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William Hsiao

ResearcherPathology and Laboratory MedicineUniversity of British Columbia

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William Hsiao

Researcher

Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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4 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Senior (last) author on 1 recent paper, a sign of leading a research group.
Principal investigator on 4 research grants (4 CIHR), most recently in 2025.
Supervisor on 1 trainee award (1 CIHR), most recently in 2022.

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Research

Data Sharing Genomic Epidemiology Ontology Artificial Intelligence Data Governance Global Health Implementation Science Infectious Diseases

Latest papers

Longitudinal and cross-sectional sampling and whole genome sequencing of Campylobacter in a chicken abattoir reveal highly dynamic population structure.
Applied and environmental microbiology · 2025 · senior author
Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes.
Microbial genomics · 2024
ProbeTools: designing hybridization probes for targeted genomic sequencing of diverse and hypervariable viral taxa.
BMC genomics · 2022

All 16 publications

Latest funding

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness
CIHR · 2025 · Co-investigator
$3,000,000
Smarter integrated pathogen genomics ecosystems for threat detection and risk assessment
CIHR · 2025 · Nominated PI
$898,876
Capacity Building in Infectious Disease Genomic Epidemiology through Training
CIHR · 2024 · Co-investigator
$20,000

All 15 grants and awards

16 publications.

Longitudinal and cross-sectional sampling and whole genome sequencing of Campylobacter in a chicken abattoir reveal highly dynamic population structure.

Tong S, Wang K, Li S, Trimble M, Chen Y, Liu L, Duan J, Taboada E, Lu X, Hsiao W

Applied and environmental microbiology2025Senior author

DOI: 10.1128/aem.02369-24 PMID: 40340445

Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes.

Russell JN, Lee MK, Uyaguari-Diaz MI, Sies AN, Suchan DM, Hsiao W, Fraser E, Morshed MG, Cameron ADS

Microbial genomics2024

DOI: 10.1099/mgen.0.001276 PMID: 39093316

ProbeTools: designing hybridization probes for targeted genomic sequencing of diverse and hypervariable viral taxa.

Kuchinski KS, Duan J, Himsworth C, Hsiao W, Prystajecky NA

BMC genomics2022

DOI: 10.1186/s12864-022-08790-4 PMID: 35953803

Metagenomic Analysis of the Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis Gut Microbiome.

Mirza AI, Zhu F, Knox N, Forbes JD, Van Domselaar G, Bernstein CN, Graham M, Marrie RA, Hart J, Yeh EA, Arnold DL, Bar-Or A, O'Mahony J, Zhao Y, Hsiao W, Banwell B, Waubant E, Tremlett H

Neurology2022

DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000013245 PMID: 34937787

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES FOR THE SURVEILLANCE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES IN WILD WATERBIRDS.

Coombe M, Iwasawa S, Byers KA, Prystajecky N, Hsiao W, Patrick DM, Himsworth CG

Journal of wildlife diseases2021

DOI: 10.7589/jwd-d-20-00082 PMID: 33635994

Extraction and Detection of Avian Influenza Virus From Wetland Sediment Using Enrichment-Based Targeted Resequencing.

Tindale LC, Baticados W, Duan J, Coombe M, Jassem A, Tang P, Uyaguari-Diaz M, Moore R, Himsworth C, Hsiao W, Prystajecky N

Frontiers in veterinary science2020

DOI: 10.3389/fvets.2020.00301 PMID: 32548133

Influenza Classification Suite: An automated Galaxy workflow for rapid influenza sequence analysis.

Eisler D, Fornika D, Tindale LC, Chan T, Sabaiduc S, Hickman R, Chambers C, Krajden M, Skowronski DM, Jassem A, Hsiao W

Influenza and other respiratory viruses2020Senior author

DOI: 10.1111/irv.12722 PMID: 32064792

TARGETED RESEQUENCING OF WETLAND SEDIMENT AS A TOOL FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE.

Himsworth CG, Duan J, Prystajecky N, Coombe M, Baticados W, Jassem AN, Tang P, Sanders E, Hsiao W

Journal of wildlife diseases2020Senior author

PMID: 31750776

Eleven High-Quality Reference Genome Sequences and 360 Draft Assemblies of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Human, Food, Animal, and Environmental Sources in Canada.

Tyson S, Peterson CL, Olson A, Tyler S, Knox N, Griffiths E, Dooley D, Hsiao W, Cabral J, Johnson RP, Laing C, Gannon V, Lynch T, Van Domselaar G, Brinkman F, Graham M

Microbiology resource announcements2019

DOI: 10.1128/mra.00625-19 PMID: 31601655

Probable reverse zoonosis of influenza A(H1N1)pdm 09 in a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).

Britton AP, Trapp M, Sabaiduc S, Hsiao W, Joseph T, Schwantje H

Zoonoses and public health2019

DOI: 10.1111/zph.12553 PMID: 30552753

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

Co-investigatorCIHR2025Operating Grant: Pandemic Research Platforms Interim Funding - General

Principal investigators: Hohl, Corinne M; Moore, Kieran M; Rizzuti, Francesco A; Archambault, Patrick; Brooks, Steven C; Chandra, Kavish; Cheng, Ivy S; Fok, Patrick T; Grant, Jennifer; Janjua, Naveed Z; Jelic, Tomislav; Leeies, Murdoch A; Legault, Gabrielle; McGrail, Kimberlyn M; McRae, Andrew D; Morrison, Laurie J; Perry, Jeffrey J; Picard, Christopher T; Rosychuk, Rhonda J; Saxinger, Lynora; Stone-McLean, Jordan; Wiemer, Hana M

Keywords: Health Data; Health Emergencies Preparedness; Influenza; Observational Studies; Pandemic Preparedness; Surveillance

$3,000,000

Smarter integrated pathogen genomics ecosystems for threat detection and risk assessment

Nominated PICIHR2025Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hsiao, William

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Data Curation; Data Modelling; Knowledge Mobilization; Microbial Genomics; One Health; Ontology Development; Pathogen Surveillance; Public Health Data Sharing; Risk Assessment

$898,876

Capacity Building in Infectious Disease Genomic Epidemiology through Training

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Brazas, Michelle D

Keywords: Bioinformatics Skills Development; Bioinformatics Tools And Databases; Distributed Delivery Model; Evolution Of Pathogens; Hands-On Learning; Infectious Diseases; Metagenomics; Participation From Low-Middle Income Countries; Pathogen Genomics; Public Health Epidemiology

$20,000

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Co-investigatorCIHR2024Training Grant: HRTP - One Health - Antimicrobial Resistance

Principal investigators: Barkema, Herman W; Cheng, Zhenyu; Lee, Amy H; Nguyen, Dao; Otto, Simon J; Wiktorowicz, Mary E

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Collaboration; Communication; Education; Employment Readiness; Experience; Highly-Qualified Personnel; Knowledge Transfer; One Health; Transdisciplinary

$2,700,000

Bioinformatics School: Building a Skilled Workforce in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Co-investigatorCIHR2022Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Simpson, Jared T

Keywords: Bioinformatics Skill Development; Bioinformatics Tools & International Databases; Evolution Of Pathogens; Hands-On Learning; Infectious Diseases; Pathogen Genomics

$50,000

Improving Genomic Epidemiology Methodologies and Practice through Interdisciplinary Data Integration and Analysis.

SupervisorCIHR2022CIHR Fellowship

Principal investigators: Anwar, Muhammad Zohaib

Keywords: Bioinformatics; Genomic Epideiology; Infectious Diseases; Microbial Genomics; Public Health

$90,000

Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Operating Grant: COVID-19 - Transmission dynamics/animal host/modeling

Principal investigators: Prystajecky, Natalie Anne; Krajden, Mel

Keywords: Clinical Data; Covid-19; Data Integration; Genomics; Information Management; Outbreak Response; Outcome Data; Phylogenetics; Sars-Cov-19; Virology

$1,000,000

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Co-investigatorCIHR2020Op Grant: Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement: COVID-19 Rapid Research FO

Principal investigators: Prystajecky, Natalie Anne; Krajden, Mel

Keywords: Clinical Data; Covid-19; Data Integration; Genomics; Information Management; Outbreak Respons; Outcome Data; Phylogenetics; Sars-Cov-19; Virology

$25,000

Technology, Policy and Implementation: a cross-disciplinary workshop to generate innovative solutions for data sharing in public health genomic epidemiology practice

Nominated PICIHR2019Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Hsiao, William; Krajden, Mel; Van Domselaar, Gary H

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence; Data Governance; Data Sharing; Genomic Epidemiology; Global Health; Implementation Science; Infectious Diseases; Ontology; Public Health; Social And Technological Equity

$25,000

Bioinformatics Tools to Improve Data Sharing and Re-use in Public Health - applications in antimicrobial resistance profiling and source tracking.

Nominated PICIHR2018Project Grant

Principal investigators: Hsiao, William; Patrick, David M; Van Domselaar, Gary H

Keywords: Antimicrobial Resistance; Data Integration; Data Sharing; Enteric Bacteria; Genomic Epidemiology; Ontology; Semantic Web; Tuberculosis

$596,700

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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William Hsiao

Research

Latest papers

Latest funding

Longitudinal and cross-sectional sampling and whole genome sequencing of Campylobacter in a chicken abattoir reveal highly dynamic population structure.

Whole-genome sequencing of Western Canadian Borrelia spp. collected from diverse tick and animal hosts reveals short-lived local genotypes interspersed with longer-lived continental genotypes.

ProbeTools: designing hybridization probes for targeted genomic sequencing of diverse and hypervariable viral taxa.

Metagenomic Analysis of the Pediatric-Onset Multiple Sclerosis Gut Microbiome.

A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND NARRATIVE SYNTHESIS OF THE USE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES FOR THE SURVEILLANCE OF AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUSES IN WILD WATERBIRDS.

Extraction and Detection of Avian Influenza Virus From Wetland Sediment Using Enrichment-Based Targeted Resequencing.

Influenza Classification Suite: An automated Galaxy workflow for rapid influenza sequence analysis.

TARGETED RESEQUENCING OF WETLAND SEDIMENT AS A TOOL FOR AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS SURVEILLANCE.

Eleven High-Quality Reference Genome Sequences and 360 Draft Assemblies of Shiga Toxin-Producing Escherichia coli Isolates from Human, Food, Animal, and Environmental Sources in Canada.

Probable reverse zoonosis of influenza A(H1N1)pdm 09 in a striped skunk (Mephitis mephitis).

Sustaining and Expanding the Canadian Emergency Department Research Network to Improve Pandemic and Health Emergencies Preparedness

Smarter integrated pathogen genomics ecosystems for threat detection and risk assessment

Capacity Building in Infectious Disease Genomic Epidemiology through Training

Canadian One Health Antimicrobial Resistance Health Research Training Network (CAN-AMR-Net)

Bioinformatics School: Building a Skilled Workforce in Infectious Disease Epidemiology

Improving Genomic Epidemiology Methodologies and Practice through Interdisciplinary Data Integration and Analysis.

Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND

Technology, Policy and Implementation: a cross-disciplinary workshop to generate innovative solutions for data sharing in public health genomic epidemiology practice

Bioinformatics Tools to Improve Data Sharing and Re-use in Public Health - applications in antimicrobial resistance profiling and source tracking.

Frequent collaborators

Natalie Prystajecky

Chelsea Himsworth

Agatha Jassem

Fiona Brinkman

Leonid Chindelevitch

Jennifer Gardy

Helen Tremlett

Patrick Tang

Mel Krajden

Brenda Banwell

Amit Bar-Or

Theodore Steiner