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Eric's
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As you
have probably guessed,
I am a 47 year old academic
who is proud to be called
a geek! I have a variety
of interests and hobbies
(too many?) In addition
to Stained
Glass, Photography,
Cooking,
aviation, and Genealogy,
I like to travel, do geocaching,
read, program websites,
and putter around the house.
Some of these hobbies had
been on the back burner
while I completed my
Ph.D and as I struggle
with the early stages of
rheumatoid arthritis, but
I will soon get back into
them.
By clicking
on the links above or
reading below, you can
read about some of the
things that I like to do. |
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My
academic and work backgrounds
are as varied as are my
hobbies. I have a general Bachelor
of Science (Botany/Zoology)
and a Bachelor
of Arts (First Class
Honours) in Physiological
Psychology from the University
of Manitoba. Subsequently,
I earned a Master
of Science (Psychology/Electrophysiology)
from McMaster University
in Hamilton, Ontario (where
I met Wendy).
During
the many years that
I was in school (the first
time...), I worked as a
librarian's assistant,
a computer programmer (in
Wang BASIC!), a videographer,
and a researcher (among
other things). After finishing
my Master's degree, I worked
for over 8 years as a research
technician at the Hospital
for Sick Children in Toronto
(working on the physiology
of the ductus arteriosus)
and in 1998, I moved to
a research job at
the Hamilton Regional Cancer
Centre (working on angiogenesis
and bone metastasis, using
animal models of cancer,
maintaining websites, etc.).
The Cancer Centre is now
the Juravinski
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In 2004
I enrolled
in the Medical
Sciences Graduate Program at McMaster
University's Faculty
of Health Sciences (Physiology & Pharmacology)
on Sept. 23, 2009, I completed
my Ph.D. I
am currently studying the
impact of a waste product
of cancer cell metabolism
that appears to have significant
impact on bone turnover
in cases of bone metastasis.
I have learned a variety
of molecular biology and
cell culture techniques
and have applied these
to my work on bone metastasis
and bone pain. Eventually,
I hope to pursue the development
of more effective therapies
for bone metastasis and
to further examine the
mechanisms supporting the
chronic pain that is so
common in bone metastasis
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If you
are really interested
in what I have done over
the years, my publication
list can be downloaded
as an Acrobat pdf file
by clicking here.
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This is me pre-flighting a Cessna 172. |
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This is one of the older Cessna 172's at the Burlington Airpark, where I am training. |
This is me at the Cheltenham Badlands (near Georgetown, Ontario). |
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Parker took this photo of me the day before my solo (C-GYAO is the plane I flew that day). |
Parker also took this great photo - I am in the plane at the top, not the one at the bottom. It had just crashed a few minutes before - Wendy and Parker were the only ones (other than myself up in the air) who saw the whole thing happen. |
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This is my instructor, Amar, and myself before a lesson. |
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