Meet key stakeholders in precision health research from across UBC.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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
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Meet Stuart Turvey
Professor, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine UBC Faculty of Medicine Precision Health Co-Lead