Understanding the genetic, molecular and cellular changes that occur throughout the life course and into older age that make aging a risk factor for chronic health conditions and diseases. This focus area transcends disease modalities by seeking to understand how addressing the basic biology of aging may prevent, cure or delay, not one, but all diseases and health conditions that become more frequent with age.
Investigators in our geroscience theme have the expertise and laboratory capabilities to measure a number of biological substrates and molecules involved in aging, including epigenetic marks, epigenetic clocks, microbiome, metabolites, proteins, inflammatory markers, and more. If you are interested in finding a lab with specific expertise search our Investigator list or email us at healthy.aging@ubc.ca
Members
Meet faculty members and trainees in this research area:
Ayas, Najib
Professor, Divisions of Respiratory Medicine and Critical Care, Faculty of Medicine
Bhatti, Parveen
Associate Professor, School of Population and Public Health, 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
Engelbrecht, Hannah-Ruth
PhD Student, BC Children’s Hospital Research Institute, Faculty of Science
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
Freeman, Shannon
Associate Professor, School of Nursing, University of Northern British Columbia
Hernandez, Ana
Postdoctoral Fellow, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation, Faculty of Medicine
Kobor, Michael
Edwin S.H. Leong UBC Chair in Healthy Aging – a UBC President’s Excellence Chair
Lim, Emilia
Assistant Professor, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 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