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ed.ubc.ca/gradThrough Knowledge, Creating Health. The Faculty of Medicine provides and fosters innovative research that advances knowledge and translates new discoveries to improve the health and well-being of individuals and communities. Educational and research opportunities feature extensive collaborations with other faculties, health institutions and health partners throughout British Columbia, Canada and internationally.

Research Strengths & Facilitieswww.med.ubc.ca/research

ff Excellence in both discovery and translational research in three high-priority areas: Cancer, Neurosciences and Mental Health, and Heart and Lung Disease. Cross-cutting these areas, our faculty have expertise in population and health policy research, clinical and translational research, health informatics, nanotechnology and drug development, functional imaging, and genomics, proteomics and biobanks.

ff6 UBC and affiliated research institutes: Life Sciences Institute, BC Cancer Research Centre, Child & Family Research Institute, Providence Health Care Research Institute and Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute – collectively responsible for over 92% of total Faculty research funding- in 2013/14 amounting to approximately $282 million.

ff 15 affiliated research centres: Biomedical Research Centre, Brain Research Centre, Centre for Blood Research, Centre for Excellence in Indigenous Health, Centre for Health Evaluation & Outcome Sciences, Centre for Health Services & Policy Research, Centre for Hip Health & Mobility, Centre for Molecular Medicine and Therapeutics, Human Early Learning Partnership, ICORD, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries, UBC Centre for Disease Control, UBC James Hogg Research Centre, Vancouver Prostate Centre and W. Maurice Young Centre for Applied Ethics

ffTeam-based and translational research: Bridging academia and the biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry, our researchers participate in 3 National Centres of Excellence for Commercialization and Research (CECR), focusing on drug research and development, and finding practical solutions to vital organ failure and prostate cancer.

Graduate ProgramsffAudiology & Speech Sciences (MSc, PhD)

ff Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (MSc, PhD)

ffCell & Developmental Biology (MSc, PhD)

ff Experimental Medicine (MSc, PhD)ffGenetic Counselling (MSc)ffHealth Administration (MHA)ffHealth Sciences (MHSc)ff Interdisciplinary Oncology (MSc, PhD)ffMedical Genetics (MSc, PhD)ffMedicine (MD/PhD)ffNeuroscience (MSc, PhD)

ffOccupational and Environmental Hygiene (MSc)ffOccupational Therapy (MOT)

ff Pathology & Laboratory Medicine (MSc, PhD)ff Pharmacology (MSc, PhD)ff Physical Therapy (MPT)

ff Population & Public Health (MSc, PhD)ff Public Health (MPH, MPH/MSN)

ff Rehabilitation Sciences (MRSc, MSc, PhD)

ff Reproductive & Developmental Sciences (MSc, PhD)ff Surgery (MSc)

Faculty of Medicine | Graduate Studiesemail: med.research@ubc.caweb: www.med.ubc.ca/grad

Admissions Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies establishes common minimum admission requirements. Your graduate program may have additional requirements. Please refer to the program website for details.

ContactDr. Peter Leung, Associate DeanGraduate & Postdoctoral Education c/o Graduate & Postdoctoral Research Coordinatormed.research@ubc.cawww.med.ubc.ca/grad

Financial Support Financial support for graduate students typically comes from one or more of four basic sources: merit-based awards administered by Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies, teaching and research assistantships, need-based awards and direct awards from external agencies. Specific graduate student awards are available to research trainees registered in Medicine or supervised by a faculty member with a primary appointment in the Faculty of Medicine.

The University of British Columbia The University of British Columbia is a global centre for research and teaching, consistently ranked among the 40 best universities of the world. Surrounded by the beauty of the Canadian West, UBC embraces bold new ways of thinking that attract exceptional students and faculty. It is a place where innovative ideas are nurtured in a globally connected research community, providing unparalleled opportunities to learn, discover and contribute. v6

Grad School @ UBCUBC offers over 130 master’s and doctoral degree programs in nearly every academic field imaginable. Discover more. www.grad.ubc.ca

The Faculty of Medicine, including over 1,300 graduate students, is a transformative learning environment where interdisciplinary and

interprofessional collaboration are highly valued. Guided by these principles and with the mandate to contribute to the health of individuals and communities, we educate the best health care professionals and health research scientists

anywhere. In pursuit of our mandate the Faculty is an ever-expanding network where students, faculty and staff from around the world focus on education,

research and care to fulfill our vision: Through Knowledge, Creating Health.

— Dean Gavin C.E. Stuart, MD, FRCSC

Medicine Factsff54% of UBC’s total research revenues, with a value of over $307 million in 2013/14 was awarded to over 800 researchers.

ff49 of UBC’s 163 spin-off companies have come from Faculty of Medicine research and innovation.

ffFaculty are world leaders, pioneers, and internationally recognized authorities in HIV/AIDS treatment, genomics, and infectious diseases. Past and present faculty are in receipt of prestigious national, and international awards, including the Nobel Prize and the Order of Canada.

ffBreakthrough discoveries: the first animal model of Alzheimer’s disease (Christian Fibiger, 1984); the development of site-directed mutagenesis (Michael Smith, 1993); Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy for the treatment of HIV/AIDS (Julio Montaner, 1995); the role of an altered gene in regulating levels of high-density lipids known as good cholesterol (Michael Hayden, 1999); the sequencing of the SARS virus (Marco Marra, 2003); and the genomic code for metastatic breast cancer (Samuel Aparicio and Marco Marra, 2009).

ff$40 million in funding for the new Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health. This newly built facility will be Canada’s leading centre for brain research, diagnosis and treatment.