Paul Gabias, PhD, LLD
Associate Professor
Visual perception, haptic perception, audition, gustation, olfaction, cognition, evolutionary psychology, ecological approach to perception, public education about blindness, psychological aspects of advocacy, rehabilitation, health, stress management, picture perception, wellness, blindness, guide dog training, drawing development
Rehan Sadiq, PhD, PEng
Professor and Associate Dean
Environmental risk analysis, water supply systems, life cycle assessment, infrastructure reliability
Dr. Arun Garg, PhD, MD
Clinical Professor
Diagnostic Lab Medicine, Integrative Leadership, Integrative medicine, South Asian health,
Sara Dubois, MSc, PhD
Adjunct Professor
Animal welfare, conservation, Wild animals, animal welfare, animal science, biology of urban wildlife, oil spill, trophy hunting, wildlife management, exotic animals, zoos, aquariums, captive wildlife, animal cruelty, human dimensions, values, public engagement, humane pest control, wildlife contraception, animals in research, teaching and testing
Julien Picault
Senior Instructor
Labour economics, industrial organization, discrimination and economic education, immigration policy
Mahdi Taiebat, P.Eng.
Professor
Theoretical and computational geomechanics, constitutive modeling of engineering materials, physics and mechanics of granular materials, geotechnical earthquake engineering, static and dynamic soil-structure interaction
Dr. Dzung Vo, MD
Clinical Associate Professor
Head, Division of Adolescent Health and Medicine
Adolescent Medicine, Adolescent Health, Resilience, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders,
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Simon Peacock
Professor
Earthquake, geology, education, STEM education, science education, tsunami, earth science
Jonathan Little, PhD
Assistant Professor
Low-carb/ketogenic diets, exercise physiology, type 2 diabetes, inflammation, high-intensity interval training
Matthew Orde
Forensic Pathologist, Vancouver General Hospital
Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, UBC
Forensic pathology, forensic medicine, autopsy pathology, anatomical pathology, expert evidence, disaster victim identification,
Ross Hickey, PhD
Assistant Professor
Public finance, government, federalism, lobbying, taxation, income tax
Danuta Skowronski, MD, FRCPC
Clinical Professor
Epidemiology Lead, Influenza and Emerging Respiratory Pathogens
Influenza, emerging respiratory viruses, pertussis, vaccine-preventable diseases, epidemiology, rapid response research, risk assessment, public policy, public education through media
Victoria (Vicky) Bungay, PhD, RN
Professor
Sexuality, sex work, harm reduction, drug use, intersectionality, ethnography, communication technologies, community based research
Navid Shahnaz
Associate Professor
Hearing, noise, audiology, ears, effect of personal listening devices (iPods) on hearing, hearing in infants and adults, high frequency thresholds
Patrick Francois, PhD
Professor of Economics, Distinguished University Scholar
African autocracies, economics of developing countries, Indian village governance
Mark Turin, PhD
Associate Professor
Himalaya, Nepal, First Nations, indigenous, anthropology, linguistics, endangered languages, digital, archives, museums, Bhutan, India, Tibet, technology
Ziad Shawwash, PhD
Assistant Professor
Water resource engineering, modeling and optimization of civil engineering systems, hydropower engineering, planning and design of water and electric power systems, hydrology, flood risk management
Stephen Hoption Cann, PhD
Clinical Professor
Chair, Clinical Research Ethics Board
Ethics, clinical ethics, research ethics, research ethics boards (REBs), institutional review boards (IRBs), clinical study design, epidemiology, infectious diseases, spontaneous disease remission, cancer immunology, fever, fever management, essential trace elements, Health Canada and FDA Regulations