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