Research

Affiliated Research Groups

Biomedical Research Centre
Centre for Applied Ethics
Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics
Child and Family Research Institute
Child and Family Research Institute
Children’s and Women’s Health Centre of BC
Genome Sciences Centre
Life Sciences Centre
Michael Smith Laboratories
Michael Smith Laboratories
Networks of Centres of Excellence
iCapture at St. Paul’s Hospital
Terry Fox Laboratory
Canadian Genetic Diseases Network
UBC Postdoctoral Fellows Program

Research in the Department of Medical Genetics covers the study of human genetics with areas of focus in mammalian development, regulation of gene expression, genetic diseases due to single gene or complex inheritance, birth defects, reproduction, cancer, immunology, genomics, bioinformatics, ethics and population health.

You can explore research in Medical Genetics by Faculty, Topic or Location using the links on the right and left.

Alternatively, you can download the MedGen Research Interests (pdf) for faculty members currently

supervising or interested in supervising, graduate students in Medical

Genetics. Click here for a complete list of all faculty (including non-research faculty).

Research Pages

(see Research Faculty for more)

Friedman Lab
Hieter Lab
Robinson Lab
Chromosome Mosaicism
Vancouver Worm Community
Rare Disease Foundation
Wilkinson Lab
Lorincz Lab