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:


Stringer, Eleah
Clinical and Sessional Instructor, Land and Food Systems, UBC; Clinical Dietician, BC Cancer-Victoria

Stringhini, Silvia
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Taubert, Stefan
Associate Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine

Wilson, Carlee
Postdoctoral Fellow, Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine

Yeung, Anthony
Clinical Instructor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine