Dr. Ghia is a Professor at the Department of Immunology with a cross-appointment with internal medicine, section of Gastroenterology. He obtained his Ph.D. in Neurosciences in December 2003, studying the physiological role of the Chromogranin A-derived peptides (University of Strasbourg, France). He was an Institut de France and then a Canadian Association of Gastroenterology—Canadian Institutes of Health Research—Astra Zeneca postdoctoral fellow at McMaster University in the lab of Prof. Stephen M Collins. There, he trained extensively in depressive-like behaviour and its relationship with colitis.
In 2010, he joined the University of Manitoba. Currently, Dr. Ghia is the director of Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research at the Manitoba IBD Clinical Research Center, where he heads a multidisciplinary team that performs basic IBD research to accelerate the development of IBD therapeutics. Dr. Ghia has built a local translational IBD research program by establishing his Neurogastroenterology lab, which tests novel colitis prevention strategies targeting chromogranin-A and the brain-gut axis. Dr. Ghia also provides resources for other laboratories teaches at the University of Manitoba, and is the co-editor of a textbook in Gastroenterology.
Dr. Ghia is a science communicator. Since 2015, as co-producer, columnist, host, scientific director, co-author and curator he has been credited with over 200 radio segments, magazines, exhibits, and web series, associated with different stakeholders, newspapers, broadcasting and production companies in Canada.
Various Canadian federal and provincial agencies recognized his expertise in science and scientific communication. As a member or chair, he participates in numerous advisory committees, and panels awarding funding, grants and prizes in science and science communication. He is currently in charge of publications and archives for the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. Since 2023, he has directed the microdiploma in scientific communication developed at the University of Manitoba.
His recent leadership role in science was recognized through the Ken Hughes Award, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology New Investigator Award, the University of Manitoba Presidential Outreach Award, and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Excellence in Education award. Dr. Ghia is the recipient of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal and was inducted Knight of the Order of Academic Palms by the French Government.
In 2010, he joined the University of Manitoba. Currently, Dr. Ghia is the director of Gastrointestinal Basic Biology Research at the Manitoba IBD Clinical Research Center, where he heads a multidisciplinary team that performs basic IBD research to accelerate the development of IBD therapeutics. Dr. Ghia has built a local translational IBD research program by establishing his Neurogastroenterology lab, which tests novel colitis prevention strategies targeting chromogranin-A and the brain-gut axis. Dr. Ghia also provides resources for other laboratories teaches at the University of Manitoba, and is the co-editor of a textbook in Gastroenterology.
Dr. Ghia is a science communicator. Since 2015, as co-producer, columnist, host, scientific director, co-author and curator he has been credited with over 200 radio segments, magazines, exhibits, and web series, associated with different stakeholders, newspapers, broadcasting and production companies in Canada.
Various Canadian federal and provincial agencies recognized his expertise in science and scientific communication. As a member or chair, he participates in numerous advisory committees, and panels awarding funding, grants and prizes in science and science communication. He is currently in charge of publications and archives for the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology. Since 2023, he has directed the microdiploma in scientific communication developed at the University of Manitoba.
His recent leadership role in science was recognized through the Ken Hughes Award, the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology New Investigator Award, the University of Manitoba Presidential Outreach Award, and the Canadian Association of Gastroenterology Excellence in Education award. Dr. Ghia is the recipient of the 2022 Queen Elisabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal and was inducted Knight of the Order of Academic Palms by the French Government.