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Our research focus is on innovation and discoveries that improve patient health, transform health systems, and directly impact health and economic outcomes.

Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute is the research arm of Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) and a health partner of the University of British Columbia (UBC). We are a significant part of B.C.’s health research industry and a major health research institute in Canada.

Health research changes lives. 

Learn more about research at VCHRI

Dr. David Granville

Executive Director, Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute, and Associate Dean, Research (VCHRI), Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia

Dr. Granville’s research program focuses on mechanisms of tissue injury, factors that impair healing (e.g. aging, diabetes, environmental influences), and the discovery of novel therapeutics for age-related and chronic inflammatory conditions. In 2014, he was named as a Fellow of the American Heart Association (FAHA).

Dr. Granville was also inducted as a Scholar of the Royal Society of Canada. Since arriving at UBC, his translational research program has continued to focus on tissue injury, inflammation, and repair resulting in numerous publications, patents leading to the formation of a local biotechnology spinoff company.

Centre/Program Directors

Cheyenne Johnson

Adjunct Professor
Executive Director, BC Centre on Substance Use

Thomas Kerr

Professor
Director of Research, BC Centre on Substance Use

David Wood

Clinical Professor
Director, Centre for Cardiovascular Innovation

Penny Brasher

Senior Scientist
Director, Centre for Clinical Epidemiology and Evaluation

Christopher Carlsten

Professor
Director, Centre for Lung Health

Teresa Liu-Ambrose

Professor
Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART

Janice Eng

Professor
Co-Director, Centre for Aging SMART

Lynn Raymond

Professor
Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Shernaz Bamji

Professor
Associate Director, Djavad Mowafaghian Centre for Brain Health

Neil Reiner

Professor
Director, Immunity and Infection Research Centre

Wolfram Tetzlaff

Professor
Director, International Collaboration On Repair Discoveries

David Huntsman

Professor
Director, Ovarian Cancer Research Program

Martin Gleave

Professor
Director, Vancouver Prostate Centre

Jeff Brubacher

Associate Professor
Director, Emergency Research Program

Kevin Song

Clinical Professor
Director, Hematology Research Program

Jan Dutz

Professor
Director, Skin Research Program

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Researchers at Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute are generating world-class research, providing the best care and cutting-edge treatments for British Columbians.

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