2022 Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) award recipients

The Health Professional-Investigator (HP-I) Program is designed to develop BC’s research talent and help decrease 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.

Khaled Abdelrahman

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

The contribution of metabotropic glutamate receptor 5 (mGluR5) to impaired control of brain blood flow in Alzheimer's disease

Anshula Ambasta

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Re-purposing the ordering of 'routine' laboratory tests in hospitalized medical patients (RePORT)

Michael Berger

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)

Project title

Improving motor prognosis after spinal cord injury

Emily Brigham

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

FIRE-Diet: food as an intervention to reduce effects of woodsmoke exposure on respiratory health

Yvette Drew

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Investigating novel, non-chemotherapy, targeted treatment strategies in high grade serous ovarian cancer

Jasmine Grewal

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Bridging the gap: screening for fontan associated liver disease (FALD)

Kamyar Keramatian

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Partner(s)

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
VGH & UBC Hospital Foundation

Project title

Evaluation of a manualized telehealth-based psychoeducation group for individuals at high risk for bipolar disorder

Faisal Khosa

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Clinical impact of 24/7 on-site staff radiologist coverage at a level 1 trauma center in British Columbia

Anna McGuire

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Tumour tissue biomarkers to guide personalized lung cancer treatment in British Columbia

Renelle Myers

Host institution

BC Cancer

Partner(s)

Lotte & John Hecht Memorial Foundation

Project title

Lung cancer detection using the lung microbiome and exhaled breath

Steven Reynolds

Host institution

Fraser Health Authority

Partner(s)

Royal Columbian Hospital Foundation

Project title

Phrenic nerve pacing to improve outcome in mechanically ventilated patients with acute respiratory distress syndrome

Wade Thompson

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Making medications fit for older adults: advancing the science and implementation of deprescribing guidelines

Ricky Turgeon

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Integration of shared decision-making in heart failure pharmacotherapy

Stephen Yip

Host institution

BC Cancer

Project title

Accelerating comprehensive diagnosis of glioma patients in BC: the long and short of it

Ren Yuan

Host institution

BC Cancer

Project title

Clinical applications and implementation of artificial intelligence in lung cancer: predicting treatment response in advanced disease and risk of malignancy in lung cancer screening

Youwen Zhou

Host institution

University of British Columbia

Project title

Maresin 1 as a novel therapy for vitiligo