Dr. Blair Leavitt MD, CM

(He, Him, His)

Professor

Faculty

Department of Medical Genetics

Faculty of Medicine

Dr. Leavitt received his Bachelor of Science and his MBSC/MDCM degree at McGill University. His area of specialization is in neurogenetics. Recently, Dr. Leavitt has been working on non-viral delivery of CRISPR genome editing in vivo in brain and eye. If he could collaborate with other researchers, he would work with clinical trial researchers and collaborate on pre-clinical models of genetic eye diseases.

Dr. Leavitt's hobby is sports such as hockey and surfing.

Selected Publications and Articles
Research Keywords
  • gene therapy, CRISPR, non-viral delivery, lipid nanoparticles
Supervisor(s)
Dr. Leavitt has short blond hair and he is wearing a white lab coat.
Contact

Dr. Blair Leavitt, MD, CM
(He, Him, His)
Department of Medical Genetics

 bleavitt@cmmt.ubc.ca
 (604) 250-0300
 Website

Subcluster(s)
  • Molecular, Cellular and Eye
  • Ophthalmic Imaging for Eye and Brain Disease

Vision: Molecules, Behaviour, Society Research Excellence Cluster

Eye Care Centre (VGH) 2550 Willow Street
Vancouver, BC Canada V5Z 3N9
Website vision.ubc.ca

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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