Associate Professor, Institute of Biomedical Engineering
Department of Laboratory of Medicine and Pathobiology
Member of the Heart & Stroke/Richard Lewar Centre of Excellence
John Kiston McIvor Endowed Chair in Diabetes Research
Scientist, Division of Experimental Therapeutics, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network
Member of Ontario Institute for Regenerative Medicine (OIRM)
We are investigating how diabetes affects vessel formation (angiogenesis and arterio-venous specification) and its implications in tissue engineering for regenerative medicine. Moreover, we are investigating the direct effects of diabetes and diabetes-related drugs on crdiovascular health including human stem cell-derived cardiomyocyte organoid models.