Faculty of medicine researchers are among the UBC awardees of BC Knowledge Development Fund (BCKDF) funding.
Over $20 million was awarded for 78 research projects being led by researchers at UBC.
“As part of our StrongerBC Economic Plan and commitment to prepare people for the jobs of tomorrow, we are investing in research capabilities at B.C. post-secondary institutions to help solve some of our society’s most pressing issues,” said Ravi Kahlon, Minister of Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation in a statement. “These investments – ranging from environmental health to vibration and acoustics research – allow researchers to create new and innovative technology that will improve the lives of people throughout B.C.”
Faculty of medicine recipients and their projects:
Ali Bashashati, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
AI-driven platform for translating precision medicine discoveries in women’s cancers
Alexis Black, School of Audiology & Speech Sciences
Language and Development Lab
Anna Blakney, School of Biomedical Engineering
RNA Enhancement and Clinical Translation (REACT) Platform
Ryan Flannigan, Department of Urologic Sciences
Infrastructure to Establish a Combined Regenerative and Precision Medicine Reproductive Research Program
Ethan Greenblatt, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
The RNA Regulation Laboratory (RRL): A platform for discovering the roles of RNA regulation in autism spectrum disorders
Ramon Klein Geltink, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Metabolic monitoring of immune cell function
Tillie-Louise Hackett, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Spatial Single Cell Imaging in the Lung
Jane Hill, School of Biomedical Engineering
Developing Breath as a Diagnostic Paradigm for Human Health
Kathryn Isaac, Department of Surgery
Development of Natural Language Processing & Machine Leaning to accelerate breast cancer outcomes research
Steven Jones, Department of Medical Genetics
CGEn – A national platform for genome sequencing and analysis
John Kramer, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Beyond ratings: A neurophysiology lab to assess the neurobiology of pain
Calvin Kuo, School of Biomedical Engineering
Wearable systems to characterize sensorimotor response to impulsive loads
Janice Leung, Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine
Optical Coherence Tomography to Phenotype Small Airways in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Megan Levings, Department of Surgery and School of Biomedical Engineering
Canada Research Chair in Engineered Immune Tolerance
Teresa Liu-Ambrose, Department of Physical Therapy
Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA): A Platform for Interdisciplinary Research
Manu Sasidharan Madhav, School of Biomedical Engineering
Probing the interaction between representations and behaviour underlying navigation
Timothy Murphy, Department of Psychiatry
iMAP in vivo Mesoscale Assessment of neuroProjectomes
Seth Parker, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Functional metabolism and transport using mass spectrometry (MeTSpec)
Jonathan Rayment, Department of Pediatrics
Hyperpolarized 129-xenon paediatric functional magnetic resonance imaging
Julia Schmidt, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Innovations for Traumatic Brain Injury Rehabilitation
Nika Shakiba, School of Biomedical Engineering
Cell Competition Analysis Platform
Tamara Vanderwal, Department of Psychiatry
Naturalistic Neuroimaging of Child Psychiatric Disorders
Ying Wang, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Spatial characterization of human atherosclerotic disease for therapeutic and biomarker development
Jackie Whittaker, Department of Physical Therapy
Musculoskeletal Health and Mobility Laboratory Infrastructure
Jill Zwicker, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy
Pediatric Brain Development and Rehabilitation