Dr. Millan Patel, Clinical Assistant Professor, was recognized with the Department of Medical Genetics Clinical Teaching Award in 2012 for creating an environment that empowered clinical trainees to utilize biotechnology in improving patient care. Dr. Patel is also a mentor in the Faculty of Medicine Mentor Program and MentorNet. In addition, Dr. Patel is the [...]
Parkinson’s disease gene identified with help of Mennonite family: UBC-VCH research An international team led by human genetic researchers at the University of British Columbia and Vancouver Coastal Health has identified the latest gene associated with typical late-onset Lewy body Parkinson’s disease (PD), with the help of a Canadian Mennonite family of Dutch-German-Russian ancestry. Twelve [...]
Genomic Approaches to Personalizing Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment Principal investigator: Marco Marra, Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, $5.7 million The UBC-led team will determine if evidence-based personalized medicine is more effective than the current system of managing cancer treatment. Researchers will explore the implementation of personalized cancer genomic medicine to improve treatment efficiency [...]
Systems Analysis of Single Stem Cells Principal investigator: Fabio Rossi, Professor in the Department of Medical Genetics, $3 million New infrastructure enabled by this grant will enable the UBC research team to apply the expanding power of genomics, proteomics and live-cell imaging to thousands of single cells at once, leading to an improved capability to [...]
Mission
Pursuing basic and clinical research for diagnosis, prevention and treatment of genetic disease.Our goal is to be a world leader in the
research, clinical practice and teaching of
Genetic Medicine.
Vision
The UBC Department of Medical Genetics is an inspiring and productive community of scholars; an outstanding provider of knowledge, technical expertise, and compassionate care for our patients. We are a respected source of information and advice to society. While focusing on key areas of genetic medicine we view diversity of approach and techniques to be an essential strength of our Department.
