Our members
Tackling infectious diseases requires a multi-pronged approach that addresses challenges at the microbe, individual host, population and physical environment levels. By bringing together members from across U of T and its partner hospitals, EPIC aims to harness their diverse expertise and experiences and foster new collaborations to develop innovative responses to infectious threats.

Vanessa Allen
Sinai Health Systems
Clinical microbiology, disease diagnostics, public and global health

Artem Babaian
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computation biology, disease diagnostics, functional genomics and proteomics

Kevin Barker
Trillium Health Partners
Clinical microbiology, disease diagnostics, antimicrobial development and resistance

Reina Bendayan
University of Toronto
Drug development and delivery

Ben Blencowe
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computational biology, functional genomics and proteomics, systems biology

Isaac Bogoch
University Health Network
Antimicrobial development and resistance, disease diagnostics, epidemiology
Shelly Bolotin
University of Toronto
Clinical microbiology, epidemiology, public and global health

Don Branch
Unity Health Toronto
Disease pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions, immunology

David Brooks
University Health Network
Cancer immunity, host-pathogen interactions, immunology

John Brumell
SickKids Research Institute
Bacterial pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, immunology
Peter Carlen
University Health Network

Adrienne Chan
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Public and global health

Warren Chan
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, disease diagnostics, drug development and delivery

Ivy Cheng
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Disease diagnostics, public and global health, epidemiology

Leo Chou
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, materials science, vaccine development

Julie Claycomb
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computational biology, functional genomics and proteomics, systems biology

Alan Cochrane
University of Toronto
Viral pathogens

Leah Cowen
University of Toronto
Antimicrobial development and resistance, functional genomics and proteomics, fungal pathogens

Carolyn Cummins
University of Toronto
Antimicrobial development and resistance, drug development and delivery, microbiome
Dennis Cvitkovitch
University of Toronto

Alan Davidson
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, bioinformatics and computational biology, structural biology

Alex Ensminger
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, systems biology
Slava Epelman
University Health Network

Shaza Fadel
University of Toronto
Public and global health, epidemiology, vaccine development

Ramin Farnood
University of Toronto
Chemical engineering, materials science, mathematical modelling
David Fisman
University of Toronto
Epidemiology, mathematical modelling, public and global health

Lori Frappier
University of Toronto
Functional genomics and proteomics, host-pathogen interactions, viral pathogens
Paul Frankland
SickKids Research Institute

Jean Gariepy
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Bacterial pathogens, immunology, vaccine development
Greg German
Unity Health Toronto
Clinical microbiology

Anne-Claude Gingras
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Functional genomics and proteomics, host-pathogen interactions, immunology
Stephen Girardin
University of Toronto
Immunology

Jennifer Gommerman
University of Toronto
Immunology

Scott Gray-Owen
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, immunology, vaccine development

Jack Greenblatt
University of Toronto
Functional genomics and proteomics, host-pathogen interactions, viral pathogens

Christina Guzzo
University of Toronto Scarborough
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, viral pathogens

Ben Hatton
University of Toronto
Materials science

Susy Hota
University Health Network
Antimicrobial development and resistance, bacterial pathogens, clinical microbiology

Walid Houry
University of Toronto
Antimicrobial development and resistance, bacterial pathogens, viral pathogens

Lynne Howell
SickKids Research Institute
Bacterial pathogens, drug development and delivery, structural biology

Jean-Philippe Julien
SickKids Research Institute
Host-pathogen interactions, structural biology, vaccine development

Rupert Kaul
University Health Network
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, microbiome
Shana Kelley
University of Toronto
Disease diagnostics, drug development and delivery

Omar Khan
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, immunology, vaccine development

Robert Kozak
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Clinical microbiology, vaccine development, viral pathogens

Nelson Lee
University of Toronto
Epidemiology, public and global health, vaccine development

Céline Lévesque
University of Toronto
Antimicrobial development and resistance, bacterial pathogens, microbiome

Bowen Li
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, drug development and delivery, vaccine development

Jun Liu
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, immunology, vaccine development

Mingyao Liu
University Health Network
Bioinformatics and computational biology, disease pathogenesis, drug development and delivery
Tak Mak
University Health Network
Immunology
Thierry Mallevaey
University of Toronto
Immunology, microbiome

Alberto Martin
University of Toronto
Disease pathogensis, immunology, microbiome
Larissa Matukas
Unity Health Toronto
Clinical microbiology

Karen Maxwell
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, structural biology, viral pathogens
Joanne McLaurin
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Allison McGeer
Sinai Health Systems

Alison McGuigan
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, drug development and delivery
Roman Melnyk
SickKids Research Institute
Bacterial pathogens

Nicole Mideo
University of Toronto
Host-pathogen interactions, mathematical modelling

Sharmistha Mishra
Unity Health Toronto
Epidemiology, mathematical modelling, public and global health

Jason Moffatt
University of Toronto
Functional genomics and proteomics, systems biology
Philippe Monnier
University Health Network

Theo Moraes
SickKids Research Institute
Drug development and delivery, host-pathogen interactions, viral pathogens

Trevor Moraes
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, structural biology, vaccine development

Shaun Morris
SickKids Research Institute
Bacterial pathogens, public and global health, viral pathogens

Arthur Mortha
University of Toronto
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, microbiome

Javad Mostaghimi
University of Toronto

Samira Mubareka
Sunnybrook Research Institute
Clinical microbiology, public and global health, viral pathogens

Julien Muffat
SickKids Research Institute
Matthew Muller
Unity Health Toronto

William Navarre
University of Toronto
Bacterial pathogens, host-pathogen interactions, microbiome

Justin Nodwell
University of Toronto
Antimicrobial development and resistance, bacterial pathogens

Michael Norris
University of Toronto
Drug development and delivery, strucutral biology, viral pathogens

Deborah O'Connor
University of Toronto
Immunology, microbiome, public and global health
Mario Ostrowski
University of Toronto
Immunology, viral pathogens

Dana Philpott
University of Toronto
Host-pathogen interactions, immunology, microbiome

Susan Poutanen
Sinai Health Systems
Antimicrobial development and resistance, clinical microbiology, microbiome

Milica Radisic
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, materials science
Brian Raught
University Health Network
Fahad Razak
Unity Health Toronto
Epidemiology

Aaron Reinke
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computation biology, drug development and delivery, immunology
Maurice Ringuette
University of Toronto

James Rini
University of Toronto
Host-pathogen interactions, structural biology, viral pathogens
Clinton Robbins
University Health Network
Immunology

Fritz Roth
University of Toronto
Drug development and delivery, host-pathogen interactions, systems biology

Peter Roy
University of Toronto
Drug development and delivery, functional genomics and proteomics, systems biology

Kathryn Rozen-Gagnon
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computation biology, disease pathogenesis, host-pathogen interactions

Matthieu Schapira
Structural Genomics Consortium
Bioinformatics and computational biology, drug development and delivery, structural biology

Molly Shoichet
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, chemical engineering, drug development and delivery

Craig Simmons
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, disease pathogenesis, materials science

Jared Simpson
Ontario Institute for Cancer Research
Bioinformatics and computation biology

Sharon Straus
Unity Health Toronto
Epidemiology

Jennifer Taher
Sinai Health Systems
Clinical chemistry, immunology, disease pathogenesis

Mikko Taipale
University of Toronto
Functional genomics and proteomics, host-pathogen interactions, systems biology

Darrell Tan
Unity Health Toronto
Clinical trials, public and global health, viral pathogens
Vanessa Tran
Public Health Ontario
Clinical microbiology
Bebhinn Treanor
University of Toronto Scarborough
Immunology
Ashleigh Tuite
University of Toronto
Epidemiology, mathematical modelling, public and global health

Sharon Unger
Sinai Health Systems

Sharon Walmsley
University Health Network
Epidemiology, public and global health, viral pathogens

Tania Watts
University of Toronto
Immunology, viral pathogens

Jeff Wrana
Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute
Drug development and delivery

Shirley X.Y. Wu
University of Toronto
Bioinformatics and computational biology, biomedical engineering, drug development and delivery
Chris Yip
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, chemical engineering

Lidan You
University of Toronto
Biomedical engineering, disease diagnostics, disease pathogenesis
Eldad Zacksenhaus
University Health Network
Haibo Zhang
Unity Health Toronto