Medical, health and life sciences

This division comprises research and experimental development in medical, health and life sciences. Medical, health and life sciences refer to scientific disciplines concerned with understanding, exploring or developing the natural world, in the fields of medical, health and life sciences, which include basic medicine and life sciences; clinical medicine and other clinical sciences; health sciences; medical biotechnology; and other medical sciences. Research consists of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development consists of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

Sub-Categories

Basic medicine and life sciences

Clinical medicine

Health sciences

Medical biotechnology

Other medical sciences

UBC Researchers conducting research in Medical, health and life sciences

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Socias, Eugenia

Division of Social Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Infectious diseases; Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Infectious disease epidemiology; Immunology of Infectious Diseases; HIV & Hepatitic C care; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; HIV; Tuberculosis; Pharmacology; HIV Prevention; Health Services; Hepatitis C; Tropical Diseases; Vulnerable populations; Gender/sexual minorities; Sex workers; Opioid use disorder; substance use disorders; alcohol use disorders; addiction medicine

Soma, Kiran

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Psychology and cognitive sciences; Zoology; Behavior; Biological Behavior; Endocrinology; Neuroendocrine Diseases; Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission; Neuronal Systems; neuroscience; stress

Somasekharan, Syam

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cancer, n.e.c.; Cell biology, n.e.c.; RNA Biology; Cell Biology; molecular biology; Biomolecular Condensates; Nucleolus; mRNA Translation; Liquid-liquid Phase Separation

Staples, John

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Other medical sciences; 'Before medically advised' hospital discharge; Unplanned hospital readmission; Problematic substance use (including opioids and cannabis); Medical risk factors for motor vehicle crash

Steidl, Christian

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Hematological tumours; Cancer; Cancer biology; Pathology; lymphoma; tumor microenvironment; Precision Medicine; genomics

Steif, Adi

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Algorithms and computational genomics; Genomics; Cancer genetics; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer progression and metastasis; Statistical methods for high throughput data; High dimensional data analysis; Computational Biology; Machine Learning; Cancer Genomics; Single cell sequencing; Tumour evolution; Genomic technology development

Stirling, Peter

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Genetic medicine; Biological and Biochemical Mechanisms; Cancer; cancer genetics; Cell; DNA repair; Genome Instability; Genotoxins; Molecular Genetics; Stress responses

Subramaniam, Sriram

Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Medical, health and life sciences; Structural Biology; cryo-electron microscopy; drug discovery; Cryo-electron tomography; Antibody design; Protein therapeutics; COVID-19 therapeutic design; Infectious disease; Artificial Intelligence; Machine Learning

Sugioka, Kenji

Department of Zoology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Basic medicine and life sciences; Cell division; Animal morphogenesis; Cytoskeletal dynamics

Sun, Jim

Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cellular immunology; Pathogenesis; Intracellular signaling, signal transduction, receptor and membrane biology; Bacteriology; Host immunity to tuberculosis; Mycobacterium tuberculosis; Cellular microbiology; Host-directed therapy; TB drug discovery; Macrophage biology; Intracellular pathogens

Sutherland, Jason

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Health care administration; Access to care; Healthcare costs; Health systems; Patient-Reported Outcomes; Quality; Surgery

Suttle, Curtis

Department of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences, Department of Botany, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Fisheries sciences; Immunology; Microbiology; Oceanography; Plant biology; Biological Oceanography; Environmental Virology; Marine Environment; Marine Microbiology; Microbial Diversity; Phage; Viral Discovery; Viruses

Swindale, Nicholas Vaughan

Department of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Eye and Visual System Diseases; Neuronal Modeling; Neuronal Systems; Visual System

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Talhouk, Aline

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Human reproduction and development sciences; Computer Science and Statistics; Epidemiology; Bioinformatics; Cancer of the Reproductive System; diagnostic models; Digital health; Machine Learning; personalized medicine; prevention; Privacy

Tamber, Mandeep

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Surgery; clinical epidemiology; registry research; epilepsy surgery; Hydrocephalus; Craniofacial surgery; pediatric neurosurgery

Tang, Xin

Michael Smith Laboratories, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Bioinformatics; Artificial intelligence (AI); Cell biology; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Mathematical biology; Genetics; Medical and biomedical engineering; Cancer; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Explainable and Interpretable Learning, Representation Learning, Knowledge Distillation; Biologically Informed Neural Network, Physically Informed Neural Network; Knowledge Distillation, Biological LLM, Biomedical Image Processing; Computational Cell Biology, Single-cell Biology, Multi-omics, Virtual Cell, Spatial Omics; Brain-Computer Interface, Neuroscience, Brain Mapping; Cancer Genomics, Development, Aging

Taubert, Stefan

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other health sciences; Gene regulation and expression; Transcriptomics; Genomics; Aging; beta cells; C. elegans; Diabetes; Gene Regulation and Expression; Gene regulation; Genetics of Aging; genomics; Hypoxia; Metabolism; Molecular Genetics; Mouse; stress; Stress and Cancer; Stress responses; Toxin and Toxicant Metabolism; Transcription

Taylor, David

Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical, health and life sciences; Vascular surgery and diseases

Tebbutt, Scott

Division of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Basic medicine and life sciences; Dual organism molecular interaction (fungal spores & human airway epithelium); Early and late reactions in allergic asthma and rhinitis; Diagnostics of acute heart rejection post-transplantation; Neonatal vaccine immunogenicity; Systems biology, biomarkers & bioinformatics; Rheumatic fever and heart disease; COVID-19

Thompson, Wade

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health services and systems; ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit; deprescribing; polypharmacy

Todd, Rebecca

Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cognitive sciences, n.e.c.; Neurocognitive patterns and neural networks; Neurosciences, medical and health and physiological aspects, n.e.c.; Human Cognition and Emotion; Neurophenomenology and participatory sensemaking; Dance as a laboratory for interactive cognition; cognition; Emotional learning; Human Neurocognitive processes underlying all of the above; Learning and Memory; Motivation, Emotions and Rewards

Traboulsee, Tony

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurology; Central nervous system; Biomedical signal processing; Machine learning; magnetic resonance imaging; multiple sclerosis; Neuromyelitls optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD); Myelin Oligodendrocyte Antibody Disorder (MOGAD); Brain MRI; Spinal Cord MRI

Tremlett, Helen

Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Epidemiology (except nutritional and veterinary epidemiology); multiple sclerosis; Neuroepidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; prodrome,; Drug safety and effectiveness; Pharmacogenomics; comorbidities; health administrative data; Gut microbiome; prodromes

Turgeon, Ricky

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cardiology and circulatory sciences (including cardiovascular disease); Health care effectiveness and outcomes; Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Heart failure pharmacotherapy; Acute coronary syndromes / myocardial infarction; Cardiovascular risk reduction (lipid-lowering therapy, antiplatelet therapy); Cardiovascular safety of medications; Drug Effectiveness; Evidence-based practice; Shared decision making; Point-of-care decision aids / decision support tools; Knowledge translation / implementation; Risk calculators / clinical prediction tools; Pharmacist scope of practice

Turvey, Stuart

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Immunology; Microbiology; Asthma; Immune System; Immunodeficiencies; Microbiome cohort studies; Precision Medicine; Primary Immune Deficiencies

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Uy, Christopher

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Neurology; Autoimmune Encephalitis; Neuroimaging; neuroimmunology

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Valnicek, Stan

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Surgery; Medical devices; Breast reconstruction with vertical LD flaps; Enhanced lost suture visibility; Abdominoplasty flap planning; Mastectomy flap elevation device

Van Dyck, Dorine

Faculty of Medicine

Postdoctoral Fellow

Pediatrics; developmental coordination disorder; Neurodevelopmental conditions; Brain functioning; Neurosciences; cognition; Early development

Van Raamsdonk, Catherine

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Genetic medicine; Health counselling; cancer genetics; Developmental Genetics; Human Cancer Genetics; Melanocytes; Melanoma; Molecular Genetics; Mouse Genetics and Transgenesis; Oncogenesis; Pigmentation

Veenstra, Gerry

Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Sociology and social studies of health, health systems and health care; Health equity; Sociology, n.e.c.; social determinants of health; Socioeconomic status and health; racial health inequalities; Bourdieusian field theory, lifestyle practices and health; culture and class; Quantitative Methods; Sociology of soccer

Velenosi, Thomas

Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences, n.e.c.; Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Cancer molecular targets; Metabolomics; Lipid biology (including lipidomics); Pharmacometabolomics; Pharmacology; Lipidomics; mass spectrometry; Cancer; Stable isotope tracing; Bioinformatics

Venturutti, Leandro

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Hematological tumours; Premalignant disease (precursors); Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer progression and metastasis; Adaptive immunity; Autoimmunity; Cellular immunology; Immunogenetics (including genetic immunology); Blood cancer; Lymphomas; Clonal precursor populations; Tumor progression; Tumor dissemination; Extranodal disease; B cells; Immunological memory

Viau, Victor

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Basic medicine and life sciences; Sex differences; Stress responses; Glucocorticoids; Inflammation; Behavior; Central Nervous System; Endocrinology

Vidler, Marianne

Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Health sciences; Childbirth; Global Health; High Blood Pressure in Pregnancy; Infections and Pregnancy; Postpartum Care; Pregnancy

Vila-Rodriguez, Fidel

Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Psychiatry (including psychotherapy); Medical devices; Interventional Brain Medicine; Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation; Electroconvulsive Therapy; Magnetic Seizure Therapy; Low-Intensity Focused Ultrasound; Deep Brain Stimulation; Neuroimaging

Vilarino-Guell, Carles

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Genetic medicine; Health counselling; Genetic Diseases; multiple sclerosis; Neurological disorders; Neuromyelitis optica

Vora, Siddharth

Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Dentistry and oral health; Cleft lip and/or palate; Craniofacial Biology; Developmental biology; Oro-Dental Disorders; Orthodontics; Tooth development

Voss, Christine

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pediatrics; Physical Activity; Children and youth; Health behaviours; Diabetes; congenital heart disease

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von Bergmann, Hsingchi

Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medicine, nursing and health curriculum, pedagogy and didactics; Other medical sciences; Philosophy; assessment; PBL; Beliefs & Identity; Online Teaching and Learning; Professionalism; Wellbeing; decision making

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Wang, Rizhi

Department of Materials Engineering, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Functional materials in materials engineering sciences; Regenerative medicine (including stem cells and tissue engineering); Orthopaedic implants, drug delivery biomaterials, anti-infection solutions.; Additive manufacturing, 3D structural designing.; Bone structure, mineralization and mechanics, bone metastasis, hip fracture and prevention.

Wang, Ying

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Cardiology and circulatory sciences (including cardiovascular disease); Cell differentiation, proliferation and death; Drug discovery, design and delivery; atherosclerosis; Diabetic cardiomyopathy; Vascular biology; Spatial 'Omics'; Drug repurposing and therapeutic design; Disease modeling; Digital Pathology

Wang, Yuzhuo

Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Clinical oncology; Prostate Cancer; Modeling the Progression of Castration-Resistant Prostate Cancer; Tumor dormancy; Anti-Cancer Drug Development

Wasserman, Wyeth

Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Medical, health and life sciences; Medical and biomedical engineering; Creation of computational methods for the analysis of genome sequences (bioinformatics); Study of cis-regulatory elements controlling gene transcription; Applied analyses of genome sequences (genomics); Indigenous genomics

Watson, Peter

Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pathology (except oral pathology); Breast Cancer; Pathology; biomarker

Weber, Alexander

Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Neurocognitive patterns and neural networks; Central nervous system; Dynamical systems in applications; Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI); Quantitative MRI; Brain Disorders; resting state functional MRI; myelin water imaging; Arterial Spin Labelling; Diffusion Tensor Imaging; Fractal based analysis; Concussion; Diagnostic Imaging; Epilepsy; Seizures; Traumatic Brain Injury; open science; Biomedical Engineering

Weidberg, Hilla

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Other basic medicine and life sciences; Cell Biology; Genetics; Biochemistry; molecular biology; Organelle biology; Mitochondria; Mitochondrial stress; Protein quality control; Metabolism; Neurodegenerative diseases

West, Christopher

Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Systems physiology; Animal physiology, circulation; Integrative physiology; Spinal cord injury; Animal models

Whittaker, Jacqueline

Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Physical therapy; Exercise counselling; Exercise therapy; Health care; Kinesiology; Knee injuries; Knee osteoarthritis; Low back pain; Osteoarthritis prevention; Physical Activity; physical therapy; rehabilitation; Sport injury prevention; sports medicine; Sports/exercise; Ultrasound Imaging; Wearable activity tracker; youth

Wiens, Matthew

Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Global health; Sepsis; Prediction modelling; Epidemiology; Pediatric infectious diseases; Post-discharge outcomes; Global Health; Digital health

Wiens, Matthew

Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Global health; Sepsis; Prediction modelling; Epidemiology; Pediatric infectious diseases; Post-discharge outcomes; Global Health; Digital health

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French Name

Sciences médicales, de la santé et de la vie

French Description

Cette division comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sciences médicales, les sciences de la santé et les sciences de la vie. Les sciences médicales, les sciences de la santé et les sciences de la vie réfèrent aux disciplines scientifiques relevant de la compréhension, de l'exploration ou de l'évolution du monde matériel, dans les domaines des sciences médicales, des sciences de la santé et de la vie, lesquels incluent la médecine fondamentale et les sciences de la vie; la médecine clinique et les autres sciences cliniques; les sciences de la santé; la biotechnologie médicale et les autres sciences médicales. La recherche consiste en l'investigation systématique par l'expérimentation ou l'analyse, afin de réaliser un progrès scientifique ou technologique, comme l'acquisition de nouvelles connaissances sur les fondements des phénomènes et des faits observables. Le développement expérimental consiste à réaliser de nouveaux biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés, ou d'améliorer substantiellement les biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés existants.