The BC Diabetes Research Network GCRC cluster will strengthen diabetes research in BC from the lab bench to clinical trial across themes from cure-oriented diabetes research to diabetes prevention to diabetes complications.
| Name | Role | Research Interests |
|---|---|---|
| Allan, Douglas | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Nervous system |
| Beauchamp, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Kinesiology; social determinants of health; Health Promotion; Quality of Life and Aging; Mental Health and Society; Children; Exercise Psychology; Group Processes; Health Psychology; Intervention; Leadership; Older Adults; Physical Activity; Social Cognition; Sport Psychology; Social Determinants of Health, Health Promotion, Quality of Life and Aging, Mental Health and Society, Children, Exercise Psychology, Group Processes, Health Psychology, Intervention, Leadership, Older Adults, Physical Activity, Social Cognition, Sport Psychology |
| Boushel, Robert | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Exercise, physiology, oxygen transport, cardiovascular regulation, bioenergetics, mitochondria; Exercise, physiology, oxygen transport, cardiovascular regulation, bioenergetics, mitochondria |
| Bundon, Andrea | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Social Contexts; critical disability studies; disability; Paralympics; social media; sociology; sport; Social Contexts, Critical disability studies, Disability, Paralympics, Social media, Sociology, Sport |
| Carpenter, Mark | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | neural control of movement, fear of falling, Neural control of movement, postural control, fears of falling, balance disorders, Parkinson's disease |
| Conklin, Annalijn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Public health nutrition policy; Other basic medicine and life sciences; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders; social nutritional epidemiology; women's health; Health Equity; Chronic Diseases in Elderly; Obesity; CVD risk factors; healthy ageing; food and nutrition policy; Indigenous health; Community Health / Public Health; disease management evaluation; healthcare quality improvement; Social Determinants of Dietary and Metabolic Disorders, Social nutritional epidemiology, Women's Health, Health equity, Chronic Diseases in Elderly, Obesity, CVD risk factors, Healthy ageing, Food and nutrition policy, Indigenous health, Community Health / Public Health, Disease management evaluation, Healthcare quality improvement |
| Devlin, Angela | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Human nutrition and dietetics; Human reproduction and development sciences; Pathology (except oral pathology); cardiovascular disease; Children; developmental programming; Diabetes; Obesity; Cardiovascular disease, Children, Developmental programming, Diabetes, Obesity |
| Dutz, Jan Peter | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Immunity in Health & Disease, diabetes, dermatology |
| Francis, Gordon | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | lipoproteins; Cholesterol metabolism; Cardiovascular risk factors; Prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes; High density lipoproteins (HDL); Lipoproteins, Cholesterol metabolism, Cardiovascular risk factors, Prevention of cardiovascular disease and diabetes, High density lipoproteins (HDL) |
| Gibson, William | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Genetic medicine; Genetic Diseases; Chromosomes: Structure / Organization; Epigenetics; Genetic Diseases, Chromosomes: Structure / Organization, Epigenetics |
| Gill, John | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Clinical outcomes in kidney transplant patients; Access to kidney transplantation; Living donor transplantation; Cardiovascular risk in transplant patients |
| Hayden, Michael | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Diabetes; Disease progression; Drug development; Gene Therapy; Genetic Diseases; Huntington disease; Neurodegenerative diseases; Neurodegenerative disorders; Diabetes, Disease progression, Drug development, Gene therapy, Genetic Diseases, Huntington disease, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Neurodegenerative disorders |
| Hoffman, Bradford | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Understanding how the genes critical to endocrine pancreas development, as well as ?-cell function and proliferation are regulated is essential for the development of novel strategies for the production of insulin-secreting cells, and for improving the efficacy of available transplantable material. |
| Hoppmann, Christiane | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Psychology and cognitive sciences; Aging Process; Social Aspects of Aging; stress; Health Promotion; social determinants of health; Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age; individual differences in goals; Aging Process, Social Aspects of Aging, Stress, Health Promotion, Social Determinants of Health, Health and well-being across the adult lifespan and into old age, Individual differences in goals |
| Jan, Eric | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Virus; Nucleic Acids; Proteomics; Antiviral innate immunity; Zika; coxsackievirus; enterovirus; Innate immunity; molecular biology; picornavirus; protease; Protein synthesis; RNA; RNA structure function; RNA virus; ribosome; SARS; tRNA; translation; Virology; Virus; virus host interactions; mRNA therapeutics; Virus, Nucleic Acids, Proteomics, Antiviral innate immunity, Zika, Coxsackievirus, Enterovirus, Innate immunity, Molecular biology, Picornavirus, Protease, Protein synthesis, RNA, RNA structure function, RNA virus, Ribosome, SARS, TRNA, Translation, Virology, Virus, Virus host interactions, mRNA therapeutics |
| Johnson, James | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | diabetes, hormones, cell biology, signal transduction, apoptosis or programmed cell death, heart failure, heart disease, calcium signalling, pancreatic cancer, obesity, longevity, imaging, Causes of type 1 and type 2 diabetes at a molecular level discovery of genes and associated gene networks linked to diabetes risk and by known risk factors that predispose individuals to diabetes |
| Karakochuk, Crystal Dawn | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Human nutrition and dietetics; Nutrition; Global Health and Emerging Diseases; Hematology; Biochemical markers of iron status; Clinical dietetics; Determinants and causes of anemia; Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency); International nutrition; Maternal and child nutrition; Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc); Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation; Nutrition, Global Health and Emerging Diseases, Hematology, Biochemical markers of iron status, Clinical dietetics, Determinants and causes of anemia, Inherited blood disorders (sickle cell, thalassemia, glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency), International nutrition, Maternal and child nutrition, Micronutrients (namely iron, folic acid, and zinc), Risk-benefit of micronutrient supplementation |
| Khan, Nadia Ahmed | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Ethnic and gender differences in chronic disease incidence and outcomes; Chronic disease prevention and management of Type 2 diabetes, hypertension, stroke, and cardiovascular disease; Hypertension outcomes research |
| Kieffer, Tim | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Diabetes |
| Kopp, Janel | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Modeling cancer; Pancreas; Pancreatic cancer; Pancreatic development; Modeling cancer, Pancreas, Pancreatic cancer, Pancreatic development |
| Laher, Ismail | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Pharmacology and pharmaceutical sciences (except clinical aspects); Cardiovascular diseases; animal models of sleep apnea; Diabetes; exercise; oxidative stress; regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep; Cardiovascular Diseases, Animal models of sleep apnea, Diabetes, Exercise, Oxidative stress, Regulation of small artery tone, mechanisms of pressuce-induced vasomotor responses, exercise, sleep |
| Levin, Adeera | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Hypertension/Renal Transplantation; Medical Education; Outcome/Evaluation Method Applied to Renal Patients |
| Levings, Megan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Immunology; Cell therapy; Immune tolerance; Transplantation; Autoimmunity; Gene Therapy; Regulatory T cells; Immunology, Cell therapy, Immune tolerance, Transplantation, Autoimmunity, Gene therapy, Regulatory T cells |
| Loewen, Christopher | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS); Autism; Cancer Cell Metabolism; Cell Biology; Cell polarity; Endoplasmic Reticulum; Genetic Networks; Golgi; Lipid Signalling; Lipid Traffic; Membrane Contact Sites; Membrane Diffusion Barriers; Membranes and Organelles; Super Resolution Microscopy; Systems Biology; Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Autism, Cancer Cell Metabolism, Cell Biology, Cell Polarity, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Genetic Networks, Golgi, Lipid Signalling, Lipid Traffic, Membrane Contact Sites, Membrane Diffusion Barriers, Membranes and Organelles, Super Resolution Microscopy, Systems Biology |
| Luciani, Dan | Faculty (G+PS eligible/member) | Diabetes; Pancreatic beta-cell function and failure; Mitochondrial physiology; Lysosomal physiology; Cell calcium signalling; Cell stress signalling; Mechanisms of cell death; autophagy; Cellular senescence; fluorescence microscopy; Diabetes, Pancreatic beta-cell function and failure, Mitochondrial physiology, Lysosomal physiology, Cell calcium signalling, Cell stress signalling, Mechanisms of cell death, Autophagy, Cellular senescence, Fluorescence Microscopy |