Dr. Black is a surgeon scientist with clinical subspecialty interest in the treatment of urologic cancers, including especially bladder and prostate cancer. He maintains a grant-funded... Read more
Dr. Artem Cherkasov is a Professor in the Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia, and Senior Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. His... Read more
Dr. Ben Chew is originally from Duncan, BC, graduated from UBC Medicine in 1998 and completed his urology residency at the University of Toronto in 2003. His fellowship focused on kidney... Read more
Dr. Chi is a medical oncologist with BC Cancer who, at a relatively early stage in his career, has received national and international recognition for his contributions to prostate cancer research... Read more
Dr Collins is a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and a Director of The Laboratory for Advanced Genome Analysis (LAGA). In addition, he is an associate adjunct professor... Read more
Dr. Michael Cox is a molecular and cellular biologist who earned his PhD in Biochemistry from the University of North Carolina for studies on how oncogenes impact neuronal growth and... Read more
Dr. Mads Daugaard is a molecular biologist specialized in pre-clinical and translational cancer research. He earned his PhD degree in 2007 from the Faculty of Health Sciences, University of... Read more
Dr. Dong received medical school training from China before coming to Canada. He completed an MSc in Molecular and Cellular Biology at Laval University and a PhD in Physiology at the University of... Read more
Dr. Eigl is a medical oncologist specializing in genitourinary oncology, with a special research interest in bladder and prostate cancers. He presently leads several clinical trials... Read more
Dr. Martin Ester is Co-Director of SFU’s Data Mining Research Lab in the School of Computing Science. He has more than 20 years of research experience in the areas of data mining and machine... Read more
Dr. Ryan Flannigan completed his fellowship training in Male Reproduction, Microsurgery and Sexual Medicine at the world-renowned Weill Cornell Medicine and Memorial Sloan Kettering Center in New... Read more
Dr Connor Forbes graduated from UBC Medicine and completed his residency in Urology at UBC. His fellowship at Vanderbilt University Medical Centre was a combined research and clinical fellowship... Read more
Dr. Gleave is a Distinguished Professor and Chairman of the Department of Urologic Sciences at UBC, and a British Columbia Leadership Chair. He is Co-Founder and Director of the Vancouver... Read more
Dr. Goldenberg (CM, OBC, MD, FRCSC, FACS, FCAHS) is a urologic surgeon and clinical scientist with an international reputation for excellence in prostate cancer research and... Read more
Dr. Hach’s main focus is the field of computational genomics and biomolecular sequence analysis especially in the context of cancer research. His research involves designing novel and high... Read more
Dr. Wilfred A. Jefferies earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology at the University of Oxford for studies on glycoproteins expressed on activated... Read more
Dr. Govind Kaigala started his position as an Associate Professor at the School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC in Summer of 2022 and concurrently leads activities on an Advanced... Read more
Christian Kollmannsberger, MD, FRCPC, is staff medical oncologist at the British Columbia Cancer Agency (BCCA) Vancouver Cancer Centre and Clinical Professor at the University of British Columbia... Read more
Dr. Kozlowski’s main research interest is in the application of Magnetic Resonance Imaging and Spectroscopy (MRI/MRS) technology in prostate cancer research and diagnosis. There are essentially... Read more
Dr. Nathan Lack is a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. He obtained a DPhil (PhD) in Pharmacology from the University of Oxford in 2009 and then did a Postdoctoral... Read more
Dr. Nada Lallous has a strong knowledge in protein handling and characterization and wide expertise in preclinical validation of novel inhibitors against various cancer targets, acquired during... Read more
Dr. Miles Mannas graduated from the University of British Columbia before completing his Urologic Oncology fellowship training at NYU Langone Health, a centre leading improvements in the diagnosis... Read more
Dr. Nappi is a clinician scientist medical oncologist. Her major research focus involves:
1. Study of molecular mechanisms mediating resistance to the targeted and chemotherapy agents in... Read more
A key area of focus of Dr. Ong's research program is to understand the molecular mechanisms that govern prostate cancer growth and treatment resistance. His primary focus has been focused on... Read more
Dr. Cenk Sahinalp is a Professor and the Canada Research Chair in Computational Genomics at the School of Computing Science at Simon Fraser University. He is also the director of the ... Read more
A graduate of the University of Alberta, Dr. So came to the Prostate Centre as a Clinical Fellow in 2002, following completion of his residency at Dalhousie University. He worked with Dr. Martin... Read more
Dr. Syam Somasekharan joined the Vancouver Prostate Centre as a Research Scientist in 2016, and was appointed Senior Research Scientist in 2021.
Graduating with a Ph.D. in... Read more
Dr. Poul Sorensen is a molecular pathologist and cancer biologist specializing in the genetics and biology of pediatric cancers. Dr. Sorensen holds the Johal Endowed Chair in Childhood Cancer... Read more
Dr. Yuzhuo Wang (王玉琢院士) has a dual appointment as a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and Distinguished Scientist at the BC Cancer. He is also the Founder of the Living... Read more
Dr. Wyatt is an Associate Professor in Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is a senior research scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre and also cross-appointed... Read more
Dr. Zoubeidi is a Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Cancer Therapy Resistance. Her research program aims to uncover how standard care of prostate cancer therapy targeting the androgen receptor (AR)... Read more
