Laura Banks

Dr. Banks is an Assistant Teaching Professor at Ontario Tech University. She recently completed two Postdoctoral Research Fellowships at the Toronto Rehabilitation Institute and University of Toronto. To date, Dr. Banks has published 34 peer reviewed articles and formally mentored over 20 undergraduate, graduate, and medical resident trainees. 

Dr. Banks has served on the Canadian Journal of Cardiology Editorial Board (Trainee Editor, 2016-2018) and as a co-chair for the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) Trainee Day Planning Committee (2014-2016). Dr. Banks was the 2016 Canadian Cardiovascular Society’s Trainee Excellence in Education Award recipient, which acknowledges one Canadian member-in-training annually for their extraordinary accomplishment in medical education.

  • Assistant Teaching Professor, Ontario Tech University
  • Affiliate Scientist, UHN
  • Cardiovascular physiology
  • Cardiac rehabilitation
  • Exercise physiology
  • Gender equity in medicine and science