School of Environmental Health (and affiliates)

Dr. Karen Bartlett

Principal Investigator
Associate Professor

- Environmental distribution of Cryptococcus gattii
- Mechanisms of spread
- Human exposure to Cryptococcus gattii
- Veterinary aspects

Calvin Ge

MSc Student, School of Environmental Health and Bridge Fellow

- Efficacy of composting to decontaminate Cryptococcus gattii - colonized plant material

 Dr.Sarah Kidd

Senior Research Scientist
Mycology Unit, SA Pathology
Women's and Children's Hospital
North Adelaide, Australia

- Genetic characterisation of Cryptococcus gattii strains in BC
- Development of diagnostic tools
- Environmental Distribution
- Mechanisms of spread

BC Centre for Disease Control

Dr. Eleni Galanis

Physician Epidemiologist

(on leave 2009-10)

Ken Cooper

Senior Environmental Health Specialist

Sunny Mak

Medical Geographer

- GIS mapping and spatial analysis

- ecological niche modeling

Min Li

Surveillance Analyst

Dr. Muhammad Morshed

Senior Scientist

- Zoonotic Diseases and Emerging Pathogens section

Linda Hoang

Physician, Medical Microbiologist

Head, Bacteriology and Mycology Program

Min-Kuang Lee

Technologist

- Zoonotic Diseases and Emerging Pathogens section

Centre For Coastal Health (and affiliates)

Dr.Craig Stephen

Collaborating Principal Investigator - Veterinary Public Health Specialist

- Research in public health, the origins of emerging infectious diseases, and associated health policy.

Dr. Colleen Duncan

PhD Candidate

Colorado State University Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory

Colorado, USA

- Epidemiology of Cryptococcus gattii in domestic animals and wildlife of BC.

Vancouver Island Health Authority

Dr. Pam Kibsey

Physician, Medical Microbiologist

Dr. Murray Fyfe

Physician Epidemiologist (formerly with the BCCDC)

Michael Smith Laboratories

Prof. Jim Kronstad

Collaborating Principal Investigator-Investigating the genetic basis of virulence and infection caused by Cryptococcus gattii