Currently Open Research Projects
Position Title | Supervisor(s) | Faculty | Research Classification |
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North Pacific Food Webs | Brian Hunt, Yevhenii Pakhomov | Faculty of Science | Marine ecology (including marine ichthyology), Biological oceanography |
North Pacific Zooplankton Ecology | Brian Hunt, Yevhenii Pakhomov | Faculty of Science | Biological oceanography |
Postdoctoral Research Fellow - Pharmacogenomics and Clinical Pharmacology with a Focus on Adverse Drug Reactions | Bruce Carleton | Faculty of Medicine | |
Process-based evaluation of streamflow vulnerability to climate change across North America (PhD) | Ali Ameli | Faculty of Science | Physical and catchment hydrology, Hydrogeology, High dimensional data analysis, Environmental impacts, Water resources infrastructure engineering |
Process-based evaluation of streamflow vulnerability to climate change across North America (MSc) | Ali Ameli | Faculty of Science | Physical and catchment hydrology, High dimensional data analysis, Water resources infrastructure engineering |
Postdoctoral fellow in neuroinflammation research | Jacqueline Quandt | Faculty of Medicine | Neuroinflammation, Autoimmunity, Neurodegeneration, Neurological disorders (except neuromuscular diseases), Immune tolerance |
PhD positions in Chemistry available in the Huan lab | Tao Huan | Faculty of Science | Analytical spectrometry |
Funded PhD Positions (Young People, Substance Use, Harm Reduction/Substance Use Care) | Danya Fast | Faculty of Medicine | Social and cultural anthropology, Medical anthropology, Urban sociology and community studies, Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care, Social and cultural geography, Health geography, Health equity, Health care effectiveness and outcomes, Knowledge translation and implementation science in health, Visual arts and media arts, n.e.c. |
Postdoctoral fellow position in metabolomics and systems biology at the University of British Columbia | Tao Huan | Faculty of Science | Analytical spectrometry, Metabolomics |
Postdoctoral Fellowships in Pharmacogenomics, Bioinformatics, and Clinical Pharmacology with a Focus on Adverse Drug Reactions to Cancer Treatment | Colin Ross | Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences | Genomics |
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Faculty Members Recruiting Students
This list shows a selection of faculty members who are currently looking for new graduate students. They may have specified particular projects they wish to fill. Please ensure to review the departmental profile of each faculty member to learn more about their research interests and to ensure a good fit to your intended studies at UBC.
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First name | Research Interests | Desired start dates: | Project areas |
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Cibere | Jolanda | Rheumatology; early osteoarthritis; magnetic resonance imaging in osteoarthritis; biomarkers in osteoarthritis; progression of early osteoarthritis; clinical detection of early osteoarthritis | Any time / year round |
Predictors of knee osteoarthritis progression over 7 years. |
Ciocca | Valter | Auditory System; Perception and Representation; Recognition of Speech; Speech and Language Development Disorders; Auditory grouping of speech and non-speech sounds, also known as "auditory scene analysis"; perception and production of normal and disordered speech | Any time / year round |
Auditory scene analysis; perception and production of disordered speech |
Coops | Nicholas Charles | Forestry sciences; Telemetry (Remote Sensing, Radar); Space Techniques; Forestry Technology and Equipment; Plants and Forests | Any time / year round |
Application of remote sensing technologies to forest productivity and conservation issues |
Cui | Wei | Law and legal practice; Taxation; Law; Social Organization and Political Systems; Chinese administrative law; Chinese legislative system; law and development; Law and political economy; tax and development; tax policy | Any time / year round |
<p>Research in Chinese law that focuses on the legislative and executive branches; Tax policy, especially in the areas of international taxation, VAT, and tax administration Taxation in developing countries (but not international taxation)</p> |
d'Arcy | Mitch | Earth and related environmental sciences; Geomorphology; Climate/palaeoclimate; Sedimentology; Geochronology; remote sensing | Any time / year round, 2021 |
Projects could involve field work, geochronology, geochemistry, modelling and remote sensing depending on what the student finds exciting and interesting. I’m particularly seeking students interested in working on these topics (but I’m open to other suggestions, too):
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Daley | Denise | Bioinformatics; Asthma; Complex Trait Genetics; Epigenetics; gene-gene and gene-environment interactions; Genetic Diseases; genetic epidemiology; Genetics of Aging; statistical genetics; Susceptibility Genes | Any time / year round |
Genetics and epigenetics of common complex diseases including peanut allergy, food allergy, asthma, atopy, healthy aging, aortic valve stenosis. Longitudinal analyses of childhood birth cohorts. The lab is currently initiating several targeted whole genome bisulfate sequencing projects and we plan on integrating data from a variety of omics approaches. We are also developing genetic risk... Read More |
Daniels | Megan | Classical religion; Archaeology of Greece and the broader eastern Mediterranean; Late Bronze Age to Hellenistic Period; Ancient religion, sanctuaries, votive objects; Cross-cultural interaction; Ancient economies and trade; Divine kingship; Digital/data science approaches to the ancient world, particularly ancient religion; Migration and mobility across Eurasia; Phoenician culture; Ceramic analysis | 2021, 2022 |
Ancient Mediterranean, 3000-100 BCE; ancient Greek religion; ancient economies, trade, and exchange; migration and mobility in the ancient Mediterranean; cross-cultural interaction in antiquity; archaeological ceramics; diversity and inclusion in teaching ancient history and archaeology |
Davies | Hugh William | Environmental and occupational health and safety; Health sciences; Public and population health; Antineoplastic drug hazards; Community Health / Public Health; environmental health; Exposure Assessment; Noise and Health; Occupational Health; Occupational Safety and Health | Any time / year round |
Occupational Health Hazards: Antineoplastic Drugs New ways to exploit occupational exposure data |
Dawes | Martin | Applied Genetics; Medication Decsision Support Software; primary care; chronic disease; pharmacogenetics | Any time / year round |
Medication decision support |
Day | Susan | Forestry sciences; Plants and Forests; Landscape and Restoration; Ecology and Quality of the Environment; Environment Management and Protection; urban ecology; urban forestry; urban soils | Any time / year round |
Greeninfrastructure and urban forests, manufactured and engineered soils for urban applications, effects of urban forest structure on soil properties, building construction and greeninfrastructure, below-ground streetscape design, urban ecology related to urban forests |
De Longis | Anita | Psychology and cognitive sciences; social determinants of health; chronic illness; coping; couples; families; health; Health Psychology; marriage; social support; stress |
Coping with chronic illness; family and marital stress; social support; social relationships and health; life stress |
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Dee | Derek | Environment and natural resources economics; Food sciences (including food engineering); Natural resource management; Agri-food Transformation Products; aspartic proteases; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Biophysics; Enzymes and Proteins; food chemistry; food proteins; funtional amyloid; meat analogues; Nanomaterials; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; prions; protein aggregation; protein engineering; Protein Folding; protein nanofibrils; Proteins; psychrophilic enzymes | Any time / year round |
1. genetic and chemical modification to engineer functional amyloid 2. examine misfolding and aggregation of prion proteins 3. conversion of plant proteins into nanofibrils for use in foods 4. mechanisms of biofilm-associated amyloid fibril formation |
Deering | Kathleen | Social Determinants of Health; Environmental Health; Community Health / Public Health; Human and Social Ecology; Sexual health inequities; Gender and health; HIV prevention, treatment and care; Sex work; Social/health geography; Gender and violence; Stigma; Community-based research; Novel methodological approaches in epidemiology | Any time / year round |
Among other potential projects, I am looking for students or postdocs to work with a five-year community-based longitudinal cohort of women living with HIV in Metro Vancouver (2014-2020), and many options for projects working with this community and these data. The study includes quantitative survey data on broad topics related to social, spatial and structural determinants of health (... Read More |
Dennis | Jessica | Bioinformatics; Genetic medicine; Administrative health data; Complex Trait Genetics; Electronic health records; Epidemiology; genetic epidemiology; Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Machine Learning; Mental Health and Psychopathology in Children and Youth; Precision Health; statistical genetics | Any time / year round |
The last decade has seen an unprecedented explosion of data. In medicine, data are increasingly being generated and linked across electronic health records, administrative databases, and biobanked samples. These resources hold tremendous promise for improving human health and achieving precision medicine, which will only be realized by thoughtful study designs and innovative analyses. ... Read More |
Diamond | Adele | executive functions; prefrontal cortex; dopamine; working memory; self-control; self-regulation; cognition; COMT gene; Sex differences; stress; ACEs (adverse childhood experiences); ELS (early life stress); resilience; social determinants of health; ADHD; depression; PTSD; Physical Activity; the arts; mindfulness | 2021 |
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 |
Dollinger | Stefan | English language; Language Contact and Linguistic Changes; Linguistic Variation and Society; Lexicography and Dictionaries; Language Interactions; Language Rights and Policies; Bilingualism and Multilingualism |
Projects revolving around the recently completed www.dchp.ca/dchp2, possibly towards a third edition. For my work, see https://ubc.academia.edu/StefanDollinger for a nearly complete list and downloadable books/papers/squibs/reviews. |
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Dong | Xuesen | Clinical oncology; Endocrine Regulation; Gene Regulation and Expression; Hormone Dependent Cancers; Prematurity; Prostate Cancer | Any time / year round |
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Du | Caigan | Renal Diseases; Bioactive Molecules; Immune Reactions; Immunotherapy; Cell Therapy of Infectious and Immune Diseases; pathophysiology of Kidney disease; cell and antibody/protein therapy; Kidney transplantation and organ preservation; Technology for diagnosis of kidney disease; Peritoneal dialysis | Any time / year round |
Mesenchymal stromal cells-based therapy, antibody therapy, cold organ preservation in transplantation, Roles of clusterin in kidney disease, Novel methods for monitoring kidney damage and function |
Elliott | Alison | Other health sciences; rare disease; genomics; Congenital Malformations; Skeletal and limb anomalies; Genetic Counselling; Health services implementation science | 2022 |
Genetic counselling Birth defects Health Implementation Science |
Ellis | Jason | Educational policy; Specialized studies in education; Education policy; history of education; Politics of education | Any time / year round, 2021 |
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. |
Eltis | Lindsay | Biochemistry; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Bacterial catabolism of steroids and lignin; biocatalyst development; Enzymes and Proteins; Metabolism (Living Organisms); Mycobacterium tuberculosis | Any time / year round |
Understanding the degradation of cholesterol catabolism by Mycobacterium tuberculosis and its role in pathogenesis. Developing new therapeutics that target cholesterol catabolism. Understanding the bacterial degradation of lignin and developing biocatalysts to upgrade lignin. |
Etminan | Mahyar | Eye and Visual System Diseases; Pharmacoepidemiology; Epidemiology; Oular Epidemiology; Drug Safety; Epidemiologist Study Design; Causal Inference; Cancer Epidemiology | 2021 |
Glaucoma, Macular Degeneration, Drug Safety (all therapeutics areas) |
Fast | Danya | Social sciences; Substance Use; Substance Use Care; Adolescents and Young Adults; urban health; Urban Poverty; Medical Anthropology; Canada; East Africa | Any time / year round |
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 |
Faulkner | Guy | Kinesiology; Community Health / Public Health; behavioral medicine; Exercise Psychology; mental health; physical activity and public health; physical activity interventions | Any time / year round |
Physical activity and public health - intervention development and evaluation |
Fisher | Kevin | Classical Greek and Ancient Rome history; Classical archaeology; Classical linguistics; Religion and religious studies; Archeological Data Analysis; Archeological Excavation Methods and Techniques; architecture; built environments; digital archaeology; Dynamics of Social Transformations; Mediterranean archaeology; Near Eastern archaeology; power; Social Life / Societal Life; social interaction; Urban Spaces and Urbanity; urbanism | Any time / year round |
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/ |
Flynn | Alexandra | Law and society; Municipal Law; Local Governance; property law; Administrative Law; Experiential legal education; Socio-Legal Studies; Law & Cities | 2022 |
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Folk | Joshua | Physical sciences; Fractional quantum Hall effect; Majorana fermions; Quantum devices; Strongly correlated electronics; Topological phenomena; Vanderwaals heterostructures | Any time / year round |
Topological quantum computing Graphene spintronics Vanderwaals heterostructures |
Frank | Erica | Health sciences; Public and population health; Free accredited education; Preventive Medicine | Any time / year round |
I perform occasional domestic and global intervention research on physicians' and medical students' health practices and their effects on patients, on climate change, THC policy in Canada and the US, the built environment and health, and other topics of interest where I can make a particular difference [more on that here: ... Read More |
Friedman | Joel | Computer and information sciences; Algebraic Graph Theory; Combinatorics; Computer Science Theory | Any time / year round |
Computer Science Theory, Graph Theory, Combinatorics, Algebraic Topology applied to Combinatorics |
Friedman | Jan Marshall | Bioinformatics; Genetic medicine; Genomics; Health counselling; Application of whole genome sequencing to diagnose genetic disease; Birth defects epidemiology; Clinical genomics; Developmental Genetics; Genetics and Heredity; Neurofibromatosis | Any time / year round |
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Frostad | John | Chemical engineering; Food sciences (including food engineering); Emulsions; Fluid mechanics; Foams; Functional Foods; Interfacial Phenomena; Interfacial Rheology; Novel Instrumentation; Nutriceuticals and Functional Foods; Physics of Soft Matter; Sensory Analysis | Any time / year round, 2021 |
For more information, please see: http://food.chbe.ubc.ca/opportunities/ |
Gaertner | David | Indigenous literatures; Media, visual and digital culture; Critical identity, ethnic and race studies; Indigenous Literature; Digital storytelling; Digital Humanities; Speculative fiction; Reconciliation; New Media; Indigenous Cyberspace | 2021, 2022 |
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. |
Garrett | Bernard Mark | Nursing; Health Care Technologies; Ethics and Health; Media Influence on Behavior; Alternative Medicine; Augmented reality; Deception in Healthcare; Evidence-basedPpractice; Healthcare Regulation; Virtual Reality (VR) |
Therapeutic uses of VR/AR technologies, Reviews or Trials of Alternative Medicine, REA's on healthcare practices, Policy Analysis on Professional Regulation Issues |
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Giang | Amanda | Atmospheric sciences; Mechanical engineering; Natural environment sciences; Atmospheric Pollutants; Chemical Pollutants; Climate Changes and Impacts; Public Policies; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection |
modelling the impact of technology and policy on the long range transport of global pollutants; developing tools and processes to support community-based environmental monitoring; understanding the role of scientific assessment in environmental governance, from global to local scales |
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Gibson | William | Genetic medicine; Genetic Diseases; Chromosomes: Structure / Organization; Epigenetics | Any time / year round |
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 |
Glassheim | Eagle | European history (except British, classical Greek and Roman); History of Central and Eastern Europe; Environmental History | Any time / year round |
Environmental history; histories of health of communities and landscapes; mining history; histories of communism in Central/Eastern Europe |
Goerges | Matthias | Medical devices; Expert systems technologies in artificial intelligence; Anesthesiology; Electronic health (e-Health); Health information systems (including surveillance); Human-computer systems and interface; Bio-signal processing and analysis; Biomedical Technologies; Artificial Intelligence; decision making; Software Development; Health Care Technologies; Critical Care Medicine; decision support systems; Human Computer Interaction and Design; Medical informatics; predictive analytics | 2021, 2022 |
I am currently mainly considering trainees with engineering or informatics backgrounds as my program is moving more and more towards medical informatics and clinical applications in biomedical engineering. Pharmacology is too far from my research interests and core training, so I am not recruiting Pharmacology students. |
Goldbach | Toby | Law and legal practice; Political Culture, Society and Ideology; Procedural Law; Jurisprudence; Comparative Law; Dispute Resolution; Judicial Politics; law and development | Any time / year round |
Fairness hearings in class action settlements in the US; judges' international travel for judicial education; development of court-connected ADR in Ghana |
Gordon | Michael | Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Zoology; Chemosensation; Drosophila; Feeding; Gustation; Neural circuits; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; Sensory systems; Taste | Any time / year round |
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. |
Graham | Sean | Plant phylogenetics; Plant systematics; Plant evolution; Organelles; Phylogenomics; Land plants; Mycoheterotrophs | Any time / year round |
Plant phylogenetics and molecular evolution |
Granville | David | Autoimmunity; Medical molecular engineering of nucleic acids and proteins; Proteases; Granzymes; Extracellular matrix; Chronic inflammation; Aging; Disease models; Autoimmune disease; Skin; Vascular biology | Any time / year round |
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 |
Groat | Lee | Mineralogy and crystallography (except soil mineralogy and chemicals aspects of crystallography); Inorganic geochemistry; Economic geology; mineralogy; crystal chemistry; Geochemistry; economic geology; gem deposits; pegmatites | 2021 |
Gem deposits and pegmatites in northern Canada. |
Gustafson | Stephen James | Mathematics and statistics; Mathematical Analysis; Differential Equation; Global and Non-Linear Analysis; Mathematical physics; Nonlinear partial differential equations; Nonlinear waves; Topological solitons | Any time / year round |
Mathematical analysis of fundamental properties (e.g. stability and dynamical behaviour) of topological solitons in physical systems such as ferromagnets. |
Haas | Kurt | Medical and biomedical engineering; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Autism; Brain Circuit Development; Dendritogenesis; Epilepsy; Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission; Neuronal Computation; Neuronal Modeling; Neuronal Systems; Neuronal and Synaptic Activity; Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration; Synaptic Plasticity | Any time / year round |
Understanding neuronal integration of information. |
Haase | Kristen | Nursing, n.e.c.; oncology; Older Adults; Geriatric oncology; Health systems research; Mixed Methods Research; Qualitative research; Self-management; E-health | Any time / year round, 2021, 2022 |
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. |
Hakkinen | Lari | Dentistry and oral health; Cell signaling; Cell therapy; Cell to cell communication; Connective Tissue; Extracellular matrix; Fibroblasts, MSC; Oral mucosa and skin; Tissue regeneration; Wound Healing |
Wound healing, cell communication, fibroblast biology, cell therapy |
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Hallas | Alannah | Physical sciences; quantum phenomena; magnetism; Materials design and discovery; Quantum materials | Any time / year round |
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, we use state-of-... Read More |
Hallensleben | Markus | Transcultural Studies; Artistic and Literary Theories; Literary or Artistic Works Analysis; Migrations, Populations, Cultural Exchanges; German Language Cultures and Literatures; Transnational Literatures; Visual Arts and Literature; European Studies; Literature and Sciences; Literature and Migration; Narratives of Belonging | Any time / year round |
Literature and migration; literature and Visual Arts; critical European Studies; gender, race, ethnicity; diversity and super-diversity; sociographic approaches to literatures; postmigrant condition; narratives of belonging; avant-garde arts, literature and theories; art and bioart performances; biopolitics; images of the body; |
Hamlin | Kiley | Psychology and cognitive sciences; Cognitive development; Moral Judgement and Duty or Obligation Morals; Infant / Child Development; Foundations of Religious, Mystical, Mythical and Moral Thoughts; Infant moral cognition; infant social cognition | Any time / year round |
Our work focuses on the early development of moral cognition and action in infancy. |
Hansson | Gunnar | Linguistic structures (including grammar, phonology, lexicon and semantics); Cognitive sciences; theoretical phonology; morphology-phonology interface; phonological typology; historical linguistics (language change); locality relations; Icelandic | Any time / year round |
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