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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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Clinical Epidemiology

Acute to chronic pain transition, Biomarkers, Epidemiology, NCOHR, Opioids, Orofacial Pain, Pain, Pain management, Pharmacoepidemiology, Randomized clinical trials

Cancer

Cancer, Cellular stress signaling, Erythropoeisis, Gene regulation, Hematopoiesis, Inflammation, NF-kappaB, Transcription factors, Tumorigenesis

Clinical Epidemiology

Diabetes, Epidemiology, Exercise, Genetic epidemiology, Gestational diabetes, Physical activity, Polycystic ovary syndrome, Women’s health

Molecular & Regenerative Medicine

AIDS/HIV, Gene expression, Immunology, Infectious diseases, Retroviruses, RNA biology, RNA trafficking, RNA virus, Therapeutics, Virus-host interactions

Cancer

Breast cancer, Cancer predisposition, DICER1 Tumour Predisposition Syndrome (DTPS), Founder populations, Gene discovery, Genetic testing, Genetic variants, Multiple primary tumours

Cancer

Cancer, Gene expression, Gene regulation, mRNA decay, mRNA translation, Protein-protein interaction, Protein-RNA interaction, RNA binding proteins

Clinical Epidemiology

Advanced cardiac imaging, Cardiac MRI, Cardiovascular diseases, Deep learning, Echocardiography, Epidemiology, Frailty, Geriatric cardiology, Machine learning, Sarcopenia

Psychosocial aspects of disease

Cultural psychiatry, Evaluation research, Health policy, Health programs, Mental Health, Obstetric fistula, Perinatal depression, Public Health, Qualitative methods, Reproductive health

National Collaborations and Partnerships