Vilte Barakauskas
FCACB, DABCC, PhD
Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Clinical Biochemist, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, Division of Clinical Biochemistry
Hormone Research in Paediatrics
Carolina Silva and Angela W.S. Fung and Vanessa Masson and Katrina Assen and Valerie Ward and Jordan McKenzie and Tom D. Blydt-Hansen and Jake Cosme and Grace van der Gugten and Vilte E. Barakauskas and Danya Arielle Fox
DOI: 10.1159/000526755Journal of Clinical Virology
Inna Sekirov and Vilte E. Barakauskas and Janet Simons and Darrel Cook and Brandon Bates and Laura Burns and Shazia Masud and Marthe Charles and Meghan McLennan and Annie Mak and Navdeep Chahil and Rohit Vijh and Althea Hayden and David Goldfarb and Paul N Levett and Mel Krajden and Muhammad Morshed
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcv.2021.10491407 / 2021
David M. Goldfarb and Louise C. Msse and Allison W. Watts and Sarah M. Hutchison and Lauren Muttucomaroe and Else S. Bosman and Vilte E. Barakauskas and Alexandra Choi and Michael A. Irvine and Frederic Reicherz and Daniel Coombs and Collette OReilly and Sadaf Sediqi and Hamid R. Razzaghian and Manish Sadarangani and Sheila F. OBrien and Pascal M. Lavoie
DOI: 10.1101/2021.06.16.2125886106 / 2021
Barakauskas VE and Moradian A and Barr AM and Beasley CL and Rosoklija G and Mann JJ and Ilievski B and Stankov A and Dwork AJ and Falkai P and Morin GB and Honer WG
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2016.03.002 PubMed: 2697107211 / 2016
Barakauskas VE and Bradshaw TA and Smith LD and Lehman CM and Johnson-Davis KL
DOI: 10.1093/ajcp/aqw087 PubMed: 2745344008 / 2016
Rodrguez-Capote K and Estey MP and Barakauskas VE and Burton T and Holmes D and Krause R and Higgins TN
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.07.100 PubMed: 2624717611 / 2015
Turley E and Rodrguez-Capote K and Estey MP and Barakauskas VE and Bailey GR and McKenzie LM and Higgins TN
DOI: 10.2337/dc15-0733 PubMed: 2629466510 / 2015
Estey MP and Capote KR and Barakauskas VE and Clarke G and Higgins T
DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2015.01.013 PubMed: 2566130404 / 2015
Andreazza AC and Barakauskas VE and Fazeli S and Feresten A and Shao L and Wei V and Wu CH and Barr AM and Beasley CL
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2015.02.028 PubMed: 2568424303 / 2015
Barakauskas VE and Lam GY and Estey MP
DOI: 10.3109/10408363.2014.958813 PubMed: 2524452112 / 2014
Feresten AH and Barakauskas V and Ypsilanti A and Barr AM and Beasley CL
DOI: 10.1016/j.schres.2013.07.024 PubMed: 2391125710 / 2013
Barakauskas VE and Davis R and Krasowski MD and McMillin GA
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2012.190090 PubMed: 2282931209 / 2012
Clinton SR and Barakauskas VE and Grenache DG
DOI: 10.1373/clinchem.2011.179481 PubMed: 2274526007 / 2012
Barakauskas VE and Ypsilanti AR and Barr AM and Innis SM and Honer WG and Beasley CL
DOI: 10.1016/j.pnpbp.2010.03.010 PubMed: 2022745505 / 2010
Barakauskas VE and Beasley CL and Barr AM and Ypsilanti AR and Li HY and Thornton AE and Wong H and Rosokilja G and Mann JJ and Mancevski B and Jakovski Z and Davceva N and Ilievski B and Dwork AJ and Falkai P and Honer WG
DOI: 10.1038/npp.2009.228 PubMed: 2007211404 / 2010
Pawluski JL and Barakauskas VE and Galea LA
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2826.2010.01960.x PubMed: 2013668504 / 2010
I am interested in laboratory quality improvement, optimization of test utilization and interpretation, as well as clinical laboratory method development and validation for application to pediatric and maternity care.
I am currently working to characterize the performance of analytical methods available at C&W for body fluid testing. In a hospital setting, body fluid testing (for example, pleural and peritoneal fluids or CSF) can aid in diagnosis and patient management.
I am also working towards improving laboratory test interpretation during pregnancy. Currently, results of laboratory tests for pregnant women are compared to reference intervals for non-pregnant females. Significant physiological changes occur during pregnancy which can change blood chemistry parameters. While these changes are a normal part of pregnancy, they may be wrongly interpretted and result in inappropriate treatment or follow-up. This may adversely impact both mothers and babies, as well as impacting the health care system. Appropriate reference ranges for women during pregnancy are required to make appropriate clinical care decisions. My aim is to inform, update and produce pregnancy-specific reference intervals, which will improve maternal health care in Canada.
2004-2005 CIHR/MSFHR Strategic Training Program in Neurobiology, UBC
2011 AACC, Rocky Mountain Section [Travel & Meeting] Scholarship
2004-2006 National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) Postgraduate Scholarship – Master’s PGSM
2017 Mass Spectrometery in the Clinical Laboratory (MASCL) Meeting Travel Grant
2010 CIHR-INMHA Brain Star Award, September competition
2008 British Columbia Proteomics Network training allowance
2006-2008 National Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC), Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral CGSD
2006-2008 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Junior Trainee Award
2011 University of Utah, Department of Pathology Research Support Funds
2007 Michael W. Stahl Memorial Graduate Scholarship – University of British Columbia
2006 Young Scientist [Travel] Award – 13th Biennial Winter Workshop on Schizophrenia Research
2008-2010 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research (MSFHR) Senior Trainee Award
2012 American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC), Society for Young Clinical Laboratorians (SYCL) 2012 Domestic Travel Grant
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