Stuart Turvey

MBBS, DPHIL, FRCPC

Investigator, BC Children's Hospital
Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Precision Health
Aubrey J. Tingle Professor of Pediatric Immunology

Despite much effort, we know little about how the healthy child is protected from infectious disease, and even less about why some children develop inflammatory disorders. Why do some healthy children succumb to overwhelming bacterial infection, while others either survive infection or do not become infected at all? Why do some children suffer crippling juvenile arthritis or life-threatening asthma?

My research program is translational, interdisciplinary and unique in its focus on understanding the role of innate immunity in infectious and inflammatory diseases of childhood. Starting with a population of children with a defined infectious or inflammatory disease phenotype (e.g., undue susceptibility to infection, juvenile idiopathic arthritis, asthma), I aim to determine the underlying cellular, molecular and genetic abnormalities responsible for the disease through detailed immunological, genomic and proteomic analysis. The new knowledge generated by this approach will aid diagnosis, elucidate mechanisms of disease pathogenesis and, ultimately, identify novel targets for anti-inflammatory and anti-infectious therapeutic agents.

Academic Affiliations

  • Professor, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia
  • Research Theme: Healthy Starts
  • Research Group(s): Childhood Cancer and Blood Research; Immunity in Health and Disease; Origins of Child Health and Disease; Rare Diseases; Vaccines, Infections, and Host Defenses

Contact Information

Assistant

Valerie Tolsma

vtolsma@bcchr.ca

Location

950 West 28th Avenue, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, V5Z 4H4

Honours & Awards

Aubrey J. Tingle Professorship in Pediatric Immunology, 2012 - present

Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Precision Health, 2019 - present

Geoffrey L. Hammond Lectureship, 2018

Canadian Society of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Award for Research in Immunology 2013

Career Investigator Scholar Award, Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research, 2011-19.

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