Contact & People

Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management
Faculty of Medicine
Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
1088 Discovery Avenue
Kelowna, BC, Canada
V1V 1V7
Tel 250 807 9187
Email: ccdpm.med@ubc.ca 

Faculty and Staff Directory

Role:
Departments:
Search Keyword:

Warren Brock | Communications Manager | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | warren.brock@ubc.ca | 250.807.8601 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Erin Erskine | Translational Integrative Physiology Lab Manager | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management | erin.erskine@ubc.ca | 250.807.8572 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Eli Haynes | Research Facilitator | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management | eli.haynes@ubc.ca
Femke Hoekstra | Assistant Professor | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | femke.hoekstra@ubc.ca
Ryan Hoiland | Assistant Professor, CCDPM | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | ryan.hoiland@ubc.ca
Hashim Islam, PhD | Assistant Professor | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, School of Health and Exercise Sciences | hashim.islam@ubc.ca | ART 154, 1147 Research Road

Graduate student supervisor


Research Interests: Islam’s research program focuses on how exercise, nutrition, and cardiometabolic disease impact mitochondrial function in different cells and tissues within the human body.
Courses & Teaching: HES 355 - Clinical Exercise Physiology Applications in Chronic Conditions: Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders
Jonathan Little | Interim Director | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences | jonathan.little@ubc.ca | 250.807.9876

Graduate student supervisor


Research Interests: Little's research is focused on understanding how the metabolic disruptions that characterize type 2 diabetes affect cellular inflammation and explore how different exercise and nutritional strategies can be used to reduce inflammation and improve overall cardiometabolic health.
Kathleen Martin Ginis | Chair Preventive Medicine, Director Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Southern Medical Program | kathleen_martin.ginis@ubc.ca | 250.807.9187 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Research Interests: Dr. Martin Ginis focuses on understanding and changing physical activity behaviour. She has a particular interest in physical activity among people with spinal cord injury and other types of physical disabilities.
Courses & Teaching: HES 491 Honour's Thesis Seminar HES 490 Project in Health and Exercise Sciences MED 419 Year 1 FLEX MED 429 Year 2 FLEX MED 449 Year 4 FLEX
Sarah McCorquodale | Regional Associate Dean, Interior | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | smp.rad@ubc.ca | RHS - 250.807.9455; CAC - 250.980.1337 | Clinical Academic Campus
Linda Misura | Administrative Coordinator | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | linda.misura@ubc.ca | 250.807.9187 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Barbara Oliveira | Research and Administration Manager | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | barbara.oliveira@ubc.ca | 250.807.8062
Diane Oorebeek | Administration and Operations Manager | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | diane.oorebeek@ubc.ca | 250.807.9827 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre
Sarah Purcell | Assistant Professor, CCDPM | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Southern Medical Program | sarah.purcell@ubc.ca

Graduate student supervisor


Brodie Sakakibara | Associate Professor, CCDPM | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | brodie.sakakibara@ubc.ca | 250.807.8505 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre

Graduate student supervisor


Christine Voss, PhD | Assistant Professor, CCDPM | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | christine.voss@ubc.ca | 250.807.8042 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre

Graduate student supervisor


Research Interests: The overall goals of my research are to investigate how physical activity behaviours relate to current and long-term health outcomes in children in both clinical and community-based settings, and to identify strategies to improve physical activity participation in children. I collaborate with Interior Health on projects relating to pediatric diabetes and BC Children's Hospital Research Institute to address physical activity behaviours in children and youth with congenital heart disease.
Courses & Teaching: Graduate Student Supervision, 'Experimental Medicine' and 'Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH)' Graduate Programs, Faculty of Medicine, UBC FLEX Student Supervision, MD Undergraduate Program, UBC MEDD 412 and MEDD 421 Case-Based Learning, MD Undergraduate Program, Southern Medical Program, UBC R1 Academic Half Day Research Course, General Pediatrics Residency Program, Department of Pediatrics, BC Children’s Hospital, UBC WACH 501: Advanced topics in women+’s and children’s health; Women+ and Children’s Health Sciences (WACH) Graduate Program, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Former Site Director FLEX (MEDD 419, MEDD 429, MEDD 449), MD Undergraduate Program, Southern Medical Program, UBC (2020-2021)
Christopher West | Assistant Dean, Research, SMP | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | west@icord.org | 250.807.8891 | Reichwald Health Sciences Centre

Graduate student supervisor


Daryl Wile | Clinical Investigator, CCDPM | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program | daryl.wile@ubc.ca
Jill Williamson | Clinical Research Coordinator | Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management | jill.williamson@ubc.ca

Dr. Jennifer Davis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management

Dr. Neil Eves, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Dr. Mary Jung, Associate Professor, Faculty of Health and Social Development, School of Health and Exercise Sciences

Dr. Lesley Lutes, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Irving K. Barber School of Arts and Sciences

Dr. Tricia Tang, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology

Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Associate Vice-Principal, Research

Dr. Janet Evans, Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Practice

Dr. Gayle Klammer, Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Family Practice

Dr. Jennifer Locke, Clinical Instructor, Faculty of Medicine, Department of Urologic Sciences

Curatio Networks Inc. 

Curatio enables payers, providers, researchers and pharmaceutical manufacturers to compliantly engage with patients on their own social networks. Curatio provides a private, secure social network platform that uses proprietary algorithms, AI and machine learning to match patients to the peer support, programs and daily management tools that help them live their healthiest lives. Used in 102 countries, available in 20+ languages, Curatio has won numerous awards for its unique technical solution and its mission of No Patient Alone.

Contact: Lynda Brown-Ganzert, Founder and CEO, lynda@curatio.me