Facilities

An introductory short list of our members’ facilities, centers and programs associated with specific research areas is given below. Please see Members section for complete listings

• Aging and Related Disorders
• Antibody Production
• Arthritis
• Assistive Devices
• Bioinformatics
• Biomaterials
• Cancer
• Cardiovascular
• Cell Therapy
• Children's Diseases
• Clinical Trials
• Diabetes
• Drug Discovery
• E-Health
• Genomics
• Health Engineering
• Histology
• Imaging
• Immunology
• Infectious Diseases
• Metabolic Disturbances
• Microscopy and Cytometry
• Neural and Sensory
• Pain
• Photonics
• Proteomics
• Psychiatric Diseases
• Risk Assessment
• Robotics
• Sleep Disorders
• Stem Cells
• Systems Biology
• Transgenics
• Women's Health

Aging and Related Disorders

The Centre for Studies in Aging (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre).  The CSiA team combines engineering and clinical skills in a multidisciplinary environment to pursue projects of practical value, which includes publishing guidelines and developing marketable products. Our research activities range from very basic to very applied.

Holland Orthopaedic and Arthritic Centre (Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre).  The Holland Orthopaedic & Arthritic Centre (HOAC) is the best known specialty centre of its kind in Canada for clinical and surgical expertise, education and research in musculoskeletal care.

Musculoskeletal diseases account for 40 per cent of all hospital visits in Canada, amounting to $16.4 billion per year. In Canada, arthritis affects four million men, women and children and is the leading cause of disability, six times more common than cancer. Three out of five people with arthritis are younger than 65.

At the HOAC we're finding ways to improve the outcomes of orthopaedic surgery - building on innovations in surgery and research.

The Institute for Life Course and Aging (University of Toronto).  The Institute for Life Course and Aging has a mandate to carry out research into the process of human development, life course and aging, population aging, and the aged, in the social, psychological and health sciences.

Quality of Life Research Unit (University of Toronto).  Quality of Life (QOL) work began in 1991 at the Centre for Health Promotion in response to a request by the Ontario Ministry of Community and Social Services for a model and instrumentation for assessing QOL among persons with developmental disabilities.

To date, several projects have been undertaken and completed, including studies of the quality of life for adults with physical disabilities, with psychiatric disabilities, and children with developmental disabilities, as well as seniors, adolescents, and adults in the general population. The Research Unit has also assisted other agencies and organizations in applying the instruments with various population groups.

Vision Science Research Program (University of Toronto, University Health Network).  Research at the Vision Science Research Program, housed at the Toronto Western Research Institute, is directed into the following areas: molecular genetics of blinding eye diseases and brain disorders; treatment, biophysics and psychophysics of glaucoma; eye movement control mechanisms; neuronal damage; retinal degeneration and diabetic retinopathy.