Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies

Spotlight on Faculty

Professor Giannina Descalzi at the University of Guelph

Giannina Descalzi

Chronic pain is a debilitating condition affecting 1 in 5 humans and animals. Our research aims to address the urgent need for the development of effective therapeutic strategies to clinically alleviate chronic pain symptoms.

Email: gdescalz@uoguelph.ca

Janet Beeler-Marfisi

Janet Beeler-Marfisi

My lab studies lung disease in horses, cats, and dogs. We look for relationships between air pollution and the incidence of asthma. As well, we are developing more detailed ways of understanding how lung diseases arise, and finding more accurate methods for diagnosing them.

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Nigel Raine

Graduate students joining my team at Guelph get unrivalled opportunities to work in the lab and field answering research questions at the cutting edge of science with direct environmental and societal relevance. This important research is exciting, challenging and rewarding for the student, for me as the supervisor and for everyone else in the team.

Email: nraine@uoguelph.ca

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C. Meghan McMurtry

My ultimate goal is to improve understanding of the complex interplay of factors that impact children’s pain and health to identify best practices for intervention.

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Professor Cathy Wilson

Immigrant families settling the land, quilting bees, and ploughing matches are examples of some of the social and economic topics of early Ontario that link my work to the larger expertise of this University concerning agriculture and rural communities.

Email: cawilson@uoguelph.ca

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John Donald

Be part of an open and welcoming learning environment dedicated to excellence.

Email: jrdonald@uoguelph.ca