CIC-BC includes a membership of over 100 researchers from across British Columbia.
If you are visiting this page and would like to join, membership is open to anyone at any level (undergraduate to full professor) with a research interest in COVID-19 immunology. To join, please complete our survey.
CIC-BC Members
Abhinav Kumar Checkervarty
UBC
Keywords: systems vaccinology, multi-omics, single-cell RNA sequencing
Website: Abhinav Kumar Checkervarty
Adriana Cabrera
UBC
Keywords: vaccine development, infectious diseases, microbiology
Website: The Vaccine Evaluation Center
Agatha Jassem
UBC
Keywords: clinical virology, genomics, vaccine effectiveness
Website: Dr. Agatha Jassem
Aidan M. Nikiforuk
UBC
Keywords: epidemiology, molecular diagnostics, virus-host interactions
Website: Aidan M. Nikiforuk
Amy Lee
UBC and SFU
Keywords: systems immunology, host-pathogen interactions, genomics
Andy Kokaji
STEMCELL Technologies
Keywords: immunology, cell therapy, infectious diseases
Website: STEMCELL Technologies
Beth Whalen
UBC
Keywords: biobanking, flow cytometry, genomics
Website: Centre for Heart Lung Innovation
Brad Nelson
UBC and UVic
Keywords: immunotherapy, cell therapy, T cells
Website: Deeley Research Centre, BC Cancer
Catherine Biggs
UBC
Keywords: immunology, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), genetics
Website: Catherine Biggs
Cheryl L. Wellington
UBC
Keywords: blood biomarkers, neurology, dementia
Website: Dr. Cheryl Wellington
Christina Michalski
UBC
Keywords: cross-reactive antibodies, systems immunology, seroconversion
Website: Lavoie Lab
Edward Conway
UBC
Keywords: thrombosis, complement, endothelial cells
Website: The Centre for Blood Research
Fiona Brinkman
SFU
Keywords: microbial bioinformatics, data integration and harmonization, genomic epidemiology
Website: Fiona Brinkman Laboratory
Genelle Healey
UBC
Keywords: gut microbiome, vaccine response, disease severity
Website: Genelle Healey
Govinda Sharma
BC Cancer
Keywords: T cell receptors, immunogenomics, cell therapy
Website: Govinda Sharma
Guadalein Tanunliong
UBC
Keywords: seroepidemiology, antibody response to SARS-CoV-2, COVID-19 severity profiles
Website: Guadalein Tanunliong
Ismael Samudio
Immunity Diagnostics Inc.
Keywords: immunity, immunotherapy, immune monitoring
Website: Immunity Diagnostics Inc.
Jane E. Hill
UBC
Keywords: breath biomarker, blood transcription biomarker, diagnostics
Website: Jane Emily Hill
Jorge Andres Delgado-Ron
UBC
Keywords: public health, epidemiology, causal inference
Website: Dr. Jorge Andres Delgado-Ron
Julian Smazynski
UVic
Keywords: immunotherapy, adoptive cell therapies, cellular engineering
Website: Julian Smazynski
Kyla Hildebrand
UBC
Keywords: inborn errors of immunity, vaccines, knowledge translation
Website: Kyla Hildebrand
Leon Chew
STEMCELL Technologies
Keywords: brain organoids, neurotropic viruses, neuroimmunology
Website: STEMCELL Technologies
Lori Tucker
UBC
Keywords: pediatrics, rheumatology, multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C)
Website: Lori B. Tucker
Manish Sadarangani
UBC
Keywords: vaccines, antibody responses, epidemiology
Website: Manish Sadarangani
Mark Brockman
SFU
Keywords: T cell immunology, viral pathogenesis, single-cell RNA sequencing
Website: Mark Brockman
Masahiro Niikura
SFU
Keywords: pathogenesis, vaccines, replication of SARS-CoV-2
Website: Masahiro Niikura
Muhammad Morshed
UBC and BCCDC
Keywords: syphilis, Lyme disease, COVID-19 serology
Website: Dr. Muhammad Morshed
Ninan Abraham
UBC
Keywords: airway immunity, effector and memory T cell responses, influenza models
Website: The Abraham Laboratory
Pascal Lavoie
UBC
Keywords: cohort studies, antibody responses, vaccine immunogenicity
Website: Pascal Lavoie
Pauline Johnson
UBC
Keywords: basic immunology of lung inflammation, lung macrophages and innate immunity, mouse models of lung disease
Website: Johnson Lab
Peter Zandstra
UBC
Keywords: immune engineering, T cell development, cell therapy
Website: Stem Cell Bioengineering
Ralph Pantophlet
SFU
Keywords: antiviral antibody responses, vaccine immunology, humoral immunity
Website: Ralph Pantophlet
Robert E. W. Hancock
UBC
Keywords: sepsis, systems biology, post-COVID syndrome
Website: Hancock Lab
Scott Tebbutt
UBC
Keywords: biomarker development, omic data integration, systems biology of vaccine immunogenicity
Website: Scott Tebbutt
Steven Pelech
UBC
Keywords: COVID-19 serological testing, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies, nucleocapsid phosphorylation
Website: Kinexus
Tillie-Louise Hackett
UBC
Keywords: lung disease, airway remodeling, airway inflammation
Website: Dr. Tillie-Louise Hackett
William Hsiao
SFU
Keywords: microbial genomics, bioinformatics, knowledge engineering
Website: William Hsiao
William Mohn
UBC
Keywords: microbiome immune system interactions, microbial ecology, microbial metabolism
Website: Mohn Lab
William T. Gibson
UBC
Keywords: ACE2 human genetic variants, SARS-CoV-2 spike protein variants, X-linked inheritance
Website: William T. Gibson
Yanet Valdez Tejeira
Independent Consultant
Keywords: immunology, infectious diseases, host-pathogen interactions
Website: Yanet Valdez Tejeira
Zabrina Brumme
SFU and BC Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS
Keywords: virology, viral quantification, sequencing
Website: Zabrina Brumme