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LDI

The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research

The research arm of the Jewish General Hospital

The LDI is among Canada’s leading health research institutes. Through their fundamental and clinical investigations, our scientists and clinicians make significant discoveries, lead important provincial and national research programs, and train emerging scientists who, themselves, are recognized for the excellence of their work, contributing to the health and well-being of patients in Quebec, Canada, and around the world.

Empowering research excellence and innovation

At the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI), equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to provide people working in the LDI community with exemplary, highest quality of work and learning environments that are healthy, equitable and inclusive, free from all forms of discrimination and where every person can feel welcomed and recognized, but also involved and contributing to the present and the future of the LDI.

Researchers

Discover our 200+ regular and associated investigators and their research, as well as the many services we provide across the spectrum of the research process.

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Trainees

We offer the 250+ graduate and postdoctoral students who come to the LDI each year an open, collaborative, and multidisciplinary training environment that fosters excellence.

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Patients

The close collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and patients is at the basis of the most successful research programs and clinical trials at the LDI.

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Empowering research excellence and innovation

At the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI), equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to provide people working in the LDI community with exemplary, highest quality of work and learning environments that are healthy, equitable and inclusive, free from all forms of discrimination and where every person can feel welcomed and recognized, but also involved and contributing to the present and the future of the LDI.

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Dr. Vicky Tagalakis

Tagalakis, Vicky

Clinical Epidemiology

Deep vein thrombosis, Pharmacoepidemiology, Population studies, Pulmonary embolism, Venous thrombosis
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Benjamin Martin

Martin, Benjamin

Cancer

Chromatin, Chromatin remodeling, Epigenetics, Gene expression, Histone acetylation, Histones, Nucleosome, RNAPII, Stem cells, Transcription
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Melissa Henry

Henry, Melissa

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Access, Biomarkers, Interventions, Mental Health, Oncology, Palliative Care, Prevention, Quality of life
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Melissa Park

Park, Melissa

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Critical and narrative phenomenology, Ethnography, Intersectoral, Neurodiversity, Participatory, Psychosocial
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Dr. Rachel Kronick

Kronick, Rachel

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Child and adolescent psychiatry, Cultural psychiatry, Ethnography, Immigrants and refugees, Mental Health, Migration policies and practices, Participatory action research
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Donna Senger

Senger, Donna

Cancer

Brain tumor microenvironment, Cancer, Drug discovery, Drug therapeutics, Fundamental research, Immunology, Innate immune cell recruitment, Neuroscience, Organ-selective metastasis, p75 neurotrophin receptor (CD271) in tumorigenesis, Pediatrics
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Colin Crist

Crist, Colin

Molecular & Regenerative Medicine

Developmental biology, Muscle stem cells, Regenerative medicine, Skeletal muscle
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Laurence J. Kirmayer

Kirmayer, Laurence J.

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Cultural psychiatry, Immigrants and refugees, Indigenous mental health, Medical and psychological anthropology, Person-centred care, Philosophy of psychiatry
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