Our People
Members of the Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research share the goal of advancing research on metabolism, obesity and diabetes at McMaster.
About Us
Leadership
Gregory Steinberg
PhD
Faculty
Medicine
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Co-Director - Centre for Metabolism, Obesity & Diabetes Research
Canada Research Chair in Metabolism and Obesity
905-525-9140
ext. 21691
gstein@mcmaster.ca
Katherine Morrison
MD, FRCPC
Faculty
Pediatrics
Co-Director - Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research
905-525-9140
ext. 75702
kmorrison@mcmaster.ca
Hertzel Gerstein
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Faculty
Medicine, Division of Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Professor
Senior Advisor - Centre for Metabolism, Obesity and Diabetes Research & Director, Division of Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
905-525-9140
ext. 73371
gerstein@mcmaster.ca
Members
Sonia Anand
MD, PhD
Faculty
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine; Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Professor
Director, Population Genomics Program
Dr. Anand is a professor of medicine and epidemiology as well as the director of the Population Genomics Program.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Environmental and genetic determinants of vascular disease in populations of varying ancestral origin; women and cardiovascular disease.
905-525-9140
ext. 21523
anands@mcmaster.ca
Laura Anderson
PhD
Faculty
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Population and public health; chronic disease prevention; child obesity; measurement; developmental origins of health and disease: women’s and children’s health; nutritional and life-course epidemiology
905-525-9140
ext. 21725
ln.anderson@mcmaster.ca
Richard C Austin
PhD
Faculty
Medicine
Professor
Amgen Canada Research Chair in Nephrology
905-522-1155
ext. 35175
austinr@mcmaster.ca
Karen Bailey
MD, FRCSC, FACS
Faculty
Surgery
Associate Professor
Associate Member, Pediatrics
905-521-2100
ext. 75231
kbailey@mcmaster.ca
Ereny Bassilious
MD, FRCPC, FAAP
Faculty
Department of Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism; Member, McMaster Education Research, Innovation & Theory (MERIT) Program
905-521-2100
ext. 75702
wedged@mcmaster.ca
Russell Brown
MD, FRCPC
Faculty
Anesthesia
Assistant Professor
(905) 521-2100 ext. 46698
russell.brown@medportal.ca
Tony Chetty
MD, FRCPC
Faculty
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Associate Professor
905-522-1155
ext. 34366
chettyv@mcmaster.ca
Russell de Souza
ScD, RD
Faculty
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Assistant Professor
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Nutrition and cardiovascular disease; methodological approaches to randomized controlled trials and meta-analyses; nutrition and early-life risk factors for chronic disease
905-525-9140
ext. 22109
desouzrj@mcmaster.ca
Martin Gibala
PhD
Faculty
Kinesiology
Professor
Department Chair, Kinesiology, Faculty of Science
905-525-9140
ext. 23591
gibalam@mcmaster.ca
Thomas Hawke
PhD
Faculty
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Professor
Associate Member - Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences; Associate Member - Kinesiology
905-525-9140
ext. 22372
hawke@mcmaster.ca
Alison Holloway
PhD
Faculty
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor
Division of Reproductive Biology
905-525-9140
ext. 22130
hollow@mcmaster.ca
Eileen K. Hutton
PhD
Faculty
Midwifery Education Program
Professor Emeritus
Centre Scientist, MMRC
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Maternal Child outcomes, intrapartum and early childhood exposures and development of the gut microbiome
Waliul Khan
PhD, FRCPath (UK)
Faculty
Pathology & Molecular Medicine
Professor
Clinical Chemistry/Immunology - Hamilton Regional Laboratory Medicine Program; Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute - Division of Gastroenterology
905-525-9140
ext. 22846
khanwal@mcmaster.ca
Joan Krepinsky
BSc, MSc, MD, FRCPC
Faculty
Medicine
Professor
Division of Nephrology
RESEARCH INTERESTS: molecular mechanisms of fibrosis in diabetic and hypertensive kidney disease
905-525-9140
ext. 34991
krepinj@mcmaster.ca
Matthew Kwan
PhD
Faculty
Family Medicine
Assistant Professor
Associate Member - Department of Kinesiology; Assistant Professor - Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine Niagara Regional Campus
905-525-9140
ext. 28412
kwanmy@mcmaster.ca
Vladimir Ljubicic
Phd
Faculty
Kinesiology
Assistant Professor
Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Neuromuscular Plasticity in Health and Disease
905-525-9140
ext. 24517
ljubic@mcmaster.ca
Andrew McArthur
PhD
Faculty
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
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Associate Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 21663
mcarthua@mcmaster.ca
Sarah McDonald
MSc, MD, FRCSC
Faculty
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Maternal and Child Obesity Prevention and Intervention
905-525-9140
ext. 26622
mcdonals@mcmaster.ca
Natalia McInnes
MD, MSc, FRCPC
Faculty
Medicine
Associate Professor
Endocrinology & Metabolism
905-521-2100
ext. 73794
natalia.mcinnes@mcmaster.ca
David Meyre
PhD
Faculty
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Associate Professor
Dr Meyre is an internationally recognized expert in genetic epidemiology of metabolic diseases.
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Genetic epidemiology; identification of novel susceptibility genes using high-throughput sequencing / genotyping approaches in populations representative of the worldwide ethnic background; a better understanding of the physiological and molecular mechanisms underlying the development of metabolic diseases; the interactions between genes and specific environmental exposures; and the usefulness of genetic information in clinical applications (prevention and care)
905-525-9140
ext. 26802
meyred@mcmaster.ca
Michael Noseworthy
PhD
Faculty
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 23727
nosewor@mcmaster.ca
Nikhil Pai
MD, FAAP, FRCPC
Faculty
Pediatrics
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Assistant Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 75637
pain@mcmaster.ca
Guillaume Pare
MD, MSc
Pathology and Molecular Medicine & Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Associate Professor
Director, Medical Biochemistry Postgraduate Education Program
RESEARCH INTERESTS: genetic and molecular epidemiology
905-525-9140
ext. 40356
pareg@mcmaster.ca
Stuart Phillips
PhD
Faculty
Kinesiology
Professor
Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Muscle Health
905-525-9140
ext. 24465
phillis@mcmaster.ca
Marie Pigeyre
MD, PhD
Faculty
Medicine
Assistant Professor
Investigator, Genetics, Population Health Research Institute
Zubin Punthakee
MD, FRCPC, ABIM
Faculty
Medicine
Associate Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 22823
punthz@mcmaster.ca
Elyanne Ratcliffe
PhD
Faculty
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 73455
ratcli@mcmaster.ca
Constantine Samaan
MD
Faculty
Pediatrics, Division of Endocrinology
Associate Professor
905-521-2100
ext. 73716
samaanc@mcmaster.ca
Jonathan Schertzer
PhD
Faculty
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Associate Professor
Experimental and preclinical approaches to understand the link between the immune and metabolic systems
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Linking inflammation and bacterial sensors to obesity and metabolic diseases.; inflammatory basis of myopathies
905-525-9140
ext. 22254
schertze@mcmaster.ca
Diana Sherifali
RN, PhD, CDE
Faculty
Nursing
Associate Professor
Clinical Nurse Specialist in the Diabetes Care and Research Program - Hamilton Health Sciences; Co-Director - McMaster Evidence Review and Synthesis Centre
905-525-9140
ext. 21435
dsherif@mcmaster.ca
Deborah Sloboda
PhD
Faculty
Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences
Professor
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Perinatal Programming
RESEARCH INTERESTS: - Perinatal programming - Reproduction - Metabolism
905-525-9140
ext. 22250
sloboda@mcmaster.ca
Jennifer Stearns
PhD
Faculty
Medicine
Assistant Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 26966
stearns@mcmaster.ca
Michael Surette
PhD
Faculty
Medicine
Professor
Canada Research Chair in Interdisciplinary Microbiome Research
905-525-9140
ext. 21964
surette@mcmaster.ca
Mark Tarnopolsky
MD, PhD, FRCPC
Faculty
Pediatrics
Professor
Division Head, Neuromuscular and Neurometabolic Disease
905-525-9140
ext. 75226
tarnopol@mcmaster.ca
Jean-Éric Tarride
PhD
Faculty
Health Research Methods, Evidence, and Impact
Associate Professor
Director, Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis
RESEARCH INTERESTS: methods for the economic evaluation of health technologies; treatment of uncertainty in health technology assessments
905-525-9140
ext. 37024
tarride@mcmaster.ca
Brian Timmons
PhD
Faculty
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
Canada Research Chair in Child Health & Exercise Medicine
905-525-9140
ext. 77218
timmonbw@mcmaster.ca
Bernardo Trigatti
PhD
Faculty
Biochemistry & Biomedical Sciences
Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 40744
trigatt@mcmaster.ca
Gita Wahi
MD, FRCPC
Faculty
Pediatrics
Associate Professor
905-525-9140
ext. 73584
wahig@mcmaster.ca
Administration
Elizabeth Gunn
MSc
Staff
Pediatrics
Clinical Research Coordinator
905-525-9140
ext. 28083
gunne@mcmaster.ca