Top Researchers
Top Medicine Researchers at University of Guelph for 2026
The University of Guelph has a broad and active research presence in Medicine, with work spanning clinical questions, public health, infectious disease, and animal health. Looking across the last year, the institution’s researchers have published across a mix of human and veterinary topics that reflect both laboratory inquiry and applied, real-world problem solving.
Below, you’ll find a snapshot of researchers whose recent work stood out in this sample. Their publications show how medicine-related research at the University of Guelph connects physiology, nutrition, immunity, and health interventions in ways that reach across disciplines.
Featured Researchers
Philip J. Millar
Philip J. Millar’s recent work at the University of Guelph centers on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, with related interests in complementary and alternative medicine and biomedical engineering, as shown in studies of sympathetic nerve activity and blood pressure during exercise.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Inter-individual variability in muscle sympathetic nerve activity at rest and during exercise: Disconnection with blood pressure (Feb 2025)
- Evidence for potentiation in sympathetic neurovascular transduction following exercise in normotensive adults (Jun 2025)
- Influence of sex and aerobic fitness on blood pressure during maximal treadmill exercise in young healthy adults (May 2025)
Jess Haines
Jess Haines focuses on public health, clinical psychology, and pharmacy, with recent publications on family-based sustainable diet interventions, grandparent caregivers, and community food access.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of “Supper Heroes”, a family-based sustainable diet intervention (Jan 2025)
- A formative study of grandparent caregivers' grandchild feeding responsibilities and practices (Apr 2025)
- Food uniting neighbours (f.u.n.): a pilot study exploring the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of co-designed interventions to improve food access (Jun 2025)
J. Scott Weese
J. Scott Weese’s recent University of Guelph publications sit at the intersection of public health, infectious diseases, and pharmacology, including guidance on canine pyoderma, zoonotic disease surveillance, and antimicrobial prophylaxis.
Activity over the last year: 20 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Antimicrobial use guidelines for canine pyoderma by the International Society for Companion Animal Infectious Diseases (ISCAID) (May 2025)
- Climate-sensitive zoonotic diseases transmissible by companion animals: A scoping review protocol (Jun 2025)
- Antimicrobial prophylaxis in dogs undergoing catheter-based cardiac interventions and pacemaker implantation – A survey (Jul 2025)
Anna K. Shoveller
Anna K. Shoveller’s work draws on cell biology, small animals, and animal science and zoology, with studies examining dietary supplementation, metabolism, and body composition in horses and cats.
Activity over the last year: 15 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The effect of dietary camelina, flaxseed, and canola oil supplementation on skin fatty acid profile and immune and inflammatory responses in healthy adult horses (Jan 2025)
- Isoenergetic reduction of dietary macronutrients modulates respiratory quotients and heat increment of feeding but not energy expenditure in cats (Jan 2025)
- Isoenergetic reduction of dietary macronutrients affects body composition, physical activity, and post-prandial hormone responses in lean and obese cats fed to maintain body weight (May 2025)
Jamie F. Burr
Jamie F. Burr combines complementary and alternative medicine, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and orthopedics and sports medicine in research on elite athlete performance and exercise physiology.
Activity over the last year: 14 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- Integrative Field-Based Health and Performance Research: A Narrative Review on Experimental Methods and Logistics to Conduct Competition and Training Camp Studies in Athletes (Apr 2025)
- Consensus Statements—Optimizing Performance of the Elite Athlete (Aug 2025)
- A Critical Occluding Tension Phase Transition Occurs Between 30% and 40% 1RM in Dynamic Knee Extension Exercise (Jun 2025)
Jennifer Geddes‐McAlister
Jennifer Geddes‐McAlister’s recent publications emphasize epidemiology, infectious diseases, and cell biology, especially fungal disease, antifungal resistance, and Cryptococcus neoformans biofilms.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
David W.L.
David W.L. works across nutrition and dietetics, public health, and physiology, with recent studies on dietary oils in horses, sustainable family diet interventions, and children’s cooking skills.
Activity over the last year: 16 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
- The effect of dietary camelina, flaxseed, and canola oil supplementation on skin fatty acid profile and immune and inflammatory responses in healthy adult horses (Jan 2025)
- Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary impact of “Supper Heroes”, a family-based sustainable diet intervention (Jan 2025)
- Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ food skills and their children's cooking skills (Jan 2025)
Shayan Sharif
Shayan Sharif’s recent output spans immunology, animal science and zoology, and epidemiology, including studies of avian influenza immune responses, respiratory microbiota, and outbreak-related social media discourse.
Activity over the last year: 10 indexed journal articles.
Top publications:
What University of Guelph's Medicine Community Is Working On
The most common subfields across these researchers point to a strong concentration in public health, alongside recurring work in cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, complementary and alternative medicine, infectious diseases, and cell biology. Taken together, the sample suggests an active research community that is studying health from multiple angles: prevention and behavior change, cardiovascular function, antimicrobial use and resistance, immune responses, and the cellular mechanisms behind disease. That mix reflects a broad medical research profile with clear connections between human health, animal health, and applied intervention work.- Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health - seen across 3 of the featured researchers
- Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Complementary and alternative medicine - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Infectious Diseases - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
- Cell Biology - seen across 2 of the featured researchers
These recent publications offer a useful view of how medical research at the University of Guelph is being shaped by interdisciplinary questions and practical applications. If you’re exploring similar literature, this kind of overview can help you spot recurring themes, collaborators, and emerging directions. For researchers managing their own manuscripts, tools like Resub can also help streamline citation discovery, formatting, and submission preparation.
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