Freddy Francis
PhD Trainee, Experimental Medicine
I am a 4th year PhD Student in the department of Experimental Medicine working with Dr. Amee Manges at the BC Centre for Disease Control. My primary research focus is on understanding the role of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) and its impact on human infections, the microbiome, malnutrition and sometimes even on harbour seals! I coordinate a randomized clinical trial looking at decolonizing antimicrobial resistant bugs from the guts of renal transplant patients using fecal microbiota transplantation. I have a passion for teaching and have TA-ed various biology, statistics and data science courses for undergraduate and graduate levels at UBC. I am very excited to be a part of the DASH research cluster where I assist with the work on unification of health data, in enhancing efficient translation of research, thereby contributing to optimizing health care for patients in BC.