSC1107HBiostatistics in a Nut Shell
MSC1108HAnimal Models of Human Diseases
MSC1109HIntroduction to Neuroimaging
MSC1110HStrategic Training in Transdisciplinary Radiation Science for 21st Century
MSC1111HStrategies for Systematic, Scoping, or Other Comprehensive Searches of Literature
MSC1113HRadiomics and Machine Learning for Medical Imaging
MSC1114HArtificial Intelligence in Medicine
MSC1115HDigital Image Analysis for Cellular Microscopy
MSC1116HIndividualized Reading/Research Course
MSC1117HLight Microscopy Basics for Life Sciences
MSC1118HNatural Language Processing for Medicine
MSC1119HEpigenetics Applications in Human Health and Disease
MSC1120HGene Expression Profiling with Real Time PCR
MSC1121HClinical Research Skills
MSC1122HStartups in the Medical Sciences
Biomedical Communications Technologies
Molecular Medicine in Human Genetic Disease
Visual Representation of Biomolecular Structure and Function
Foundations in Resuscitation Science Research
Individualized Reading/Research Course
Regenerative Medicine
PCL3100HBehavioural Pharmacology I
PCL3101HBehavioural Pharmacology II