HIFI Award Recipients
The Health Innovation Funding Investment (HIFI) Awards support cross-faculty and cross-campus research at UBC's Vancouver and Okanagan campuses. Awards of up to $25,000 were granted to faculty members collaborating across faculties, disciplines, and campuses to develop new teams, pursue new ideas, or translate findings from innovative health-related research.
2022 Fall
General Stream
Worth its salt: Evaluating the brain using high field magnetic resonance imaging of sodium
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Rebecca Feldman, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan
- Cornelia Laule, Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Erin MacMillan, Research Associate, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Jason Reich, Graduate Student, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan
- Alex Ensworth, Graduate Student, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Science
Understanding mechanisms of respiratory impairment in people living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) using optical coherence tomography
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Janice Leung, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Bill Sheel, Professor, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
- Stephen Lam, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Pierre Lane, Affiliate Associate Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Tawimas Shaipanich, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Julio Montaner, Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Carli Peters, Post-Doctoral Fellow, School of Kinesiology, Faculty of Education
A deep-learning based automatic bladder cancer screening pipeline
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Gang Wang, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Xiaoxiao Li, Assistant Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Beidi Zhao, Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
Health Equity Stream
Adapting educational tools and resources to reduce substance use stigma and promote health equity in the cancer care sector
HIFI Award: $24,983
- Annette Browne, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Leah Lambert, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science; Executive Director and Senior Scientist, Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation, BC Cancer
- Scott Beck, Master’s Student, Master of Public Health, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Master of Science in Nursing Program, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation, BC Cancer
- Jacqueline Denison, Acting Director, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Manda Harmon, Clinical Coordinator, Primary Care, Downtown Community Health Clinic, Vancouver Coastal Health
- Tara Horrill, Assistant Professor, College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba
- Jagbir Kaur, PhD Student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science; Clinical Nurse Specialist, Nursing and Allied Health Research and Knowledge Translation, BC Cancer
- Michael McKenzie, Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine; Radiation Oncologist, BC Cancer
- Stacy Miller, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine; Executive Medical Director, Centre for the North, BC Cancer
- Lynne Nakashima, Senior Director, Provincial Pharmacy, BC Cancer
- David Tu, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine; Lead Primary Care Physician, Kilala Lelum Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative and Health Centre
- Colleen Varcoe, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Leah Walker, Executive Director, Kilala Lelum Urban Indigenous Health and Healing Cooperative and Health Centre
Co-design and validation of women empowerment tool kit: A collaborative approach to promote women and their children’s mental health
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Saima Hirani, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Annette Browne, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Jacqueline Denison, Associate Professor of Teaching and Acting Director, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Sarah Dow-Fleisner, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work and Director, Centre for the Study of Services to Children and Families, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Nilanga Aki Ediriweera Bandara, Student, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Salima Sayani, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
Indigenous healing camp curriculum and evaluation framework development workshop
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Kimberly Huyser, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
- Ninan Abraham, Professor, Department of Zoology and Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science
- Tabitha Robin Martens, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Biology, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
- Alannah Young Leon, xʷc̓ic̓əsəm Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden, UBC Farm, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
- Katherine Collins, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology and Health Studies, College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan
- Michelle Johnson-Jennings, Professor, School of Social Work, University of Washington
- Felix Lockhart, Elder and Founder, Taché Healing Waters Society
- Maureen Dobbins, Advisory Council Member, Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network’s Indigenous Engagement, Development and Research pillar
- Sheila Blackstock, Advisory Council Member, Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network’s Indigenous Engagement, Development and Research pillar
- Renée Masching, Advisory Council Member, Coronavirus Variants Rapid Response Network’s Indigenous Engagement, Development and Research pillar
Etiopathogenesis of capsular contracture: Novel application of mathematical model
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Kathryn Isaac, Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Peter Lennox, Clinical Professor and Head, Division of Plastic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Leah Edelstein-Keshet, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
- Cheryl Dyck, Research Assistant, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
A new line of defence: Testing and implementing a novel solution for airborne disease mitigation in Kelowna General Hospital
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Sunny Li, Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Joshua Brinkerhoff, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Jonathan Little, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Jared Baylis, Clinical Assistant Professor, Southern Medical Program, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Director of Simulation, Interior Health; Emergency Physician, Kelowna General Hospital
- Deanne Taylor, Adjunct Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan; Corporate Director of Research, Interior Health
- Amir Hadzic, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Lead, Infection Prevention and Control, Interior Health
- Mojtaba Zabihi, PhD Candidate, Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Juliette Davies, Research Assistant, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
Designing and developing a cost-effective, immersive-technology based veinfinding device to solve difficult intravenous access in healthcare settings
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Abbas Milani, Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan; Director, Materials and Manufacturing Research Institute
- Charlene Ronquillo, Assistant Professor and Director, of Health Informatics Equity Lab, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Roger Tam, Associate Professor and Director of Engineers in Scrubs Program, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Sciences and Faculty of Medicine
- Vanessa Lo, Undergraduate Student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Rohith Krishnamurthy, Master’s Student, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
- Ammar Zavahir, Undergraduate Student, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
Development of a deep-learning model using eye-mapping of radiologists: A medical imaging educational tool
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Savvas Nicolaou, Clinical Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Adnan Sheikh, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- William Parker, Clinical Instructor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Chen Feng, Assistant Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
- Tim Salcudean, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Muhammad Danish Sarfraz, Clinical Fellow, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Emtenan Meer, Clinical Fellow, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Sabeena Jalal Khan, PhD Student, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
Collaborative virtual platform to optimize functional outcomes and understanding for patients with advanced head and neck oncology
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Eitan Prisman, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Farahna Sabiq, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Eric Berthelet, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Tony Ng, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Sidney Fels, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Antony Hodgson, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- David Yang, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
- Angela Wong, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Oral Health Sciences, Faculty of Dentistry
- Caroline Chow, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Sarah Hamilton, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Robert Olson, Associate Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Monty Martin, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Radiology, Faculty of Medicine
- Sena Turkdogan, Clinical Fellow, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Hamidreza Aftabi, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Atabak Eghbal, PhD Student, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Melissa Yu, Master’s Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Kevin Gilmore, Master’s Student, School Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Khanh Linh Tran, Research Technician, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine
- Katrina Zaraska, Undergraduate Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Alex Chen, Undergraduate Student, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Harkaran Dial, Undergraduate Student, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
Field testing of a new and affordable sickle cell disease screening technology for low-resource settings
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Boris Stoeber, Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Videsh Kapoor, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Hayley Merkeley, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Nicholas Au, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Rodrigo Onell, Clinical Instructor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Pranav Shrestha, PhD Candidate, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Christopher Bhatla, MD Candidate, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Yvonne Deng, MD Candidate, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Connor Harrigan, MD Candidate, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Ryan Hong, Undergraduate Student, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Science
- Rajan Pande, Chief Consultant Physician and Head, Department of Internal Medicine, Bheri Hospital (Nepal)
- Dinesh Raj Sapkota, Director, Creating Possibilities Nepal
- Nura Basnet, Program and Finance Officer, Creating Possibilities Nepal
- Hendrik Lohse, Master’s Student, Industrial and Applied Mathematics, Eindhoven University of Technology (Netherlands)
2022 Spring
General Stream
Advancing data-driven rural unattached patient personas development: A person-centred design to inform preventative solutions
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Kathy Rush, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Eric Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management and Principal’s Research Chair (Tier 2) in Social Innovation for Health Equity and Food Security, UBC Okanagan
- Charlene Ronquillo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Khalad Hasan, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Irving Barber Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan
- Jason Sutherland, Professor, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Selena Davis, Adjunct Professor, Health Information Science, University of Victoria; Digital Health Strategist, Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society
- Lindsay Burton, PhD student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
An environmental scan to promote effective communication for persons who are deaf or hard of hearing and live in BC long-term care facilities
HIFI Award: $24,818
- Jeff Small, Associate Professor and Director, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Jennifer Baumbusch, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Julie Beadle, Postdoctoral Associate, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Diana Cochrane, Research Coordinator, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science and School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Shannon Freeman, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia; Adjunct Instructor, UBC Northern Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine
- Lillian Hung, Assistant Professor, CRC-Senior Care, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Lorienne Jenstad, Associate Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Grace Shyng, Clinical Assistant Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Sonia Hardern, Regional Practice Lead, Research and Knowledge Translation-Long Term Care and Long-Term Care and Assisted Living Professional Practice Team, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute
- Aderonke Agboji PhD Candidate, School of Nursing, Faculty of Human and Health Sciences, University of Northern British Columbia
Catalyzing multimodal magnetoencephalography (MEG) research on children’s brain health and development
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Hee Yeon Im, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Deborah Giaschi, Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Janet Werker, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Anthony Herdman, Associate Professor, School of Audiology and Speech Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Lauren Emberson, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Tamara Vanderwal, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
- Rebecca Feldman, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Science, UBC Okanagan
- Alex Cook, PhD student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Zahra Kheradmandsaadi, PhD student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Akosua Kesewah Asare, PhD student, Neuroscience Program, Faculty of Medicine
Developing quantitative ultrasound imaging for organ inflammation and fibrosis
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
Promoting active school travel in the BC Interior
HIFI Award: $14,000
- Christine Voss, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Mariana Brussoni, Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics and School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Trent Smith, Site Co-Director, Undergraduate Education, Southern Medical Program and Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Director, Child and Youth, Interior Health
- Meghan Winters, Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University
- Brianna Tsui, graduate student, Experimental Medicine Program, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Young people with old muscles: mapping the decline of muscle health in musculoskeletal conditions
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
Team-Based Care Stream
Automated detection of Alzheimer’s Disease from retinal fundus images using deep learning
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Ipek Oruc, Associate Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Robin Hsiung, Associate Professor, Division of Neurology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Sonia Yeung, Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Ozgur Yilmaz, Professor, Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science
Building capacity for team-based social prescribing in British Columbia
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Maureen Ashe, Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Bill Miller, Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Ben Mortensen, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Christie Newton, Associate Professor and Associate Head, Education and Engagement, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Robert Petrella, Head and Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Joseph Puyat, Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Kathy Rush, Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Brodie Sakakibara, Assistant Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine; Investigator, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management, Southern Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Okanagan
- Sanya Grover, graduate student, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Gurkirat Singh Nijjar, graduate student, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Grace Park, Program Medical Director, Home Health, Fraser Health
- Beverley Pitman, United Way British Columbia
- Kate Mulligan, Assistant Professor, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
- Anna Maria Chudyk, Postdoctoral fellow, College of Nursing, University of Manitoba
Development of a serious game educational resource on chronic pelvic pain in gynecology for Canadian health care providers-in-training
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Fuchsia Howard, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Paul Yong, Associate Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine
- Leanne Currie, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Karim Qayumi, Professor, Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine; Founder, Centre of Excellence for Simulation Education and Innovation
- Margaret Carlyle, Assistant Professor, Department of History and Sociology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC Okanagan
- Natasha Orr, postdoctoral fellow, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine
Optimizing team-integrated primary care for older adults
HIFI Award: $17,000
- Kerry Wilbur, Associate Professor and Executive Director, Entry to Practice Education, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Vanessa Kitchin, Librarian, Southern Medical Program, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Okanagan
- Jennifer Bolt, Clinical Assistant Professor (Partner), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Research and Development Pharmacist, Seniors’ Care/Pharmacy Practice Models, Interior Health
- Colleen Inglis, Assistant Professor (Partner), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Clinical Pharmacy and Research Specialist, Island Health and Community Health Services, Island Health
- Karen Dahri, Associate Professor (Partner), Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences; Clinical Pharmacotherapeutic and Research Specialist, Vancouver Coastal Health
- Diane Villanyi, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Kristen Haase, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Sciences
- Nancy Sin, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Edwin Betinol, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Anuoluwapo Favour Awotunde, MPharm student, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Soft robotics, nanotech and the next technological leap of treating erectile dysfunction
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Hadi Mohammadi, Associate Professor, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC Okanagan
- Ryan Flannigan, Assistant Professor, Department of Urologic Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
2021
Barriers, facilitators, and outcomes of a novel interdisciplinary eHealth clinical system to improve pediatric sleep care pathways in British Columbia
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Elizabeth Keys, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Osman Ipsiroglu, Clinical Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. David Wensley, Head, Critical Care, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Denise Gabriel, Professor, Integrated Sciences, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Calvin Kuo, Assistant Professor, School of Biomedical Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science and Faculty of Medicine
- Mary Glasgow Brown, Clinical Assistant Professor, Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Charlene Esteban Ronquillo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Quevie Abalde, Student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Scout McWilliams, Undergraduate Research Assistant, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
Development of an app to facilitate remote implementation of KidsAction Coaching
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Jean-Paul Collet, Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Stephanie Glegg, Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Lise Olsen, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. William McKellin, Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Mojgan Gitimoghaddam, PhD candidate, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
Empowering individuals who are postpartum with education, self-monitoring for complications, and research through a mobile application
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Xue Chen Ke, Clinical Instructor, Department of Anesthesiology, Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Marianne Vidler, Assistant Professor, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Eric Li, Associate Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Emmanuela Ojukwu, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Dr. Lang Wu, Professor, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Lianne Tomfohr-Madsen, Associate Professor, Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education, Faculty of Education
Harm reduction innovation: Exploring a tri-partnership model for the delivery of drug-checking services on campus and in the community
HIFI Award: $24,975
- Dr. Nelly Oelke, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Lauren Airth, PhD student, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Lianping Ti, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Research Scientist and Health Administrative Data Lead, BC Centre on Substance Use
- Sara Fudjack, PhD candidate, School of Social Work, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Zach Walsh, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, UBC Okanagan
Neural network-based concussion classifier: Sex-based considerations
HIFI Award: $20,000
- Dr. Naznin Virji-Babul, Associate Professor, Department of Physical Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Kwang Moo Yi, Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Liisa Galea, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Natalie Dalton, Bachelor of Arts, Psychology
Pre-processing community nursing and allied health data for equity-informed artificial intelligence for interdisciplinary wound care
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Charlene Esteban Ronquillo, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Xiaoxiao Li, Assistant Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Dr. Leanne Currie, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Lorraine Block, PhD candidate, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science; Clinical and Implementation Lead for eWound EHR, Vancouver Coastal Health
- Dr. Ivan Beschastnikh, Associate Professor, Computer Science, Faculty of Science
Putting type 2 diabetes into remission: Developing a patient-centred, interdisciplinary nutrition intervention for delivery in urban and rural community pharmacies
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Jonathan Little, Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. James Johnson, Professor, Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Tom Elliot, Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Endocrinology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Tamara Cohen, Director of Dietetics and Assistant Professor, Food, Nutrition and Health, Faculty of Land and Food Systems
- Dr. Joel Singer, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Jennifer Davis, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Management, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Jennifer Bolt, Clinical Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Dr. Mary Jung, Associate Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Alan Rabinowitz, Clinical Associate Professor, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Kathleen Martin Ginis, Director, Centre for Chronic Disease Prevention and Management; Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Brendan Byrne, Physician, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Barbara Oliveira, Postdoctoral Fellow, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Chris Xi, Student and Patient Partner, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Sean McKelvey, Registered Pharmacist, Institute for Personalized Therapeutic Nutrition
- Marc Pelletier, Chief Executive Officer, Institute for Health Systems Transformation and Sustainability
Reward and avoidance in major depressive disorder: Developing predictive markers of treatment response
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Trisha Chakrabarty, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Rebecca Todd, Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Stan Floresco, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Luke Clark, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Yuexiaoxi (Cecilia) Yu, MSc student, Neuroscience Program, Faculty of Medicine
- Ryan Tomm, PhD student, Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Alexander Terpstra, PhD student, Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Virtual reality training tool to facilitate police investigations of head injury and strangulation in intimate partner violence cases
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Paul van Donkelaar, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- Dr. Shelina Babul, Clinical Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Stephanie Ashton, PhD student, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development, UBC Okanagan
- John Jacob, Senior Director, Strategy and Innovation and Head, Digital Lab, BC Children's Hospital
- Tara Haarhoff, Manager, Data Analysis Unit, Royal Canadian Mounted Police
2020
Allies in health: Social support for health behaviours and combating loneliness in the face of COVID-19
HIFI Award: $19,800
- Dr. Christiane Hoppmann, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Jennifer Jakobi, Professor, School of Health and Exercise Sciences, Faculty of Health and Social Development
- Dr. Maureen Ashe, Associate Professor, Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Ken Madden, Associate Professor, Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Rachel Murphy, Assistant Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Wolfgang Linden, Professor Emeritus, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Application of virtual reality to treat vaginismus: Fear of sexual activity
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Lori Brotto, Professor, Department of Obstetrics & Gynaecology, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Alan Kingstone, Professor, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Melanie Altas, Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Gynaecology & Obstetrics, Faculty of Medicine
- Natalie Brown, MA student, Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts
Can we blame the COVID-19 overdose surge on emergency income supports? Empirical evidence to support social policy planning
HIFI Award: $24,527
- Dr. Lindsey Richardson, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts; Research Scientist, BC Centre on Substance Use
- Dr. Jane Buxton, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine; Medical Lead, Harm Reduction, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Dr. David Green, Professor, Vancouver School of Economics, Faculty of Arts
- Dr. Lianping Ti, Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine; Research Scientist and Health Administrative Data Lead, BC Centre on Substance Use
- Dr. Amanda Slaunwhite, Adjunct Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine; Senior Scientist, BC Centre for Disease Control
- Dr. Heather Palis, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and BC Centre for Disease Control
- Allison Laing, PhD student, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts
Creating a calmer NICU: Pilot testing a robot for optimizing brain development in preterm infants in the NICU
HIFI Award: $24,859
- Dr. Liisa Holsti, Associate Professor, Department of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine
- Dr. Manon Ranger, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Dr. Guy Dumont, Professor, Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Dr. Kevin Golovin, Assistant Professor, Mechanical School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
- Shahbaz Askari, PhD student, Department of Electrical and Computing Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science
Indigenous Elder-led app to support parents’ two-eyed seeing for parenting
HIFI Award: $17,000
- Dr. Wendy Hall, Professor Emeritus, School of Nursing, Faculty of Applied Science
- Dr. Patti Janssen, Professor, School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine
- Gloria Mellesmoen, PhD student, Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts
Smartphone- and nanotechnology-enabled platform for deployable extracellular vesicle and virus detection
HIFI Award: $25,000
- Dr. Russ Algar, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
- Dr. Karla Williams, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences