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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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