Faculty of medicine researchers are among the UBC recipients of the Michael Smith Health Research BC 2022 Health Professional-Investigator awards.
The Health Professional-Investigator Program supports health professionals to develop and advance research with the goal of bringing research evidence into practice within the health system.
This year’s award recipients are health professionals actively involved in patient care and tackling a broad range of health challenges. This award will support them to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system — to ultimately improve health outcomes in BC and beyond.
Faculty of medicine recipients and their projects:
Dr. Khaled Abdelrahman, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project: The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) to impaired control of brain blood flow in Alzheimer’s disease
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: UBC Vancouver Campus
Dr. Anshula Ambasta, Department of Anesthesia, Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Project: Re-purposing the ordering of ‘routine’ laboratory tests in hospitalized medical patients (RePORT)
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: UBC
Dr. Michael Berger, Department of Medicine, Division of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Project: Improving motor prognosis after spinal cord injury
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Partner: International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Dr. Emily Brigham, Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine
Project: FIRE-Diet: food as an intervention to reduce effects of woodsmoke exposure on respiratory health
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: UBC
Dr. Yvette Drew, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Division of Medical Oncology
Project: Investigating novel, non-chemotherapy, targeted treatment strategies in high grade serous ovarian cancer
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr. Jasmine Grewal, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology
Project: Bridging the gap: screening for fontan associated liver disease (FALD)
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: St Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Kamyar Keramatian, Department of Psychiatry
Project: Evaluation of a manualized telehealth-based psychoeducation group for individuals at high risk for bipolar disorder
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: UBC
Partner(s): Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation
Dr. Faisal Khosa, Department of Radiology
Project: Clinical impact of 24/7 on-site staff radiologist coverage at a level 1 trauma center in British Columbia
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: Providence Health Care
Dr. Anna McGuire, Department of Surgery
Project: Tumour tissue biomarkers to guide personalized lung cancer treatment in British Columbia
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: BC Cancer Research Centre
Dr. Renelle Myers, Department of Medicine, Division of Respiratory Medicine
Project: Lung cancer detection using the lung microbiome and exhaled breath
Host institution: BC Cancer
Research location: BC Cancer – Vancouver
Partner(s): Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation
Dr. Steven Reynolds, Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care Medicine
Project: Phrenic nerve pacing to improve outcome in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome
Host Institution: Fraser Health Authority
Research Location: BC Cancer – Vancouver
Partner(s): Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation
Dr. Wade Thompson, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Project: Making medications fit for older adults: advancing the science and implementation of deprescribing guidelines
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus
Dr. Stephen Yip, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Project: Accelerating comprehensive diagnosis of glioma patients in BC: the long and short of it
Host Institution: BC Cancer
Research Location: Fraser Health Authority
Dr. Ren Yuan, Department of Radiology
Project: Clinical applications and implementation of artificial intelligence in lung cancer: predicting treatment response in advanced disease and risk of malignancy in lung cancer screening
Host institution: BC Cancer
Research location: BC Cancer – Vancouver
Dr. Youwen Zhou, Department of Dermatology and Skin Science
Project: Maresin 1 as a novel therapy for vitiligo
Host Institution: UBC
Research Location: UBC
Learn more about these funded research projects on the MSHRBC website.