Precision Health Spotlights

Meet Drs. Hanley and Kwon

Meet Drs. Hanley and Kwon

Drs. Gillian Hanley (left) and Janice Kwon (right) are recipients of the 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project entitled “Precision Health Care to Improve the Quality of Life and Long-term Health of People Entering Premature Surgical Menopause”. Read a summary of the project here.  “We aim to generate evidence…for example, an understanding […]

Meet Drs. Loucks and Ross

Meet Drs. Loucks and Ross

Drs. Catrina Loucks (left) and Colin Ross (right) are recipients of the 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for this project entitled “Uncovering patient-specific genetic factors that can be used to optimize morphine-based pain relief while avoiding harm”. Read a summary of the project here. “We have conducted preliminary analyses assessing known genetic variants that […]

Meet Drs. Yuan and MacAulay

Meet Drs. Yuan and MacAulay

Drs. Ren Yuan (left) and Calum Mac Aulay (right) are recipients of the 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for this project titled “An AI model to predict future lung cancers risk with low-dose screening CT”. Read a summary of the project here. “Our pilot project is to use AI tools to identify sub-visual changes […]

Meet Drs. Talhouk and Tinker

Meet Drs. Talhouk and Tinker

Drs. Aline Talhouk (left) and Anna Tinker (right) are recipients of the UBC Faculty of Medicine 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project titled “Risk evaluation and omics screening for targeting prevention in endometrial cancer”.  Read a summary of the project here. “We are investigating precision health tools to help guide screening and prevention […]

Meet Drs. Schrader and Yip

Meet Drs. Schrader and Yip

Drs. Kasmintan Schrader (left) and Stephen Yip (right), are recipients of the UBC Faculty of Medicine 2021/2022 Precision Health Catalyst Grant award for their project titled “Parent-of-Origin-Aware Hereditary Cancer Diagnostic and Cascade Genetic Testing”. Read a summary of the project here. “The future of precision health will be driven by constantly evolving technological advancement and the […]

Meet Drs. Tropini and Ciernia 

Meet Drs. Tropini and Ciernia 

Carolina Tropini
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and the School of Biomedical Engineering

Annie Ciernia
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

Meet Stuart Turvey

Meet Stuart Turvey

Professor, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine

UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health Co-Lead

Meet Drs. Richardson and Lewis

Meet Drs. Richardson and Lewis

Anamaria Richardson
Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
Investigator and General Pediatrician, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Suzanne Lewis
Clinical Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
Associate, The Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Investigator, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute

Meet Parveen Bhatti

Meet Parveen Bhatti

Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health
Scientific Director, BC Generations Project
Senior Scientist, BC Cancer

Meet Chris Carlsten

Meet Chris Carlsten

Professor and Head, Division of Respiratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health Co-Lead