Callahan Brebner
Callahan is a graduate of Mechanical and Materials Engineering from Queen’s University who has embarked on a new journey in the medical field as an MD candidate in the Vancouver Fraser Medical Program at UBC. His research focuses on vascular access strategies employed by paramedics during out-of-hospital cardiac arrests (OHCA), with a particular emphasis on intraosseous (IO) access. He is engaged in a project that aims to compare the clinical outcomes of adult OHCA patients treated with different vascular access strategies
- Research Assistant
Jacob Hutton
Jacob has a PhD Experimental Medicine from the University of British Columbia, with a focus on prehospital resuscitation science, including large-scale analyses of EMS data, randomized trial design, and predictive modeling. He is Postdoctoral Fellow at BC RESURECT and Canadians Saving Arrest Victims Everywhere (CanSAVE). His current research efforts within CanSAVE include leveraging cardiac arrest data to conduct epidemiological modelling for projects related to early detection and intervention for cardiac arrest using wearable and non-wearable sensors. He also leads multiple observational and prospective studies in OHCA, including trials of wearable monitoring technologies in palliative and MAiD populations. His broad research interests involve applying real-world and non-traditional sources of data to emergency response systems to increase the early recognition and prediction of acute health emergencies. In addition to his fellowship, Jacob is a paramedic with BC Emergency Health Services. Outside of this work, Jacob can be found skiing, running, or mountain biking in the coast mountains surrounding Vancouver.
- Postdoctoral Fellow
- CanSAVE Novel Biosensor Development
Jane Hsu
Jane is an undergraduate student studying Microbiology and Immunology at UBC. She is working at BC RESURECT as a Research Assistant and contributes to BC’s Cardiac Arrest Registry. She is also a Study Coordinator for the Cardiac Arrest Detection in Palliative Care Project. Outside of work, Jane enjoys hiking and spending time with friends.
- Research Assistant
- Cardiac Arrest Registry
- Cardiac Arrest Detection in Palliative Care Project
Vivian Le
- Research Assistant
- Cardiac Arrest Registry
Saud Lingawi
Saud is a PhD candidate at the UBC School of Biomedical Engineering, with a strong background in biomaterials engineering. His focus is on biosensors for physiological monitoring, and he is currently working with the biosensors team on sensor technologies for the immediate detection of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. His past research experiences are in artificial skin and bone scaffolds, both at the UBC Department of Materials Engineering and the International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD). Outside of research, Saud is a strong advocate for mental health and well being and is an active student advocacy coordinator at the UBC Graduate Student Society.
- Graduate Research Assistant
- CanSAVE Novel Biosensor Development
Valerie Mok
Valerie is a medical student studying at UBC in Vancouver. Her research with BC RESURECT includes characterizing drug-associated out-of-hospital cardiac arrests. In her spare time, Valerie enjoys running, hiking, and spending time with friends and family.
- Research Assistant
- BC Cardiac Arrest Registry
Justin Yap
Justin is a Research Assistant working with supervisor Dr. Grunau on several clinical medicine and epidemiology studies in the field of Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest and makes contributions to BC’s Cardiac Arrest Registry and the COVID-19 Occupational Risks, Seroprevalence and Immunity among Paramedics (CORSIP) project. He is currently the study coordinator for the “Cardiac Arrest Detection in Palliative Care” and “OHCA wearable” studies. Outside of work, Justin enjoys volunteering and exploring the outdoors.
- Study coordinator for the Cardiac Arrest Detection in Palliative Care Project