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


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 Code Course Title
MBP1015Y0 (1.0 FCE)
Biophysics Seminar
MBP1017H (0.25 FCE) Electron Cryomicroscopy for Protein Structure Determination
MBP1200H (0.25 FCE) Scientific Exposition and Ethics
MBP1201H (0.25 FCE) Biostatistics
MBP1300H (0.25 FCE) Quantitative Cancer Genomics
MBP1301H (0.5 FCE) Radiation Oncology: Clinical and Experimental Radiobiology
MBP1302H (0.25 FCE) Structural Biology and Proteomics
MBP1303H (0.25 FCE) Cell Signaling and Metabolism
MBP1304H (0.25 FCE) Predictive Oncology and Therapeutics
MBP1305H (0.25 FCE) Experimental Models for Cancer Research
MBP1306H (0.25 FCE) Cancer Epigenetics
MBP1307H (0.25 FCE) Development, Stem Cells, and Cancer
MBP1308H (0.25 FCE) Radiation Biology and DNA Repair
MBP1309H (0.25 FCE) Clinical Imaging for Physical Scientists
MBP1310H (0.25 FCE) Cancer Immunotherapy
MBP1311H (0.25 FCE) Tumour Microenvironment
MBP1400H (0.25 FCE) Advanced Magnetic Resonance Imaging
MBP1401H (0.25 FCE) Advanced Ultrasound
MBP1402H (0.25 FCE) Biological Imaging
MBP1403H (0.25 FCE) Biophysics of Focused Ultrasound, Thermal Biophysics
MBP1404H (0.25 FCE) Basics of Cell and Molecular Biology
MBP1405H (0.25 FCE) Introduction to Bio-Microscopies
MBP1406H (0.25 FCE) Introduction to Biophotonics
MBP1407H (0.25 FCE) Magnetic Resonance Imaging — Overview
MBP1408H (0.25 FCE) Medical Device Commercialization Essentials
MBP1409H (0.25 FCE) Medical Device Innovation and Entrepreneurship
MBP1410H (0.25 FCE) Nanotechnology for Medicine
MBP1411H (0.25 FCE) Overview of Medical Imaging
MBP1412H (0.25 FCE) Ultrasound — Overview
MBP1413H (0.25 FCE) Biomedical Applications of AI
MBP1414H (0.25 FCE) Reading Special Topics
MBP1415H (0.25 FCE) Radiotherapy Physics (prerequisite: MBP1023H)
MBP1416H (0.5 FCE) Anatomy and Physiology (for Non-Specialists or Physicists)
MBP1417H (0.25 FCE) Introduction to Health Physics

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