William Hsiao

I joined BCCDC Public Health Microbiology & Reference Laboratory in September 2011 as the lead bioinformatician. My goal is to apply microbial genomics and bioinformatics in public health setting to improve health care. I completed my PhD at Simon Fraser University in the laboratory of Dr. Fiona Brinkman and a post-doctoral fellowship in the laboratory of Dr. Claire Fraser-Liggett at the Institute for Genome Sciences, University of Maryland School of Medicine. During my training, I focused on whole genome sequence analysis and comparative genomics. I also have published and continue to work in the new field of metagenomics. Currently, my research focus on improving methodologies for conducting infectious disease surveillance and outbreak investigations by using next-generation sequencing technology and developing robust bioinformatics analysis platform.