Robarts Research Institute
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The Robarts Research Institute is a non-profit medical research facility in London, Ontario, Canada with a staff of more than 600 people. Robarts scientists include physicians and physicists, biologists and biomedical engineers, and the range of diseases they study include heart disease, stroke, diabetes, Alzheimer's disease, and many forms of cancer. It is also well known for its medical imaging research. Robarts was amalgamated with the University of Western Ontario in July of 2007. Before then, it was Canada's only independent research facility.
The institute was founded in 1986, under the guidance of neurologist Dr. Henry Barnett, most famous for his work with Aspirin as a preventive therapy for heart attack and stroke. Dr. Mark Poznasky became scientific director in 1993 and was awarded the Order of Canada in 2005 for his work. He resigned in March 2007.
Dr. Cecil Rorabeck is the interim director. Dr. Cecil Rorabeck is one of the world’s leading experts on hip and knee replacement surgery. He is a Professor and former Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery at Western and London Health Sciences Centre and has served as president of the Canadian Orthopaedic Research Society, the Canadian Orthopaedic Foundation and the Canadian Orthopaedic Association.
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Research interests include:
ALS (Lou Gehrig’s disease), Alzheimer’s disease, Arthritis, Atherosclerosis, Biomedical engineering, Biophysics, Brain chemistry/function, Brain imaging, Cancer, Cardiovascular imaging, Cell biology, Cell signalling, Cellular & micro-imaging, Clinical trials, CT imaging, DNA sequencing, Diabetes, Diagnostic imaging, Epilepsy, Functional MRI, Genetics/genomics, Heart disease, High blood pressure, Image-guided surgery & therapy, Immune responses, Immunotherapeutics, Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI), Multiple sclerosis, Musculoskeletal imaging, Organ rejection, Osteoporosis, Parkinson’s disease, Poxvirus, Schizophrenia, Spinal cord injury, Stroke, Technology transfer, Transplantation immunology, Ultrasound imaging, Virology, Xenotransplantation
