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The
James Hogg iCAPTURE Centre (Imaging, Cell Analysis,
and Phenotyping Toward Understanding Responsive,
Reparative, Remodelling, and Recombinant Events) at St.
Paul’s
Hospital, is a UBC Senate-approved research centre supported collaboratively
by the Faculty of Medicine of UBC and Providence
Health Care. Built on a 30 year history of research excellence,
the iCAPTURE Centre was created in 2000 with the
infusion
of $21 million of infrastructure funding from the
Canada Foundation for Innovation and its partners.
At present the
iCAPTURE has over 250 personnel working towards solving
the problems of heart, lung, and
blood vessel diseases. Lead by Director, Dr. Bruce McManus and an Executive Team, investigators trainees and staff in the iCAPTURE Centre are using the best
available technology
to image and measure changes in molecules, cells,
tissues, organs and whole organisms, including
patients, in order
to understand the link between our genes and environments
in causing heart, lung, and blood vessel diseases.
The role of inflammation and virus infections in
the initiation
and progression of disease is a central current of
emphasis for the 250 staff of the Centre.
The iCAPTURE Centre is formally linked to the Providence Heart Centre, home of Cardiology and Cardiac Surgery, for which Dr. McManus serves as Scientific Director. As well, in consideration of many cross-appointees between iCAPTURE and the Pacific Lung Health Centre, and links to the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences (CHEOS), there is great synergy from laboratory to clinic and community.
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