2021 Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) award recipients

The HP-I Program helps close the gap between health research and its implementation. The awards support health professionals who are actively involved in patient care to conduct and apply research relevant to health and/or the health system to ultimately improve health outcomes in BC and beyond.

Paxton Bach

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

BC Centre on Substance Use
St. Paul's Foundation

Project title

Evaluating the use of prescription psychostimulants for the treatment of methamphetamine use disorder

Nichole Fairbrother

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Perinatal anxiety screening study

Ryan Flannigan

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Leveraging computational modelling and 3D bioprinting in pursuit of a regenerative therapeutic approach for male infertility

Alana Flexman

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Providence Research

Project title

Perioperative stroke screening and outcomes in high-risk surgical patients

Jonathan Troy Grennan

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

The DISCO study: Rethinking STI prevention

Maria Hubinette

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Exploring the experiences of racialized learners to understand and dismantle racist structures in our healthcare system

Matthew Kadatz

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Economic evaluation of the use of expanded criteria donor kidneys pre-emptively to improve the critical organ shortage

Florian Kuchenbauer

Host institution

BC Cancer - Vancouver

Project title

Exploring oxidative phosphorylation as therapeutic vulnerability in high risk acute myeloid leukemia

Jessica Liauw

Host institution

Provincial Health Services Authority

Project title

Improving clinical practice guidelines for antenatal corticosteroids: Incorporating a decision support tool to impact clinical counselling

Nitasha Puri

Host institution

Fraser Health

Project title

Design and pilot of a culturally resonant intervention to treat substance use disorder among South Asian men

Jonathan Rayment

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Cystic Fibrosis Canada

Project title

Advanced pulmonary diagnostics in paediatric respiratory medicine: From technical development to clinical implementation

Angela Russolillo

Host institution

Simon Fraser University

Project title

Redesigning health care for concurrent disorders: The role of multimorbidity in complex co-occurring psychiatric and substance use disorders

Eleah Stringer

Host institution

BC Cancer - Victoria

Partner(s)

Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation

Project title

Does timing matter? A trial of intermittent fasting in haematological malignancies

Ivan Torres

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

BC Schizophrenia Society Foundation

Project title

Neuropsychological functioning in treatment resistant schizophrenia

Tricia Tang

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

JDRF Canada

Project title

Evaluating a virtual care platform (REACHOUT) that delivers peer-led mental health support to adults with type 1 diabetes in rural and remote communities in British Columbia