Ronan is a clinical hematologist ith an active practice in malignant hematology and the Director of the Clinical Stem Cell Laboratory at the Juravinski Hospital. Ronan has extensive experience in coordinating multi-disciplinary, translational cell-therapy programs as Professor of Pathology and Molecular Medicine and Oncology at McMaster University. He is a Director of the Clinical Trials Network, a Past-President of CBMTG, an NIH expert on Classification of Chronic Graft vs. Host Disease. His current research focus is the development of therapeutic cell-based autologous vaccines.