Age-Associated Diseases

Understanding the mechanisms of disease onset and progression and to inform new strategies for diagnosis and treatment. This includes diseases that become more frequent with age such as Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer’s disease, cancer, Type 2 diabetes, and respiratory diseases.


Members

Meet faculty members and trainees in this research area:


Appel-Cresswell, Silke
Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Faculty of Medicine

Côté, Hélène
Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Dennis, Jessica
Assistant Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Finlay, Brett
Professor, Departments of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Microbiology & Immunology, Faculties of Medicine and Science

Foster, Leonard
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine; Director, Life Sciences Institute

Hajipour, Mohammadreza
PhD Student, Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Hernandez, Ana
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Faculty of Medicine

Hung, Lillian
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science

Jenstad, Lorienne
Associate Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Klein Geltink, Ramon
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Kobor, Michael
Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging – a UBC President’s Excellence Chair

Lafleur, Danielle
PhD Student, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Madden, Kenneth
Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Faculty of Medicine

Mayor, Thibault
Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine

McKendry, James
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Land and Food Systems

McNagny, Kelly
Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering and Department of Medical Genetics, Faculties of Applied Science and Medicine

Metcalfe-Roach, Avril
PhD Student, Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science

Murphy, Rachel
Associate Director, Research and Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health; BC Cancer Research Centre, Faculty of Medicine

Pouladi, Mahmoud
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Schaffner, Samantha
Postdoctoral Fellow, Edwin S.H. Leong Centre for Healthy Aging, Faculty of Medicine