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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.

Researchers

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.

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Trainees

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.

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Patients

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

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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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Chen Liang

Liang, Chen

Molecular & Regenerative Medicine

CRISPR, HIV cure, Innate immunity, Interferon, SARS-CoV-2, Viral diseases, Viral pandemics
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Laurence J. Kirmayer

Kirmayer, Laurence J.

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Cultural psychiatry, Immigrants and refugees, Indigenous mental health, Medical and psychological anthropology, Person-centred care, Philosophy of psychiatry
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Ian Shrier

Shrier, Ian

Emeritus

Causal inference, Decision-making, Epidemiology, Evidence synthesis, Injury, Sport
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Dr. Michael Pollak

Pollak, Michael

Cancer

Cancer biology, Cancer risk, Endocrine therapies, Endocrinology, Hormones, Insulin-like-growth-factors, Metabolism, Nutrition, Oncology, Population studies
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Mark Wainberg

Wainberg, Mark

Posthumous profile

3TC, AIDS/HIV, Drug resistance, Lamivudine
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Celia M.T. Greenwood

Greenwood, Celia M.T.

Clinical Epidemiology

Biostatistics, Genetic epidemiology, Statistical genetics
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Samy Suissa

Suissa, Samy

Clinical Epidemiology

Chronic diseases, COPD, Data science, Drug safety and effectiveness, Observational studies, Pharmacoepidemiology, Real-world evidence, Research methods
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Philippe Lefrançois

Lefrançois, Philippe

Cancer

Basal cell carcinoma, Biobanking, Biomarkers, Computational biology, Dermatology, Genomics, Skin cancer, Transcriptomics, Translational research, Tumor microenvironment
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