UBC researchers from multiple faculties, schools and centres on our campuses and at affiliated health research institutes are making critical advances in biomedical innovation.
Discipline-specific research expertise combines with an interdisciplinary mindset and approach to tackle some of society's biggest health challenges.
The retina is our bridge to the visual world, transforming the light that enters our eyes into the images we see. Dr. Eduardo Navajas, clinical associate professor and director of resident research at UBC’s department of ophthalmology and visual sciences, is working to preserve this precious gateway for thousands of British Columbians.
The Future Leaders in Canadian Brain Research program aims to accelerate novel and transformative research that will fundamentally change our understanding of nervous system function and dysfunction and their impact on health.
Nuthan Vikas Bathula, PhD Candidate from the Blakney Lab, Michael Smith Laboratories & School of Biomedical Engineering. Nuthan’s PhD research is focused on self-amplifying RNA and recently received the NMIN Graduate Award.
Dr. Megan Levings and her team at UBC are engineering cell-based therapies that could transform the way we treat everything from Type 1 diabetes to multiple sclerosis.
Dr. Nika Shakiba explains how emerging cell therapies could treat cancer, diabetes, spinal cord injuries and more.
Dr. Poul Sorensen’s breakthrough cancer research has saved countless lives. But he thinks we can cut the time from discovery to treatment by 50% — or more.
From cancer treatments to vaccines, Dr. Anna Blakney is working to unlock the enormous potential of mRNA.
Dr. Alexandra Williams, a postdoctoral fellow in clinical cardiovascular physiology at UBC’s International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD), is studying the link between the cardiovascular and nervous systems to understand how we can use innovative treatments that target the heart to improve outcomes among individuals with spinal cord injury.
Vanessa Porter, a PhD candidate in UBC’s department of medical genetics, is using a cutting-edge DNA sequencing technology to understand how cervical cancers evolve and how this knowledge can inform future treatments for individual patients.
Dr. Soh Ishiguro, a postdoctoral fellow at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, is working on new genome editing tools that could one day cure rare and debilitating diseases from blood disorders to heart disease.
UBC Medicine professor Dr. Pieter Cullis helped pave the way for mRNA vaccines and other life-saving treatments thanks to his work on lipid nanoparticles.
Modern life wreaks havoc on the friendly microbes living in our guts. But bioengineering could help get our collective health back on track.
When the body heals improperly, scar tissue develops. But new tools to help immune cells communicate could extend patients' lifespans.
How do humans navigate their surroundings? Understanding this mechanism could help treat conditions like dementia and Alzheimer's.
When the spirit of engineering comes forth to tackle some of the biggest challenges in medicine, incredible developments can happen.
It's an emerging field, but what is it all about, and what kind of promise does it hold for patients? We talk to one of the pioneers of the field.