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Wan Lam

ResearcherUniversity of British Columbia

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Wan Lam

Researcher

Health Sciences

University of British Columbia

Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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Has led research grants, which requires an independent research appointment. Ask their department whether they supervise graduate students.
6 publications in the last five years, latest in 2025.
Principal investigator on 7 research grants (7 CIHR), most recently in 2022.
Supervised 11 trainees who won CIHR awards, most recently in 2025.

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Research

Lung Cancer Never Smokers Early Detection Microbiome Molecular Biology Cancer Progression Epigenetics Former Smokers

Latest papers

Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc · 2025
Heart-specific NFAT5 knockout suppresses type I interferon signaling and aggravates coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis.
Basic research in cardiology · 2024
The HACE1 E3 ligase mediates RAC1-dependent control of mTOR signaling complexes.
EMBO reports · 2023

All 22 publications

Latest funding

Evidence that increased mitosis and tissue injury link COPD severity and lung cancer
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$1,500
COPD activates an early oncogenic program that predicts lung cancer risk
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$1,500
Targeting microbiome metabolism for early detection and therapy of lung cancer
CIHR · 2025 · Supervisor
$140,000

All 26 grants and awards

22 publications.

Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

Zhang AW, Akbari V, Galbraith A, Kore Z, Li Y, Leung S, Ji JX, Dever K, MacIsaac J, Brewis H, Pan D, Kürten C, Ajisebutu A, Contreras-Sanz A, Moeen A, Zuccato JA, Patil V, Black PC, Lam W, Pleasance E, O'Neill K, Jones S, Marra M, Laskin J, Zadeh G, Mansouri S, Kobor M, Prisman E, McGuire A, Huntsman DG, Yip S, Naso JR

Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc2025

DOI: 10.1016/j.modpat.2025.100878 PMID: 40902853

Heart-specific NFAT5 knockout suppresses type I interferon signaling and aggravates coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis.

Zhao G, Zhang HM, Nasseri AR, Yip F, Telkar N, Chen YT, Aghakeshmiri S, Küper C, Lam W, Yang W, Zhao J, Luo H, McManus BM, Yang D

Basic research in cardiology2024

DOI: 10.1007/s00395-024-01058-w PMID: 38834767

The HACE1 E3 ligase mediates RAC1-dependent control of mTOR signaling complexes.

Turgu B, El-Naggar A, Kogler M, Tortola L, Zhang HF, Hassan M, Lizardo MM, Kung SH, Lam W, Penninger JM, Sorensen PH

EMBO reports2023

DOI: 10.15252/embr.202356815 PMID: 37846480

Microbial dysbiosis and the host airway epithelial response: insights into HIV-associated COPD using multi'omics profiling.

Jude MS, Yang CX, Filho FSL, Hernandez Cordero AI, Yang J, Shaipanich T, Li X, Lin D, MacIsaac J, Kobor MS, Sinha S, Nislow C, Singh A, Lam W, Lam S, Guillemi S, Harris M, Montaner J, Ng RT, Carlsten C, Paul Man SF, Sin DD, Leung JM

Respiratory research2023

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-023-02431-4 PMID: 37143066

The relationship between the epigenetic aging biomarker "grimage" and lung function in both the airway and blood of people living with HIV: An observational cohort study.

Hernández Cordero AI, Yang CX, Yang J, Li X, Horvath S, Shaipanich T, MacIsaac J, Lin D, McEwen L, Kobor MS, Guillemi S, Harris M, Lam W, Lam S, Obeidat M, Novak RM, Hudson F, Klinker H, Dharan N, Montaner J, Man SFP, Kunisaki K, Sin DD, Leung JM, INSIGHT START Pulmonary and Genomic Substudy Groups

EBioMedicine2022

DOI: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2022.104206 PMID: 35944348

Airway Aging and Methylation Disruptions in HIV-associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Hernández Cordero AI, Yang CX, Yang J, Horvath S, Shaipanich T, MacIsaac J, Lin DTS, Kobor MS, Guillemi S, Harris M, Lam W, Lam S, Montaner J, Man SFP, Sin DD, Leung JM

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine2022

DOI: 10.1164/rccm.202106-1440oc PMID: 35426765

Decreased microbiome diversity in the HIV small airway epithelium.

Xu S, Tsai A, Sze MA, Vucic EA, Shaipanich T, Harris M, Guillemi S, Yang J, Sinha S, Nislow C, Montaner J, Lam W, Lam S, Sin DD, Paul Man SF, Leung JM

Respiratory research2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0835-7 PMID: 30053882

Decreased telomere length in the small airway epithelium suggests accelerated aging in the lungs of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Xu S, Vucic EA, Shaipanich T, Lam S, Lam W, Montaner JS, Sin DD, Paul Man SF, Leung JM

Respiratory research2018

DOI: 10.1186/s12931-018-0821-0 PMID: 29895291

Breast cancer associated germline structural variants harboring small noncoding RNAs impact post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Kumaran M, Krishnan P, Cass CE, Hubaux R, Lam W, Yasui Y, Damaraju S

Scientific reports2018

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-25801-1 PMID: 29760470

Germline copy number variations are associated with breast cancer risk and prognosis.

Kumaran M, Cass CE, Graham K, Mackey JR, Hubaux R, Lam W, Yasui Y, Damaraju S

Scientific reports2017

DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-14799-7 PMID: 29116104

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Wan Lam

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Latest funding

Cross-Platform Methylation-Based Site of Origin Classification for Squamous Cell Carcinomas.

Heart-specific NFAT5 knockout suppresses type I interferon signaling and aggravates coxsackievirus-induced myocarditis.

The HACE1 E3 ligase mediates RAC1-dependent control of mTOR signaling complexes.

Microbial dysbiosis and the host airway epithelial response: insights into HIV-associated COPD using multi'omics profiling.

The relationship between the epigenetic aging biomarker "grimage" and lung function in both the airway and blood of people living with HIV: An observational cohort study.

Airway Aging and Methylation Disruptions in HIV-associated Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Decreased microbiome diversity in the HIV small airway epithelium.

Decreased telomere length in the small airway epithelium suggests accelerated aging in the lungs of persons living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Breast cancer associated germline structural variants harboring small noncoding RNAs impact post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Germline copy number variations are associated with breast cancer risk and prognosis.

Frequent collaborators

Stephen Lam

Julio Montaner

Corey Nislow

Marco Marra

Ma'en Obeidat

Sambasivarao Damaraju

Christian Steidl

Colin Collins

Yutaka Yasui

Michael Kobor

Jonathon Leipsic

Michael Milosevic

William Lockwood

Steven Jones

Bruce McManus

Eitan Prisman

Philippe Joubert

Christopher Carlsten

Jenna Sykes

Gelareh Zadeh

Honglin Luo

Decheng Yang

Martin Hirst

Aly Karsan

Yuzhuo Wang

Carolyn Brown