Research Projects

Physical activity and public health - intervention development and evaluation

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/

My primary research is on my invention, NextGenU.org, uniquely providing free education from first grade to PhD.  Starting with a focus in the health sciences, NextGenU.org's accredited courses are being used every country, including through half of US medical schools.

Founded/invented by me in 2001 (predating MOOCs by 7 years), we globally launched our first full course in… more

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

Autocracies, Infrastructure Financing and Credit Spreads

Environmental history; histories of health of communities and landscapes; mining history; histories of communism in Central/Eastern Europe

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.

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… more

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.

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.

Global Surgery (multiple topics)

Health Professions Education (multiple topics)

Surgical Education (multiple topics)

Healthcare Simulation (multiple topics)

Materials innovations have sparked most of the major technological advances across the millennia – from the stone, bronze, and iron ages through to the current silicon age. Science now stands on the precipice of a new era: the age of quantum materials – materials with extraordinary electronic and magnetic properties that rely on quantum mechanical effects. In the Hallas group,… more

Our work focuses on the early development of moral cognition and action in infancy.

Hayden Lab Research Projects

Huntington Disease (HD) is a devastating incurable neurodegenerative disease that affects about 5,000 Canadians. Inheriting a single mutant copy of the Huntingtin (HTT) gene from either parent is sufficient to cause HD. The mutated HTT gene codes for production of the toxic, mutant huntingtin protein (mHTT) that is responsible for killing… more

Wall Opera Project - Does Opera Training sculpt the brain. Does the study of opera performance change the brain function for students with learning disabilities ? Does it have positive effects for all students studying opera. If there are positive effects to be found how could this help people who have other brain disfunctions or have succombed to diseases or stokes affecting the brain?… more

Sport development pathways, women's and men's soccer, action observation and prediction, observational learning of perceptual motor skills, optimizing practice conditions through practice manipulations and instructions, motor skill expertise and associated processes

My implementation science research program focuses on improving (virtual) health services and care for equity-deserving groups in rural, remote, and other isolated communities. My research involves studying the implementation processes of health innovations in real-world settings from different perspectives. To maximize the quality and impact of my work, I meaningfully engage research users as… more

Our research interests include:

• Integration of metabolomics with other ‘omics’ (epigenomics, genomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics) data for the systems-level interrogation of biological problems
• Application of state-of-art metabolomics technologies in various biological challenges, such as mechanistic understanding of cancer metabolism and disease biomarker discovery… more

I am particularly interested in students who are developing projects on LGBTQ+ politics, especially in the Global South and on transgender rights. I am also interested in students working on issues in Bolivia.

German studies; comparative literature; cultural studies; media theory; media history; critical theory; film studies 

1. Antiviral strategies and antiviral therapeutics for WHO-priority viruses

2. Comparative phenotypic profiling and genomic analysis of emerging and re-emerging human enveloped pathogenic viruses

3. Discovering broad-spectrum therapeutics  for human viral diseases

4. Discovering novel broad-spectrum antiviral agents from… more

Anything related to digital culutres and education. 

Bioinformatics Cancer Genomics

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.

Optimal control theory; Multiscale modelling of infectious diseases