Genetics

Loren Rieseberg, PhD

Loren Rieseberg, PhD

Professor

Plant evolution, evolutionary genomics, invasive plants, plant domestication, speciation, sunflower

Dr. Steven Hallam, PhD

Dr. Steven Hallam, PhD

Professor

Microbial ecology, biological engineering, bioinformatics, entrepreneurship, genomics, single-cell genomics, metabolic pathway inference, metagenomics, environmental genomics, automation systems, synthetic biology, machine learning, information aesthetics, science communication, scholarship of education leadership, functional screening, biocatalyst discovery, bioeconomy, bioenergy, microplastics, anaerobic digestion, cyanobacteria, metabolic interaction networks, symbiosis, climate change, oxygen minimum zones, oceanography, sustainability,

Prof. Judy Wong, PhD

Prof. Judy Wong, PhD

Professor

cancer biology, aging, genetics, pharmacology, telomere, telomerase, G-quadruplex,

Scott J. Tebbutt, PhD

Associate Professor

Genotyping, genomics, microarray, asthma genetics, diagnostics, biomarkers, allergic disease, human genome, gene mutation

Matthew J. Farrer, PhD

Professor of Medical Genetics

Senior Scientist, Brain Research Centre

Parkinson’s disease, parkinsonism, movement disorders, genetics, neuroscience, brain, neuron, biology, bioinformatics, neurodegeneration, neurology

Kermit Ritland

Kermit Ritland

Professor

Genomics, statistical genetics

Tongli Wang

Tongli Wang

Assistant Professor, Centre for Forest Conservation Genetics

Research Associate, Dept. of Forest and Conservation Sciences

Climate models, climate change adaptation, ecosystem climate projection, species range projection, assisted migration, global warming, greenhouse effect, greenhouse gases

Jehannine Austin, PhD CGC

Jehannine Austin, PhD CGC

Professor

psychiatric disorders; genetics; genetic testing; genetic counseling; depression; bipolar; schizophrenia; mental illness; stigma; empowerment

Inanc Birol

Associate Professor

Bioinformatics, computational biology, genomics, transcriptome analysis, sequence assembly, next generation sequencing, cancer, human genome, gene mutation

Dr. Catriona Hippman, PhD, CGC

Dr. Catriona Hippman, PhD, CGC

Postdoctoral Fellow

Genetic counselling, genetic counseling, psychiatry, mental illness, postpartum depression, reproductive mental health, perinatal mental health, prenatal genetic screening, Down syndrome, disability, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, antidepressants, antidepressant use in pregnancy, decision making in pregnancy,

Suzanne Lewis, MD, FRCPC

Clinical Professor

Clinical genetics, neurodevelopmental disorders, genes and phenotypes of autism spectrum disorders, clinical genomics, molecular cytogenetics, personalized medicine, human genome, gene mutation

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

Blair Leavitt, MD, CM

Blair Leavitt, MD, CM

Professor

Genetic brain diseases, neurodegenerative diseases, Huntington disease, frontotemporal dementia, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ataxia

Martin Dawes, FRCGP

Martin Dawes, FRCGP

Professor

pharmacogenetics, primary care, medication decision support software

Alexander Wyatt, D.Phil

Assistant Professor

Senior Research Scientist, Vancouver Prostate Centre

Cancer genomics, precision medicine, personalized medicine, prostate cancer, next-generation sequencing, therapy resistance, circulating tumor cells, cell-free DNA, human genome, gene mutation

Weihong Song, MD, PhD

Weihong Song, MD, PhD

Professor and Canada Research Chair in Alzheimer’s Disease

Alzheimer’s disease, Down syndrome, aging

Kerry Jang, PhD

Professor

Urban health, drug policy with regards to marijuana/cannabis, overdoses

Dr. Mads Daugaard, PhD

Dr. Mads Daugaard, PhD

Associate Professor

Cancer Research, Translational cancer research, DNA damage response, Glycobiology, Cell death, Experimental therapeutics, Experimental diagnostics

Bruce Carleton, BSc, PharmD

Bruce Carleton, BSc, PharmD

Professor

Human drug therapy, clinical pharmacology, adverse drug reactions, side effects, drug outcomes, pharmaceuticals, pediatric drug use, genetics of drug action, pharmacogenomics

Anthony Bailey, MBBS, FRCPC

Professor

Chair of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), genetics, neurobiology, brain imaging, mental health