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Our People  Kingsley Chidozie Anukam, Ph.D, M.Sc, MHPM, B.MLS M.Sc. Candidate School of Basic Medical Sciences, Department of Medical Laboratory Science, The University of Benin E: kanukam@gmail.com  Jack Bend, MSc., PhD Distinguished Professor Department of Pathology, The University of Western Ontario T: 519-850-2456 Research in this laboratory is directed towards an understanding of the molecular mechanisms by which endogenous and exogenous (xenobiotic) chemicals cause toxicity, and the mechanisms by which pre-existing pathological conditions such as oxidative stress/infection, dramatically enhance this toxicity. An integrated experimental approach is used so that mechanistic observations elucidated with purified enzymes, subcellular fractions or cell culture are pursued in vivo, an approach facilitated by genomics and proteomics techniques. Current investigations are correlating genomic (gene microarray) and proteomic (protein thiolglutathione
mixed disulphides; protein sulphinic and sulphonic acids) endpoints of bilirubin toxicity with intracellular redox status
determined by confocal microscopy with novel, mutated green fluorescence proteins; evaluating the use of compounds of herbal
origin to attenuate the adverse drug effects caused by sulphamethoxazole and its electrophilic metabolites; and determining the
current exposures of members of the WIFN and AttFN to environmental contaminants for potential correlation with adverse health
outcomes such as enhanced risk for type 2 diabetes.  Jordan A. E. Bisanz, B.MSc. M.Sc. Candidate Lawson Health Research Institute Department of Microbiology & Immunology, The University of Western Ontario T: 519-646-6100 ext. 65120 E: jbisanz@uwo.ca Jordan completed a B.MSc. with honours in Microbiology & Immunology from The University of Western Ontario. He is currently enrolled in the M.Sc. program, specializing in Microbiology & Immunology, and is a recipient of a Western Graduate Research Scholarship and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship.  Alan Bocking, MD, FRCSC Gordon C. Leitch Professor & Chair, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology University of Toronto T: 416-978-2668 E: abocking@mtsinai.on.ca Dr. Alan Bocking is the Gordon C. Leitch Professor and Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at the University of Toronto. He is also the Chief of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology at Mount Sinai Hospital. Dr. Bocking is an internationally recognized expert in fields of fetal physiology as well as preterm labour. He has published over 60 articles in the peer review literature related to his research findings. He is a member of the CIHR Group Development and Fetal Health. Current research interests include the role of an abnormal vaginal flora in predisposing women to preterm labour as well as developing new diagnostic tests for true preterm labour. Dr. Bocking also collaborates with Investigators in the Department of Physiology, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia studying the role of oxidative stress in mediating fetal brain injury with maternal alcohol exposure.  Jeremy Burton, BSc, MSc, PhD, dBA Deputy Director, Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics, Lawson Health Research Institute T: 519-646-6100 ext. 61365 E: jeremy.burton@lawsonresearch.com Dr. Jeremy Burton started in probiotic research as a student of Professor Gerald Tannock at the University of Otago, New Zealand and his PhD was in part undertaken at the Nestle Research Centre in Lausanne in Switzerland. He first came as a Post Doctoral Fellow to the Lawson Health Research Institute and the University of Western Ontario and was focussed on investigating the urogenital microbiota. He returned to NZ to work for a publically listed biotech company, firstly as a Scientist developing new probiotic therapies for the upper respiratory tract and then as a Business Development Manager. He has recently returned to the probiotics group at Lawson to follow his passion of translational research in probiotics.  H.J. (Henk) Busscher, PhDProfessor-Head of Department of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Medical Sciences, University of Gronigen, Antonius, The Netherlands  Peter Cadieux, PhD Scientist Lawson Health Research Institute Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western T: 519-646-6100 ext. 61093 E: pcadieux@uwo.ca Dr. Peter Cadieux is the inaugural Miriam Burnett Research Chair in Urological Sciences and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Surgery (Urology) and Microbiology & Immunology at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at The University of Western Ontario (Western). He is also a Scientist at the Lawson Health Research Institute/St. Joseph’s Health Care, London and the Canadian Research and Development Centre for Probiotics. Dr. Cadieux is a London native and completed all of his undergraduate and graduate studies at Western. He completed a Master’s of Science degree in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology under the supervision of Dr. Michael Clarke and a PhD in the same department with Dr. Gregor Reid. In 2008, he completed a two year AUA Foundation Post-Doctoral Fellowship at Western with Drs. John Denstedt and Bing Siang Gan involving the generation of an oxalate-degrading probiotic Lactobacillus. He has over 25 peer-reviewed publications and his research interests include bacterial infections, biofilm formation, antibiotics, encrustation and infection associated with urinary tract prostheses, probiotics, bladder cancer and the etiology and prevention of urinary tract stones.  John Challis, Ph.D., D.Sc., FIBiol, FRCOG, FRSC University Professor Emeritus University of Toronto Adjunct Professor, University of British Columbia Adjunct Professor, University of Western Australia T: 416-978-4649 E: j.challis@utoronto.ca An internationally-recognized researcher in the fields of physiology, obstetrics and gynecology, Dr. Challis’ specific areas of research interest include hormone mechanisms during pregnancy, fetal and placental endocrinology and the influence of intrauterine development on disease after birth. He is a Fellow of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists and was recently elected Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. He has published more than 500 scientific papers and articles, trained more than 70 graduate students and postdoctoral fellows and has served as President of several professional associations in his field of research.
Joke completed her M.Sc degree in Medicine at the University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands in 2008. Together with Gregor Reid she worked as a principal investigator in Mwanza, Tanzania conducting a trial about bacterial vaginosis. Currently, she is publishing the data and finishing an additional master in Public Health at Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. Coming year, she will start with general practitioner training.
 Sharareh Hekmat, Ph.D. Associate Professor & Acting Chair Division of Food and Nutritional Services Brescia University College T: 519-432-8353 ext. 28254 E: hekmat@uwo.ca http://www.brescia.uwo.ca/about/our_people/our_faculty/food_ nutrition/sharareh_hekmat.html previous page 1 2 
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Joke Dols, M.Sc.
Gregory Gloor 