Building a Career that Intersects Research and Practice in Musculoskeletal Health: Focus on Bone Biology
As part of our LMP Seminar Series we are delighted to welcome our speaker:
Dr. Christopher McCulloch
Professor, Departments of Dentistry & Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology
University of Toronto
Talk title: "Building a Career that Intersects Research and Practice in Musculoskeletal Health: Focus on Bone Biology"
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How to join
The event will be in person, no need to register. Students and trainees must attend in person.
For faculty members who need to attend remotely, please register to receive the zoom link. Registration must be received by noon on Tuesday.
If you have any questions, please contact lmp.chairadmin@utoronto.ca for more details.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
11 am - 12 pm
MSB 2170
Medical Sciences Building
University of Toronto
1 King’s College Circle
Toronto, ON M5S 1A8
Details are sent to the LMP community in the Friday events bulletin.
Speaker bio: Dr. Christopher McCulloch
Dr. Chris McCulloch was trained as a periodontist and matrix biology researcher and is currently a CIHR-funded scientist in the Faculties of Dentistry and Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology (LMP). He focusses on how the extracellular matrix impacts human health. We now recognize that the extracellular matrices of soft and mineralized connective tissues provide more than a structural scaffold. Instead, the matrix functions as a dynamic regulator of cell behavior and tissue function. Indeed, the appropriate maintenance of the matrix is critical for health: its dysregulation drives fibrosis, cancer progression, chronic inflammation, and degenerative diseases. Recent advances in matrix research continuously inform new therapeutic strategies, which highlight its central role in disease prevention and regenerative medicine. Chris will discuss his integration of clinical practice as a periodontist with fundamental, laboratory investigation to identify new approaches for controlling bone destruction that occurs in such high prevalence diseases as rheumatoid arthritis and periodontitis.
