Research Projects

Currently my research focuses on supporting older adults and their caregivers as then engage in managing cancer treatment and survivorship. I am looking to develop patient-oriented research partnerships in BC.

Mathematical analysis (e.g. energetics, stability and dynamical behaviour) of topological solitons in ferromagnets.

Mathematical analysis (e.g. energetics, stability and dynamical behaviour) of solitons of nonlinear Schrodinger equations.

Mathematical theory (e.g. well-posedness, long-time behaviour) of geometric dispersive equations.

Understanding the inequality of the economic impacts of Human Wildlife Conflict in India and Africa---especially snake bites. 

Evaluating the impact of behavioural and economic interventions in reducing human bear conflict in British Columbia.  

I am looking for post-doctoral fellows. Trainees will be actively involved in the translational research effort pertaining to understanding the physiological and/or pathophysiological role(s) of the serine protease family, granzymes, in the context of skin or vascular inflammation regeneration, in aging, autoimmune and/or chronic disease. Granzymes are a family of 5 serine proteases in humans... Read More

Most projects centre on the neural circuits underlying taste processing and feeding in the fly brain. Potential projects include looking at circuit mechanisms underlying taste integration, hunger, feeding, taste memories, chemosensory integration, and taste circuit development.

The introduction of information technology in medicine has enabled a transformational change in recent decades. The coronavirus pandemic further accelerated the introduction of virtual care and digital health solutions. Thus, most of my work focuses on designing, implementing, and evaluating ways that leverage technology to improve patient-relevant outcomes.

Clinical... Read More

Genetics of Rare Obesity and Overgrowth Disorders; Epigenetics of Body Weight and Body Composition; Genetics of Familial Intracranial Aneurysms.     Please note that recruitment is extremely competitive. Applicants with external scholarship/fellowship funding are strongly preferred, as are applicants who already have an MD or MBBS degree, or who are applying to UBC's MD-PhD program.... Read More

Municipal corporate finance

Indigenous new media theory and design via CEDaR (Centre for Engaged Documentation and Research) the Indigneous new media lab I co-operate with Daisy Rosenblum. 

For more information, please see: http://food.chbe.ubc.ca/opportunities/

Computer Science Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algebraic Topology applied to Combinatorics

Effects of e-cigarettes on respiratory and oral health:  we will perform analysis of vaping e-cigarettes with and without nicotine to determine the impact on respiratory and oral health in a mouse model.  We will also look at the chemicals that are deposited along the respiratory tract.

Dual-energy cone-beam CT:  we will develop a way to obtain dual-energy images from existing equipment... Read More

Vanderwaals heterostructures; Entropy of quantum systems; Thermodynamic probes of 2D materials; Fractional quantum Hall effect

Kalavasos and Maroni Built Environments (KAMBE) Project: http://kambe.cnrs.ubc.ca/

Computational Research on the Ancient Near East (CRANE) Project: https://www.crane.utoronto.ca/

see my lab website: hct.ece.ubc.ca

I am currently recruiting incoming PhD students with strong backgrounds in qualitative, community-based participatory action, and/or anthropological methods who are passionate about doing research broadly focused on youth, substance use and care. Students will carve out an independent project as part of one of the following studies:

(1) The Treatment Trajectories Study explores young... Read More

• Law and Humanities
• Law and Literature
• Jurisprudence and Legal Theory
• Critical Theory
• Poilitical Theory
• Cultural Studies and Legal History
• International Human Rights

Spatial organisation of the lung tumour microenvironment and associations with clinical outcomes.

Projects related to my current research: history of education and social mobility, opportunity; education and housing markets; political economy of metropolitan schooling; policy; space and historical GIS mapping; history of immigration and education; history of educational finance and taxation. Or any project in the history of education; education policy.

history of archaeology, history of collecting and museums, medievalism, early medieval history and archaeology, early medieval gender

Personal and/or community archives and recordkeeping; grief and recordkeeping and archives; archival creation; archival representation. 

1. neuroendocrine prostate cancer;
2. AR driven castrate-resistant prostate cancer
3. computer aided drug design 
4. cell free nucleotide biomarkers from liquid biopsy

In traumatized youth, can prefrontal cortex communication with the amygdala be restored by a stress-reduction program (e.g., Niroga’s yoga-based mindfulness program)? Are the benefits of music for improving executive functions (EFs), mood, and quality of life greater when the experience of listening to the music is socially shared? Can the benefits of listening to the spoken word be as great... Read More

1. bacterial biofilm amyloid: assembly mechanism and drug targeting

2. functional and engineered amyloid from plant (legume) proteins

3. protein (enzyme) engineering to control stability