John Gartner MD, CM, FRCP(C)

Research summary

Dr. John Gartner's research is dedicated to leveraging structural genomic approaches for cancer risk stratification. Collaborating closely with Dr. Sabine Mai at CancerCare Manitoba, his team utilizes 3D-telomere profiling and superresolution microscopic examination to analyze nuclear DNA structure. Recently, Dr. Gartner has shifted his focus to collaborative research with Dr. Sabine Mai, aiming to apply structural genomic changes in stratifying the risk of tumor progression across neuroblastoma, thyroid cancers, and kidney cancers. To support his research endeavors, Dr. Gartner has secured a total career funding of $3,102,700 from national and local research funding agencies. Currently, he holds grants as a co-principal investigator with Dr. Mai.

Research interests

• Cancer biology
• Transplantation immunology

Research affiliations

• Professor, Pathology, Max Rady College of Medicine, University of Manitoba
• Department of Immunology, Max Rady College of Medicine
• Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine

Brief bio

Dr. John Gartner holds the position of professor of pathology in the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Manitoba. His career spans both clinical practice and research, with a specialized focus on general surgical pathology, particularly kidney pathology.

Following his pathology training, he secured an MRC fellowship to explore research interests in transplantation immunology. For over three decades, from 1983 to 2015, his research endeavors centered on the immunopathogenesis of graft-versus-host disease. Additionally, he served as the head of pathology at the University of Manitoba from 2005 to 2015.

Throughout his career, Dr. Gartner has mentored two PhD students, four master’s students, and several post-doctoral fellows.

Cross-appointments

• Department of Immunology, Max Rady College of Medicine
• Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, Max Rady College of Medicine

Education

• Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Surgeons, Anatomic Pathology (1980)
• Doctor of Medicine, McGill University (1976)

Awards

2009

• Scholastic Award, Doctors Manitoba

1986

• Wild Leitz Award Scientific Research Award, Canadian Association of Pathologists

1980-1983

• MRC Research Fellowship