Providence Health Care Research Institute
As a teaching hospital affiliated with the University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, we take pride in our researchers and programs that actively explore new ways of improving the health of our community.
We believe this research not only makes for a robust learning environment, but also leads to better patient care. The integration of research, education and care is what makes our Institute’s mission a possibility.
At PHCRI, our research expertise include laboratory, clinical, and epidemiological research in the fields of HIV/AIDS, heart disease, renal disease, gastro-intestinal diseases, psychiatry, geriatrics, and much more.
Campus
Vancouver
Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Seow, Chun Yong | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Asthma; Muscle; Respiratory System; Physiology; Airway smooth muscle; Contraction mechanism |
| Shannon, Kate | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | epidemiology, HIV/AIDS, sex work, public health, community health, gender epidemiology, health prevention, social determinants of health, community-based research, gender inequities, sexual health, vulnerable populations, structural determinants, qualitative evaluations, HIV/STI prevention, Social determinants of sexual health, HIV/AIDS and access to care among marginalized populations, particularly youth, sex workers, and women at-risk and living with HIV |
| Sin, Donald | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | CODP (Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease) |
| Singer, Joel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Clinical trial methodology and clinical trials in HIV/AIDS |
| Spittal, Patricia | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Indigenous/Aboriginal Health, HIV work in Uganda, |
| Tebbutt, Scott | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Genomics and Proteomics; Asthma; Heart Transplantation; Complex Trait Genetics; Fungal Infections; Occupational Lung Diseases; Dual organism molecular interaction (fungal spores & human airway epithelium); Early and late reactions in allergic asthma and rhinitis; Diagnostics of acute heart rejection; Neonatal vaccine immunogenicity; Systems biology, biomarkers & bioinformatics |
| Teichman, Joel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Endourology and interstitial cystitis; Kidney stones; Holmium:YAG lithotripsy; Development of optical fibers; Laser lithotripsy; Femtosecond laser ablation |
| Van Eeden, Stephanus | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mechanisms of lung inflammation, particularly, lung inflammation caused by infection, cigarette smoking and air pollution |
| Walley, Keith | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Organ failure during sepsis |
| Webb, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Transcatheter interventional management of structural heart disease |
| Wilcox, Pearce | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cystic fibrosis, connective tissue disorders of the lungs, pulmonary function, respiratory medicine |
| Wiseman, Sam Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Surgical oncology, endocrine surgeyr, general surgery, clinic/translational research, education/teaching |
| Wong, Hubert | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Health sciences; Public and population health; Biostatistical methods; Statistics and Probabilities |
| Wood, Evan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Health sciences; Addiction; alcohol; Community Health / Public Health; Epidemiology; injection drug use; opioids; Population health; Substance Use; urban health |
| Yang, Decheng | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Cardiovascular and pulmonary, infectious diseases, host gene responses to viral infections |
| Younger, Alastair | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | ankle arthritis, foot and ankle arthroscopy, biological enhancement to bone healing |
| Zhang, Wei | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Public and population health; Health Policies; Pharmacoeconomics; Economic evaluation; Health economics |