Blair MacDonald
Student
Doctor of Philosophy in Pharmacology (PhD)
Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
The University of British Columbia Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics is an amalgamation of three important and inter-related areas of medicine: anesthesiology, pharmacology, and therapeutics.
Brought together by common interests, we are challenging ourselves with creating opportunities to share each other’s expertise so that we can foster excellence in research, education and knowledge translation. We welcome your interest in our Department and seek to recruit outstanding anesthesiology residents, pharmacology graduate students, anesthesiology fellows, and pharmacology post-graduate students.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Abdelrahman, Khaled | G protein-coupled receptor pharmacology; Neuropharmacology; Molecular Neuroscience; Molecular Neuroscience; G protein-coupled receptor pharmacology, Neuropharmacology, Molecular Neuroscience, Molecular Neuroscience |
| Ambasta, Anshula | Reduction of low-value services in health systems; Reduction of low-value services in health systems |
| Ansermino, John Mark | Sepsis in children; Health information systems; Physiological Monitoring; Technological Innovations; Artificial Intellegence; Automation in healthcare; Global Health; Mobile Health; Outcome prediction; Sepsis in children, Health Information Systems, Physiological Monitoring, Technological Innovations, Artificial Intellegence, Automation in healthcare, Global Health, Mobile Health, Outcome prediction |
| Barr, Alasdair | Mental health and addictions, with a particular emphasis on psychosis and the medications used in its treatment, Anesthesiology |
| Bernatchez, Pascal | Cardiovascular diseases; Cardiovascular System; Genetic Diseases; Hypertension; atherosclerosis; angiogenesis; Muscular Diseases; Neuromuscular Diseases; Lipid/Lipoprotein analysis; Lipid Disorders; Pharmacokinetics; Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; angiogenesis; atherosclerosis; endothelial dysfunction; endothelium; Inflammation; lipoproteins; Marfan syndrome; muscular dystrophy; nitric oxide; vascular disease; Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Genetic Diseases, Hypertension, Atherosclerosis, Angiogenesis, Muscular Diseases, Neuromuscular Diseases, Lipid/Lipoprotein analysis, Lipid Disorders, Pharmacokinetics, Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases, Angiogenesis, Atherosclerosis, Endothelial dysfunction, Endothelium, Inflammation, Lipoproteins, Marfan syndrome, Muscular dystrophy, Nitric oxide, Vascular disease |
| Bhagavatula, Sastry | Age-related research, Anesthesiology, plasticity of synaptic transmission, mammalian central nervous system |
| Choi, Peter Tsz Lung | Anesthesiology, peroperative medicine, randomized controlled trials, systematic reviews, research education |
| Dormuth, Colin | Clinical Outcomes and Patient Safety |
| Fedida, David | How the heart generates, maintains and regulates electrical activity, Anesthesiology |
| Goerges, Matthias | Digital health; predictive analytics; Anesthesiology; 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; Digital Health, Predictive analytics, Anesthesiology, 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 |
| Griesdale, Donald E | Neurocritical care, traumatic brain injury, invasive neuromonitoring, airway management |
| Grocott, Hilary | |
| Hackett, Tillie-Louise | Molecular determinants of COPD, small airway obstruction, angiotensin signalling, defective airway epithelial differentiation in asthma, human lung cell repository |
| Knight, Darryl | Airway Disease; Lung and airway remodelling; Respiratory diseases; Airway Disease, Lung and airway remodelling, Respiratory diseases |
| Kramer, John | Neuromechanical, Systems Biology, Exercise & Health |
| Laher, Ismail | Cardiovascular diseases; animal models of sleep apnea; Diabetes; exercise; oxidative stress; regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep; Cardiovascular Diseases, Animal models of sleep apnea, Diabetes, Exercise, Oxidative stress, Regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep |
| Loucks, Catrina | Pharmacogenomics; Pain management; Medical Genetics; Model organism genetics; Drug reactions; Pharmacogenomics, Pain management, Medical genetics, Model organism genetics, Drug reactions |
| Pang, Catherine C | Cardiovascular pharmacology, education, hypertension |
| Preston, Roanne | obstetric anesthesia |
| Schwarz, Stephan | Anesthesiology; Anesthesiology |
| Singh, Amritpal | single cell multiomics; single cell spatial multiomics; data integration; Machine Learning; Biomarkers; data integration; heart and lung disease; High dimensional data analysis; Bioinformatics; single cell multiomics, single cell spatial multiomics, data integration, machine learning, biomarkers, data integration, heart and lung disease, High dimensional data analysis, Bioinformatics |
| Thompson, Wade | ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit; deprescribing; polypharmacy; ensuring older persons are taking medications that are a good fit, deprescribing, polypharmacy |
| Wiens, Matthew | Sepsis; Prediction modelling; Epidemiology; Pediatric infectious diseases; Post-discharge outcomes; Global Health; Digital health; Sepsis, Prediction modelling, Epidemiology, Pediatric infectious diseases, Post-discharge outcomes, Global Health, Digital Health |