Vallance, Bruce A.
Professor
Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics,
University of British Columbia
Canada
Biography
Degrees / Designations:B.Sc., PhD Primary Area of Research: Childhood Diseases Grants CIHR Operating Grant – Project: "Defining SIGIRR's role in epithelial homeostasis and host defense during infectious colitis" (2013-2018) NSERC Discovery Grant and Discovery Accelerator Supplement - Project: "Vitamin D - A Regulator of Host-Microbe Interactions in the Mammalian GI Tract?" (2013-2018) Crohn’s and Colitis Foundation of Canada Discovery Research Grants - Project: "IBD: The result of an imbalance between inflammatory versus tissue protective innate signaling?" (2013-2016) Honours & Awards Canadian Children Inflammatory Bowel Disease Network, CIHR and CH.I.L.D Foundation – 2013 CH.I.L.D. Foundation Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology – 2013-ongoing Canada Research Chair in Pediatric Gastroenterology (Tier II) – 2004-2009 Michael Smith Foundation for Health Research Scholar – 2004-2009
Research Interest
Research Areas Enteric bacterial pathogens Innate immunity Intestinal inflammation Host defense Inflammatory bowel disease
