Mansour, Sarah
PhD
Academic Rank(s): Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, UBC
Affiliation(s): BCCCD
Clinical Interests: Public health microbiology and pathogen genomics
Dr. Sarah Mansour is a Clinical Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of British Columbia and a Senior Scientist at the BC Centre for Disease Control. She earned her PhD in Microbiology and Immunology from UBC, where her research focused on novel peptide-based treatments for bacterial abscess infections. Dr. Mansour’s work spans antimicrobial peptide discovery, biofilm eradication strategies, wastewater-based infectious disease surveillance, and translational microbiology.
Academic Background
- PhD, Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, 2018
- BSc, Science and Business, University of Waterloo, 2011
- Certificate, Introduction to the Principles and Practice of Clinical Research, National Institutes of Health, 2018
- Certificate, Advanced Course on Antibiotics (AdCab), Pasteur Institute and Fondation Mérieux, 2016
Awards and Recognition
Publications
Research Interest
- Antimicrobial peptides and alternative therapeutics
- Bacterial biofilms and antibiotic resistance
- Wastewater surveillance for infectious diseases
- Public health microbiology and pathogen genomics
- Translational research in infection prevention and control
Current Projects In My Lab Include
Teaching Interest
Microbiology and immunology education for graduate and medical trainees