Mayuri Sengupta Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Mayuri Sengupta explores the power hierarchies and gender dynamics at work in local forest management in Tripura, India. Nicholas Weilinger Psychiatry Edema is the leading cause of death in stroke patients. Neuroscientist and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Nicholas Weilinger is studying edema with the goal of finding drug compounds that could help reduce the severity of this condition. Jelena Kolic Cellular and Physiological Sciences By understanding variations and molecular mechanisms associated with the development of Type 2 diabetes, 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Jelena Kolic, aims to make the implementation of personalized preventative and or therapeutic intervention strategies for T2D patients a reality. Gonzalo Saldías Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences As a 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Gonzalo Saldías research on modelling ocean flow over submarine canyons focuses on the Barley, Juan de Fuca, and Quinault canyons of the Vancouver and northern Washington ocean shelf. Brianne Kent Medicine- Neurology 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Brianne Kent is seeking innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease, a disorder that is projected to affect 1.4 million Canadians by 2013. Laura Vang Rasmussen Faculty of Forestry Can agricultural intensification and expansion lead to lower food security among local people? That's what 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Vang Rasmussen is trying to discover. Jonathan Rolland Zoology Why are there more species in the tropics than in temperate regions? Zoologist and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Jonathan Rolland is working to find out. Daniel Anstett Botany 2016-2017 Banting Postodoctal Fellow Daniel Anstett considers adaptation to drought across an entire species range and throughout multiple years. Travis Salway School of Population and Public Health Travis Salway is a 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focuses on the mental health services needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) Canadians in sexual health clinics, and how these needs can be supported. Benjamin Freeman Zoology Evolutionary and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Benjamin Freeman researches evolution, ecology and conservation, when he's not out birding at Vancouver's sewage ponds. Jennifer Sunday Zoology Dr. Jennifer Sunday started her postdoctoral fellowship at UBC in 2013. Her postdoctoral supervisors in the zoology department are Drs. Christopher Harley and Mary O'Connor. Derek Gladwin English Dr. Derek Gladwin received his PhD from the University of Alberta and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the English department in the Faculty of Arts. Jessica Metcalfe Department of Anthropology Jessica Metcalfe is a recipient of a 2015-2016 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her research uses isotopic techniques to examine bison remains at the Promotory Caves site in Utah. Natalie Zeytuni Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Natalie Zeytuni is a recipient of a 2015-2016 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and studies antibiotic resistant Tuberculosis (TB). Zeytuni’s research focuses on understanding the molecular structures that the TB bacterium uses to invade and infect cells in our bodies, with the goal of finding ways to stop its spread. Nathaniel Sharp Zoology Nathaniel Sharp, postdoctoral fellow with the Biodiversity Research Centre, is one of this year’s Banting Postdoctoral Fellows. Aaron Phillips Aaron Phillips, 2015 Killam Postdoctoral Fellw Research Prize winner, studies strokes and other cerebrovascular conditions in people with spinal cord injury. Becca Franks Land and Food Systems Do fish get bored? That's one of the questions Becca Franks, one of two recipients of the 2015 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize, investigates in her research. Nia Lewis School of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Lewis has travelled across the Atlantic to her new hometown of Kelowna, B.C. Kanna Hayashi Department of Medicine This April Dr. Hayashi became one of two of UBC’s many outstanding postdoctoral research fellows to be awarded a UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Prize in recognition of her research achievements while at UBC.
Mayuri Sengupta Institute of Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Mayuri Sengupta explores the power hierarchies and gender dynamics at work in local forest management in Tripura, India.
Nicholas Weilinger Psychiatry Edema is the leading cause of death in stroke patients. Neuroscientist and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Nicholas Weilinger is studying edema with the goal of finding drug compounds that could help reduce the severity of this condition.
Jelena Kolic Cellular and Physiological Sciences By understanding variations and molecular mechanisms associated with the development of Type 2 diabetes, 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow, Jelena Kolic, aims to make the implementation of personalized preventative and or therapeutic intervention strategies for T2D patients a reality.
Gonzalo Saldías Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences As a 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Gonzalo Saldías research on modelling ocean flow over submarine canyons focuses on the Barley, Juan de Fuca, and Quinault canyons of the Vancouver and northern Washington ocean shelf.
Brianne Kent Medicine- Neurology 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Brianne Kent is seeking innovative treatments for Alzheimer's disease, a disorder that is projected to affect 1.4 million Canadians by 2013.
Laura Vang Rasmussen Faculty of Forestry Can agricultural intensification and expansion lead to lower food security among local people? That's what 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Laura Vang Rasmussen is trying to discover.
Jonathan Rolland Zoology Why are there more species in the tropics than in temperate regions? Zoologist and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Jonathan Rolland is working to find out.
Daniel Anstett Botany 2016-2017 Banting Postodoctal Fellow Daniel Anstett considers adaptation to drought across an entire species range and throughout multiple years.
Travis Salway School of Population and Public Health Travis Salway is a 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow. His research focuses on the mental health services needs of gay, lesbian, and bisexual (GLB) Canadians in sexual health clinics, and how these needs can be supported.
Benjamin Freeman Zoology Evolutionary and 2016-2017 Banting Postdoctoral Fellow Benjamin Freeman researches evolution, ecology and conservation, when he's not out birding at Vancouver's sewage ponds.
Jennifer Sunday Zoology Dr. Jennifer Sunday started her postdoctoral fellowship at UBC in 2013. Her postdoctoral supervisors in the zoology department are Drs. Christopher Harley and Mary O'Connor.
Derek Gladwin English Dr. Derek Gladwin received his PhD from the University of Alberta and is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the English department in the Faculty of Arts.
Jessica Metcalfe Department of Anthropology Jessica Metcalfe is a recipient of a 2015-2016 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship. Her research uses isotopic techniques to examine bison remains at the Promotory Caves site in Utah.
Natalie Zeytuni Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry Natalie Zeytuni is a recipient of a 2015-2016 Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship and studies antibiotic resistant Tuberculosis (TB). Zeytuni’s research focuses on understanding the molecular structures that the TB bacterium uses to invade and infect cells in our bodies, with the goal of finding ways to stop its spread.
Nathaniel Sharp Zoology Nathaniel Sharp, postdoctoral fellow with the Biodiversity Research Centre, is one of this year’s Banting Postdoctoral Fellows.
Aaron Phillips Aaron Phillips, 2015 Killam Postdoctoral Fellw Research Prize winner, studies strokes and other cerebrovascular conditions in people with spinal cord injury.
Becca Franks Land and Food Systems Do fish get bored? That's one of the questions Becca Franks, one of two recipients of the 2015 Killam Postdoctoral Fellow Research Prize, investigates in her research.
Nia Lewis School of Health and Exercise Science Dr. Lewis has travelled across the Atlantic to her new hometown of Kelowna, B.C.
Kanna Hayashi Department of Medicine This April Dr. Hayashi became one of two of UBC’s many outstanding postdoctoral research fellows to be awarded a UBC Killam Postdoctoral Research Prize in recognition of her research achievements while at UBC.
