Our more than 1,000 researchers are driven by a tireless commitment to help children and their families receive the best possible care and live the healthiest possible lives.
Together with our generous and visionary partners, funders and donors, and the families who participate in our research, we are at the forefront of child health. We continuously pursue new discoveries and innovations that benefit not only the 1 million kids in BC and Yukon who depend on us, but also kids around the world.
We are part of BC Children’s Hospital, the only hospital in BC devoted exclusively to pediatric patients. In the lab, clinic and community, our clinicians and scientists are:
- Improving treatments and finding cures
- Developing breakthrough technologies
- Advancing knowledge of child health and development
- Informing policy and practice
We do this through a wide and varied research portfolio organized into four themes: Childhood Diseases; Brain, Behaviour & Development; Healthy Starts; and Evidence to Innovation.
We are supported by BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, are part of the Provincial Health Services Authority, and work in close partnership with the University of British Columbia.
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Affiliated UBC Faculty & Postdocs
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Ansermino, John Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Sepsis in children; Health information systems; Physiological Monitoring; Technological Innovations; Artificial Intellegence; Automation in healthcare; Global Health; Mobile Health; Outcome prediction; Sepsis in children, Health Information Systems, Physiological Monitoring, Technological Innovations, Artificial Intellegence, Automation in healthcare, Global Health, Mobile Health, Outcome prediction |
| Arbour, Laura | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | northern and aboriginal health issues as they pertain to genetics |
| Austin, Jehannine | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | genetic counseling; genetics services; mental health; genetic counseling, genetics services, Mental health |
| Barr, Alasdair | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Mental health and addictions, with a particular emphasis on psychosis and the medications used in its treatment, Anesthesiology |
| Bayrampour Basmenj, Hamideh | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Perinatal mental health; Perinatal Anxiety; Pregnancy Outcomes; eHealth; mHealth; Perinatal Mental Health, Perinatal Anxiety, Pregnancy Outcomes, eHealth, mHealth |
| Beasley, Clare Louise | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | identify changes in the brains of individuals with schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and major depressive disorder that may elucidate the etiology of these disorders and provide clues to novel treatments; white matter pathology and inflammation; effects of antipsychotic medications on the brain |
| Bedaiwy, Mohamed | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Recurrent Pregnancy Loss; Endometriosis; Minimally Invasive Surgery; Assisted Reproductive Technologies; Recurrent Pregnancy Loss, Endometriosis, Minimally Invasive Surgery, Assisted Reproductive Technologies |
| Beristain, Alexander Guillermo | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Healthy Starts; cellular and molecular processes that direct trophoblast cell biology in early placental development; Examining the A Disintegrin And Metalloproteinase (ADAM) family in trophoblast biology; Examining the effects of obesity-associated inflammation on the maternal-fetal interface; Identifying gene expression differences in subpopulations of trophoblasts in normal and pathological pregnancies |
| Bettinger, Julie | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Epidemiology; Vaccination; Infectious diseases; Health Promotion; Community Health / Public Health; Infectious disease epidemiology; vaccine clinical trials; Vaccine hesitancy; vaccine programs; vaccine safety; Epidemiology, Vaccination, Infectious Diseases, Health Promotion, Community Health / Public Health, Infectious disease epidemiology, Vaccine clinical trials, Vaccine hesitancy, Vaccine programs, Vaccine safety |
| Boerner, Katelynn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Pediatrics; Health equity; Gender and health relationship; Sex and gender-based analysis; Health psychology; Clinical child psychology; Developmental psychology; Patient and citizen engagement research; chronic pain; pediatric psychology; Qualitative research; intensive longitudinal methods; sex and gender based analysis; gender diversity; Autism; neurodiversity; clinical psychology; Health Equity; rehabilitation; chronic illness; eating disorders; medical trauma; Health Psychology; Development; Adolescence |
| Brown, Kelly | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | childhood rheumatic diseases; Inflammation; phagocytes; childhood rheumatic diseases, inflammation, phagocytes |
| Brown, Carolyn Janet | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Applied Genetics; Chromosomes: Structure / Organization; DNA methylation; Epigenetic control of gene expression; Gene Regulation and Expression; Genes escaping X-chromosome inactivation; Long non-coding RNAs; X-chromosome inactivation; XIST RNA; Applied Genetics, Chromosomes: Structure / Organization, DNA methylation, Epigenetic control of gene expression, Gene Regulation and Expression, Genes escaping X-chromosome inactivation, Long non-coding RNAs, X-chromosome inactivation, XIST RNA |
| Brussoni, Mariana | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Developmental psychology; injury prevention; Children's outdoor play; Risky play; Parenting; health behaviour change; Implementation Science; Developmental psychology, Injury prevention, Children's outdoor play, Risky play, Parenting, health behaviour change, Implementation science |
| Charlton, Julia | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Critical care medicine and emergency medicine; Neonatology; Fetal development and medicine; Neonatal neurology; neurodevelopment; Congenital Anomalies; Neonatal cardiac care |
| Coelho, Jennifer S | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Health care effectiveness and outcomes; eating disorders |
| Collet, Jean-Paul | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Clinical sciences, n.e.c.; Stress measurement - stress management -; Child development - children with neurodevelopment disability |
| Conibear, Elizabeth | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Functional genomics; Membranes; Enzymes and Proteins; Vesicle Trafficking; Molecular Genetics; Neurodegenerative diseases; Protein Palmitoylation; Cell Signaling and Cancer; Functional Genomics, Membranes, Enzymes and Proteins, Vesicle Trafficking, Molecular Genetics, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Protein Palmitoylation, Cell Signaling and Cancer |
| Cook, Laura | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Cellular immunology; Regulatory T cells; CD4+ T cells; Immunology; Infectious disease; Immune memory; Immune tolerance |
| Crowell, Philip | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Philosophy; Medical Ethics |
| Dennis, Jessica | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Complex Trait Genetics; genetic epidemiology; statistical genetics; Psychiatric conditions; neurodegenerative disease; Precision Health; Administrative health data; Electronic health records; Machine Learning; Complex trait genetics, Genetic epidemiology, Statistical genetics, Psychiatric conditions, Neurodegenerative disease, Precision health, Administrative health data, Electronic health records, Machine learning |
| Devlin, Angela | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | cardiovascular disease; Children; developmental programming; Diabetes; Obesity; Cardiovascular disease, Children, Developmental programming, Diabetes, Obesity |
| Diamond, Adele | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | executive functions; prefrontal cortex; dopamine; working memory; self-control; self-regulation; cognition; COMT gene; Sex differences; stress; ACEs (adverse childhood experiences); ELS (early life stress); resilience; social determinants of health; ADHD; depression; PTSD; Physical Activity; the arts; mindfulness; executive functions , prefrontal cortex, dopamine, working memory, self-control, self-regulation, cognition, COMT gene, sex differences, stress, ACEs (adverse childhood experiences), ELS (early life stress), resilience, social determinants of health, ADHD, depression, PTSD, physical activity, the arts, mindfulness |
| Dixon, David | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Fixed-bed leaching |
| Doan, Quynh | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Health Services; Child and youth mental health; Emergency medicine work load modelling; Health Services, Child and youth mental health, Emergency medicine work load modelling |
| Dubland, Joshua | Faculty (non-G+PS member) | Clinical sciences; Newborn Screening; Biochemical Genetics; Lipids; Metabolism; mass spectrometry |