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Theodore Steiner

Professor
Head, Division of Infectious Diseases, UBC
Academic Appointment
Professor
Research Focus
Digestive SystemInfectionsImmune System
Degrees / Designations

B.Sc., MD

Contact Info
tsteiner@mail.ubc.ca
604-875-4588
DrTedSteinerUBC

Biography

Dr. Ted Steiner is a researcher at the Immunity and Infection Research Centre, professor and head of the Division of Infectious Diseases and an associate member of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at the University of British Columbia. His research interests focus on the inflammatory response to the flagellin from enteroaggregative E. coli (EAEC), an emerging diarrheal pathogen. His clinical expertise is in general consultative infectious diseases, with a particular interest in infectious diarrhea and tropical medicine.

Research Studies

Immune System, Lungs and Breathing

Assessing an immunomodulator in reducing respiratory tract infection morbidity in older adults

Digestive System

Microbiota restoration therapy for recurrent C-difficile infections

Digestive System

Tapering dose of vancomycin to prevent recurrent C. difficile infection

Clostridium Difficile Infections

Multicentre Blinded Comparison of Lyophilized Sterile Fecal Filtrate to Lyophilized Fecal Microbiota Transplant in Recurrent Clostridioides Difficile Infection

Immune System and Disorders

Countermeasures for COVID-19 Pandemic

Clostridium Difficile Infections

Efficacy and Safety of Cadazolid Versus Vancomycin in Subjects With Clostridium Difficile - Associated Diarrhea

Clostridium Difficile Infections

Microbiota Restoration Therapy for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection

Clostridium Difficile Infections

A Prospective Trial of Frozen-and-Thawed Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection

Clostridium Difficile Infections

Microbiota Restoration Therapy for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection (PUNCHCD2)

Clostridium Difficile Infections

Study of a Candidate Clostridium Difficile Toxoid Vaccine (Cdiffense) in Subjects at Risk for C. Difficile Infection

News and Awards

Streamlining clinical research in B.C. to tackle COVID-19

Feb 4, 2021

T-cells could be used as COVID-19 immunity tracking tools

Jan 18, 2021

People in profile: Hannah Peters

Oct 23, 2020

People in profile: Torey Lau

Jun 21, 2017

Fecal matters: One person’s waste is another’s cure

May 9, 2017

Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients seek knowledge from experts for better health

Jun 6, 2016

Avoiding antibiotics key to preventing life-threatening C. difficile

Jan 22, 2015

Publications

  • Gastroenterology -

    Fecal Microbiota Transplantation for Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Enhances Adaptive Immunity to C difficile Toxin B.

    Cook L, Rees WD, Wong MQ, Peters H, Levings MK, Steiner TS
  • Frontiers in cell and developmental biology -

    Regenerative Intestinal Stem Cells Induced by Acute and Chronic Injury: The Saving Grace of the Epithelium?

    Rees WD, Tandun R, Yau E, Zachos NC, Steiner TS
  • Gastroenterology -

    Recurrent Clostridioides difficile Infection Is Associated With Impaired T Helper Type 17 Immunity to C difficile Toxin B.

    Cook L, Rees WD, Wong MQ, Kwok WW, Levings MK, Steiner TS
  • Journal of immunological methods -

    A method for expansion and retroviral transduction of mouse regulatory T cells.

    Wu D, Wong MQ, Vent-Schmidt J, Boardman DA, Steiner TS, Levings MK
  • Journal of Crohn's & colitis -

    Enteroids Derived From Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients Display Dysregulated Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress Pathways, Leading to Differential Inflammatory Responses and Dendritic Cell Maturation.

    Rees WD, Stahl M, Jacobson K, Bressler B, Sly LM, Vallance BA, Steiner TS
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