Darlene Dai MSc, PhD candidate


Department of Medicine

I have an MSc in Statistics from UBC and 7-years of work experience as a biostatistician in discovering genomic biomarkers of cancer, heart, and lung disease in academia and industry. I am currently pursuing my PhD degree in Experimental Medicine at UBC under the co-supervision of Drs. Stuart Turvey and Raymond Ng. My research focuses on exploring and understanding the associations across infant gut microbiome, environmental factors and pediatric asthma. By using the CHILD Cohort Study, my PhD project aims to develop a precision health approach empowered by “omics” to predict, and ultimately prevent early-onset asthma. Please reach out if you would like to learn more about me and my research!

Research Interests: Microbiome, Atopy and Asthma


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