Clinical sciences

Experimental Medicine is the study of the pathogenesis and treatment of disease. Modern experimental medicine represents a rapidly growing body of knowledge involving the determination of diseases processes and the development of appropriate therapies. The Experimental Medicine Program is intended...

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD)

The Interdisciplinary Oncology program (IOP) is a graduate program designed to appeal to a broad range of students interested in cancer research. IOP offers advanced study and research in a variety of fields relating to oncology. Those fields include: molecular and cellular biology, genetics,...

Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD)

The UBC Department of Medical Genetics is an inspiring and productive community of scholars of genetics and genomics. It is an outstanding provider of knowledge, technical expertise, and compassionate care for our patients. Faculty members in the Department of Medical Genetics are at the forefront...

Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD)

The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine offers a remarkable opportunity to study with numerous world renowned faculty and research programs. We are recognized as national and international leaders in both basic and clinical research. Experimental Pathology refers to research in any...

Graduate Certificate in Clinical Informatics (GCCI)

The goal of this 11-month, 9-credit online certificate program is to provide healthcare professionals with foundational knowledge and skills to assume or strengthen roles on clinical informatics teams in healthcare organizations and to lead the design, planning, and implementation of various...

Master of Global Surgical Care (MGSC)

This online two-year, 30 credit specialized program is designed to prepare surgical care professionals from many disciplines to address surgical challenges and contribute to finding solutions in low resource settings globally. The program provides a strong foundation for present and future global...

Master of Science in Interdisciplinary Oncology (MSc)

The Interdisciplinary Oncology Program (IOP) is a graduate program designed to appeal to a broad range of students interested in cancer research. IOP offers advanced study and research in a variety of fields relating to oncology, including: molecular and cellular biology, tumour microenvironment,...

Master of Science in Medical Genetics (MSc)

The UBC Department of Medical Genetics is an inspiring and productive community of scholars of genetics and genomics; an outstanding provider of knowledge, technical expertise, and compassionate care for our patients. The Department is composed of dozens of faculty members at the forefront of their...

Master of Science in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (MSc)

Master of Science in Surgery (MSc)

The Department consists of more than 600 physicians, surgeons, scientists and educators and over 70 administrative, research and technical staff in nine divisions. Specialty training programs are offered in Cardiac Surgery, Colorectal Surgery, General Surgery, Neurosurgery, Otolaryngology,...

UBC Researchers conducting research in Clinical sciences

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Afshari, Reza

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Environmental and occupational health and safety; Critical care medicine and emergency medicine; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Epidemiology,; Toxicology,; Pharmacology,; Environment; Risk assessment

Ardern, Clare

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electronic health (e-Health); Mobile health (mHealth); Patient and citizen engagement research; Health equity; Physical therapy; Sports medicine; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Orthopedics; Sex and gender-based analysis; musculoskeletal conditions; Digital health; eHealth; orthopaedics; sports medicine; rehabilitation; meta-science; peer review; research impact

Austin, Jehannine

Department of Psychiatry, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical genetics (except cancer genetics); genetic counseling; genetics services; mental health

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Bouchard, Katrina

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical sexology; Mental health and wellbeing; Sexual identy, sexual attraction and sexual behaviour; Sexual health; sexual response; sexual well-being; women's health; couples

Brooks-Wilson, Angela

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Genomics; cancer families; cancer genetics; genetic susceptibility; human genetics; longevity; Super seniors

Brown, Carolyn Janet

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Genomics; Health counselling; Applied Genetics; Chromosomes: Structure / Organization; DNA methylation; Epigenetic control of gene expression; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genes escaping X-chromosome inactivation; Long non-coding RNAs; X-chromosome inactivation; XIST RNA

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Campbell, Kristin

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Biomarkers; Breast Cancer; Exercise Physiology; oncology; physical function; Physiology; Quality of Life and Aging; rehabilitation

Charlton, Julia

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Critical care medicine and emergency medicine; Neonatology; Fetal development and medicine; Neonatal neurology; neurodevelopment; Congenital Anomalies; Neonatal cardiac care

Cibere, Jolanda

Division of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Rheumatology; early osteoarthritis; magnetic resonance imaging in osteoarthritis; biomarkers in osteoarthritis; progression of early osteoarthritis; clinical detection of early osteoarthritis

Collet, Jean-Paul

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Stress measurement - stress management -; Child development - children with neurodevelopment disability

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Devlin, Angela

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Human nutrition and dietetics; Human reproduction and development sciences; Pathology (except oral pathology); cardiovascular disease; Children; developmental programming; Diabetes; Obesity

Dubland, Joshua

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clinical sciences; Newborn Screening; Biochemical Genetics; Lipids; Metabolism; mass spectrometry

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Forbes, Connor

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Urology; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Drug discovery, design and delivery; Endourology; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia; Kidney stones; Translational research

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Goerges, Matthias

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Electronic health (e-Health); Health information systems (including surveillance); Expert systems technologies in artificial intelligence; Anesthesiology; Medical devices; Human-computer systems and interface; Bio-signal processing and analysis; Digital health; predictive analytics; decision support systems; Critical Care Medicine; Biomedical Technologies; Health Care Technologies; Human Computer Interaction and Design; Medical informatics; Software Development; patient-oriented research; Data sharing / open data

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Hamden, Jordan

Faculty of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow

Neurology; stress; neuroscience; development and aging; integrative biology

Hirst, Martin

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Clinical oncology; Genomics; Immunology; Microbiology; Carcinogenesis; Cellular Differentiation; Epigenomics; Leukemia; Molecular Genetics

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Isaac, Kathryn

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Surgery; Breast Reconstruction Surgery

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Kalua, Khumbo

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Population health interventions; Infectious diseases; Global health; Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Neglected Tropical Eye Diseases; Global Eye Health; Cluster Randomized Trials; Implementation Science; International Global Health; Community Based Research; Clinical trials

Kareemi, Hashim

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Critical care medicine and emergency medicine; Emergency Medicine; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning

Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

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

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Lam, Raymond

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Psychiatry (including psychotherapy); depression; Biomarkers; light therapy; cognition; digital technologies; bipolar disorder; antidepressants; global mental health

Lange, Philipp

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Genomics; Pathology (except oral pathology); Cell Signaling and Cancer; mass spectrometry; pediatric cancer; personalized medicine; post translational protein modification; Proteomics

Lau, Tim

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice; Infectious diseases; Antimicrobial Stewardship; systematic reviews; Clinical Pharmacokinetics; Clinical Pharmacy

Lauck, Sandra

School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Geriatrics and gerontology; Nursing; Care; health service delivery to support the implementation of innovative approaches to cardiac disease; minimally invasive treatment of valvular heart disease

Laule, Cornelia

Department of Radiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Pathology (except oral pathology); Auto-Immune Diseases; Axons; brain; Central Nervous System Inflammatory Diseases; Cerebral Atrophy; Histology; image analysis; Imaging; Inflammation; magnetic resonance imaging; Magnetic resonance spectroscopy; multiple sclerosis; myelin; Nervous System Development; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury

Lester, Richard

Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Infectious diseases; Digital health; Mobile health (mHealth); Precision Public Health; Patient-centered care; Global Health

Loewen, Peter

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cardiology and circulatory sciences (including cardiovascular disease); Clinical pharmacy and pharmacy practice; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; atrial fibrillation; Pharmacoepidemiology; Thrombosis and Embolism; adherence to medication; Cardiovascular diseases; Arrhythmia; Heart Failure; stroke; Health Care Technologies; Professional Practices; Hematology; decision making; clinical prediction rules; healthcare communication technologies; hospital pharmacy practice; knowledge translation of evidence to patient care; patient complexiometry; patient decision aids; patient education; pharmacy practice; prediction of stroke and bleeding in atrial fibrillation patients; quality of care, quality drug therapy; Shared decision-making; stroke prevention therapy; use of mobile technology for clinical decision-making

Lunken, Genelle

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical nutrition; Human nutrition and dietetics, n.e.c.; Gastroenterology; Personalised nutrition therapies; Dietary fibre; Inflammatory bowel disease; Gut microbiome; Food additives

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Madden, Kenneth

Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Geriatrics and gerontology; Exercise interventions; Sedentary Behaviour; Syncope; Falls Prevention; Sarcopenia; Machine Learning

McKeown, Martin

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurology; novel treatments for Parkinson's; Video Monitoring Parkinson's; Brain Stimulation; Biomedical Engineering; Machine Learning; fMRI; EEG

Milloy, Michael-John

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Infectious diseases; Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Psychosocial, sociocultural and behavioral determinants of health; medical cannabis; overdose; HIV disease; people who use drugs; Substance use disorder

Mulpuri, Kishore

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Surgery; bone diseases; Cerebral Palsy; Connective Tissue Diseases; Developmental Dysplasia of the Hip; Joints (Articulations); Legg-Calve-Perthes Disease; Locomotor Activity / Movement Disorders; Methodological Research; Muscle; Muscular Diseases; Musculoskeletal Deformation; Musculoskeletal Lesions and Repair; Neuromuscular Diseases; Orthopaedic Engineering; Patient Quality Improvement and Quality Assurance; Pediatric Hip Conditions; Pediatric Orthopaedic Trauma; Slipped Capital Femoral Epiphysis; Trauma / Injuries

Murphy, Rachel

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Health sciences; Human nutrition and dietetics; Public and population health; Aging; Cancer prevention; Community Health / Public Health; Nutrition; Nutrition and Cancer; Obesity

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Nelson, Brad

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Cancer immunology and immunotherapy; Cell Therapy of Cancer; Cell therapies; Clinical trials; Oncolytic viruses; T cell engineering

Nguan, Christopher

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Urology; Computer engineering; Civil engineering, n.e.c.; Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Medical devices; Artificial tissues engineering; Biomedical robotics; Image guided surgery systems; Applied immunology (including antibody engineering, xenotransplantation and t-cell therapies); Transplantation immunology; kidney transplantation; patient reported outcomes; medical apps for mobile health; machine learning analytics of medical imaging; machine learning analytics of complex medical data outcomes; Robotics; quality in healthcare; environmental impact of healthcare; Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare

Nicholl, David

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Nephrology; Nephrology, Renal/Vascular Physiology, Kidney Transplantation, Sleep Apnea, Renin-Angiotensin System

Nicolaou, Savvakis

Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Radiology, nuclear medicine and medical imaging; Computed Tomography; Artificial Intelligence; Emergency Radiology; Trauma Radiology; Nuclear Magnetic Resonance

Nielsen, Torsten

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Pathology (except oral pathology); Biomarker development; Breast Cancer; Cancer Diagnosis and Detection; Cancer of the Musculoskeletal System; Clinical trials; Epigenomics; Experimental Therapeutics; Immuno-oncology; Tissue-based diagnostic technologies; Translational research; Genetically engineered mouse models

Nunez, Desmond

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sensory systems, auditory; Otorhinolaryngology; Age Related Hearing Loss; Sudden Sensorineural Hearing Loss; Recurrent Acute Otitis Media

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Olson, Robert

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Clinical trials; Radiotherapy; stereotactic radiotherapy; patient reported outcomes; Head and Neck Cancer; Breast Cancer; Epidemiology; Community Health / Public Health; Social Determinants of Cancer; health services delivery; Lung cancer

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Rafizadeh, Reza

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Translational and clinical pharmacology, and therapeutics; Psychotic disorders, Substance Use Disorders, Clinical Research

Rahmim, Arman

Department of Radiology, Department of Physics & Astronomy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Medical physics; Physical sciences; Image Reconstruction; Machine learning and radiomics; medical physics; Molecular imaging; Quantitative Imaging; Theranostics

Renschler, Colby

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

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Sadarangani, Manish

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Immunology; Microbiology; Clinical sciences; Bacteria; Bacterial Vaccines; Childhood infections; Epidemiology; Immune System; Vaccine Development; Vaccine immunity; Clinical trials and observational studies

Schaeffer, David

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Pathology (except oral pathology); Bioinformatics; cancer genetics; Cancer biology; Genomic rearrangements; genomics; Pancreas; Pathology; patient derived models

Scott, David

Division of Medical Oncology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pathology (except oral pathology); Cancer Genomics; Determinants of treatment failure in B-cell lymphoid cancers (lymphoma and CLL); Lymphoid Cancer; Lymphoma Biomarker; Lymphoma Tumor; Lymphoma/Leukemia Molecular Profiling; Treatment management

Severin, Naomi

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clinical sciences

Shadgan, Babak

Department of Orthopaedics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical biotechnology diagnostics (including biosensors); Biomedical instrumentation (including diagnostics); Orthopedics; Sports medicine; Bone, skin and cartilage science; Central nervous system; Implantable Biosensing; sensor and system design, clinical application development; Wearable Biosensors; design and application development in health care and exercise sciences; Musculoskeletal, Sports & Exercise Medicine; Bone Fracture Healing; Spinal Cord Injuries

Shi, Junyan

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Clinical Chemistry