Jagbir Gill
Scientist, MD, MPH, FRCPC
Dr. Jagbir Gill is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of British Columbia and Medical Director of the Kidney Transplant Program at St. Paul’s Hospital in Vancouver.
Research Interests
- Kidney transplantation
- Organ donation
- Clinical epidemiology
He also serves as Medical Director of Data and Quality for BC Transplant, President of the Canadian Organ Replacement Register Board of Directors, and as Treasurer for the Canadian Society of Transplantation.
He is a clinician-scientist and recipient of a Canadian Society of Transplantation Research Excellence Award. He conducts epidemiological, health outcomes, and health policy research relating to living and deceased kidney donation, cardiovascular disease in transplant recipients, and inequities in donation and access to transplantation.
Additional Affiliations
- Associate Professor, Division of Nephrology, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, UBC
- Medical Director, Kidney Transplant Program, St. Paul’s Hospital
Media Coverage
- Transplant series captures the life-and-death drama behind organ transplant (The Daily Scan, November 2024)
- Racism and cultural beliefs can affect organ donations in some communities, doctors say (The Globe and Mail, February 2024)
- Building a bridge to better, healthier lives (St. Paul’s Foundation, February 2021)
- Decline in living kidney donors led by men (Reuters, March 2018)
- Poor people can’t even afford to donate kidney (Science 2.0, July 2014)
Awards
- Canadian Society of Transplantation’s 2018 Research Excellence Award
- 2020 Martin M. Hoffman Award for Excellence in Research (SPH)
- 2020 Organ Donation & Transplantation Award
