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Cindi Morshead

Professor

Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Division of Anatomy

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  • Professor
    Temerty Faculty of Medicine, Division of Anatomy
  • (416) 946-5575 (Mobile)
  • University of Toronto, 160 College Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3E1, Canada

BIO

Dr. Morshead’s is a Professor at University of Toronto. Her area of expertise is in stem cell biology and specifically, in the field of adult neural stem cells. Dr. Morshead did her PhD at the University of Toronto and her thesis identified the neural stem cell niche in the adult brain. She did postdoctoral work that examined the endogenous neural stem cells and their behaviour in response to growth factors and injury, at the University of Toronto. She was appointed a faculty position in the Department of Surgery in 2003. She is a Professor and the Chair of the Division of Anatomy at the University of Toronto.

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MEDIA

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ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Rehabilitation Sciences Institute
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada2003 - present
  • Professor
    University of Toronto, Department of Surgery, Toronto, Canada2003 - present

NON-ACADEMIC POSITIONS

  • Graduate Coordinator
    Institute of Medical Science2012 - 2016
  • Professor
    Institute of Biomaterial and Biomedical Engineering2004 - present

DEGREES

  • BSc
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
  • PhD
    University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

AVAILABILITY

  • Media enquiries

INSTITUTIONAL STRATEGIC INITIATIVES

  • Medicine by Design (MbD)
  • PRiME (Precision Medicine Initiative)