Dr. Anekwe joined the Department in 2020 as an Assistant Professor of Teaching and the Academic Site Lead for the Master of Physical Therapy North (MPT-N) program. He also holds an Affiliate Lecturer position in...

Dr. Besserer is an Emergency physician and Trauma Team Leader who works at the University Hospital of Northern BC in Prince George, BC. He currently holds a joint academic appointment as Assistant Professor in the...

Before arriving at the Northern Medical Program (NMP) in January 2013, Dr. Callaghan graduated with a PhD (Psychology) at the University of Toronto and worked as a Research Scientist at the Centre for Addiction and...

Dr Caron was born and raised in Kamloops BC. Following her graduation from medical school, she moved to San Francisco to complete her postgraduate fellowship training in Endocrine Surgical Oncology at the University of California...

An award winning researcher and creative writer whose work focuses broadly on marginalized peoples and geographies, Sarah de Leeuw grew up and has spent most of her life in Northern British Columbia, including Haida Gwaii...

Dr. Kendra Furber joined the Northern Medical Program beginning in May 2019. She received a PhD in Neuroscience from the Hotchkiss Brain Institute at the University of Calgary. She was awarded an MS fellowship from...

Trina Fyfe is the University Librarian at UNBC. She has been with UNBC since February 2005 when she started as the Health Sciences Librarian. Trina has a PhD from the School of Health Sciences at...

Dr. Gingerich is an associate professor with the Division of Medical Sciences, a scholar with the UBC Centre for Health Education Scholarship, and an affiliate associate professor with the UBC Department of Family Practice, Northern...

Dr. Gray joined the Northern Medical Program in 2007 and became a Canada Research Chair in the Integrative Physiology of Diabetes and Obesity in 2013. She completed a PhD in endocrine physiology at the University...

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After completing his resident training in Anatomical Pathology (National Taiwan University), Kuo pursued his doctoral studies at the Department of Cellular and Physiological Sciences, UBC on the topic of hypersensitivity of airway smooth muscle. Later...

Dr. Taru Manyanga is a registered physical therapist with a PhD in Epidemiology from the University of Ottawa.

Dr. Maurice joined the Northern Medical Program (NMP) in 2007 as a Basic Science Instructor. He is currently also the NMP Assistant Dean and NMP Assistant Director of Histology. His primary area of teaching focus...

Dr. Olson is a practicing Radiation Oncologist at BC Cancer and Professor at UBC in the Department of Surgery, Division of Radiation Oncology and Developmental Radiotherapeutics. His clinical practice if predominantly focused Head and Neck...

I taught occupational therapy courses for five years at the University of Alberta. My teaching experiences span from introductory anatomy courses and labs, to the capstone critical review project with individual students. I especially enjoy...

Dr Pettersen was born and raised in Prince George and undertook her first 2 years of post-secondary training (University Transfer Program) at the College of New Caledonia. She completed her BSc Honours degree in Biopsychology...

After completing her physiotherapy degree at McMaster as part of the Northern Studies Stream, Robin worked as a PT in private practice in Parksville before taking a sole charge position on Northern Vancouver Island for...

Anurag Singh graduated in medicine from the Government Medical College Amritsar (India). He completed his postgraduate training in Internal Medicine and Nephrology on an academic track at the University of Bristol, UK. His academic training...

David Snadden is a graduate of the University of Dundee in Scotland and was a full-time rural general practitioner and family resident trainer for 11 years in the Highlands of Scotland. Following further academic training...

Biography: Dr. Julia Wimmers-Klick, born in Austria and raised in Germany, completed her medical studies at the University Innsbruck, Austria, and acquired her Doctor Medicinae Universae in 1995. She continued her training as a Head...