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Gurmit Singh

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Professor EmeritusPathology & Molecular MedicineMcMaster University

Gurmit Singh

Professor Emeritus

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Faculty of Health Sciences

McMaster University

Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

In this role since 2025

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Supervision signals

Emeritus professors are retired and rarely take new students.
No graduate courses on record.
7 publications in the last five years, latest in 2026.
Senior (last) author on 3 recent papers, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 3 CIHR grants, most recently in 2010.
Supervised 1 trainee who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2016.

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Academic metrics

321

Publications

8,732

Citations

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Publications by year

Counts cover the works listed on the university profile; citation counts come from Dimensions.

Other appointments

Michael G. DeGroote Institute for Pain Research and Care (IPRC)

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Contact

singhg@mcmaster.ca (905) 525-9140 ext. 28144

Research

Research areas, by share of publications

Bone health and treatmentsMedicine
Cancer, Hypoxia, and MetabolismBiochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune ResponseMedicine
Photodynamic Therapy Research StudiesMedicine
Pain Mechanisms and TreatmentsMedicine

Research areas are derived from OpenAlex topics of their publications.

From the 150 most recent of 321 publications.

Editorial expression of concern: Resveratrol enhances prostate cancer cell response to ionizing radiation. Modulation of the AMPK, Akt and mTOR pathways

Rashid A, Liu C, Sanli T, Tsiani E, Singh G, Bristow RG, Dayes I, Lukka H, Wright J, Tsakiridis T

Radiation Oncology2026

DOI: 10.1186/s13014-026-02882-1

An analytical review of biosensor-based chronic pain quantification in healthcare

Kannan A, West D, Kumbhare D, Ting W-T, Ali Y, Kawsar HI, Singh G, Shanthanna H, Hapidou E, Howlader MMR

Healthcare Analytics20252 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.health.2025.100419

Computational modeling to study the impact of changes in Nav1.8 sodium channel on neuropathic pain

Kan P, Zhu YF, Ma J, Singh G

Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience20245 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.3389/fncom.2024.1327986

Doxycycline-Induced Changes in Circulating MMP or TIMP2 Levels Are Not Associated with Skeletal-Related Event-Free or Overall Survival in Patients with Bone Metastases from Breast Cancer

Zhao H, Pond G, Simos D, Wang Z, Robertson S, Singh G, Vandermeer L, Clemons M, Addison CL

Cancers20237 citations

DOI: 10.3390/cancers15030571

Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), features and profiles: Anti-hyperalgesic effects

Linher-Melville K, Mechoulam R, Singh G

2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-90036-2.00005-3

Differences and Similarities in Spontaneous Activity Between Animal Models of Cancer-Induced Pain and Neuropathic Pain

Zhu YF, Kan P, Singh G

Journal of Pain Research20221 citationsSenior author

DOI: 10.2147/jpr.s383373

Is chronic pain as an autoimmune disease?

Singh G

Canadian Journal of Pain2022First author

DOI: 10.1080/24740527.2023.2175205

Effect of Early Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine or Lopinavir and Ritonavir on Risk of Hospitalization Among Patients With COVID-19

Reis G, dos Santos Moreira Silva EA, Silva DCM, Thabane L, Singh G, Park JJH, Forrest JI, Harari O, dos Santos CVQ, de Almeida APFG

JAMA Network Open2021132 citationsOpen Access

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.6468 PMID: W3156859932

Electrochemical sensing: A prognostic tool in the fight against COVID-19

Kotru S, Klimuntowski M, Ridha H, Uddin Z, Askhar AA, Singh G, Howlader MMR

TrAC. Trends in analytical chemistry202156 citations

DOI: 10.1016/j.trac.2021.116198

A systematic review of the literature on the relationship between ace2 and sars-cov infection in animal models

Kamhawy R, Liu A, Faragalla K, Singh G, Reis G, Thabane L

University of Toronto Medical Journal2021

Courses taught

Introduction to Pharmacology
PHARMAC 3A06B · last taught 2026
Undergraduate
Introduction to Pharmacology
PHARMAC 3A03 · last taught 2025
Undergraduate
Introduction to Pharmacology
PHARMAC 3A06A · last taught 2025
Undergraduate
The Science of Feeling Good
HTHSCI 3JJ3 · last taught 2023
Undergraduate
Symptomatology
HTHSCI 3BA3 · last taught 2019
Undergraduate

Research institutes and memberships

Centre for Research in Micro- and Nano-Systems
McMaster Institute for Research on Aging (MIRA)
Michael G. DeGroote Centre for Medicinal Cannabis Research (Joint Institute)

Researchers with similar interests

Eric Seidlitz

Anesthesia

Bone health and treatments, Cancer, Stress, Anesthesia, and Immune Response

Edward Dore

Surgery

Bone health and treatments

Rolf Sebaldt

Medicine

Bone health and treatments

Jean-claude Cutz

Pathology & Molecular Medicine

Cancer, Hypoxia, and Metabolism

Aliya Khan

Medicine

Bone health and treatments

Mohamed El-Rabbany

Surgery

Bone health and treatments

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Research

Editorial expression of concern: Resveratrol enhances prostate cancer cell response to ionizing radiation. Modulation of the AMPK, Akt and mTOR pathways

An analytical review of biosensor-based chronic pain quantification in healthcare

Computational modeling to study the impact of changes in Nav1.8 sodium channel on neuropathic pain

Doxycycline-Induced Changes in Circulating MMP or TIMP2 Levels Are Not Associated with Skeletal-Related Event-Free or Overall Survival in Patients with Bone Metastases from Breast Cancer

Cannabidiolic acid (CBDA), features and profiles: Anti-hyperalgesic effects

Differences and Similarities in Spontaneous Activity Between Animal Models of Cancer-Induced Pain and Neuropathic Pain

Is chronic pain as an autoimmune disease?

Effect of Early Treatment With Hydroxychloroquine or Lopinavir and Ritonavir on Risk of Hospitalization Among Patients With COVID-19

Electrochemical sensing: A prognostic tool in the fight against COVID-19

A systematic review of the literature on the relationship between ace2 and sars-cov infection in animal models

Courses taught

Research institutes and memberships

Frequent collaborators

Eric Seidlitz

James Wright

Theos Tsakiridis

Michelle Ghert

Holger Hirte

Helga Duivenvoorden

Researchers with similar interests

Eric Seidlitz

Edward Dore

Rolf Sebaldt

Jean-claude Cutz

Aliya Khan

Mohamed El-Rabbany