McGill University
Lorraine Chalifour, PhD, Division of Experimental Medicine and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Research Interests: Molecular regulators of cardiac hypertrophy and regression; Heart disease in post-menopausal women.
Jacques Galipeau, MD, PhD, Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Human Genetics, and Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research
Research Interests: Gene and cell therapy for cancer, cardiopathy, and hemophilia; Stem cells.
Lisbet Haglund, PhD, Department of Surgery and Orthopaedic Research Lab, Royal Victoria Hospital
Research Interests: Intervertebral disc degeneration and repair; Extracellular matrix changes in the scoliotic disc
Peter F. Jarzem, MD, Department of Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, and SMBD-Jewish General Hospital
Research Interests: Spine fusion; Low back pain; Artificial intervertebral disc
Jean A. Ouellet, MD, Department of Surgery, Montreal General Hospital, and Shriners Hospital
Research Interests: Spine surgery; Idiopathic scoliosis; Artificial intervertebral disc.
Peter Roughley, PhD, Department of Human Genetics and Shriners Hospital
Research Interests: Genetic disorders of collagen and proteoglycan in bone and cartilage.
Thomas Steffen, MD, PhD, MBA, Department of Surgery and Orthopaedic Research Lab, Royal Victoria Hospital
Research Interests: Biomechanics of lumbar spine; Three-dimentional lumbar segment motion.
Maryam Tabrizian, PhD, MBA, Biomedical Engineering Department
Research Interests: Cell adhesion and biofilm formation on medical devices; Biosensors; Nanostructured biorecognition systems.
Montreal area
Gilles Beaudoin, PhD, CHUM, Hôpital Notre-Dame
Research Interests: Quantitative resonance magnetic imaging; Radiological imaging; Multi-energetic X-ray for soft tissues.
Martin Bureau, PhD, Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council Canada, Boucherville
Research interests: Bone repair and reconstruction; Cartilage repair and scaffolds; Cardiovascular and nerve regeneration grafts and scaffolds.
Sophie Lerouge, PhD, CHUM, Hôpital Notre-Dame and École de Technologie Supérieure (Université du Québec à Montréal)
Research Interests: Gas plasma sterilization; Endovascular stent-grafts; Bioactive biomaterials; Nano- and micro-patterning of surfaces for tissue engineering.
Rogerio Lima, PhD, Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council Canada, Boucherville
Research interests: Effect of thermal spray conditions on deposition and coating characteristics; Physical, microstructural, and mechanical properties of coatings; Coating performance through laboratory and in-service testing.
Michael Wertheimer, PhD, Department of Engineering Physics, Ecole Polytechnique
Research Interests: Low pressure plasma; Physics of polymers; Crystallography; Physics of solid state.
United States
James Iatridis, PhD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of Vermont
Research Interests: Intervertebral disc bioengineering; Spinal biomechanics; Viscoelastic and composite materials.
Koichi Masuda, MD, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of California, San Diego
Research Interests: Intervertebral disc; Animal models; Disc degeneration and repair; Extracellular matrix.
Europe
Mauro Alini, PhD, AO Research Institute, Davos, Switzerland
Research Interests: Cartilage and joint repair; Tissue engineering.