Anthony P. Cheung, MD, MPH, MBA, FRANZCOG, FRCSC
Assistant Professor
Infertility, polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) menopause, ovulation-induction, in-vitro fertilization (IVF), assisted reproduction technology, menopause, hormone replacement therapy
Dr. Jean Carruthers, MD,FRCSC, FRC(Ophth), Fellow of the American Society for Oculoplastic Surgery
Clinical Professor
Physician, Surgeon, Oculoplastic Surgeon, Botox, Neuromodulators, Fillers, Energy based devices, Radiofrequency microneedling, research, Publications, inventor,
Max Cynader, CM, OBC, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS
Professor of Opthalmology & Visual Sciences
Eye diseases, glaucoma, dyslexia, stroke, neurotrauma, memory, vision, learning disabilities, hearing development, recovery after brain damage, ischemia, gene therapy
Peter Kirk
Director, Palliative Care
Palliative care, palliative medicine, palliative sedation
Laura Hurd, MSW, PhD
Professor
Aging, ageism, health, illness, social exclusion
William C. Miller, PhD
Professor
Disabled people with respect to mobility (wheelchairs), influence of self-efficacy with respect to participation in daily activity, social activity and general quality of life especially among disabled adults and elderly, wheelchair prescription, performance and function, outcome measurement in health care
Deborah O’Connor, PhD, RSW
Professor
Family support to frail or mentally impaired seniors, formal support services, senior citizens
Prof. Helen Tremlett, PhD
Professor & Canada Research Chair in Neuroepidemiology and Multiple Sclerosis
multiple sclerosis, epidemiology, pharmacoepidemiology, health administrative data, drug safety and effectiveness, disease-modifying drugs for multiple sclerosis, gut microbiome, pediatric-onset MS, observational studies, real-world data, post-marketing research,
Dean Foti, BSc, MDCM
Clinical Assistant Professor
Dementia, Alzheimer’s disease, Pick disease, traumatic brain injury, concussions, head injuries, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, mad cow disease
Peter Graf
Professor
Memory, prospective memory, morality of memory, memory and aging, cognitive changes across the lifespan, memory in Alzheimer’s disease
Todd Handy, PhD
Professor
Aging and cognition, aging and exercise, cognitive neuroscience, mind wandering, attention, migraine, fMRI
Kevin Gregory-Evans, MD, PhD, FRCS, FRCOphth
Professor
Eye, retina, stem cells, gene therapy, retinitis pigmentosa, macular degeneration, age-related macular degeneration, Stargardt’s disease, Best’s disease, x-linked retinoschisis, electroretinography
Prof. Judy Wong, PhD
Professor
cancer biology, aging, genetics, pharmacology, telomere, telomerase, G-quadruplex,
Neil Cashman, MD
Professor
Prion disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, protein misfolding diseases
James Johnson
Professor
diabetes and related conditions, obesity, heart disease, fatty liver, pancreatic cancer, insulin (how it’s controlled and how it works)
Joanne Matsubara, PhD
Professor
aging, brain dysfunction, age-related macular degeneration (AMD), diabetic retinopathy, eye disease, blindness, glaucoma, neurodegeneration, visual cortex, retina, brain, Alzheimer’s eye
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.
Dr. Jennifer Baumbusch, PhD, RN
Professor
Long-term residential care, family caregiving, Intellectual Disability, nursing care of older adults
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,
Giovanni Gallipoli, PhD
Professor
Economics, policy, inequality, crime, earnings, education, occupations, marriage, insurance, labour, supply, disability, health, matching, firms, credit, distribution