Heart Disease / Stroke

Vicki Bernstein

Clinical Professor Emerita

Heart disease in women, cardiac failure, risk factors in heart disease, hypertension

Cedric Carter, MB, BS, MRC, FRCPC

Associate Professor

Blood clotting, thrombosis

Dr. Steven Pelech, PhD

Dr. Steven Pelech, PhD

Professor

Cancer, Neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Diabetes, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Biochemistry, Signal Transduction, Cell signalling, Protein kinases, Protein phosphatase, Transcription factors, Cell receptors, Proteins, Peptides, Peptide synthesis, SPOT peptide synthesis, Antibodies, Antibody microarrays, Serological tests, Bioinformatics, Ethics, Evolution, Social intelligence, Cellular intelligence, Molecular intelligence, Biotechnology,

David Granville, PhD

David Granville, PhD

Professor

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Associate Director

Dermatology, wound healing, aging, scarring, fibrosis, dermatology, skin disorders, vascular injury, aneurysm, atherosclerosis, biotechnology, drug discovery, how aging and other factors impair normal healing of tissues, mechanisms of aging, how sunlight and other factors accelerate aging of tissues, proteases, granzymes, oxidative stress

Michael Curry, LLB/JD, MD, CCFP(EM), FCLM, FCFP

Michael Curry, LLB/JD, MD, CCFP(EM), FCLM, FCFP

Clinical Associate Professor

Emergency medicine, emergency room, emergency doctor, emergency physician, stroke, heart attack, trauma, accident, illness, influenza, superbug, MRSA, E coli, medicolegal, medical legal, medical law, legal medicine, medical ethics, health care ethics, malpractice, ethics, doctor, coronavirus,

James Johnson

Professor

diabetes and related conditions, obesity, heart disease, fatty liver, pancreatic cancer, insulin (how it’s controlled and how it works)

Darren Warburton, PhD

Darren Warburton, PhD

Associate Professor

Cardiovascular physiology, clinical exercise rehabilitation, interactive video games

Saul Isserow, MD

Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Health at Vancouver General Hospital

Director, Cardiology services at UBC Hospital

General cardiology, sports cardiology, preventive cardiology

James McCormack, PharmD

Professor

Healthy skepticism, polypharmacy, therapeutics, rationale medication use, medication, risk factors, prescription drugs

Kelly McNagny, PhD

Kelly McNagny, PhD

Professor

Immunology, stem cell biology, inflammation, allergy, asthma, cancer, Crohn’s disease, fibrosis, kidney disease, immunotherapy, animal models, innate lymphoid cells

Lara Boyd, PT, PhD

Lara Boyd, PT, PhD

Professor, CIHR Delegate & Health Research Advisor to the VP Research

Brain, neuroscience, rehabilitation, neuroplasticity, learning, motor learning, stroke, educational neuroplasticity, MRI, functional MRI, transcranial magnetic stimulation, healthy aging, exercise

Dieter Brömme, PhD, DSc

Dieter Brömme, PhD, DSc

Professor

Proteases in diseases, osteoporosis, arthritis, cardiovascular diseases, natural products, drug development

Norma Hilsmann, BSN, MSN (FNP), MSN (Nsg Ed.), RN

Norma Hilsmann, BSN, MSN (FNP), MSN (Nsg Ed.), RN

Lecturer

Nursing, pharmacology, International nursing, hematology, oncology, bone marrow transplant, cancer, intensive care, critical care, cardiac critical care, emergency department, hospital administration, nursing education, ADN, LPN, BSN (BScN), Master’s, Nurse Practitioner, clinical front line nursing,