What You Should Know
We mentor undergraduate and graduate students with a wide variety of interests and expertise.
We provides trainees with a range of experience types on a diversity of research topic areas.
Our philosophy is that students need to have agency in their programs, and have the opportunities to be bold and creative.
Current Student Projects
Ecology of hepatitis E virus in urban Norway rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Vancouver, Canada
Elly Blake, MPH Candidate
Simon Fraser University
Designing websites for science communication
Laurel Myers, DVM/MPH Candidate
University of Wisconsin
Muddy molecules for pandemic protection: using environmental sampling for the surveillance of avian influenza in wild waterfowl
Michelle Coombe, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
VanRAP: Developing a program to track, address, and prevent rat infestations in the City of Vancouver
Michael Lee, PhD Candidate, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
Using targeted genomic sequencing to recover influenza A virus genomes from wetlands sediment for avian flu disease surveillance
Kevin Kuchinski, PhD Candidate
University of British Columbia
Investigating the pathogens carried by urban rats in Seattle, Washington
Harveen Atwal, Undergraduate Co-Op Student, Biology
University of British Columbia
Assessing citywide rat monitoring methodologies
Dr. Lisa Lee, DVM
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Bat mortality mystery: investigating causes of bat deaths in B.C.
Imara Beattie, DVM Summer Research Scholar
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Past Student Projects
Rats as a source for emerging zoonoses: Understanding the interactions between rats, parasites, and pathogens
Kaylee Byers, PhD
Interdisciplinary Studies Graduate Program, University of British Columbia
Survey of natural cardiac and respiratory pathology in wild urban Rattus norvegicus and Rattus rattus
Jamie Rothenburger, MVetSc (Anatomic Pathology, Wildlife Health Focus)
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
Leptospira spp. in the Oral Cavity of Urban Brown Rats (Rattus norvegicus) from Vancouver, Canada-Implications for Rat-Rat and Rat-Human Transmission
Christina Donovan, BSc Honors
University of British Columbia
Investigating barriers and opportunities for the development of microbial genomics capacity within the Government of British Columbia
Delaney Schofer, DVM Summer Research Scholar
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
The impacts of rodent control techniques on rat-borne zoonotic pathogens
Michael Lee, MSc, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
The mental health impacts of rat exposure on inner city residents
Raymond Lam, MSc Occupational and Environmental Health, School of Population and Public Health
University of British Columbia
The ecology of rats and their pathogens: understanding host and environmental factors that determine the abundance and distribution of rat-associated zoonotic pathogens in an urban ecosystem
Jamie Rothenburger, PhD
Ontario Veterinary College
Investigation of Sarcocystis spp. infection in free-ranging American black bears and grizzly bears in British Columbia, Canada
Lisa Lee, DVM Summer Research Scholar
Western College of Veterinary Medicine
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