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
Bains, Jaideep - BSc, SM, PhD
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
Caniggia, Isabella - MD, PhD
Carlen, Peter - MD
Cherney, David - MD, PhD
Collingridge, Graham - BSc, PhD
Connelly, Kim - MBBS, PhD
Cox, Brian - 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
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 - DSc, PhD
Hay, Etay - BSc, MSc, PhD
Heximer, Scott - PhD
Hill, Sean - BA, PhD
Horner, Richard - BSc, PhD
Husain, Mansoor - MB, MD
Hutchison, William Duncan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Ivakine, Evgueni (Zhenya) - MSc, MSc, PhD
Jia, Zhengping - PhD
Jin, Tianru - PhD
Jones, Nicola - MD
Josselyn, Sheena - MA, PhD
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
Li, Ren-Ke - MD, MHSc, MSc, 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
Nostro, Cristina - MSc, PhD
Orser, Beverley - MD, PhD
Palmert, Mark - MD
Peever, John - MSc, PhD
Post, Martin - PhD
Prescott, Steven - BSc, MD, MSc, PhD
Rocheleau, Jonathan - BSc, PhD
Rosenblum, Norman - MD
Salter, Michael - MD, PhD
Seed, Mike - MBBS
Sessle, Barry - BDS, BS, MDS, PhD
Skinner, Frances - PhD
Steinberg, Benjamin - MD, 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
Wang, Lu-Yang - PhD (Vice Chair, Academic - Graduate)
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, MD, MSc, PhD
Atwood, Harold - BA, MA, DSc, PhD, FRSC
Bocking, Alan - MD
Brubaker, Patricia - BSc, PhD
Casper, Robert - MD
Challis, John - BSc, DSc, PhD, FRSC
Charlton, Milton - BSc, MSc, PhD
Dostrovsky, Jonathan - BSc, MSc, PhD
Fisher, Joseph - MD
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

Ameis, Stephanie - BA, MD, MSc
Balki, Mrinalini - MBBS
Chauhan, Vijay - MD
De Pitta, Maurizio - SM, PhD
Friedberg, Mark - MD
Goligher, Ewan - DrMed, PhD
Gonska, Tanja - MD
Lankarany, Milad - PhD
MacDonald, Tara - BSc, MSc, PhD
Mazer, Cyril David - MD
McKinnon, Nicole - MS, MD, PhD
McVey, Mark - BSc, MSc, MD
Miliotis, Helen - BSc, PhD (Director, MHSc in Medical Physiology)
Ni, Heyu - MSc, MD, PhD
O'Brien, Catherine - BSc, MSc, DrMed, PhD
Pierro, Agostino - MD
Prentice, Kacey - BSc, PhD
Ramsey, Amy - PhD
Shynlova, Oksana - MSc, 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 CodeCourse Title
Developmental Cardiovascular Physiology
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Molecular Biology and Heart Signal Transduction
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Hormones
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Heart Function
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Vascular
Advanced Research in Cardiovascular Sciences — Microvascular Medicine
Advanced Topics in Cardiovascular Sciences — Systems Biology
JPB1071HAdvanced Topics: Computational Neuroscience
Advanced Topics: Cellular and Molecular Neurobiology
MSc Seminars in Physiology
Advanced Topics: the Gastrointestinal Epithelium
Advanced Topics: Neuroendocrinology
Advanced Topics: Experimental Cell Physiology
Advanced Topics: Metabolic Disorders
Advanced Topics: Respiration
Advanced Topics: Systems Biology in Physiology
Advanced Topics: Somatosensory and Pain Neuroscience
Advanced Topics: The Hippocampus from Cell to Behaviour
Advanced Topics: Critical Assessment of Ion Channel Function
Research Grant Proposal
Advanced Topics: Advances and Techniques in Developmental Physiology
Advanced Topics: Molecular Basis of Behaviour
Advanced Topics: Hormone Action
Advanced Topics in the Neural Basis for Sensation
Biology in Time
Advanced Topics: Investigative Developmental Physiology
Comparative Systems Approach to Diving Physiology
PhD Seminars in Physiology
Seminars and Graduate Professional Development
Mentored Literature Review Project in Physiology
Medical Physiology Practicum
Clinical Physiology
Big Data and Health
Collaboration and Commercialization in Physiology

Joint Graduate/Undergraduate

Course CodeCourse Title
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular
Fundamentals of Neuroscience: Systems and Behaviour
Pregnancy and Birth: From Implantation to Newborn Life
Integrative Metabolism and Its Endocrine Regulation
Theoretical Physiology
Systems Level Neuroplasticity
Mechanistic Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
Molecular and Cellular Aspects of Neural Disorders
Fundamentals of Ion Channel Function
Molecular Aspects of Cardiovascular Function