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Every day across British Columbia, trainees and researchers at the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Faculty of Medicine are turning skills into jobs, investments into discoveries, and discoveries into solutions that are transforming health for everyone.

Ranked among the world’s top medical schools with the fifth-largest MD enrollment in North America, the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Faculty of Medicine is a leader in both the science and the practice of medicine. Across British Columbia, more than 12,000 faculty and staff are training the next generation of doctors, health care professionals, and medical researchers, making remarkable discoveries to help create the pathways to better health for our communities at home and around the world.

The ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Faculty of Medicine offers a diverse array of training opportunities including cutting-edge research experiences in the biosciences, globally recognized population health education, quality health professional training, as well as several certificate and online training options. The Faculty of Medicine is home to more than 1,700 graduate students housed in 20 graduate programs (14 of which offer doctoral research options). Year after year, research excellence in the Faculty of Medicine is supported by investment from funding sources here at home and around the globe, receiving approximately more than $1.8B in total research funding since 2016.

We value our trainees and the creative input they have to scholarly activities at ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ. Our priority is to enable their maximum potential through flexible opportunities that provide a breadth of experiences tailored to their own individual career objectives. We maintain high standards of excellence, and work to create a community of intellectually and socially engaged scholars that work collaboratively with each other, the university, and the world, with the overarching goal of promoting the health of individuals and communities.

Mission
To transform health for everyone.
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  • 1348
    Master's Students
  • 634
    Doctoral Students
  • 479
    Graduate Degrees Awarded
  • 548
    Full-Time Faculty
  • 477.9
    million in Research Awards

Research Centres

Most Faculty research is conducted under the auspices of that are part of ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà or affiliated with it, in collaboration with our health partners.

Centres &ÌýInstitutes
  • Institute of Mental Health
Research Groups
  • OVCARE (BC’s Ovarian Cancer Research Team)

Research Facilities

ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Faculty of Medicine provides innovative educational and research programs in the areas of health and life sciences through an integrated and province-wide delivery model in facilities at locations .

The Life Sciences Centre is the largest building on the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Vancouver campus. Completed in 2004, the $125 million, 52,165 sq metres building was built to accommodate the distributed medical educational program and the .

The (DMCBH), a partnership between the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health, unites under one roof research and clinical expertise in neuroscience, psychiatry and neurology in order to accelerate discovery and translate new knowledge into better treatment and prevention strategies. DMCBH has both laboratory and clinical research areas within the Centre proper and in the ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Hospital Koerner Pavilion. Our core facilities are essential to ongoing collaboration, teaching, and research.

The Ìýis it the largest research institute of its kind in Western Canada in terms of people, productivity, funding and size. With more than 350,000 square feet of space, the Institute has both 'wet bench' laboratory and 'dry lab' clinical research areas, and other areas to facilitate particular areas of research and training.

Research Highlights

New knowledge and innovation are crucial to successfully identifying, addressing and overcoming the increasingly complex health-related challenges that influence the lives of all of us – in British Columbia, in Canada, and in countries and communities around the globe.

The ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Faculty of Medicine is recognized nationally and internationally for research innovation that advances knowledge and translates new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Research opportunities feature extensive collaborations across other faculties, health institutions and health partners across British Columbia, Canada and internationally.

The Faculty provides and fosters research excellence across the full continuum, from basic science to applied science and then to knowledge implementation, with a focus on ; ; ; ; ; and .

Graduate Degree Programs

Research Supervisors in Faculty

or browse the list of faculty members in various academic units. You may click each unit to view faculty members appointed in that unit. View the full faculty member directory for more search and filter options.
Name Academic Unit(s) Research Interests
Lansdorp, Peter Department of Medical Genetics Genetic medicine; Application of single cell Strand-seq in precision medicine; Applied Genetics; cellular aging; Cellular Degeneration; Cellular Division; Complex Trait Genetics; DNA replication, epigenetics and stem cells; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genetic Diseases; Stem Cells and Organogenesis; telomeres; Telomeres, genomic instability, aging and cancer
Lau, Joseph Department of Radiology Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Nuclear medicine; Cancer; Radiopharmaceuticals; Imaging; Radiotherapy
Laule, Cornelia Department of Radiology, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Medical physics; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Pathology (except oral pathology); 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; Neuronal Systems; pain; Pathology; Schizophrenia; Spinal Cord Diseases; spinal cord; Spinal cord injury
Lavoie, Pascal Department of Pediatrics Neonatal Immunity, Infection/Inflammation, Inheritance/Genetics of Neonatal Morbidities, Neonatal Chronic Lung Disease
Law, Michael School of Population and Public Health Global Health, Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Health Policies, Health Policy, Observational studies, Pharmaceutical policy, Pharmacoeconomics, Pharmacoepidemiology, Program evaluation
Leavitt, Blair Department of Medical Genetics Genetic medicine; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Alzheimer's disease; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Ataxia; Dementia; Experimental Therapeutics; Frontotemporal Dementia; Gene regulation; Gene Silencing and Gene Editing; Gene Therapy; Huntington disease; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Medical Genetics; Mouse models of disease; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurogenetics
Lee, Tim Department of Dermatology & Skin Science Computing; Early Cancer Detection; Epidemiologic Research on Skin Cancer
Lefaivre, Kelly Department of Orthopaedics Orthopaedics
Lefebvre, Louis Department of Medical Genetics Genetic medicine; Health counselling; Developmental Genetics; developmental epigenetics; Embryonic Development; Gene Regulation and Expression; genomic imprinting; genomics; germ cell biology; Molecular Genetics; mouse developmental genetics; placental biology; Transgenic Model
Lehman, Anna Michelle Department of Medical Genetics Genetic medicine; Inherited Metabolic Diseases; Genes and Gene Therapy; Genetic causes of rare diseases; Genomic sequencing and variant interpretation; Neurodegenerative disorders; Cardiogenetics; Adams-Oliver syndrome
Leipsic, Jonathon Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine Diagnostic performance and radiation reduction as well as CT to guide minimally invasive valve intervention
Lester, Richard Division of Infectious Diseases Infectious diseases; Digital health; Mobile health (mHealth); Precision Public Health; Patient-centered care; Global Health
Leung, Peter C Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology Reproductive and molecular endocrinology
Leung, Janice Division of Respiratory Medicine
Levin, Adeera Division of Nephrology Hypertension/Renal Transplantation; Medical Education; Outcome/Evaluation Method Applied to Renal Patients
Levings, Megan Department of Surgery, School of Biomedical Engineering Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells
Li, Linda Department of Physical Therapy Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Patient and citizen engagement research; Patient-centered care; Mobile health (mHealth); Health counselling; Health promotion and disease prevention; Physical therapy; Care
Lim, Emilia Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology Bioinformatics, Cancer, Aging, Genomics, Transcriptomics, Epigenomics, Pollution Exposure
Lim, Chinten James Department of Pediatrics Cancer progression and metastasis; Solid cancer tumours; Hematological tumours; Medical and biomedical engineering; tumour cell biology; mechanisms of drug resistance; cell adhesion, migration and invasion; tumour microenvironment; pediatric oncology; tumor xenografts; tumour organoids
Lima, Viviane Dias Division of Infectious Diseases Aging process; Population health interventions; Health promotion and disease prevention; HIV; STBBIs; Aging; Epidemiology; Statistics; mathematical modelling; Prevention strategies for the transmission of HIV and STBBIs; novel intervention strategies to avert HIV disease progression; Clinical Epidemiology of HIV
Lin, Kuo-Shyan Department of Radiology development of radiotracers for applications in oncology and neuroscience, development of radiolabeled 2-arylbenzothiazoles for imaging amyloid plaques in the brain of Alzheimer's disease patients, development of radiolabeled bioactive molecules for cancer imaging
Lisonkova, Sarka Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology preeclampsia
Liu, David Department of Radiology, School of Biomedical Engineering
Liu-Ambrose, Teresa Department of Physical Therapy Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Physical therapy; Rehabilitation medicine; Healthy Aging; exercise; Fall prevention; Cognitive Aging; Randomized Controlled Trials; Physical Activity; Mobility; Neuroimaging; Sleep
Lockwood, William Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Cancer progression and metastasis; Cancer drug development and therapeutics; Mechanisms of carcinogenesis; Cancer; drug discovery; Genetics; genomics; Immune response; Lung cancer; Oncogene signaling; Proteomics; Mouse models

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Recent Publications

This is an incomplete sample of recent publications in chronological order by ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà faculty members with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.

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Publication: Journal of the American Society of Echocardiography
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jonathon Leipsic (Radiology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 08947317
Volume: 38
Page Range: 465-481
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Psychiatric Research
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Daniel Vigo (Psychiatry / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 00223956
Volume: 186
Page Range: 331-340
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Pediatric Blood and Cancer
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Bruce Carleton (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine), Catrina Bozek (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 15455009
Volume: 72
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Neurosurgery Pediatrics
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Mandeep Tamber (Surgery / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 19330707
Volume: 35
Page Range: 554-562
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Thoracic Oncology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Stephen C Lam (Division of Respiratory Medicine / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 15560864
Volume: 20
Page Range: e69-e71
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Kidney International Reports
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Adeera Levin (Division of Nephrology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 24680249
Volume: 10
Page Range: 1657-1672
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Canadian Journal of Cardiology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Andrew Krahn (Divisions of Cardiology & Cardiovascular Surgery / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 0828282X
Volume: 41
Page Range: 1023-1037
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Transport and Health
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jeffrey Brubacher (Emergency Medicine / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 22141405
Volume: 42
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Global Spine Journal
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Charles Fisher (Orthopaedics / Faculty of Medicine), Brian Kwon (Orthopaedics / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 21925682
Volume: 15
Page Range: 2585-2593
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): William Miller (Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 00039993
Volume: 106
Page Range: 821-827
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Child Psychiatry and Human Development
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Timothy Oberlander (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine), Katelynn Boerner-Wallace (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 0009398X
Volume: 56
Page Range: 772-781
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Anna Michelle Lehman (Medical Genetics / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 0021972X
Volume: 110
Page Range: 1767-1780
Publication Date: 1 June 2025

Publication: Clinical Teacher
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Rola Ajjawi (Medicine, Dean's Office / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 17434971
Volume: 22
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Sarka Lisonkova (Obstetrics & Gynaecology / Faculty of Medicine), Joseph Kuruthukulangare (Obstetrics & Gynaecology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 00029378
Volume: 232
Page Range: e221
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Histopathology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jessica McAlpine (Obstetrics & Gynaecology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 03090167
Volume: 86
Page Range: 1053-1063
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Genetic Counseling
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jehannine Austin (Psychiatry / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 10597700
Volume: 34
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Academic Radiology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jonathon Leipsic (Radiology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 10766332
Volume: 32
Page Range: 3711-3721
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Arthritis Care and Research
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Diane Lacaille (Rheumatology Division / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 2151464X
Volume: 77
Page Range: 710-719
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Journal of Clinical Virology
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Julio Sergio Gonzalez-Montaner (Division of Infectious Diseases / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 13866532
Volume: 178
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Stroke
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Thalia Field (Division of Neurology / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 00392499
Volume: 56
Page Range: 1413-1421
Publication Date: 1 June 2025

Publication: Journal of Transport and Health
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Jeffrey Brubacher (Emergency Medicine / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 22141405
Volume: 42
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Julie Bettinger (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine), Manish Sadarangani (Pediatrics / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 08913668
Volume: 44
Page Range: e230-e233
Publication Date: 1 June 2025

Publication: Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Janice Eng (Physical Therapy / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 00039993
Volume: 106
Page Range: 828-836
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: AIDS and Behavior
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Helene Cote (Pathology & Laboratory Medicine / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 10907165
Volume: 29
Page Range: 1747-1760
Publication Date: June 2025

Publication: Addiction
ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Author(s): Seonaid Nolan (Division of Social Medicine / Faculty of Medicine)
ISSN: 09652140
Volume: 120
Page Range: 1184-1194
Publication Date: June 2025

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Recent Thesis Submissions

  • (MEDX - PHD)
  • (MDP9 - MDPHD)
  • (NRSC - PHD)
  • (NRSC - PHD)
  • (NRSC - PHD)
  • (MEDG - PHD)
  • (SPPH - MSC)
  • (MEDX - PHD)
  • (BIMB - PHD)
  • (BIMB - PHD)
  • (MEDG - MSC)
  • (MDP9 - MDPHD)
  • (MEDX - MSC)
  • (MEDG - MSC)
  • (MEDX - MSC)
  • (RPDS - PHD)
  • (MEDX - MSC)
  • (MEDX - MSC)
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  • (NRSC - PHD)
  • (NRSC - PHD)
  • (ONCO - PHD)
  • (SPPH - PHD)
  • (PALM - MSC)
  • (CELL - PHD)
  • (SPPH - MSC)
  • (SPPH - PHD)
  • (CELL - MSC)
  • (MEDX - PHD)
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Doctoral Citations

A doctoral citation summarizes the nature of the independent research, provides a high-level overview of the study, states the significance of the work and says who will benefit from the findings in clear, non-specialized language, so that members of a lay audience will understand it.
Year Citation Program
2024 Dr. Ho created an imaging technique to observe real-time communication between blood cells and their microenvironment. He provided fundamental insights of how intercellular signals synchronize blood cell behavior, regulate blood cell production, and maintain blood system homeostasis. Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology (PhD)
2024 Dr. Turgu explored the link between HACE1 gene, and mTOR, a key growth regulator in cancers. Her findings revealed that HACE1 significantly reduces mTOR activity, revealing a novel mechanism to control growth in tumor cells. Targeting this mechanism pathway can inhibit cancer cells' growth, and survival, leading the way for new therapeutic approaches. Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD)
2024 Using epidemiological and implementation science methods, Dr. Romanowski explored the long-term impact of tuberculosis and what we can do to support tuberculosis survivors. Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD)
2024 Dr. Parlow investigated how corticosteroid-binding globulin (CBG) regulates the effects of glucocorticoids on development, metabolism, stress, and inflammation. Her findings reveal a novel role for CBG in shaping sex differences in organ development in rats, providing insight into the basis for sex differences in humans. Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology (PhD)
2024 Dr. Cassidy-Matthews explored how Indigenous People who use drugs in BC experienced the COVID-19 pandemic and examined influences on vaccine uptake and acceptability. She found that a few relational principles underpinned most health decisions and experiences. These included emotional and spiritual connection, environmental stability, and equity. Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
2024 Dr. Yuchi studied air pollution, green space and dementia risk in Canada. Her work underscores the importance of further improvements to the built environment and air quality to reduce the burden of dementia in settings where air pollution levels are relatively low. Urban planning to incorporate greenery and parks may help to reduce dementia risk Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD)
2024 Dr. Davies explored the communication needs of individuals living with primary progressive aphasia, a language led dementia, and their families. The findings of this research provide guidance for the provision of evidence-based care and for further research in this area investigating avenues of meeting the communication needs of this underserved population. Doctor of Philosophy in Audiology and Speech Sciences (PhD)
2024 Dr. Porter studied the genome sequences of cervical cancers to unravel the molecular alterations associated with human papillomavirus. Employing cutting-edge technologies and bioinformatics methods, she explored the varied ways in which different forms and types of HPV dysregulate the genome to contribute to the progression of cervical cancer. Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD)
2024 Around 50% of premature infants still suffer from neurological problems, despite dramatic improvements in survival and a significant reduction in severe brain injury. Dr. Tremblay's research has shown that reducing innate immune responses after cerebellar injury prevents cerebellar atrophy and white matter injury in a translational mouse model. Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD)
2024 Dr. Baker worked on developing an in-house pre-clinical trial assay for incorporating genetic diversity into vaccine candidate selection. The immune system is the most genetically diverse part of the human genome and must be accounted for when creating vaccines with widespread immunity. Doctor of Philosophy in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (PhD)

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