Neuroscience / Cognitive Science

Vanessa Auld, PhD

Professor

Cell biology, genetics, model systems, development of the nervous system, glia, barriers in the body

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

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)

Tania Lam, PhD

Associate Professor

Walking, spinal cord injury, physical therapy, rehabilitation, movement, neuroscience

Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, BSc, MSc, PhD

Dr. Elizabeth M. Simpson, BSc, MSc, PhD

Professor

Genetics, genomics, mouse modeling, CRISPR, aniridia, blindness,

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,

Paul Pavlidis, PhD

Professor

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

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,

Catharine Winstanley, PhD

Catharine Winstanley, PhD

Associate Professor

Impulsivity, gambling, behavioural neuroscience, frontal cortex, dopamine, serotonin, addiction

Tiffany Townsend, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor

Neurology, epilepsy, epilepsy surgery, seizures, psychiatry and epilepsy

Dr. Judy Illes, CM, PhD

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.

Roger Wong, CM, BMSc, MD, FRCPC, FACP, FCAHS

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,

Jean-Sébastien Blouin

Professor

Sensorimotor physiology, vestibular, standing balance, perception, whiplash, neck, robotics

Dr. Lawrence Ward, AB, PhD

Dr. Lawrence Ward, AB, PhD

Professor

Cognitive/perceptual psychology, psychophysics, cognitive neuroscience, computational neuroscience, stochastic resonance,

Prof. Paul van Donkelaar, PhD

Prof. Paul van Donkelaar, PhD

Professor

Traumatic brain injury; intimate partner violence; sports-related concussion; sensorimotor control; neurocognitive function; cerebrovascular physiology,

Timothy Inglis, PhD

Professor

Movement, control, balance, equilibrium, spinal cord, vestibular, neuroscience, physical therapy

Dr. Catriona Hippman, PhD, CGC

Dr. Catriona Hippman, PhD, CGC

Postdoctoral Fellow

Genetic counselling, genetic counseling, psychiatry, mental illness, postpartum depression, reproductive mental health, perinatal mental health, prenatal genetic screening, Down syndrome, disability, pharmacogenetics, pharmacogenomics, personalized medicine, antidepressants, antidepressant use in pregnancy, decision making in pregnancy,

Tony Traboulsee, MD

Tony Traboulsee, MD

Professor

Multiple sclerosis, neuromyelitis optica (NMO)

Dr. Stan Floresco, PhD

Dr. Stan Floresco, PhD

Professor

Dopamine, reward, decision making, cognitive flexibility, frontal lobes, addiction,