Clinical & Senior Research Scientists

Dr. Peter Black
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 translational...
Dr. Art Cherkasov
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...
Dr. Ben Chew
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 stones and...
Dr. Kim Chi
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. Dr...
Dr. Colin Collins
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 at...
Dr. Michael Cox
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 differentiation...
Dr. Mads Daugaard
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 Copenhagen...
Dr. Xuesen Dong
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...
Dr. Bernie Eigl
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 evaluating novel...
Dr. Martin Ester
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 learning...
Dr. Ryan Flannigan
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 York...
Dr. Connor Forbes
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...
Dr Gibb
Dr. Gibb currently serves as an Assistant Professor in Urologic Sciences at the University of British Columbia, Canada. He is also a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. Dr...
Dr. Martin Gleave
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 Prostate...
Dr. Larry Goldenberg
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 treatment. His current...
Dr. Faraz Hach
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 performance...
Dr. Wilfred A. Jefferies
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...
Dr. Christian Kollmannsberger
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. He...
Dr. Nathan Lack
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 Fellowship...
Dr. Nada Lallous
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 her...
Dr. Miles Mannas
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 and...
Dr Lucia Nappi
Dr. Nappi is a clinician scientist medical oncologist. Her major research focus involves: Study of molecular mechanisms mediating resistance to the targeted and chemotherapy agents in genitourinary...
Dr. Christopher John Ong
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 defining...
Dr Morgan Roberts
Dr. Morgan Roberts is a Senior Research Scientist at the Vancouver Prostate Centre. She is an immunologist who earned a PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from the University of British Columbia in...
Dr. Alan So
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...
Dr. Syam Somasekharan
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 Biochemistry at the Indian...
Dr. Poul HB Sorensen
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 Research...
Dr. Yuzhuo Wang
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 Tumor...
Dr. Alexander Wyatt
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 at...
Dr. Amina Zoubeidi
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)...