Biography

Dr. Stephen M Collins obtained his medical training at University College, London and at The Westminster Hospital Medical School, London UK. He trained in gastroenterology at McMaster University in Canada before completing 3 years of research training in cell biology at the Digestive Diseases Branch of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland USA. He has been a faculty member at McMaster University since 1981, becoming Director of the Intestinal Diseases Research Unit from 1983-1993, and Head of the Division of Gastroenterology since 1993-2006. His research has focused on the role of pathogenic and commensal microbes in the pathogenesis of functional intestinal disorders. His work has generated over 250 peer-reviewed publications including papers in Nature Medicine, Lancet, JCI, Gastroenterology and Gut, generating >2400 citations and an h index of 101. He is past president of the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology and has served on advisory committees for Crohn’s and Colitis Foundations of America and of Canada. He has served on review panels for the Canada Gairdner Award for Biomedical Research and the Canada Wightman Award. He was the Associate Dean for Research in the Faculty of Health Sciences for 11 years. In 2008 Dr. Collins established and currently directs The Farncombe Family Digestive Health Research Institute at McMaster University. He is a Distinguished University Professor and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2013).