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LDI

The Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research

The research arm of the Jewish General Hospital

The LDI is among Canada’s leading health research institutes. Through their fundamental and clinical investigations, our scientists and clinicians make significant discoveries, lead important provincial and national research programs, and train emerging scientists who, themselves, are recognized for the excellence of their work, contributing to the health and well-being of patients in Quebec, Canada, and around the world.

Empowering research excellence and innovation

At the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI), equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to provide people working in the LDI community with exemplary, highest quality of work and learning environments that are healthy, equitable and inclusive, free from all forms of discrimination and where every person can feel welcomed and recognized, but also involved and contributing to the present and the future of the LDI.

Discover our 200+ regular and associated investigators and their research, as well as the many services we provide across the spectrum of the research process.

We offer the 250+ graduate and postdoctoral students who come to the LDI each year an open, collaborative, and multidisciplinary training environment that fosters excellence.

The close collaboration between researchers, clinicians, and patients is at the basis of the most successful research programs and clinical trials at the LDI.

Empowering research excellence and innovation

At the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research (LDI), equity, diversity and inclusion are at the heart of who we are. We are committed to provide people working in the LDI community with exemplary, highest quality of work and learning environments that are healthy, equitable and inclusive, free from all forms of discrimination and where every person can feel welcomed and recognized, but also involved and contributing to the present and the future of the LDI.

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Emeritus

Aging, Cancer, Cancer pain, Counselling, Existential well-being, Family caregiving, Palliative Care, Psychosocial Oncology, Quality of life measurement

Clinical Epidemiology

Depression, Mental Health, Meta-analysis, Patient engagement, Prevention, Scleroderma, Screening, Systematic review, Systemic sclerosis

Emeritus

Causal inference, Decision-making, Epidemiology, Evidence synthesis, Injury, Sport

Molecular & Regenerative Medicine

Alzheimer’s disease, Amyloid beta peptide, Apo lipoprotein -(ApoJ), Beta Secretase, Clusterin, Clusterin mRNA splicing, Early growth response-1, Neurofibrillary Tangles, Synaptic loss, Tau Protein

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Cancer related infertility, Coping, Distress in cancer care, Fear of recurrence, Psychosocial issues in HPV screening, testing and the HPV vaccine, Psychosocial Oncology, Quality of life, Sexuality and satisfaction with robotic surgery in gyne-oncology patients

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Contemplative Practice, Meditation, Neurophenomenology, Placebos, Prayer, Psychedelics

Clinical Epidemiology

Cancer pharmacoepidemiology, Drug safety, Large health databases

Clinical Epidemiology

Cesarean delivery, Maternal Morbidity, Obstetrics, Perinatal Epidemiology, Prematurity, Quality of care

National Collaborations and Partnerships

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