Dr. Changiz Taghibiglou completed his PhD from Department of Laboratory Medicine & Pathobiology (Clinical Biochemistry), University of Toronto, Canada. he is an Assistant Professor at Department of Pharmacology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan.

Excitotoxicity-induced neuronal apoptosis in stroke and neurodegenerative diseases, Lipid rafts and neuronal receptor signaling and trafficking Lipid Neurobiology, Brain insulin signaling pathways, Designing bioactive short peptides.