May 6, 2025

Meet our DASH community

DASH is featuring our members and trainees on our newsletter and website to explore the various expertise, interests, and background that each of us brings to our data science and health community.

Name:

Dr. Najib Ayas

 

Title and Affiliation:

Co-Lead, Data Science and Health Research Excellence Cluster 
Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of Critical Care/Respiratory Medicine, UBC 
 

 

Role in DASH:

Cluster Co-Lead 

 

Bio:

Dr. Najib Ayas has recently assumed the role of DASH co-lead from Dr. Teresa Tsang. Dr. Ayas is a Professor in the Department of Medicine. He completed his Internal Medicine Residency at the Mayo Clinic in 1996 and a Fellowship in Pulmonary/Critical Care/Sleep Medicine in 2000 at Harvard. In 2002, he completed a Master’s in Public Health from the Harvard School of Public Health. He came to UBC in 2002 and specializes in sleep disorders. He is internationally recognized for his research in sleep disorders with over 250 publications in the field. 

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Research Excellence Clusters at UBC Vancouver is a joint initiative of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Vancouver and the Vice-President, Research and Innovation. Funding support for the clusters is provided by Academic Excellence Funds – UBC Vancouver.

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