Research

The Division has faculty active in research:

  • Dr. Kevin Eva, Professor
    • Medical education (PhD)
  • Dr. Rose Hatala, Professor
    • Medical education, assessment
  • Dr. Nadia Khan, Professor
    • Ethnicity, gender, cardiovascular outcomes and hypertension, CIHR operating grant funding
  • Dr. Anita Palepu, Professor
    • Housing and health, social determinants of health, safe medication prescribing in elderly
  • Dr. Liam Brunham, Associate Professor
    • Precision medicine, lipids, genomics; CIHR New Investigator Award, HSFC Scholar Award, Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) and CIHR operating grant funding
  • Dr. Wee-Shian Chan, Clinical Professor
  • Dr. Simon Pimstone, Clinical Assistant Professor
    • Precision medicine, lipids, genomics
  • Dr. John Staples, Clinical Assistant Professor
    • Injury prevention, health services research; VCHRI Mentored Clinician Scientist Award and a CIHR operating grant funding
  • Dr. Karen Tran, Clinical Assistant Professor
    • Hypertension, Telemonitoring, Home blood pressure monitoring in pregnant women, Arterial stiffness and pregnancy, ARBS CORONA2 RCT, VCHRI Team Grant
  • Dr. Denise Jaworsky, Clinical Instructor
    • Patient experience of travel for medical care, rural clinical trial capacity building, ethical implications of big data research involving Indigenous communities, engagement of Indigenous people living with HIV in directing HIV cohort research
  • Dr. Laura Magee, Affiliate Member (Dept. of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, UBC)
    • Hypertension in pregnancy, COVID-19
  • Dr. Tim Naimi, Affiliate Member (University of Victoria)
    • Substance use disorders (cannabis, alcohol)