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Name: Cho Y. Pang, PhD, Peter C. Nelligan, MB, Christopher R. Forrest, MD
Laboratory: Plastic Surgery Research
Lab Location: The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada
Lab facilities: Large and small animal surgical facilities, isotope room, cell culture facility, microcomputers for graphic and statistical analysis, physiological lab for study of vascular tension and skin flap perfusion, chemistry lab for radioimmunoassay, radioenzymatic assay, and immunoblotting assay. Central research service facilities include histology, graphic, statistic, radiation, inter-library loan etc.

Animal Facilities: Yes
Type: large and small animal facilities.

Type of research: Pathophysiology and pharmacology of flap viability, and radiation-induced impaired bone growth and wound healing at molecular, cellular, tissue and animal levels.
Funding: Medical Research Council of Canada, Smokeless Tobacco Research Council (USA), Foundation, and Industry

Research Fellowship Available: Yes
Investigator's Name: Christopher R. Forrest, Peter C. Nelligan, and Cho Y. Pang
Project Title: Pathophysiology and pharmacology of flap viability. Cancer treatment-induced impaired wound healing. Pathophysiology and treatment of radiation-induced impaired craniofacial bone growth.
Brief Description: Investigation center on pathogenic mechanism and pharmacologic intervention/treatment.

Opportunity for student degree program: either MSc or PhD

 

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