Additional Affiliations
Clinical Assistant Professor, University of British Columbia
Research Interests
- Traffic injury
- Syncope
- Hospital readmissions
Dr. John Staples is an academic General Internist based at Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Assistant Professor at UBC. After graduating from medical school at the University of Alberta, he completed a residency and fellowship in General Internal Medicine (UBC), a Masters of Public Health (Harvard University), a New England Journal of Medicine Editorial Fellowship, and a Health Services Research Fellowship (Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Toronto). His research interests include traffic safety and medical risk factors for injury.
Prospective Graduate Students: Dr. Staples will consider co-supervision of graduate students in Experimental Medicine for the upcoming academic year. Please refer to graduate admissions for details.