Spotlight

Meet key stakeholders in precision health research from across UBC.


  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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…

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  • 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

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  • 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

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