Research Projects

Dermatoepidemiology; Examining the epidemiology of skin cancer in the general population and identifying high risk population groups Skin cancer prevention; Using national surveys conducted by Statistics Canada, I have examined skin cancer prevention behaviours practiced by Canadians; Spectoscopy; Using imaging to differentiate skin cancer from benign lesions. Photobiology to study properties… more

The major research focus of my lab revolves around acute myeloid leukemia, and preleukemias referred to as myelodysplastic syndromes. Within this context we are interested in various posttranscriptional mechanisms that drive these cancers, how aging increases the risk of developing leukemias, and how to potentially target genomic and epigenomic vulnerabilities.

Biomass conversion; Lignin chemistry; Green solvents

My research program at UBC/BCCHRI aims to better understand how the immune system can be used to treat childhood diseases. In children with cancer, the immune system is no longer able to rid the body of cancerous cells. In children with autoimmune diseases the immune system gets rid of healthy cells of the body. We are particularly interested in the metabolism of immune cells. 

Spinal cord injury rehabilitation, spinal cord stimulation, autonomic nervous system dysfunctions, blood pressure control.

Examining racialized French as an additional language teachers' experiences and needs

Heian and Kamakura-era literature, late Heian and medieval women's history

My enthusiasm for research draws from my interest in the biochemistry and physiology of nutrition-related diseases and in targeted and population-based strategies of chronic disease prevention and optimal health promotion. My research focuses on micronutrients and specifically B-vitamins and their kinetics and functions in human metabolism. B-vitamins are required for normal cell growth and… more

1. Privacy-Enhancing Technologies for Archives, specifically decentralized, blockchain-based federated machine-learning for archival data exchange and research

2. Blockchain Ecosystems, specifically understandng and exploring the 'life worlds' of blockchain ecosystems

1. Development of lipid and polymer based nanoparticles for targeted drug and nucleic acid delivery
2. Development of child-friendly formulations
3. Ocular drug delivery
4. Drug delivery to the brain
5. Sustained drug release formulations
6. Needle free delivery of proteins
7. Gene therapy and vaccine

Increasing precision in exercise prescription to promote cognitive and brain health. The neural interplay between cognitive function and mobility. The relationship between sleep and cognitive function. Preventing falls in high-risk older adults.

• Role of epigenetics in male and female germline development
• Role of retroelements in gene regulation
• Interplay between epigenetic marks and DNA methylation in the early embryo
• Impact of the Histone H1 frameshift mutation in Rahman Syndrome (RMNS) on chromatin structure and transcription

Research in the Lynn lab is targeted at understanding the insulin-producing pancreatic β-cell, how it fails during diabetes mellitus and how we can make surrogate cells to cure diabetes. We use a variety of models to study the regulatory pathways important for embryonic β-cell genesis and function. The current focus of research in the lab is understanding how DNA-binding transcription factors… more

We are developing new technologies for medical, robotic and consumer applications.

Molecular epidemiology; Metagenomics-based diagnostics

See my areas of research interest.

Healthy aging

Implementation science

Scale-up of health promoting innovations

Adapting effective health promoting innovations for equity deserving groups

Health equity

Equity in implementation science

Canadian History; North American History; British Empire History; Legal History; Political History; Criminal Justice History; International Law and International Relations

Medieval French literature, primarily (but not limited to) narrative literature of the 12th and 13th centuries.

Medievalism in contemporary literature.

Floating offshore wind farm control and optimization

Control of an integrated solar thermal system

Modeling and control of metal additive manufacturing processes

Financial risk analytics
Multivariate extreme value theory

Projects related to my current research: Crisis management; educational leadership and administration; Black studies; mental health and wellness and education; social justice, teacher preparation, equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization.

I welcome graduate projects in modernism, understood broadly, twentieth-century Anglophone literatures, postcolonial, cultural, and materialist studies, intersectional work in feminism, gender, race, and sexuality, and media and technology studies.

1. Access to urban green and blue spaces of varying sizes and forms

• Research question: How do we connect low-mobility populations (e.g., children, older adults, people with disabilities, low-income people) with diverse urban parks, forests, and waterfronts?
• Skills/interests needed: multidisciplinary interests (environmental justice, urban design and… more

Investigation of protein kinase signalling networks in diverse experimental model systems, including growth factor-treated human cancer cell lines and meiotic maturation of sea star and frog oocytes. Investigations of protein kinase signalling networks in biopsied human tissues from patients with cancer, neurological disorders and diabetes. Development of microarray technology for monitoring… more