Jason Matthews, Ph.D.

Positions and Employment

University of Toronto
Associate Professor - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Toronto (2011 - Present)
Assistant Professor - Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology University of Toronto (2006 - 2011)

Visiting Professor

University of Oslo
Visiting Professor - Department of Nutrition (2012 - 2013)
Host Professor: Prof. Hilde Nebb

Education

Karolinska Institute Sweden
Postdoctoral - Department of Nutrition and Biosciences (2001 - 2006)
Supervisor: Prof. Jan- Åke Gustafsson

Michigan State University
Ph.D. - Biochemistry and Environmental Toxicology (1997 - 2001)
Supervisor: Dr. Tim Zacharewski

University of Western Ontario
B.Sc. - Toxicology and Environmental Sciences (1993 - 1997)

Professional Memberships

International Society for the Study of Xenobiotics (ISSX) (2013 – Present)
Endocrine Society (2008 - Present)
Society of Toxicology Canada (STC) (2007 - Present)
Society of Toxicology (SOT) (1997 - Present)

Honours

Early Researcher Award – Ministry of Research and Innovation (2011 - 2015)
V. E. Henderson Award – Society of Toxicology Canada (2011)
R. Gaurth Hansen Award Lectureship, Michigan State University (2009)
Canadian Institutes of Health New Investigator Award (2008 - 2013)
David and Astrid Hageléns Postdoctoral Fellowship (2004 - 2006)

Publications (Click Here)

National and International Research Collaborators

Prof. Hilde Irene Nebb and Line Grønning-Wang, Department of Nutrition, Faculty of Medicine, Institute for Basic Medical Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo Norway

Dr. Jan Haug Anonsen and Anders Moen, Department of Biosciences, Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, University of Oslo, Oslo Norway

Prof. Akinori Takaoka, M.D., Ph.D., Director of the Institute for Genetic Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Dr. Carolyn Baglole, Meakins-Christie Laboratories, McGill University, Montreal, QC Canada

Prof. Tim Zacharewski, Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA

Prof. Heike Weighardt, Immunology and Environment, Life and Medical Sciences (LIMES) Institute, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Prof. Albin Sandelin, Department of Biology and BRIC, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen, Denmark

Prof. Peter G Wells, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

Prof. Stephane Angers, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

Prof. Shinya Ito, Hospital for Sick Children and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

Dr. Peter McPherson, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

Prof. Denis Grant, and Department of Pharmacology, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON Canada

Research Support

The research in the Matthews lab is and has been supported by operating grants from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canadian Breast Cancer, Ontario Innovation Trust and the Canada Foundation for Innovation Leaders Opportunity Fund Infrastructure. Some of our research efforts are supported by an unrestricted research grant from the Dow Chemical Company.