Career Opportunities

Research Interests: 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

Research Interests: Health Information Systems, Design, family medicine, eHealth Adoption, eHealth Requirements Engineering, eHealth Ux/UI Design, software engineering, Decision Support Systems, Treatment Adherence, Consumer eHealth, Health System Improvement, Primary Care, Team-based care

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Our lab is based in Victoria and connected to both the Island Medical Program and UVic Computer Science. We have a range of projects including: eHealth related projects connected to community based Electronic Medical record design and assessment of adoption; action research projects with partners related to health system improvement using EMRs in practice; consumer mHealth projects related to use of technology for patient reported outcomes in aging and in treatment adherence

Research Interests: Genetic Diseases, Chromosomes: Structure / Organization, Epigenetics

Potential project areas:

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. High school and undergraduate volunteers are typically accepted only for summer terms. I regret that I do not have time to reply to all requests.
 

Research Interests: American Literature, Postmodernism

Research Interests: emergency radiology; ways to develop faster, safer, and more sensitive methods for diagnosing patients in the acute care setting; ultra low dose techniques in the acute setting, dual energy CT in the acute setting, polytrauma imaging, brain perfusion in trauma and role of MRI in the acute setting.

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Emergency/Trauma Imaging, Computed Tomography, Machine Learning, Healthcare Applications

Research Interests: Pharmacogenomics, Pain management, Medical genetics, Model organism genetics, Drug reactions

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In our work, we strive to make a meaningful impact on maternal and child health by contributing to leading-edge research aimed at improving pain management.

Safe and effective pain management is influenced by individual genetic differences that dictate both how we feel pain and how we respond to specific pain relievers. Using pharmacogenomics, the study of how genetic variability contributes to individual drug responses, we are identifying genetic factors that can help predict an individual’s need for, and subsequent response to, specific pain relievers.

As part of the multi-disciplinary Canadian Pharmacogenomics Network for Drug Safety (CPNDS) based at the University of British Columbia, candidates will work closely with clinicians, scientists, and patients across Canada to develop a pipeline from genetic discoveries to predictive genetic testing to help select the safest and most effective pain relievers for women and children based on their unique genetic signatures. Candidates will lead projects within one of two interconnected research themes focused on improving pain management through pharmacogenomics:

1. Design, conduct, and disseminate findings of genetic association studies aimed at uncovering genetic factors that contribute to differences in pain perception and response to pain relievers
   • Focused on predicting variability in morphine-based pain relief for children and occurrence of painful toxicities resulting from childhood cancer treatment (e.g., methotrexate-induced mucositis)
   • Opportunities to explore other pain management questions stemming from collaborative pursuits and develop clinical practice guidelines to enable clinical implementation of genetic testing
2. Establish a C. elegans platform to discover and validate genetic factors that contribute to differences in pain perception and response to pain relievers
   • Encompassing discovery of novel genetic components of pain/nociception (e.g., influencing noxious mechanosensation) and response to pain relievers (e.g., morphine)
   • Validating roles for novel genetic factors uncovered through clinical genetic association studies (described in the research theme above) in relevant pain and/or medication response pathways

Candidates will conduct research at the BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute where they will have access to state-of-the-art molecular biology, genotyping, sequencing and analysis platforms housed within CPNDS-developed laboratories for drug safety research and implementation.

Research Interests: 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, Rett Syndrome

Potential project areas:

Neonatal Brain Imaging

Rett Syndrome

Fractal Analysis of fMRI Signals

Cerebrovascular Health

Cerebral Metabolic Rate of Oxygen (CMRO2) Mapping by Combining Quantitative Susceptibility Mapping (QSM) and Quantitative Blood Oxygenation Level Dependent Imaging (qBOLD)

Concussions / Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries

Using Advanced MRI Techniques FLAIR2 and QSM to Identify and Classify Focal Cortical Dysplasia (FCD)

Research Interests: Arthritis / Osteo-Arthritis, Biomechanics, Exercise, Joints (Articulations), Musculoskeletal, Musculoskeletal Deformation, Neuromuscular Diseases, Orthoses and Prostheses, Physical activity, Rehabilitation

Research Interests: Community Health / Public Health, Behavioral medicine, Exercise psychology, Mental health, Physical activity and public health, Physical activity interventions

Potential project areas:

Physical activity and public health - intervention development and evaluation

Research Interests: Healthy Aging, Exercise , Fall Prevention, Cognitive Aging, Randomized Controlled Trials , Physical Activity, Mobility, Neuroimaging, Sleep

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Increasing precision in exercise prescription to promote cognitive and brain health. The neural interplay between cognitive function and mobility. The relationship between sleep and cognitive function. Preventing falls in high-risk older adults.