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Dafna Gladman, MD, FRCPC | Rheumatologist, Professor of Medicine
Director, University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Dr. Dafna Gladman received her M.D., from the University of Toronto in 1971. She completed her post‐graduate training in Rheumatology at the University of Toronto and undertook training in tissue typing with Paul Terasaki at ULCA. She started an HLA laboratory at the Wellesley Hospital in 1979. She was a staff rheumatologist at Women’s College Hospital in Toronto from 1978 to 1990 and at the Wellesely Hospital from 1990 to 1995.
Dr. Dafna Gladman is currently Professor of Medicine at the University of Toronto, and Senior Scientist at the Toronto Western Research Institute. She is Deputy Director of the Centre for Prognosis Studies in The Rheumatic Diseases, Director, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, University Health Network and co‐Director of the University of Toronto Lupus Clinic.
Vinod Chandran, MBBS, MD, DM, PhD | Rheumatologist, Associate Professor of Medicine and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
Co-Director, University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Dr. Vinod Chandran, a Rheumatologist and clinician-scientist, is an Associate Professor of Medicine & Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology at the University of Toronto, and affiliate scientist at the Krembil Research Institute, a staff physician at the University Health Network and Mount Sinai Hospitals and an associate member of the graduate faculty at the Institute of Medical Science. He co-directs the Psoriatic Arthritis Program at the University Health Network.
Dr. Chandran’s research interests lie in the genetic and molecular epidemiology of psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis, especially with respect to prognosis.
https://www.uhnresearch.ca/researcher/vinod-chandran
http://www.lmp.utoronto.ca/research/faculty-research-database/chandran-vinod
Cheryl Rosen, MD, FRCPC | Dermatologist,
Professor of Medicine
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Cheryl Rosen received her M.D. from the University of Toronto. She did her residency in internal medicine and dermatology at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rosen then did a Clinical and Research Fellowship in photobiology at the Wellman Laboratories, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard University.
Dr. Rosen is Head of the Division of Dermatology at Toronto Western Hospital, and University Health Network Hospitals. Dr. Rosen has a clinical practice at Toronto Western Hospital and is a Clinician Investigator with the Krembil Research Institute at TWH. She is a Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto. Dr. Rosen continues to work with, teach and learn from the UofT dermatology residents, and residents and medical students from across Canada.
Anne MacKinnon | Administrative Coordinator
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Sr. Esther Paeste | Phlebotomist
Angela Archer | Clinical Secretary
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Maria Morales | Administrative Coordinator
International Psoriasis and Arthritis Research Team (IPART)
Sutha Shanmugarajah | Clinical Research Coordinator
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Remy Pollock, PhD | Scientific Associate
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program - Laboratory
Daniel Pereira | Research Associate
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Fatima Abji, MSc | Research Technician
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program - Laboratory
Phyllis McGee, RN | Pharmacovigilance Nurse
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Mitchell Sutton , MSc | Biostatistician
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Julie Gagnier | Biobanking Technician
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program - Laboratory
Katerina Oikonomopoulou, PhD | Scientific Associate
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program - Laboratory
Rohan Machhar, MSc | Research Technician
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program - Laboratory
Ebrahim Aslani | Research Analyst
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Navneet Arora, RN | Clinical Trials Nurse Coordinator
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Heather Bailey | Administrative Assistant
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program
Anthony Perruccio, PhD | Clinical Epidemiologist
University of Toronto Psoriatic Disease Research Program