Q: What is your research area of interest? A: I am interested in the molecular mechanisms of cancer, specifically factors that modulate cancer progression and/or metastasis and that may ultimately be useful biomarkers or therapeutic targets.
At the helm of a new partnership between the Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS (BC-CfE) focusing on untreated addictions is specialist Dr. Evan Wood. Dr. Wood has recently been appointed as the Medical Director for Addiction Services at VCH as part of a greater effort to bridge the gap between addictions clinical education leadership and clinical research that will ultimately guide clinical care in the province.
Steve is from Mississauga, Ontario, but he came out west and obtained his bachelor’s degree from UBC in mechanical engineering before returning to Ontario to complete his Masters at the University of Waterloo, where he conducted research on cervical spine ligament material properties. Steve is currently working on his PhD under the supervision of Dr. Tom Oxland studying the biomechanics of spinal cord injury. His research focuses on the effects of different variables such as injury mechanism and impact velocity on the effectiveness of early surgical decompression treatment.
Amy Lubik is currently working in Dr. Ralph Buttyan’s lab at the Vancouver Prostate Centre involved in multiple projects including Sonic Hedgehog signaling in stromal steroidogenesis as well as inducing stem-like prostate cancer cells to understand progression. She also participates in the NextUp Leadership program associated with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternative (BC).
Jake Yeung is a graduate student in the Genome Science and Technology program at UBC and is working under the supervision of Dr. Colin Collins at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Jake completed his undergraduate training in Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo. Currently, his research work involves computational discovery of trans-acting factors that regulate alternative splicing in neuroendocrine prostate cancer. His general research interests include computational biology and modeling of biological systems.
