Dr. Rachel Fernandez
Associate Vice-President, Research & Innovation
Office of the Vice-President, Research and Innovation
Dr. Rachel Fernandez is a Professor of Microbiology and Immunology and assumed the role of Associate Vice President, Research & Innovation on March 15, 2021.
Dr. Fernandez earned her B.Sc. at the University of Toronto (1982) and M.Sc. (1985) and PhD (1992) in Microbiology from Dalhousie University. She completed postdoctoral fellowships at Virginia Commonwealth University (1992-1993) and the University of Cincinnati (1993 -1996). She joined UBC in 1996 and has been a recipient of a UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship and has twice been nominated for a UBC Killam Teaching Prize. Dr. Fernandez’ research focuses on how bacterial surfaces are assembled, vaccines and the bacterium causing pertussis (whooping cough).
Dr. Fernandez served two terms as Associate Dean in the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies (2014-2019) where she oversaw the Postdoctoral Fellows Office and graduate student professional development.
