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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 3 research grants (3 CIHR), most recently in 2019.

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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
Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$1,000,000
Sex as a Biological Variable Supplement - Rapid Response to Emerging Serious Pathogen Outbreaks using Next-gen Data: R2ESPOND
CIHR · 2020 · Co-investigator
$25,000

All 8 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

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

The Vaginal Microbiome Team For Reproductive Health Care and Knowledge Translation

Co-investigatorCIHR2018Team Grant: Canadian Microbiome Initiative 2: Research Teams - LOI

Principal investigators: Money, Deborah M; Elwood, Chelsea; Hill, Janet E; Mitchell-Foster, Sheona; O'Doherty, Kieran C; Ogilvie, Gina S

Keywords: Cervical Cancer; Hpv; Maternal And Infant Microbiome; Proteomics; Reproductive Health; Women'S Precision Medicine

$24,906

Women's Precision Medicine Initiative (WPMI) Workshop: The Personalized Vaginal Microbiome

Co-investigatorCIHR2017Planning and Dissemination Grant - Institute Community Support

Principal investigators: Money, Deborah M; Hill, Janet E; O'Doherty, Kieran C

Keywords: Clinical Genomics; Infant Microbiome; Maternal And Child Health; Metagenomics; Microbiome; Reproductive Infectious Diseases; Vaginal Microbiome; Women'S Health

$10,000

Genomic Epidemiology Application Ontology (GenEpiO).

Nominated PICIHR2016Operating Grant: Bioinformatics and Computational Biology

Principal investigators: Hsiao, William

Keywords: Bioinformatics

$133,332

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

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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).

Frequent collaborators

Natalie Prystajecky

William Hsiao

Chelsea Himsworth

Fiona Brinkman

Agatha Jassem

Helen Tremlett

Jennifer Gardy

Leonid Chindelevitch

Gary Van Domselaar

Helen Tremlett

Patrick Tang

Mel Krajden

Amit Bar-Or

Brenda Banwell

Amit Bar-Or

Amit Bar-Or

Fiona Brinkman

Theodore Steiner