John A. Staples
SCIENTIST, MD, FRCPC, FACP, MPH
Dr. John Staples is an academic General Internist based at Vancouver General Hospital and a Clinical Associate Professor at UBC.
Research Interests
- Traffic injury
- Syncope
- Hospital readmissions
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.
Additional Affiliations
- Clinical Associate Professor, University of British Columbia
Media Coverage
- Patients leaving hospital against advice likelier to OD: study (CBC News, September 2024)
- Surge in traffic fatalities possible during upcoming solar eclipse, UBC researchers warn (CTV News, March 2024)
- Patients in B.C. hospitals are having more complex medical needs, study finds (CBC News, January 2024)
- Is it OK to drive after fainting? Here’s what new Canadian study says (Yahoo! News, August 2022)
- It’s Halloween. Beware Urban Legends (and Cars) (New York Times, October 2019)
- Trick-or-treating kids at increased risk of traffic fatality (Reuters, October 2018)
