Kidus Achalu
Student
Master of Science in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (MSc)
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
The UBC Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine is an academic department of the UBC Faculty of Medicine, and has major responsibilities and leadership in activities related to education, research and academic practice.
The Department is characterized by its breadth and depth of its activities in all spheres of inquiry and education concerning the causes and mechanisms of disease, advancing the practice of the various disciplines of Laboratory Medicine.
Departmental faculty, staff, trainees and other personnel work at multiple sites across the UBC system, in partnership with Regional Health Authorities, Hospitals and Agencies, Research Centres and Institutes, Educational Institutions, Government and other stakeholders toward fulfillment of the academic mandate.
Graduate Degree Programs
Research Supervisors
| Name | Research Interests |
|---|---|
| Aparicio, Samuel | Breast cancer, genome sequencing |
| Bally, Marcel Bertran | Pancreas centre |
| Bashashati Saghezchi, Ali | Artificial Intelligence; Computational Pathology; Cancer Genomics; Computational Biology; Digital Pathology; Image Processing; Machine Learning; Ovarian Cancer; Signal Processing; Multi-modal Learning; Artificial Intelligence, Computational Pathology, Cancer Genomics, Computational Biology, Digital Pathology, Image Processing, Machine Learning, Ovarian Cancer, Signal Processing, Multi-modal Learning |
| Bennewith, Kevin | Oncology; Molecular Pathology & Cell Biology; Cancer research; Solid tumour microenvironment; Hypoxia; Metastasis research; Pre-metastatic niche; Targeting hypoxic tumour cells in therapy; Radiation biology |
| Chen, Michael | |
| Churg, Andrew | Lung disease |
| Cote, Helene | HIV Infection, blood research, infectious diseases |
| Enfield, Katey | Lung cancer; tumour microenvironment; B cell responses in cancer; Lung cancer genomics; cancer immunology; Spatial biology; Lung cancer, Tumour microenvironment, B cell responses in cancer, Lung cancer genomics, Cancer immunology, Spatial biology |
| Gao, Zu-Hua | |
| Granville, David | Proteases; Granzymes; Extracellular matrix; Chronic inflammation; Aging; Disease models; Autoimmune disease; Skin; Vascular biology; Wound Healing; Proteases, Granzymes, Extracellular Matrix, Chronic inflammation, Aging, Disease models, Autoimmune disease, Skin, Vascular biology, Wound healing |
| Hirsch-Reinshagen la, Veronica | |
| Huntsman, David | hereditary cancer, molecular pathology, cancer biomarkers, Pancreas centre |
| Karsan, Aly | Leukemia; Hematopoiesis; Genomics and epigenomics; Noncoding RNAs; Aging; Leukemia , Hematopoiesis, Genomics and epigenomics, Noncoding RNAs, Aging |
| Kizhakkedathu, Jayachandran | Biomaterials; Blood Coagulation; Cell-surface Engineering; Implants and Medical Devices; Iron Chelators; Macromolecular Therapeutics; Polymers; Proteomics Tools; Thrombosis; Biomaterials, Blood Coagulation, Cell-surface Engineering, Implants and Medical Devices, Iron Chelators, Macromolecular Therapeutics, Polymers, Proteomics Tools, Thrombosis |
| Klein Geltink, Ramon | Metabolism; Immunotherapy; Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases; Auto-Immune Diseases; Cell Therapy of Cancer; Adoptive cellular therapy; Immunometabolism; T cell function; Metabolism, Immunotherapy, Cell Signaling and Infectious and Immune Diseases, Auto-Immune Diseases, Cell Therapy of Cancer, Adoptive cellular therapy, Immunometabolism, T cell function |
| Krajden, Mel | Infectious diseases, cancer hepatitis prevention and care, human papillomavirus HPV, HIV and hepatitis C virus |
| Krystal, Gerald | Blood research, immunology, inflammation, effect of diet on cancer |
| Lam, Wan | Cancer progression; Genome biology; Epigenetics; Molecular Systems Biology; Lung Cancer; Technology Development |
| Lan, James | Kidneys and Urinary System; Histocompatibility; Immunogenetics; Histocompatibility, Immunogenetics, Kidneys and Urinary System |
| Lange, Philipp | Bioinformatics; Cell Signaling and Cancer; mass spectrometry; pediatric cancer; personalized medicine; post translational protein modification; Proteomics; Bioinformatics, Cell Signaling and Cancer, Mass spectrometry, Pediatric cancer, Personalized medicine, Post translational protein modification, Proteomics |
| Laule, Cornelia | 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; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury; 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, Neurological diseases, Neuronal Systems, Pain, Pathology, Schizophrenia, Spinal Cord Diseases, Spinal cord, Spinal cord injury |
| Lockwood, William | Cancer; drug discovery; Genetics; genomics; Immune response; Lung cancer; Oncogene signaling; Proteomics; Mouse models; Cancer, Drug discovery, Genetics, Genomics, Immune response, Lung cancer, Oncogene signaling, Proteomics, Mouse models |
| Luo, Honglin | Viral Infections; Cardiomyopathy; Innate immunity; RNA viruses; Enteroviral infection and neurodegeneration; Oncolytic virus; Protein quality control in cardiac remodeling; Viral Infections, Cardiomyopathy, Innate immunity, RNA viruses, Enteroviral infection and neurodegeneration, Oncolytic virus, Protein quality control in cardiac remodeling |
| Mackenzie, Ian | Alzheimer's Disease |
| Nielsen, Torsten | 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; 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 |