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Bojana Rakic
PhD, FCCMG

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Biochemical Geneticist, Newborn Screening and Biochemical Genetics Labs, Department of Pathology & Lab Medicine, BC Children’s Hospital
Director, Biochemical Genetics Laboratory, BC Children's Hospital and BC Women's Hospital & Health Centre
CCMG Training Program Director, UBC Biochemical (Laboratory) Genetics Post-graduate Fellowship Program

My research focusses on developing new diagnostic tools for investigating inborn errors of metabolism using clinical applications of mass spectrometry, investigating pathophysiology of metabolic diseases and studying immunometabolism in patients with inborn errors of metabolism.

Academic Affiliations

  • Clinical Professor, , Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Childhood Diseases
  • Research Group(s): Rare Diseases

Contact Information

Location

4500 Oak St, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V6H 3N1

(604) 875-3633

bojana.rakic@cw.bc.ca
Grants

Clinical Research Development Award (CRSU), 2019. “Next generation urine metabolic profiling for the diagnosis and monitoring of Inborn Errors of Metabolism.” (PI) - Bojana Rakic, PhD FCCMG. CO-PIs - Graham Sinclair, PhD FCCMG, Joshua Dubland, PhD, Ramona Salvarinova-Zivkovic, MD MHSc FRCPC FCCMG PhD

Childhood Diseases Team Grant, 2018. “T-cell function, susceptibility to infection, and a fatty acid oxidation variant common to coastal BC First Nations.” (PI) - Bojana Rakic, PhD FCCMG. CO-PI - Graham Sinclair, PhD FCCMG

Rare Diseases - Models and Mechanisms Network. N-Acetylneuraminate pyruvate lyase (NPL) deficiency Functional validation in mouse, $20,000. Coinvestigators - Dr. Clara van Karnebeek and Dr. Alexey Pshezhetsky

Rare Disease Foundation and BC Children’s Hospital Foundation (BCCHF). GBA2 validation, $3500. Coinvestigator - Dr. Gabriella Horvath

Honours & Awards

2009-2012 - NSERC Postdoctoral Fellowship

2005 - Pfizer Award for Outstanding Achievement, Bio-Organic Gordon Research Conference

2014 - Linda Stevens Memorial Fund Garrod Conference Travel Award 2014

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