Eating
Disorders
(4
Projects, Project Staff: Allan S. Kaplan, M.D.,
Marion P. Olmsted, Ph.D., Niva Piran, Ph.D.,
Roger Tonkin, M.D., Fred Boland. Ph.D., Michelle
M. Laliberte, M.A. Merryl Bear M., Ed.Psych.)
Ninety percent of eating disorder cases occur
in women. Genesis funding in this area is divided
between support for basic research (2 projects)
and educational initiatives (2 projects) designed
to enhance public awareness of the nature and
extent of eating disorder-related problems.
Ovarian
Cancer
(4 Projects, Investigators: Gordon Mills,
M.D., Ph.D., Stephen J. Lye, Ph.D., Students:
X.J. Fang, Ph.D., Diane Snoey, B.Sc., Rosemarie
Shcmandt, M.Sc.)
Ovarian
cancer is the most deadly of all diseases of
the female reproductive tract, killing the majority
of its victims. Genesis supported research in
this area focuses on new approaches to improved
diagnosis of ovarian cancer, as well as the
mechanisms involved in the growth and spread
of ovarian cancer cells.
Perinatology
(4 Projects, Investigators: Stephen J. Lye,
Ph.D., Kyung-Soon Lee, M.D.; Students: Diana
Lefebvre, Ph.D., Teresa Pertrocelli, B.Sc.,
Janet Lacy, B.Sc.)
Premature
birth represents the single most important cause
of infant mortality in Canada. Genesis funding
in Perinatology is directed at trying to better
understand how labour is controlled as a first
step in defining better methods to prevent premature
birth, and at defining the optimal length of
stay in the hospital for mothers and babies
after birth.
Reproductive
Biology
(4
Projects, Investigators: Robert F. Caspar, M.D.,
Peter Fetterolf, Ph.D.; Students: Andrea Jurisicova,
M.Sc., Grace Erb, M.Sc., Gabriella Mastromonaco,
B.Sc.)
Infertility
is a growing problem in Canada. Projects supported
by Genesis in Reproductive Biology focus on
the mechanisms involved in the control of fertility
and, in particular, on the factors that may
predispose to infertility.
Special
Research Project on the Premenstrual Syndrome
(Investigators:
Robert R. Caspar, M.D., Heather Shapiro, M.D.,
Elllen Greenblatt, M.D. Robert Reid, M.D.: Student
Janice P.van Dijk-Smith, M.Sc.)
This
collaborative clinical project, involving the
Queens University and University of Toronto
Reproductive Biology programs, critically evaluates
two of the medical treatment options currently
available to women who suffer from premenstrual
syndrome.
