Kenneth G. Baimbridge, PhD
Professor
Physiology, neurophysiology, degenerative neurological diseases
Carl Laird Birmingham, MD
Professor
eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, phobia, emetophobia, obesity, neurofeedback, LORETA neurofeedback, concussion treatment
Max Cynader, CM, OBC, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor of Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eye diseases, glaucoma, dyslexia, stroke, neurotrauma, memory, vision, learning disabilities, hearing development, recovery after brain damage, ischemia, gene therapy
Ging-Yuek (Robin) Hsiung
Associate Professor
Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies
Raymond Lam, MD, FRCPC
Professor
BC Leadership Chair in Depression Research
Seasonal affective disorder, winter depression, antidepressants, light therapy, depression, clinical guidelines, circadian rhythms, melatonin, serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, tryptophan, cognition, technology, eHealth, mHealth, guidelines, biomarkers, diagnosis, internet, mental illness
David Li, MD, FRCPC
Professor Emeritus of Radiology
Emeritus Director UBC MS/MRI Research Group
Multiple sclerosis (MS), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)
Tim O’Connor, PhD
Professor
Molecular developmental neurobiology, developmental biology, neuroscience
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,
Siân Spacey
Associate Clinical Professor, Neurology
Director, UBC Headache Clinic
Headaches, migraines, ataxia
Jane Roskams, PhD
Professor
Neural regeneration, neural degeneration, neural stem cells, spinal cord regeneration, epigenetics, sensory loss, developmental brain disorders, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumours
Prof. Helen Tremlett, PhD
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Neuroepidemiology and Multiple Sclerosis
multiple sclerosis, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health administrative data, drug safety and effectiveness, disease-modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis, gut microbiome, pediatric-onset MS, observational studies, real-world data, post-marketing research,
A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD, FRCPC, FAAN
Professor and Head, Division of Neurology
Co-director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health
Director, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre
Parkinson’s, Positron emission tomography, neuropharmacology, dopamine
Dean Foti, BSc, MDCM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Pick disease, traumatic brain injury, concussions, head injuries, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, mad cow disease
Peter Graf
Professor
Memory, prospective memory, morality of memory, memory and aging, cognitive changes across the lifespan, memory in Alzheimer’s disease
Brian MacVicar
Professor
Brain research, epilepsy, astrocyte, glia, dendrites, synapse, imaging, two photon laser scanning microscopy, neurophysiology
Dr. Gary Redekop, MD, MSc, FRCSC
Head
Dept. of Surgery
Neurosurgery, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, epilepsy,
Paul Pavlidis, PhD
Professor
Bioinformatics, genomics, gene networks, systems biology, computational biology, human genome, gene mutation
Neil Cashman, MD
Professor
Prion disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, protein misfolding diseases
Joanne Matsubara, PhD
Professor
aging, brain dysfunction, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, eye disease, blindness, glaucoma, neurodegeneration, visual cortex, retina, brain, Alzheimer’s eye
Prof. Edward Taylor, PhD, RCSW, ACSW
Associate Dean
Assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of moderate to severe mental disorders in youth and young adults, School Violence, Terrorism and the many pathways to becoming a terrorist, Understanding violence and mental disorders, Neuro-social development of social intelligence and social problem-solving,