Brain Dysfunction

Kenneth G. Baimbridge, PhD

Professor

Physiology, neurophysiology, degenerative neurological diseases

Carl Laird Birmingham, MD

Carl Laird Birmingham, MD

Professor

eating disorders, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, ARFID, phobia, emetophobia, obesity, neurofeedback, LORETA neurofeedback, concussion treatment

Max Cynader, CM, OBC, PhD, FRSC, FCAHS

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

Ging-Yuek (Robin) Hsiung

Associate Professor

Dementia, Alzheimer Disease, Frontotemporal Dementia, Vascular Dementia, Dementia with Lewy Bodies

Raymond Lam, MD, FRCPC

Professor

BC Leadership Chair in Depression Research

Seasonal affective disorder, winter depression, antidepressants, light therapy, depression, clinical guidelines, circadian rhythms, melatonin, serotonin, dopamine, noradrenaline, tryptophan, cognition, technology, eHealth, mHealth, guidelines, biomarkers, diagnosis, internet, mental illness

David Li, MD, FRCPC

David Li, MD, FRCPC

Professor Emeritus of Radiology

Emeritus Director UBC MS/MRI Research Group

Multiple sclerosis (MS), Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Tim O’Connor, PhD

Professor

Molecular developmental neurobiology, developmental biology, neuroscience

Dr. Steven Pelech, PhD

Dr. Steven Pelech, PhD

Professor

Cancer, Neurological disorders, Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, ALS, Diabetes, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2, Biochemistry, Signal Transduction, Cell signalling, Protein kinases, Protein phosphatase, Transcription factors, Cell receptors, Proteins, Peptides, Peptide synthesis, SPOT peptide synthesis, Antibodies, Antibody microarrays, Serological tests, Bioinformatics, Ethics, Evolution, Social intelligence, Cellular intelligence, Molecular intelligence, Biotechnology,

Siân Spacey

Associate Clinical Professor, Neurology

Director, UBC Headache Clinic

Headaches, migraines, ataxia

Jane Roskams, PhD

Jane Roskams, PhD

Professor

Neural regeneration, neural degeneration, neural stem cells, spinal cord regeneration, epigenetics, sensory loss, developmental brain disorders, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s disease, brain tumours

Prof. Helen Tremlett, PhD

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,

A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD, FRCPC, FAAN

A. Jon Stoessl, CM, MD, FRCPC, FAAN

Professor and Head, Division of Neurology

Co-director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Director, Pacific Parkinson’s Research Centre

Parkinson’s, Positron emission tomography, neuropharmacology, dopamine

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

Peter Graf

Professor

Memory, prospective memory, morality of memory, memory and aging, cognitive changes across the lifespan, memory in Alzheimer’s disease

Brian MacVicar

Professor

Brain research, epilepsy, astrocyte, glia, dendrites, synapse, imaging, two photon laser scanning microscopy, neurophysiology

Dr. Gary Redekop, MD, MSc, FRCSC

Head

Dept. of Surgery

Neurosurgery, cerebrovascular disease, stroke, epilepsy,

Paul Pavlidis, PhD

Professor

Bioinformatics, genomics, gene networks, systems biology, computational biology, human genome, gene mutation

Neil Cashman, MD

Professor

Prion disease, bovine spongiform encephalopathy, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, protein misfolding diseases

Joanne Matsubara, PhD

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

Prof. Edward Taylor, PhD, RCSW, ACSW

Prof. Edward Taylor, PhD, RCSW, ACSW

Associate Dean

Assessment, diagnoses, and treatment of moderate to severe mental disorders in youth and young adults, School Violence, Terrorism and the many pathways to becoming a terrorist, Understanding violence and mental disorders, Neuro-social development of social intelligence and social problem-solving,