Previous Scientific Director - Dr. Bhagirath Singh

Dr. Bhagirath Singh received his post-doctoral training at Liverpool University in England, and in 1973 joined the Department of Immunology at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He became Professor of immunology in 1986. In 1992, he moved to The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario, as Professor and Chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology (1992-2000).

Dr. Singh has been scientific director of the Institute of Infection and Immunity (III) from its inception to December 2009. He has also served as deputy director of The John P. Robarts Research Institute (1997-2000) and co-director of the Immunology Program (1992-1997). Dr. Singh has been co-director and principal investigator in both the MRC/CIHR Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation group in diabetes research, and the MRC immunoregulation group.

Dr. Singh has received scholarship and scientist awards from the Alberta Heritage Foundation for Medical Research. In 2004, he became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Dr. Singh's laboratory has established a strong record of research in molecular and cellular immunology, and in the role of microbial pathogens in the regulation of autoimmune diseases such as juvenile diabetes. He is recognized as a leader in the fields of the immunology of peptides and the regulation of autoimmune diseases. In addition to being the Scientific Director of III, Dr. Singh is currently Professor in the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at The University of Western Ontario, and a scientist at the Robarts Research Institute.

Term end: December 31, 2009