Health Care

Thomas Kerr

Associate Professor, AIDS Division

Harm reduction, injection drug users, HIV / AIDS, safe injection site, addiction, opioids, fentanyl

Dr. Judy Illes, CM, PhD

Dr. Judy Illes, CM, PhD

Professor

Distinguished University Scholar

UBC Distinguished Scholar in Neuroethics

Ethics, brain, biomedicine, bioethics, neuroscience,

Dr. Illes is a world-reknowned pioneer of the field of neuroethics that was formally established in early 2000 to directly align biomedical ethics with neuroscience in research, clinical practice, and the commercialization of brain health. She received her PhD from Stanford University, and holds faculty appointments at UBC, the University of Washington in Seattle, and Clare Hall at Cambridge University in England. She is co-lead of the Canadian Brain Research Strategy of the International Brain Initiative, and sits on numerous advisory boards, including the Standing Committee on Ethics and the Institute for Neuroscience Mental Health and Addiction of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. She also is a newly appointed Director-at-Large of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. Dr. Illes is often asked to provide expert consultation and testimony on ethics matters involving conflict of interest, neuroprivacy, and ownership of research data, governance, and regulation. She received the Order of Canada, the country’s highest citizen award, in 2017.

Christiaan van Netten, PhD

Professor Emeritus

Environmental toxicology, aircraft air quality, radon, indoor air quality, occupational health

Ezra Kwok, PhD

Professor

Biomedical engineering, process control, medical devices, physiological modeling and measurements

Sabrina Wong, RN, PhD

Sabrina Wong, RN, PhD

Professor and Director

Primary care, primary health care, health policy

Judith Lynam

Judith Lynam

Professor

Her research examines approaches to health care delivery that foster child health equity. In particular she has studied the impact of a social pediatrics model of service delivery on child health and developmental outcomes in Vancouver’s inner city.

Dr. Helen Brown, PhD, RN

Dr. Helen Brown, PhD, RN

Associate Professor

health and social equity for rural and remote Indigenous communities; maternal and child health for rural and remote women

Geertje Boschma

Geertje Boschma

Professor

History of nursing and health care

Patricia Rodney

Patricia Rodney

Associate Professor

Medical Assistance in Dying, End of Life Care

Joseph Ragaz, MD

Clinical Professor, Medical Oncology

Breast cancer, population trends and control, breast cancer incidence, mortality trends in China versus Canada, hormone replacement therapy and breast cancer, molecular testing (signatures) of human malignancies – and its practical use

Linda Li

Linda Li

Professor

Harold Robinson/Arthritis Society Chair in Arthritis

Arthritis, knowledge translation, implementation science, health services research, medical help-seeking, e-health, lifestyle interventions, physical activity, patient engagement in research

Dr. Li’s research centers on improving the care for people with arthritis and empowering patient self-care. Her work focuses on the integration of online, mobile, and wearable tools in health care. Examples of her work include the use of interactive decision aids for improving communication between patients and health professionals, and the use of wearables and apps to personalized physical activity levels for patients. Dr. Li’s work in knowledge translation has also led to new studies on the benefits of engaging patients as partners in the full spectrum of research process.

Prof. Michael Lee, Reg. OT, CPRRP

Prof. Michael Lee, Reg. OT, CPRRP

Professor of Teaching

Associate Head of Educational Affairs

youth mental health, adult mental health, campus mental health, university student wellbeing, higher education teaching and mental health, psychosocial rehabilitation and recovery, inclusive education, simulated clinical skill education,

Michael Klein

Emeritus Professor of Family Practice and Pediatrics

Maternity and newborn care, meta-analysis, pediatrics, family practice

Kendall Ho, MD

Professor, Dept. of Emergency Medicine

Director, eHealth Strategy Office

eHealth, knowledge translation, educational research, continuing professional development, interprofessional education, evidence informed policy, eLearning, global eHealth

Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN

Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN

Professor

Long-term residential care, family caregiving, Intellectual Disability, nursing care of older adults

Jason Kur

Clinical Assistant Professor

Rheumatology, Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Spondyloarthropathy, Models of Care in Rheumatology / Specialist Medicine

Jennifer Shapka, PhD

Associate Professor

Adolescent development, social development, media, Internet, cyberbullying and victimization, online privacy behaviours, parenting

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

Roger Wong, CM, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS

Roger Wong, CM, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS

Clinical Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine

Vice Dean, Education

Geriatrics, geriatric medicine, acute care for older people, hospital medicine, frailty, dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, quality improvement in medicine, medical education,

Brian Warriner, MD

Clinical Professor

All aspects of anesthesia practice – drugs, effects, monitoring, pharmacology, physiology, respiratory function, cardiac function, operative assessment, anesthesia for different disease processes, airway management, addiction in anesthetists, opioids, fentanyl