A heavily mutated variant of the SARS-CoV-2 virus—designated “Omicron”—has emerged, with early cases concentrated primarily in South Africa. UBC experts are available to comment.
Dr. Horacio Bach
Clinical Assistant Professor, Division of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine
Cell: 604-727-9719
Email: hbach@mail.ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Recipient of Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) funding to design antibodies that neutralize and block the entrance of the virus into cells
Dr. Jeffrey Joy
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine
Tel: 604-368-5569
Email: jjoy@bccfe.ca
Language(s): English
- Viral evolution, viral surveillance, molecular epidemiology, evolutionary genetics, viral surveillance architectures
Prof. Tom Koch
Adjunct Professor, Department of Geography
Tel: 647-351-0820
Email: tomkoch@kochworks.com or tomkochworks@gmail.com
Language(s): English, Spanish
- History of pandemics/epidemics/outbreaks; mapping of diseases; basic public health policies, issues, initiatives; social context of bacterial and viral expansion
Dr. Sarah (Sally) Otto
Professor, Department of Zoology
Email: otto@zoology.ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Mathematical models of pandemic growth, evolution, and the efficacy of public health measures
Dr. Katrina Plamondon
Assistant Professor, School of Nursing (Okanagan campus)
Tel: 778-392-8111
Email: katrina.plamondon@ubc.ca
Language(s): English
- Equity, global health, global governance