"The Physiology graduate program prepares you for diverse career opportunities through hands-on training with state of the art equipment and comprehensive graduate-level courses. Teh faculty are very supportive and approachable, and the staff are always available when you need them."

Degrees Offered / Length of Program

We also offer a Mini-Master transfer to Ph.D from the M.Sc., and although rare, direct-entry Ph.D. from the undergraduate level.

Method of Completion

Degrees involve experimental work and require defense of a research-based thesis. Course work is tailored to your background and requirements.

Supervisors and Fields of Study

Prior to submitting your application, we strongly recommend that you directly contact faculty members whose research interests match your own. This is particularly important for international students.

• Adrian M.Baranchuk: Sleep apnea, cardiac arrhythmia, electrocardiography.
• Michael J.Beyak: Gut sensory nerves, food intake and obesity.
• Michael G.Blennerhassett: Intestine, Neurobiology, smooth muscle, inflammation, colitis.
• Gunnar Blohm: Computational modeling and experimentation in sensorimotor control.
• Michael Dorris: Neural basis of decision making.
• Eric C.Dumont: Neurobiology of addiction
• Alastair V. Ferguson: Blood-brain communication and autonomic control.
• John T. Fisher: Airway innervation and sensory feedback from the lung.
• Michael F.Fitzpatrick: Sleep apnea, upper airway physiology
• Colin D. Funk: Cardiovascular inflammation.
• Steve Iscoe: Cardiorespiratory failure.
• Christopher Justinich: Gastrointestinal mucosal inflammation.
• Alan E.G. Lomax: Neural regulation of gastrointestinal blood flow.
• M.Diane Lougheed: Asthma, airway hyper-responsiveness and cough
• R. John MacLeod: Wnt signalling cascades initiated by the extracellular calcium-sensing receptor (CaSR).
• Neil S. Magoski: Ion channel modulation and the control of neuronal excitability.
• Douglas P. Munoz: Neural control of eye movements.
• Denis O'Donnell: Pulmonary rehabilitation breathing control, asthma
• Martin Pare: Neural basis of visual behaviour.
• Christopher M.Parker Applied cardiorespiratory physiology
• William G.Paterson: Esophageal physiology and pethophysiology.
• Damian P.Redfearn:Cardiac Arrhythmia.
• Francois Rivest: Computational basis of learning and interval timing.
• P. Ken Rose: Input/output properties of spinal neurons.
• Stephen J.Vanner: Gastrointestinal inflammation andautonomic nervous system.
• Dean A.Van Vugt: Neurendocrinology, reproduction, neuroimaging, obesity.
• Christopher A. Ward: Myocardial electrophysiology and reactive oxygen species.
• Shetuan Zhang: Ion channel function and cardiac arrhythmias.(,/li>

Employment Opportunities

• M.Sc.: research associates, pharmaceutical companies, government science, education, professional schools, clinical trial groups
• Ph.D.: University and college faculty, pharmaceutical companies, government research, education, professional schools

Funding Information

• M.Sc.: $19,000 minimum stipend
• Ph.D.: $21,000 minimum stipend

Supervisors may offer stipends above the program minimum. Currently, our average stipends exceed the minimum at both the M.Sc. and Ph.D. levels. Stipends are inclusive of internal awards, external awards, Queen’s Graduate Awards, teaching assistantships and research grants. We strongly encourage you to apply for external awards such as OGS, NSERC, CIHR, Heart & Stroke Foundation and Women’s Health Awards. Contact the Graduate Assistant for a full list of sources and deadlines. Queen’s issues a $5,000 top-up award to incoming federal government Tri-Council Award winners.

Academic Prerequisites

Grades:We consider all courses over the last 4 years.

Honours undergraduate degree in an appropriate program with a minimum second class standing (B+) or Doctor of Medicine.

Test Requirements

If required, TOEFL for international applicants (minimum score of 600 for the paper-based test and TOEFL iBT minimum scores of: writing (24/30); speaking (22/30); reading (22/30); listening (20/30), for a total of 88/120. Applicants must have or exceed both the minimum score in each test as well as the minimum overall score.

Applicants may also use the International English Language Testing Sytem (IELTS). The minimum required IELTS score is 7.0 in the academic band.

Program Profiles

• Keith Fenrich (alumnist) - chose Queen's due to it's high standards

View this information as a PDF (253 KB) 

PDF files can be viewed using Adobe Reader.