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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.
Most Faculty research is conducted under the auspices of that are part of ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà or affiliated with it, in collaboration with our health partners.
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.
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 .
| Name | Academic Unit(s) | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Guy, Pierre | Department of Orthopaedics | Medical, health and life sciences; Surgery; Surgical Technologies; Hip Fracture Care; Health services research |
| Haas, Kurt | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences, School of Biomedical Engineering | Medical and biomedical engineering; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Autism; Brain Circuit Development; Dendritogenesis; Epilepsy; Genetics of Neurological and Psychiatric Diseases; Neurodevelopmental disorders; Neurological diseases; Neuronal Communication and Neurotransmission; Neuronal Computation; Neuronal Modeling; Neuronal Systems; Neuronal and Synaptic Activity; Plasticity / Neuronal Regeneration; Synaptic Plasticity |
| Hach, Faraz | Department of Urologic Sciences | Cancer; Algorithms and computational genomics; Computational Genomics; biomolecular sequence analysis |
| Hacihaliloglu, Ilker | Department of Radiology, Department of Medicine | Bio-signal processing and analysis; Medical biotechnology; Biomedical signal processing; Image guided surgery systems; Medical and biomedical engineering, n.e.c.; Data analytics and signal processing, n.e.c.; Artificial intelligence (AI); Extraction of relevant information from 3D medical images; Image Guided Surgery; computer assisted diagnosis; Deep Learning; point of care ultrasound; ultrasound image processing; Brain Health; orthopedic surgery; liver disease; lung disease; traumatic Brian injury; neurosurgery; Biomedical Engineering |
| Hackett, Tillie-Louise | Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics | Molecular determinants of COPD, small airway obstruction, angiotensin signalling, defective airway epithelial differentiation in asthma, human lung cell repository |
| Haji, Faizal | Department of Surgery | Health care safety and quality improvement; Surgical Education; Global Surgery; Simulation in Healthcare; Health Professions Education; Quality Improvement and Patient Safety |
| Hanley, Gillian | Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology | Clinical medicine; Gynecologic cancer; Ovarian cancer prevention; Gynecologic cancer survivorship; Perinatal mental health; Population-based administrative data |
| Harriman, David | Department of Urologic Sciences | Kidneys and Urinary System |
| Harris, Kevin | Department of Pediatrics | Evidence to Innovation; Preventive Cardiology; Cardiovascular Outcomes; Interventional Pediatric Cardiology |
| Hatala, Rose | Division of General Internal Medicine | in-training (such as the mini-cex) and high-stakes assessment methods; clinical reasoning |
| Hawkes, Michael | Department of Pediatrics | Pediatric infectious diseases; global pediatric infections |
| Hayden, Michael | Department of Medical Genetics | Genetic medicine; Health counselling; Neurosciences, biological and chemical aspects; Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; Diabetes; Disease progression; Drug development; Gene Therapy; Genetic Diseases; Huntington disease; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurodegenerative disorders |
| He, Yanpu | School of Biomedical Engineering | Cellular & Molecular Engineering; Immunoengineering; protein engineering; Cellular engineering; Biomaterials |
| Hedtrich, Sarah | School of Biomedical Engineering | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); Nanotechnology; Bioengineering Human (Disease) Models; Gene Therapy; Human Epithelia; Next-Generation Therapies for Inflammatory and Genetic Diseases of Human Epithelia; Topical drug delivery and Nanomedicine |
| Henderson, Sarah | School of Population and Public Health | Environmental and occupational health and safety; wildfire smoke; air pollution; Extreme weather events; environmental health; radon gas; Food safety; Water quality |
| Henderson, Julia | Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy | |
| Herdman, Anthony | School of Audiology and Speech Sciences | Auditory System; Visual System; Audiovisual, Visual, Audio and Written Communications; Electrophysiology; Language and Cognitive Processes; Neuroimaging Methods (EEG/MEG); Central auditory processing; Auditory and visual perecptions related to reading acquisition (1st and 2nd languages); Brain computer interface |
| Hilton, Brett | Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences | Neurosciences, medical and physiological and health aspects; neuroscience; neuroplasticity; Axon regeneration; Spinal cord injury |
| Hirsch-Reinshagen la, Veronica | Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine | |
| Ho, Kendall | Department of Emergency Medicine | eHealth, knowledge translation, educational research, continuing professional development, interprofessional education, evidence informed policy, eLearning, global eHealth |
| Ho, Vincent | Department of Dermatology & Skin Science | dermatologic therapeutics and oncology |
| Hoekstra, Femke | Division of Social Medicine | Knowledge translation and implementation science in health; Patient and citizen engagement research; Health promotion and disease prevention; Other social sciences; Implementation Science; Rural Health; Virtual health innovation; Research partnerships; Health Promotion; rehabilitation |
| Hoffman, Bradford | Department of Surgery | Understanding how the genes critical to endocrine pancreas development, as well as ?-cell function and proliferation are regulated is essential for the development of novel strategies for the production of insulin-secreting cells, and for improving the efficacy of available transplantable material. |
| Hohl, Corinne | Department of Emergency Medicine | Emergency Medicine; Epidemiology; Pharmacoepidemiology; Health Information Systems; Health Care Organization; Decision Making; Patient Safety; Medication Safety; Adverse Drug Events; Drug safety and effectiveness; Health Information Technology; Clinical Decision Making; Health services research; Adverse Event Reporting |
| Hoiland, Ryan | Critical Care Medicine | Neurosciences, medical and health and physiological aspects, n.e.c.; Clinical and translational cardiovascular sciences; Human physiology, n.e.c.; cerebral vascular physiology; acute brain injury; cardiac arrest; neurocritical care |
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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| Year | Citation | Program |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Dr. Wainstein demonstrated how understanding lived experiences of adolescents with genetic conditions is crucial to offer genetic counselling services tailored to their needs. These adolescents experience ableism. Interventions that tackle genetic literacy and improved interactions among adolescents with and without genetic conditions could mitigate this. | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Okpani studied the impact of community and workplace factors, and mitigation strategies on the risk of COVID-19 infection among Canadian healthcare workers. This research enhances understanding of how protective measures in public health emergencies can promote workers wellbeing, reduce inequity, and support long-term health system resilience. | Doctor of Philosophy in Population and Public Health (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Wardell showed that engineered immune cells can protect transplanted tissue and guard against autoimmunity. Her studies lay part of the groundwork for bringing this cell therapy to the clinic. | Doctor of Philosophy in Experimental Medicine (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Tegegn's research explores, at a molecular level, how the dengue virus, one of the world’s most prevalent pathogens, causes life-threatening bleeding. During infection, dengue hijacks platelets and their parent cells, marking them with signals that lead to depletion. Her findings offer a novel treatment target for dengue hemorrhagic fever. | Doctor of Philosophy in Pathology and Laboratory Medicine (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Life studied mouse dementia and mouse autism. In looking across the lifespan, he obtained functional insights into a gene that shapes our behaviour and personality both early and late in life. His work establishes two strains of mice that are facilitating the development of new therapies for dementia. | Doctor of Philosophy in Medical Genetics (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Denyer investigated how the brain controls complex bimanual movements using transcranial magnetic stimulation. He discovered that bimanual movements do not rely on activity within a single brain region. Instead, they are likely underpinned by activity within a distributed network of brain regions. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Sun believed that in order to cure cancer, one must first create cancer. She genetically modified human blood stem cells to express all possible combinations of four cancer-causing genes. She discovered both individual and cooperative contributions of these genes to the malignant transformation of normal cells into leukemic cells. | Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Oncology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Rapos used neuroimaging and kinematic analyses to examine collision avoidance strategies in children with and without developmental coordination disorder. Her findings suggest children with DCD have difficulties in perception-action coupling, as evidenced by a reliance on visual information and a conservative approach to collision avoidance. | Doctor of Philosophy in Rehabilitation Sciences (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Chu investigated insulin producing pancreatic beta cells, which help maintain blood sugar levels and prevent diabetes. He found that the production of insulin can vary and fluctuate from cell to cell. His work furthers our understanding of diabetes pathology and introduces new methods for controlling insulin production in beta cells. | Doctor of Philosophy in Cell and Developmental Biology (PhD) |
| 2024 | Dr. Doelman developed and tested novel pressure sensors for the wireless assessment of bladder dysfunction in patients following traumatic spinal cord injury. He successfully validated two distinct pressure sensors, one of which is now being utilized in clinical trials at the Cleveland Clinic. | Doctor of Philosophy in Neuroscience (PhD) |
