Prof Mohit Kapoor

Dr. Mohit Kapoor is the Co-Director of the Schroeder Arthritis Institute in Toronto, the largest multidisciplinary Arthritis Institute in Canada. He is the Tony and Shari Fell Platinum Chair in Arthritis Research. He is also the Canada Research Chair, Professor of Orthopedic Surgery and Director of Collaborative Program in Musculoskeletal Sciences at the University of Toronto. Dr. Kapoor’s translational research program utilizes high throughput multi-omic approaches to understand the complex cellular and molecular mechanisms associated with joint destruction during osteoarthritis. His team has created multiple high throughput omic platforms (such as gene sequencing, metabolomics etc) and one of the largest orthopedic biobank comprising of over 170,000 well characterized biospecimens from varying degree of osteoarthritis disease severity. His research program is funded by various organizations including the Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR), Canada Research Chairs Program, Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI), Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC), The Krembil Foundation, The Arthritis Society, Stem Cell Network, etc. He sits on the scientific panels & boards of various research and funding organizations across the globe including his role as the Treasurer and member of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors for the Osteoarthritis Research Society International (OARSI). He is the recipient of multiple research awards and honors including the 2023 Robin Poole Investigator Award for Excellence in Arthritis Research. He has over 125 research publications in scientific journals such as Nature Medicine, Science Translational Medicine, Nature Communications, Nature Reviews Rheumatology, Annals of The Rheumatic Diseases, etc.