Dr. Kelly McNagny
Dr. Fabio Rossi
Congratulations to the McNagny and Rossi Labs, who received 2022 Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards from UBC Health!
HIFI Awards enable interdisciplinary groups of health researchers to undertake innovative activities that have the potential to create change, catalyzing cross-faculty and cross-campus collaborations at the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. There were two streams in this competition: the General Stream, and the Team-Based Stream.
The HIFI review committee selected 11 collaborative teams across both campuses to receive funding, 2 of which include CBR members from the McNagny and Rossi Labs. Just a few of these members include Dr. Kelly McNagny, Dr. Michael Hughes, Yasmin Lau, and Kristin Li from
the McNagny Lab, as well as Dr. Fabio Rossi and Dr. Marine Theret from the Rossi Lab.
Congratulations to all!
DEVELOPING QUANTITATIVE ULTRASOUND IMAGING FOR ORGAN INFLAMMATION AND FIBROSIS
GENERAL STREAM
HIFI AWARD: $25,000
- Robert Rohling, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Christopher Nguan, Associate Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Kelly McNagny, Professor, Department of Medical Genetics, Faculty of Medicine
- Mei-Lin Bissonnette, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Maziar Riazy, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Tim Salcudean, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Michael Hughes, Research Associate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Kristin Li, Technician, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Rohit Singla, MD/PhD student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Farah Deeba, PhD student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Yasmin Lau, undergraduate student, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Medicine
- Cailin Ringstrom, undergraduate student, Engineering Physics, Faculty of Applied Science
YOUNG PEOPLE WITH OLD MUSCLES: MAPPING THE DECLINE OF MUSCLE HEALTH IN MUSCULOSKELETAL CONDITIONS
GENERAL STREAM
HIFI AWARD: $25,000
- Jackie Whittaker, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Cameron Mitchell, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
- Marine Theret, Research Associate, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Michael Koehle, Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education; Director, Division of Sports Medicine, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Fabio Rossi, Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Allyson Schweitzer, Assistant Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
- Justin Losciale, PhD student, Rehabilitation Sciences Program, Faculty of Medicine
- Trish Silvester-Lee, patient partner
About the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards
Health is produced by a complex interplay of individual, social, political, and economic factors. Interdisciplinary and cross-faculty collaborations have the potential to lead to more innovative solutions to improve health and address health inequities.
The Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards are intended to catalyze these collaborations by supporting cross-faculty and cross-campus research at UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses.
- Read the original announcement on the UBC Health website: Interdisciplinary teams awarded funding for innovative health research.
- Learn more about the Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards.