William Mark Erwin, BA, DC, PhD
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Research Interests/Topics

  • Osteoarthritis
  • Cellular/molecular biology
  • Tissue and injury
  • Low back pain


Background

Dr. Erwin is an assistant professor within the divisions of neurological and orthopaedic surgery (appointed 2004) at the University of Toronto and is an associate professor (research) with the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College. His research primarily focuses on degenerative disc disease and the development of novel molecular therapeutics for treating this condition.

Dr. Erwin has published 44 peer-reviewed publications including two “Nature Group Publications”. He has also reviewed manuscripts for over 70 scientific journals. He is a committee member with the North American Spine Society section on Biologics for over a decade, and member of the Orthopaedic Research Organization, and International Society for the Study of the Lumbar Spine (ISSLS)).



Publications

SciProfiles


  1. Regenerative therapy to treat degenerative disc disease

Assistant Professor, University of Toronto


University of Calgary

University of Basel (Switzerland)

University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (USA)


Agency/Organization: Notogen Inc.
Title: Notochordal-based regenerative therapy to treat degenerative disc disease
Role: Chief Science Officer, Principal Investigator