Professor & Head, Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, University of Manitoba
Adjunct Professor Department of Psychology (Arts), University of Manitoba
Community Health Sciences (Medicine), University of Manitoba
Cross-appointment to Department of Human Anatomy & Cell Science (Medicine), University of Manitoba

1985 PhD (Human Anatomy), University of Manitoba
1981 BSc (Medicine), University of Manitoba
1973 BSc (Zoology), University of British Columbia

Muscle regeneration, muscular dystrophy, satellite cell activation, nitric oxide, age-related muscle atrophy (sarcopenia), drug development, evolution of the regulation of muscle satellite cell activation, motoneuritogenesis and Sema3A, cerebellar Purkinje cells in muscular dystrophy, human muscle rehabilitation and injury prevention.

Current projects include a study of age-related atrophy and potential treatment by nitric oxide donor compounds (funded by the Canadian Space Agency), evolution of satellite cell activation across taxa (funded by NSERC), and testing a new drug formulation (MyoNovin or guaifenesin dinitrate) for potential application to treatments that promote muscle growth and reduce the severity of muscular dystrophy.