Jennifer Murray
Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
Conducting community-based research to investigate risk factors associated with a high rate of preterm birth in a First Nations community in British Columbia (BC)
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Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
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Khan, Nadia Ahmed | Division of General Internal Medicine | Ethnic and gender differences in chronic disease incidence and outcomes; Chronic disease prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascular disease; Hypertension outcomes research |
Kidson, Kristen | ||
Kieffer, Tim | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering | Diabetes |
Kissoon, Niranjan | Department of Pediatrics | Sepsis and critical care |
Kitson, Clifford Neil | Department of Dermatology & Skin Science | biological membranes that form the permeability barrier of the skin, and in how these properties may be altered in common and uncommon disorders of the skin |
Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Medical and biomedical engineering; Pathology (except oral pathology); Biomaterials; Blood Coagulation; Cell-surface Engineering; Implants and Medical Devices; Iron Chelators; Macromolecular Therapeutics; Polymers; Proteomics Tools; Thrombosis |
Klein Geltink, Ramon | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Pathology (except oral pathology); Metabolism; Immunotherapy; Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; Auto-Immune Diseases; Cell Therapy of Cancer; Adoptive cellular therapy; Immunometabolism; T cell function |
Knight, Darryl | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Airway Disease; Lung and airway remodelling; Respiratory diseases |
Kobor, Michael | Department of Medical Genetics | Biochemistry; Bioinformatics; Genetic medicine; Genomics; Chromatin Biology; Epigenetics; molecular biology; Social Epigenetics |
Koehoorn, Mieke | School of Population and Public Health | Occupational health, injury, compensation policies, Worksafe BC, Gender Work and Health |
Kolind, Shannon | Division of Neurology | Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; brain; Imaging; MRI; medical physics; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Neurological Disease; spinal cord |
Kopp, Janel | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences | Genomics; Modeling cancer; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic development |
Kornelsen, Jude | Department of Family Practice | providing an evidence base to inform decisions on the planning of rural maternity services; advancing our understanding of women |
Kozlowski, Piotr | Department of Radiology | development and application of MRI techniques to study pre-clinical models of human diseases with specific focus on cancer and spinal cord injuries; development of the multi-parametric MRI techniques for prostate cancer diagnosis in the clinical setting. |
Krahn, Andrew | Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery | management of cardiac arrhythmias; investigation of genetic causes of arrhythmias, causes of loss of consciousness and implantable arrhythmia device monitoring |
Krajden, Mel | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Infectious diseases, cancer hepatitis prevention and care, human papillomavirus HPV, HIV and hepatitis C virus |
Kramer, John | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Neuromechanical, Systems Biology, Exercise & Health |
Krassioukov, Andrei | Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation | autonomic dysfunctions following spinal cord injury (SCI) |
Krausz, Reinhard | Department of Psychiatry | addiction, complex concurrent disorders, E -Mental Health, Internet based healthcare, vulnerable urban populaton, Psychosis, opiate addiction, e-mental health, internet based healthcare, vulnerbale urban population, trauma, homelessness and mental health |
Krüsi, Andrea | Division of Social Medicine | Criminalization of sexuality; Health, safety and wellbeing of marginalized cis and trans women |
Krystal, Gerald | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | Blood research, immunology, inflammation, effect of diet on cancer |
Kuchenbauer, Florian | Division of Hematology | stem cell transplantation; translational leukemia research; treatment of patients with hematological diseases; physiology of normal and malignant hematopoiesis |
Kuhl, David | Department of Family Practice | understanding compassion fatigue/vicarious trauma, burnout, moral distress, grief, and psychological well being in health care providers |
Kuo, Calvin | School of Biomedical Engineering | Biomechanical engineering; Medical devices; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Sensing human motion; How humans make sense of their own motion; Sensorimotor Neutrophysiology; Wearable Sensing; Musculoskeletal Modeling |
Kurteva, Siyana | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics |
This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by UBC faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.
Year | Citation | Program |
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2022 | Dr. Chen used a high-throughput method to explore 2 Metallo-beta-lactamases enzymes present in the clinics, generating largescale datasets on their resistance behaviors. He gained deeper understanding of MBLs, such as how antibiotic concentrations affect bacteria containing MBLs, and how and why behaviours may differ between MBLs. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. De Silva studied how the platelet's structural framework, termed the actin cytoskeleton, and the supporting actin-binding proteins, regulate platelet cell death and shape change. Dr. De Silva's findings identify the actin-binding protein filamin A as a critical player in multiple aspects of platelet function. | Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Charlton applied novel wearable technology to measure how people walk in everyday life, and to develop new ways to use physical activity to treat joint disease. His work contributes to the understanding of how people with musculoskeletal disease move, and their capacity to integrate movement-based rehabilitation into daily walking practices. | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Nouruzi's research provides insight into the role of the proneuronal transcription factor ASCL1 in early drug induced epigenetic plasticity that supports the reprogramming of prostate cancer towards aggressive disease. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Dong developed blood-based molecular biomarkers to predict pulmonary exacerbation events with high accuracy in individuals with cystic fibrosis. Findings from his study facilitate personalized medical monitoring and allow earlier diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary exacerbations in cystic fibrosis. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Lee explored the characteristics, strengths, weaknesses, barriers, and opportunities associated with the theory and practice of municipal rat management with a view towards providing recommendations for cities seeking to develop or improve their own rat management strategies. | Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Sharma characterized three new disorders in patients presenting with immune defects since birth. His research will improve the care and management of these patients, as well as that of future patients diagnosed with these disorders. This work also provides insight into the mechanisms of more commonly occurring immune regulatory diseases. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Koch used brain imaging techniques to study the movement disorder, Huntington disease, in mice. She identified altered motor behaviour that was associated with neural signaling in a brain region called the striatum. This research provides insight into the neurological changes in Huntington disease, that should one day help us develop a cure. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
2022 | Dr. Zhang defined the mechanisms underlying the transcription, modification, and degradation of a critical molecule in autism. She discovered that impaired modification of the molecule contributes to autism pathogenesis. This research provides novel insights into potential targeted therapy for autism. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
2022 | Viral myocarditis is the leading cause of sudden death in young children and youth. Dr. Zhao's study shed light on the mechanisms underlying how coxsackievirus induces viral myocarditis by both direct cardiac injury and perturbation of innate immune response, and thus provided potential therapeutic strategies against virus-induced heart diseases. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |