BIOGRAPHY

Dr. Wine is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Physiology, Clinician Scientist, and Pediatric Gastroenterologist at the University of Alberta in Canada. After his Medical and Pediatric training in Israel, he completed a Pediatric Gastroenterology Fellowship at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and earned his PhD in Cellular Microbiology at the University of Toronto in Philip Sherman’s laboratory. Dr. Wine’s clinical expertise is managing children with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). This interest fits well with his laboratory research focus on involvement of intestinal bacteria in development of intestinal inflammation, enabling translational bench-to-bedside research. Work in the Wine lab is funded by Alberta Innovates-Health Solutions (AIHS), Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of America (CCFA), and Crohn’s and Colitis Canada (CCC). Dr. Wine is a co-principle applicant on the CIHR-CHILD Foundation Canadian Children IBD Network and is a member of the ESPGHAN Porto IBD Group.