Boris Hinz is the Keenan Research Chair in Fibrosis Research at St. Michael’s Hospital and University of Toronto Distinguished Professor in Tissue Repair and Regeneration. He is appointed with the Faculties of Dentistry, Medicine, and Biomedical Engineering. Dr. Hinz holds a PhD degree (1998) in Cell Biology and Theoretical Biology from the University of Bonn. From 1999 to 2002, he was postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Giulio Gabbiani, University of Geneva. He then lead a research group at the Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, joining Cell Biology, Biophysics, and Bioengineering. Dr. Hinz was recruited by the University of Toronto in 2009.

Dr. Hinz is secretary and inaugural board member of the Canadian Connective Tissue Society, board member of the International and Canadian Dupuytren Societie. He was president of the European Tissue Repair Society and board member of the Wound Healing Society. He is Editor-in-Chief (basic science) of Wound Repair and Regeneration, Section Editor of the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, Associate Editor of “Biochemistry and Cell Biology”, and editorial board member of ‘Experimental Dermatology’.

Dr. Hinz studies the role of contractile myofibroblasts in physiological tissue repair and in causing pathological tissue fibrosis. His 159 peer reviewed articles, 15 book chapters and 2 edited books received >38,550 citations with an h-index of 82. He was invited to >372 seminar and conference talks plus >400 congress abstracts presented by his trainees. His research led to the creation of two startup companies specialized in anti-fibrotic coatings for silicone implants and novel “soft” cell culture devices.