Cook, Dr. Victoria

Dr. Cook received her bachelor’s degree from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island. She obtained her medical degree and internal medicine training from UBC, and completed a fellowship in respirology at the University of Manitoba. She is a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians of Canada (Internal Medicine and Respirology). She is the co-chair of […]

Bergeron, Dr. Celine

Dr. Celine Bergeron is a practicing respirologist at Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia. Her clinical practice focuses on severe asthma and lung transplantation, but also involves education and research. She graduated from medical school at Laval University, followed by internal medicine, a respiratory medicine fellowship, a […]

Ahmed, Dr. Iqbal

Dr. Iqbal Ahmed is a respirologist and co-director of the Pulmonary Function Laboratory at Richmond Hospital and clinical associate professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He graduated from the University of Manchester in 1977 and trained at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London before moving to Edmonton to complete a […]

Levy, Dr. Robert

Dr. Levy trained in Internal and Respiratory Medicine at McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and was a Research Director at the Meakins-Christie Laboratories. He is currently a Professor of Medicine at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. He is former Director of the Respiratory Division at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver, BC and […]

Khalil, Dr. Nasreen

Dr. Nasreen Khalil is a respirologist at The University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Centre for Lung Health Clinic. Dr. Khalil has a Bachelor of Medical Science, a Doctorate of Medicine, and Fellowships in Internal Medicine and Respiratory Medicine as well as research training in cellular and molecular biology of the lung. Dr. Khalil […]

Cleland, Dr. Stephanie

Dr. Stephanie Cleland is the Legacy for Airway Health Chair in Promotion of Lung Health and an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She is also a Research Scientist at the Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute. Dr. Cleland’s research uses environmental epidemiology, exposure assessments, and health impact assessments to […]

Johnston, Dr. James

Dr. Jay Johnston is the Evaluation Lead at BCCDC Provincial TB Services, Clinical Professor in the UBC Department of Medicine, and Associate Member of the UBC School of Population and Public Health. Dr. Johnston has a MPH from Harvard School of Public Health and a Grzybowski Fellowship in TB Research. He is the President-Elect of […]

Fera, Dr. Tharwat

Dr. Tharwat Fera is a clinical professor in the Division of Respiratory Medicine at University of British Columbia. He completed his internal medicine and respiratory medicine training, as well as post-doctoral fellowship, at UBC’s respiratory division. Dr. Fera brings extensive experience in both clinical practice and clinical research, particularly in evaluating the efficacy and safety […]

Elwood, Dr. Kevin

Dr. Kevin Elwood graduated in Medicine from University College Dublin in 1970, completed his Internal Medicine training in Ireland and came to British Columbia in 1978. He completed a Fellowship in Respiratory Medicine followed by 2 years of research training in St. Paul’s Hospital. He joined the BC Center for Disease Control in 1982, eventually […]

Keen, Dr. Kevin

Kevin J. Keen, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at The University of Northern British Columbia and a Visiting Professor in the Department of Medicine at The University of British Columbia. He has held visiting appointments with the Netherlands Institute for Health Sciences (Erasmus University, Rotterdam) and the Faculty of […]

Leung, Dr. Janice

Dr. Janice Leung completed her Bachelor’s Honours degree in History and Science at Harvard University and Doctor of Medicine degree at Johns Hopkins University. Dr. Leung is an American Board certified Pulmonary Medicine, Internal Medicine, and Critical Care Medicine specialist, and a Canadian Royal College certified fellow in Respirology and Internal Medicine. In 2015, she […]

Johnson, Dr. Kate

Kate Johnson is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Division of Respiratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. She completed her PhD in health outcomes research in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences followed by a postdoctoral fellowship in health economics at the Comparative Health Outcomes, Policy, […]

Duan, Dr. Kevin

Dr. Kevin Duan is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Respiratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He received his medical degree from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and a Master of Science in Health Services from the University of Washington School of Public Health. He completed internal medicine residency and […]

Quon, Dr. Bradley

Dr. Quon is a clinician-scientist with advanced training in biomarker research, epidemiology, and clinical respirology/cystic fibrosis. Dr. Quon received his BSc at the University of British Columbia (UBC) in Microbiology and Immunology. He completed the combined MD/MBA program at McGill University. Subsequently, he completed residency training in Internal Medicine and fellowship training in Respirology at […]

Daley, Dr. Denise

Dr. Denise Daley completed a PhD in Epidemiology and Biostatistics at Case Western Reserve University in 2003, followed by post-doctoral training at the University of British Columbia . In 2008 she was awarded a Tier II Canadian Research Chair (genetic epidemiology of common complex diseases) and appointed as an Assistant Professor at the University of […]

Can your breath be used to detect lung cancer?

That’s the big question driving the work of Dr. Renelle Myers, a clinical associate professor in UBC’s department of medicine. At the Breathomics Lab, housed at the BC Cancer Research Institute — a UBC Faculty of Medicine research institute — Dr. Myers leads a team of highly-trained chemists, researchers and UBC graduate and postdoctoral trainees […]

Researchers address pressing lung health challenges with new federal funding

UBC Faculty of Medicine researchers Dr. Christopher Carlsten and Dr. Janice Leung have received nearly $4 million in federal funding through the Canadian Institutes of Health Research to tackle pressing lung health challenges in Canada. Dr. Carlsten’s team will study the long-term effects of wildfire smoke, while Dr. Leung’s team will examine vaping’s impact on […]