Patrick Tang, MD, PhD
Clinical Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
phone: 604-660-3231
fax: 604-660-1360
patrick.tang(at)bccdc.ca
Metagenomics of Infectious Disease
My reseach focuses on characterizing new and emerging infectious diseases using metagenomics approaches to identify novel pathogens and host gene expression profiles. This involves the identification of viruses and bacteria using a combination of PCR for conserved genetic regions, pathogen microarrays and mass sequencing.
Education
FRCPC - Medical Microbiology - University of Toronto
PhD - Microbiology - University of British Columbia
MD - University of British Columbia
BSc - Microbiology - University of British Columbia