Rachel Eddy

Rachel Eddy is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Medicine at the University of British Columbia (UBC), with dual appointments in the Department of Radiology and Department of Pediatrics. As a James Hogg Young Investigator in Pulmonary Imaging and Director of the MRI Core at the Centre for Heart Lung Innovation (HLI), she bridges biomedical engineering and clinical research to advance lung imaging methodologies.

• Education: BEng in Electrical and Biomedical Engineering (McMaster University), PhD in Medical Biophysics (Western University), postdoctoral training at UBC/HLI/BCCH
• Research Focus: Development of hyperpolarized 129Xe MRI and quantitative CT for heterogeneous lung disease characterization, with applications in asthma, COPD, long COVID, and vaping-related lung injury
• Team: Supervises MSc and MASc candidates, including Alexandra Schmidt and Lixin Chu

Her work integrates single-cell sequencing with AI-driven imaging analysis to uncover cellular and structural pathologies in respiratory conditions. Collaborations include the BC Children's Hospital Research Institute and cross-institutional trials. Recent publications highlight novel asthma phenotyping, cannabis-induced lung changes, and multi-center imaging standardization efforts.