Director, MD/PhD Program
Associate Director, MD/PhD Program
MD/PhD Program Admissions & Advisory Committee (2025-2026)
Dr. Liam Brunham, Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), UBC and St. Paul’s Hospital
Dr. Lara Boyd, Department of Physical Therapy
Dr. Sarah Gray, Northern Medical Program Research Lead, Division of Medical Sciences
Dr. Desmond Nunez, Department of Surgery
Dr. William G. Honer, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Rachel Eddy, Departments of Radiology and Pediatrics
Ms. Erica Qureshi (Student Liaison)
Ex-Officio Members (2025-2026)
Dr. Susan Forwell, Associate Dean, Graduate & Postdoctoral Education
Dr. Cheryl Holmes, Associate Dean, Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Shahin Shirzad, Assistant Dean, Admissions, Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Cary Cuncic, Regional Associate Dean, Vancouver Fraser, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Wyeth Wasserman, Vice Dean, Research, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Sarah Bartlett, Associate Dean, Student Affairs, Undergraduate Medical Education Program, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Sonia Butterworth, Associate Dean, Postgraduate Medical Education, Faculty of Medicine
Dr. Michael Hunt, Dean and Vice-Provost, Faculty of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies
Current and Past Research Supervisors
Dr. Fidel Vila-Rodriguez, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Emmanuel T. Osei, Department of Biology (UBCO)
Dr. Veronica Hirsch-Reinshagen, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Mark Cembrowski, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Dr. Bruce A Vallance, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Anne Gadermann, School of Population and Public Health
Dr. Quynh Doan, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Brian Kwon, Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Ali Bashashati, School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Arman Rahmim, Departments of Radiology and Physics & Astronomy
Dr. Robert Olson, Department of Surgery
Dr. Kelly McNagny, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Glen Tibbits, Department of Biomedical Physiology and Kinesiology
Dr. Filip Van Petegem, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Megan Levings, Department of Surgery and School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Haakon Nygaard, Department of Medicine
Dr. Silke Cresswell, Department of Medicine
Dr. Will Lockwood, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Michael Underhill, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences and SBME
Dr. Scott Anderson, Department of Philosophy
Dr. Skye Barbic, Department of Occupational Science & Occupational Therapy
Dr. François Bénard, Department of Radiology
Dr. Julie Bettinger, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Peter Black, Department of Urologic Sciences
Dr. Liam Brunham, Department of Medicine
Dr. Jane Buxton, School of Population & Public Health
Dr. Neil Cashman, Department of Medicine
Dr. Anthony Chow, Department of Medicine
Dr. Brian Christie, Department of Psychology
Dr. John Church, Department of Physiology
Dr. Hélène Côté, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Shoukat Dedhar, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Jan Dutz, Department of Dermatology & Skin Science
Dr. Connie Eaves, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Kevin Eva, Department of Medicine
Dr. Brett Finlay, Michael Smith Laboratories
Dr. Leonard Foster, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Gordon Francis, Department of Medicine
Dr. Robert Hancock, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. Michael Hayden, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. John Hill, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Martin Hirst, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. Antony Hodgson, School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Robert Holt, Department of Medical Genetics, Genome Sciences Centre
Dr. William Honer, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. David Huntsman, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Steven Jones, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Timothy Kieffer, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Dr. Andrei Krassioukov, Department of Medicine
Dr. Gerald Krystal, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Harley Kurata, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Dr. Julia Levy, Department of Microbiology & Immunology
Dr. Sarka Lisonkova, Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Dr. Marco Marra, Department of Medical Genetics, Genome Sciences Centre
Dr. Bruce McManus, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Timothy Murphy, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Melanie Murray, Department of Medicine
Dr. Christian Naus, Department of Cellular & Physiological Sciences
Dr. Christopher Nguan, Department of Urologic Sciences
Dr. Torsten Nielsen, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Christopher Overall, Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Dr. Steven Plotkin, Department of Physics & Astronomy
Dr. Dan Pratt, Centre for Health Education Scholarship
Dr. Edward Pryzdial, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Lynn Raymond, Department of Psychiatry
Dr. Neil Reiner, Department of Medicine
Dr. Wendy Robinson, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Robert Rohling, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering
Dr. Fabio Rossi, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Tim Salcudean, School of Biomedical Engineering
Dr. Sohrab Shah, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Laura Sly, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Christian Steidl, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Peter Stirling, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. John Street, Department of Orthopaedics
Dr. Sriram Subramaniam, Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation
Dr. Stuart Turvey, Department of Pediatrics
Dr. Mark Tyndall, School of Population & Public Health
Dr. Casey van Breemen, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, School of Health and Exercise Sciences
Dr. Filip van Petegem, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology & Therapeutics
Dr. Bruce Verchere, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Dr. Yu-Tian Wang, Department of Medicine
Dr. Wyeth Wasserman, Department of Medical Genetics
Dr. Christopher West, School of Kinesiology