Meet Dr. Daniel Leung, Professorship in Global Child Health

We are pleased to welcome Dr. Daniel Leung, UBC Professor of Pediatrics with a focus on Infectious Diseases and the inaugural holder of the Professorship in Global Child Health at BC Children’s Hospital, the Research Institute, and the Institute for Global Health (IGH-CW), generously supported by the BC Children's Hospital Foundation.

Dr. Leung will develop and support a well-structured research program in Global Health to further elevate BC Children’s & Women’s Hospital + Health Centre (C&W) as a leading institution in Global Health. He will provide Global Health mentorship to faculty and trainees. He will also work collaboratively with other clinicians and scientists to develop and lead the Global Health research portfolio across campus and in collaboration with the Institute for Global Health (IGH-CW) with a focus on improving the health and well-being of children in resource constrained countries.

Dr. Leung comes from the University of Utah, where he was Professor of Internal Medicine (Infectious Disease) and the Dr. Thomas D. Rees and Natalie B. Rees Presidential Endowed Chair in Global Medicine. His research focuses on the immunology, microbiology, epidemiology, and clinical management of diarrheal diseases in children, as well as the role of the microbiota in mucosal infections.